Master Cleanse 2008 (Lemonade Diet)

Day 7.

The grumps have passed. I’m feeling better today. Not because of the master cleanse. What was different today was me being a lot busier. Many people are reluctant to do the master cleanse when working. I think it’s a much-needed distraction. The master cleanse can be tediously solipsistic. Sure, the salt water flush can be a nuisance, but having the bulk your day dictated by the needs of others is mostly a blessing. That’s a becoming a major theme in this cleanse; personal responsibility. Beyond the initial decision, the master cleanse is a very simple, strict regime. You don’t need to think. It’s a short-term healthy lifestyle that takes barely any effort. And because of that, there’s a huge danger that after the cleanse you’ll be overwhelmed by having to make several choices a day about what to eat. So does the master cleanse make you vunerable to a relapse into poor living?

On the flipside, the master cleanse could be empowering. If you’ve lived a particularly unhealthy lifestyle for a long time before, the master cleanse could very well show you that you’ve got control over your body, that it’s a lot easier to go without food than you once thought and it’ll give you confidence to go on and improve.

For me, it’s a bit of both. That’s why I’m spending a lot of time during the master cleanse labouring over my post-cleanse diet plan. That will take the pressure off when having to eat; I’ll automatically know what I’m eating and I’ll have no excuse about not having good food in the house. But the diet is a regime and it does supplant choice. Still, I think it’s a pragmatic approach, and it’s not without thought. I simply put most of the thinking at the start.

So, one week done! Easier than I thought it would be. I’m a little frustrated at this point. Like I said yesterday, the cleansing postives have petered out and now I can’t wait to be eating so I can exercise properly. I’m not getting any protein on the cleanse so I can’t lift weights because my muscles will take longer and are open to strains. I want to get on with it!