This morning I found that I had lost almost another pound yesterday, bringing my total weight loss for three days on the Master Cleanse to exactly five pounds!

Starting Weight: 131.2 pounds
Current Weight: 126.2 pounds

I am starting to see why some people do this diet for primarily weight loss. My pants are feeling much looser on me already, and I feel much lighter when walking. The weight decline has really been quite dramatic! However, I imagine that if I were to quit the diet today and go back to my old eating habits much of it would come right back.

I do think that Master Cleanse can be a viable part of a weight loss program. A lot of people talk about using it to “reformat their dietary hard drive” so to speak. By doing the Master Cleanse, you should be able to make a clean break from former dietary addictions, and I think this is the most valuable part of the Master Cleanse when it comes to weight loss. Although you will lose a good amount of weight while on the diet (ten pounds or more is quite common for a ten day cleanse), that will come back quickly if you go back to munching on pizza, donuts and chips.

Raylen Sterling has a great program in his Master Cleanse Success book for coming off of the Master Cleanse and keeping the weight off, but I’m also considering eating raw foods after I’m done with the cleanse (probably 80% of the time).  A lot of people consider going on a partial to full raw diet immediately after finishing the Master Cleanse. Eating raw, when done right, can actually extend many of the detoxification and energy promoting processes that you start during the Master Cleanse. One book that I recently read and highly recommend, is Yuri Elkaim’s Eating for Energy. It is well suited for beginning raw food eaters and has some great recipes and tips on how to best transition to a raw foods diet.

Fortunately, today was a much easier day than yesterday or Day 2. I only had the slightest headache today, and surprisingly, my energy seems to be much higher than yesterday or the day before. I went out to my garden and spent an hour or so weeding without problem (well, the ripe cherry tomatoes were tempting, but I resisted munching on them).

I didn’t do the salt water flush this morning because the Smooth Move laxative seems to be doing it’s job… really well. I might do the salt water flush again tomorrow morning, however.

In terms of cravings, they were not nearly as bad as yesterday either. I was not tempted to eat any of my son’s breakfast while cooking for him this morning, and I was able to get in and out of the supermarket without any damage being done either.

After doubting whether I could make it through the ten days yesterday, today I feel like it shouldn’t be that hard. Supposedly days two or three are supposed to be the hardest, and I’m certainly happy to have them behind me – and looking forward to a brighter and healthier future!

Tip of the Day: Most people on the Master Cleanse report days two and three to be the hardest. If you find yourself wavering, set a shorter goal to make it at least to day four of five.

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