My husband and I have decided to start the Master Cleanse a.k.a. Lemonade Diet for 10 days. There are a few reasons that we have decided to this cleanse, and they are as follows:
- We are changing our lifestyle to vegetarian (although he will still be eating fish--which I guess isn't really vegetarian, anyhoo.)
- We learned that most healthier cultures fast quite often to stay healthy and to heal illnesses.
- Hopefully this will strengthen our spiritual lives all the more.
- We looooooove a challenge!
- We are looking forward to the weight loss.
- We may do this cleanse about twice a year.
We have done a couple of 24 hour water fasts. I don't think this will be anywhere near as easy. I know that most of the problem with these types of fasts are psychological. When we did the water fast I could smell
eeeeverything. I could smell bananas that hadn't been peeled and were across the room and even my children's Cheerios. Trust me, Cheerios have never smelled as tempting as they did that day. Some challenges may be:
- I have to cook for the children. UGH! Is it wrong to force children to fast?LOL.
- I have, like most Americans, both a psychological and physical addiction to food.
- Did I mention that I salivate at the mere mention of food?
Anyway, we are pretty much doing this blog so that hopefully the prospect of people knowing that we are doing this 10 day fast will help us through the hard times.
After all "pride comes before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall", but hopefully in this case it will keep us from falling off the "wagon".
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