9 Day Cleanse

Good luck!! make sure that tea doesnt have Senna or some form of laxative in it....:drinker:

4 DAYS of NO FOOD???

shoot, i cant even go for 4 hours...:noway:

Me neither! :laugh:

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nuff said

This whole exchange reminded me of something I learned in grade school. If you insult people they aren't going to listen to you.

Sorry about the 'S' word Lauren. Just ignore that. Really cleansing makes me wince but people who try it are not stupid. You have to make choices for your body and sometimes maybe you won't make the best choices but really no one is perfect.

All we can do is live and learn.

That said, why did you decide to do a cleanse?

While I think calling it stupid or implying that people would be stupid for trying it is completely wrong and shouldn't have been said, I don't condone cleanses either.

There is no medical proof that they do anything. There have been lots of studies on this and they all come back either as slightly harmful or inconclusive.

I also have yet to see a single gastrointestinologist (experts in the process of bowels and your colon) that is in favor of them. Yes we ingest, absorb and breath in toxins daily. But our systems have multiple layers that are meant to purify and remove them. If you're wondering about those commercials about "paste and spackle" stuck to our colon and intestines, that's just false. Our colon and intestines are covered with mucus that basically denies anything from sticking to it, and anything that does stick around, is scrapped off by fiber in our foods and contractions that happen regularly.

There are reasons why people lose weight on cleanses. It has nothing to do with removing stuff from our bowels.

here are some articles on detox and cleanses that I found. Please read them.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/demystifying-detox-diets

http://www.dietsinreview.com/diets/Liquid_Diet/

While some people may state their opinions a bit too harshly, I think the spirit is that we just want people to be healthy, and the best way most of us know of to be healthy, is to eat a healthy balanced diet, exercise regularly, and try to gain all the information you can about your health before making any decisions.

regards,

-Banks

I would love to hear your results on this. I have never done a cleanse before but have heard of people having great success with it. I understand that our body does this naturally but sometimes our body needs a jump start on success. No different that getting over a cold in some cases we need to take medicine to jump start our body to fight off the infection.

Good luck and DON't let people tell you that your ideas are stupid!!!!

If someone has something negative and offensive to say don't say it at all! :explode:

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:flowerforyou: :bigsmile: My husband is currently on the Isagenix program and he has nothing but praise for it. I'm personally not interested but he's lost a bunch of weight and has endured the "cleanse" days with a minimum of discomfort.

good luck to you.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I'm not trying to be negative towards you at all...but to me...I just don't see how not eating "food" for 4 days straight can be healthy?

I wanted to bring a suggestion to you for kicking that plateau in the butt!

I recently read an article in one of those healthy living magazines that suggested the reason it's so hard to lose weight after a significant loss (which I believe you've achieved ) is because the body starts to freak out! Your body is thinking OMG I'M DYING! - haha. So it starts to cling to everything. Right?

So, what you need to do is calm your body down. Help it relax. Have you tried eating maintinence calories for a few weeks? This will allow your body to adjust to it's new lower weight and then after a few weeks of letting your body relax and adjust cut back calories again and you should start losing again.

This method might be easier on your body then a cleanse.

Shocking your body, and being cruel to it is hardly ever the better solution because your body is pretty darned smart and geared to keeping you alive. IT doesn't know why you're trying to lose weight, it just knows that 'food sources' have cut back MAJORLY in the last while! And I'm not entirely certain cutting back even more would do anything but freak your body out more.

Hope this made sense!

This makes sense to me. I'm glad you shared it! I know people who keep cutting their calories and upping their exercise and sometimes get that to far out of balance. Then wonder why they can't lose.

I am not a believer in cleanses. Fasting for religious purposes to draw closer to God yes. But I believe he made our bodies to run perfectly without having to starve them and drink special teas or eat only certain foods.

I personally do a cleanse twice a year to rid my body of toxins, and yes....they do work, some are more safe than others like Isagenix. On the days that you are on the shakes you will be eating a well balanced meal and the shakes are full of protein, fibre, acidophilus, nutrients and minerals and tastes yummy too! They are barley free, wheat free, gluten free and absolutely no trans fat.

On your first 2 cleanse days you will be drinking your cleanse for life and you will have your snacks when you are hungry. If you need to eat then have raw vegetables. There are also other supplements you can take during the full 9 days which your coach will tell you. The first two pre cleanse days are so that your body is prepared for the cleanse.

Do you have a coach?

