Category Archives: Helpful Tips

Master Cleanse – Day 9

I am very close to my goal of exceeding 10 days.  My tip for today is that if you start to feel a headache coming on, drink extra water.  This has worked like a charm for me and I have used this successfully throughout this cleanse as well.  Today is the first time that my headache was not relieved by drinking just water and I had to resort to taking 2 Advil.  Not happy about it, but it had to be done and it worked well and quickly – probably had a quick uptake in my stomach with nothing else to digest.

Master Cleanse – Day 3

According to most people, getting through day 3 is the biggest hurdle for doing the Master Cleanse.  I’m at day 3 and doing pretty good.  For me, day 2 yesterday was worse than day 3.  I’m going to cover some ideas to help you get through the mental issue of not eating for so long.
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Master Cleanse – Day 1

Well, here I go!  I started today on a Master Cleanse which I plan on doing for at least 10 days and may do 14 days this time. Ah, that familiar process of squeezing the lemons and that familiar taste of spicy lemonade sweetened with maple syrup. Hopefully some of my ideas and insights can help you with mental preparation and fortitude to make it through if you are thinking of doing a cleanse yourself.  Stay tuned for more.  If you haven’t read it and you are interested, grab a pdf copy of Stanley Burroughs’ original book.  Keep in mind that it was written in the 70’s and is quite technical and dry.  Still an interesting read.

Master Cleanse Time

I have been thinking about doing another Master Cleanse or lemonade diet for most of the summer. My health has increasingly gotten worse and my head more filled will mucus. I have been getting more frequent headaches lately, and today I have a blistering one again. It has been several years since I did my last Master Cleanse and while it isn’t a fun process, I was really really pleased with the results.

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Staycation – Top 7 Tips

With the economy still bad and people continuing to watch their budgets I’ve seen and heard a lot lately about “stay”cations or taking a vacation, but not going anywhere.  Yes, it is a good way to save some money, but make sure that you do it right.  A staycation done wrong will just waste your vacation time.  Here are my top 7 tips if you choose to vacation at home. Continue reading