Master cleanse failureby Jim Slaton
After just 18 hours on the master cleanse I caved and started eating solid foods. After starting the morning with a salt water flush that cleaned EVERYTHING out of my system the walls of my stomach were touching and it made me real hungry. I broke my own rule that I learned during S.E.R.E. training in the ARMY....stay bloated on water! If you drink a lot of water and stay bloated your not as hungry.It was around 11:30pm at night when I started my downward spiral from talking about all the foods I wanted to eat. I started making all the excuses you could think of saying things like "what if we just eat a few noodles and chicken broth?"...."how about a few crackers?"....."or maybe frozen yogurt because it will melt and become a liquid!". My wife Stormy which was on day 2 of the cleanse was much stronger than me for most of the day but she too caved under all the talk about food. We decided that she would cook a very plain and simple chick broth with a few organic (no yoke) noodles. While she was cooking I found a few crackers and started shoving in my mouth behind her back going mostly unnoticed. This quickly escalated to crackers and peanut butter! When We watched some TV while eating the noodles but this made me want to eat even more so I made some oatmeal. By midnight it was done and I was fat and happy. The next was morning was awkward for both me and Stormy. It felt very similar to waking up in bed next to a person you picked up at the club the night before and was ashamed to talk with them and carry on a conversation. We were both disappointed that we caved in. We were now faced with a big decision for our "day of shame". Should we just eat today and start the master cleanse over in the morning or just start fasting immediately to make up for our mistake? We decided to just go ahead and eat today and start over in the morning :( I will keep you posted. |
