This morning i woke up at 6AM and literally bounced out of bed.  I feel lighter and more alert than i have in years and had good energy levels most of the day…with the exception of the church sermon in the afternoon today.   With only 4 more days to go, there is no chance of me not finishing this cleansing and making the commitment i set out to achieve.  I’m about to have my evening laxative tea and watch a bit of tube before hitting the sack; i’ve actually adjusted my time schedule to one that i wanted for sometime by being on this program.

Up until now, 9:00pm, i’ve had no cravings or hunger pains.  In fact, i took my son to a birthday party where 50 people were eating pizza, chips, macaroni salad and other goodies and i didnt blink twice.  I fed my son some pizza and chips and even though the sauces and salts were sitting on my fingers, i didnt even have the urge to lick my finger tips.  Its certainly getting easier, or i’m just a machine…one or the other! 

 While on the subject of machines, I spent part of the day looking at some home gym equipment to surround my life with health and fitness as part of my everyday routine.  I’m looking at getting an elliptical machine for cardio and a chin-up bar for strength. and placing it in the master bedroom.  These two peices of equipment will be added to the current back-invertor (for the stretching the spine out) and the ab cruncher we already have in there.  I’m going to install a flatscreen up onto the wall and make half the room into a mini-gym.  This way fitness is a part of everyday and there are no excuses as to why i cant work out.  I think, like everything, that convenience and healthy surroundings is the key to changing my life, at least until proper exercise and diet becomes a way of life again. 

I’ll get everything in place for next wednesday when i hit day 10; including my new home fitness gym, a new diet plan (food and calorie planning) and a twice-a-week gym workout plan outside the home (more range of equipment).  I think i’m going to start out with just swimming at the gym twice a week and do all the remaining exercise routines at home, including walking our 3 mile community circle and cycling now that the weather is getting a bit cooler….were actually below the 100’s this week and falling lower each day.

Half way to victory lane!

Every blog, forum and info i heard about the master cleanse system is absolutely true on several points:

1. once you get past day 3 it will be much easier and the hunger pains will subside 2. you feel lighter, cleaner and just feel better inside and out.  3. lose the desire to eat crap

While the first 3 days were hard to see, smell or think about food…i’ve now lost my cravings to eat cookies, cereal and other snacks late at night…which is a really big deal for me.  I’m really looking forward to seeing what happens during the next 6 days of the plan….who knows, i might even go a full two or three weeks!

 Its almost midnight and my energy levels were up most of the day.  I played a round of golf again today and did not feel fatigued at all…in fact I had 4 pars today!  I’m about to drink my herbal tea prior to nodding off, which seems to make my intestines talk, but nothing is coming out.  The salt water flush in the morning is the real shake up as i’m connected to the toilet for at least 30-45 minutes after drinking the salt water.  The whole cleanse seems to be getting easier and i feel great. 

Today was a fairly good day as i mostly drank water and not much of the lemon juice mix.  I even went out and played 12 holes on the golf course today…although i didnt hit very well.   My friends i played golf with think i’m absolutely nuts for doing this program for this long, but its really not that bad.  I havent felt any real effects yet, no dizzyness, weight loss or anything  major….just hunger pains.  They have been easy to overcome with mind over body power.  The only thing i really notice is my shortness of temper which has to do with my blood sugar levels and blood pressure….so i’m trying to stay away from high stress situations and/or people.  My golf buddy Nick is really high strung individual which I considered hitting with my putter a few times during our round…..but finally decided against it.  Combat golf can be fun with the right people!   Which reminds me…I recently met Bruce Ollstein, the writer for the book “Combat Golf”, which i need to read soon.  Apparantly the book was a hot item back in the 90’s and Bruce seemed like a decent guy, so i’ll give it a read.

I slept fairly well for a guy without any food in his stomach….I usually eat a bowl of cereal and some fruit right before i go to sleep; not anymore.  They say snacking is the worst thing you can do before going to sleep; you can actually put pounds on while you sleep!  Going to make my lemon and maple syrup concoction now and take the wife to the dentist for her check up. 

Well i didnt make it out the door as expected, the salt water flush passed through me like a sardins down a ski slope.  My stomach has finally settled enough to eat my liquid lunch:  4 squeezed lemons with an equal amount of maple syrup mixed with some purified water…..mmmmm….tasty!  Will attempt to head outside without making a mess between point A and B.

 Its 9pm and I just returned from the park with my son.  The hunger pains are up and down and I’ve got a bit of a headache.  Hopefully i can get through the  night as others have said that “if you can make it to the end of day 3, you’re body will adjust”; let’s hope so….I’m supposed to drink a cup of herbal tea at night in replacement for the salt water flush…this should be fun….not!

Today is the day i finally took the plunge to do a lot of things i’ve been putting off for years. One being this blog. This will not be a typical blog as i will be writing about events, people and experiences without a filter. Stay tuned for what that means….

In other procastanation news, i’ve begun the MasterCleanse diet to rid me of 5 years of toxins and other crap i’ve been carrying around for far too long. Today is day 1 of the diet and should i make it through the 10 days (recommended time period for 1st timers) I will blog the entire experience including any illucinations, feelings and how I managed to get though it; apparantly many dont make it past 3 days or they cheat and dont follow it through. I’ll do it….or die trying. i’m starving as i write this!

PLH - Peace, Love and Happiness is my quote of the day, week, month. I’m going to need to keep a happy mental state to get through this….I’m cranky when i dont eat!

It’s 7:30, i just came from the bookstore with my son (he loves barnes and noble) and i’m so hungry i could eat a horse. This is going to be tougher than i thought, so i will be tearing apart my home office and doing some reorganization of files, documents and furniture in no particular order.

Its 10:11, I just put the family to bed and come back to the office to try and keep my mind off eating. The hunger pains come and go and I’m drinking water like a fish on land. Going to try and get some sleep while the pains are minimal….goodnight.