40-day Master Cleanse

I finished 2013 feeling emotionally better than I have in nearly five years. After welcoming our Ranger back from his fifth and last deployment and spending nearly two weeks at home with my parents at Christmas... Life was great! 

However, physically, I finished 2013 feeling worse than I can ever remember feeling in my life. Now, you won't catch me making any excuses; after all, no one forced me to eat all the crap I ate. But there was a reason I switched from over-exercising two years ago to over-eating and, the reason is that stupid Achilles injury I suffered a year ago. It side-lined me not only physically, it side-lined me mentally too. 

After working up to three hours of spin classes a day, in addition to an hour each of yoga and water aerobics, suddenly I was down for the count. I was moving less than my 72-year old mother and feeling every bit my age and hers combined! 

Although my Achilles is still not quite 100%, I am back to remembering what it feels like not to live every day of my life in agonizing pain. So... Short story long, I got my life back with a big helping of horrible eating habits and an addiction to Taco Bell to go with it!

While I've made a few attempts at getting things back under control through strict calorie control, I realized that what I really need to break this cycle of binge eating I developed is to break up with food completely!

But how? I already know from Catholic school that prayerful fasting during Lent only works for a couple of days before you fall over in gym class... And, I've done the CLEAN detox cleanse but found keeping up with all the supplements exhausting. So I turned to the Master Cleanse. 

I've been wanting to do the Master Cleanse since before Beyoncé and Yolanda Foster brought it back into vogue but it wasn't until I watched this video by Abigail that I became sufficiently inspired to take the plunge!

Two weeks ago, I began slowing down my digestion to avoid failure due to the cold-turkey-crash most people fall victim to by cutting back on the Taco Hell and caffeine. 

Then, feeling totally ready, I skipped over to my local Whole Foods last Thursday for everything needed to embark on the Master Cleanse!

Of course, Whole Foods didn't make it easy on me! On top of the fact

that their organic lemons looked a week past due for composting,

their desserts near the registers kept making eye contact with me!

Nevertheless, I persevered and after a quick stop at The Fresh Market

for organic lemons that actually resemble lemons, I was all set to begin!

Not going to lie... I'm a little freaked out by what

it takes to make our non-organic food bionic!

So here we are!

It's day three of 40 and all is well. Except for a nasty dream about food last

night, I'm feeling pretty good. Empty in a good way and clear-headed! The

lemonade tastes really good, although I've had to back off on the cayenne a

little because I'm a weenie when it comes to spicy things. I've yet to do the

salt-water flush, but it's on my list for tomorrow morning... Wish me luck!