I have done the 9 day cleanse before without a coach and although I lost 7 pounds I gained some back as I went back to my regular eating habits. Going on a vacation to Budapest and Paris certainly didn't help! The food is so rich and delicious in Europe so I splurged like crazy! I now have a coach who is a nutritionist, pilates teacher and certified trainer and she knows what she is talking about, so don't listen to these people who say that cleanses are full of crap. You will feel better and healthier, your skin will radiate and you will have more energy. By having a coach she will walk you through your cleanse giving you support and there is also a Iso-diary where you can log in your progress with her. When your cleanse is done your coach will help you incorporate a healthy eating lifestyle so that you continue on your progress without gaining back. That is the reason why everyone regains the weight is because they just go back to their bad habits filling their bodies with junk and toxins again.

In the meantime I am spinning every other day along with doing hot yoga every other day to sweat and detoxify. You can do this and I support you all the way!!!!!!!

Cleansing has been done for thousands of years and there has been enough studies on them to prove that they do work and are healthy. Some are most definitely better than others though. When one release toxins from there bodies not only do they feel better, their brains are sharper and from my own experience when my body is cleansed, my meditations are much more clear and my intuition is sharp.

I am on day two so let's encourage each other during the next 9 days!

GOOD LUCK SWEETIE!!!!!!! Take this time to listen to what your body needs from you.

Love and Light

I wanted to bring a suggestion to you for kicking that plateau in the butt!

I recently read an article in one of those healthy living magazines that suggested the reason it's so hard to lose weight after a significant loss (which I believe you've achieved ) is because the body starts to freak out! Your body is thinking OMG I'M DYING! - haha. So it starts to cling to everything. Right?

So, what you need to do is calm your body down. Help it relax. Have you tried eating maintinence calories for a few weeks? This will allow your body to adjust to it's new lower weight and then after a few weeks of letting your body relax and adjust cut back calories again and you should start losing again.

This method might be easier on your body then a cleanse.

Shocking your body, and being cruel to it is hardly ever the better solution because your body is pretty darned smart and geared to keeping you alive. IT doesn't know why you're trying to lose weight, it just knows that 'food sources' have cut back MAJORLY in the last while! And I'm not entirely certain cutting back even more would do anything but freak your body out more.

Hope this made sense!

This makes sense to me. I'm glad you shared it! I know people who keep cutting their calories and upping their exercise and sometimes get that to far out of balance. Then wonder why they can't lose.

I am not a believer in cleanses. Fasting for religious purposes to draw closer to God yes. But I believe he made our bodies to run perfectly without having to starve them and drink special teas or eat only certain foods.

I have never done this cleanse but I have done a juice fast, best thing I ever did for myself. Whether people agree with it is one thing, I felt great during and afterwards and supplied my body with alot of nutrients. The added benefite is that when the fast was over I lost some of my emotional connection to food. Anyway I did a 3 day fast and my advise to you is to give the preperation and breaking of your fast the same attention you gave your fast. That means no alchohol or caffeine for processd food for a week before the fast. Try to maybe go vegan that week. A couple of days before have lots of fruits and veggies and drink lots of water. Do the same thing when you break the fast. If you want to do something this drastic to your body you have to take it seriously and prepare your body.

I've been on the Isagenix plan for a month and a half now. I started at 194lbs, a place that I couldn't get by for a couple of months. I had started at 205 and kept going up when I hit 194. I'm 5'7" so if you can picture a ball of lard with hands and legs that was me. Right now I'm in the middle of my second 30 day cleanse and am down to 170lbs. I have some rather difficult challenges with my heart and am a stroke survivor. My exercise regime is limited and I have to use a golf cart to play golf,(yuck), but at least I can still play. So what does this have to with the price of fish? Well, I have more energy now then I've had in the past 6 years. I am continuing to lose weight in a sensible manner, and I feel better then I have in many years.

The nine day cleanse really isn't four days of no food in a row. It's two cleanse days in a row followed by five shake days with one healthy meal that should contain less than 600 calories, followed by two more cleanse days. It was suggested to you to have someone help you get through those days, I agree. I'm starting the maintenance plan at the beginning of the month no matter where my weight is. I plan on losing another 10-15lbs. Sometime in April I'll do a 9 day cleanse. The key is a lot of water, divide your weight by 1/2 and try to take in that many ounces a day of water, herbal tea will do also. Stay away fro caffeine it will kill a cleanse faster than anything. the exception is green tea, for some reason that I don't know there is no negative affect.

I have to tell you, cleansing is not only safe when directions are followed but man do you fell good after. You may experience some constipation because the toxins are being flushed out of your body, use Isagenix Isaflush to help and remember lots of water. Good luck and have fun.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Water is your friend.