I have done the Master Cleanse (Cayenne Pepper/maple syrup/lemon) multiple times. The most I have ever done it for was 15 days. My wife has done it for 40 days. Nothing but a gallon of lemon water every day.
It really isnt that hard. You don't get hungry after the first few days. One thing I always go through on about day 3 is looking at scraps that people leave on thier plate and thinking "why in the world would anyone EVER not eat that?". And we are talking about pizza crust or the bun from a hamburger. Hell, even a few shreds of lettuce. After the first week it becomes more of a mental thing. If you take a bite of a piece of bread, you pretty much just threw in the towel.
Coming off of that thing is also a delicate process.
It really isnt that hard. You don't get hungry after the first few days. One thing I always go through on about day 3 is looking at scraps that people leave on thier plate and thinking "why in the world would anyone EVER not eat that?". And we are talking about pizza crust or the bun from a hamburger. Hell, even a few shreds of lettuce. After the first week it becomes more of a mental thing. If you take a bite of a piece of bread, you pretty much just threw in the towel.
Coming off of that thing is also a delicate process.
my mom did the master cleanse about 5 years ago and wanted my dad to do it with her. of course he said "hell no" so i was roped into it. did it for 17 days. the drink itself isn't bad at all. like a spicy gatorade. the problem was i lost too much weight in the first week. i was only 170 to begin with and dropped 11 pounds. my suits were falling off me. began to put in 3.5x the amount of syrup for the remaining 10 days to boost my calories and weight loss stopped. my mom lost like 15 lbs over 17 days. of course i went out and got a huge steak dinner at mortons when it was over and killed my toilet for a few days. like it was said before, you need to eat light when coming off it.
i'd do it again just to see if i had the discipline to pass up meals. it was tough to be sitting their with a jug of the mix while friends were chowing down right in front of me. even harder when i quit weed the whole time to avoid the munchies.
i'd do it again just to see if i had the discipline to pass up meals. it was tough to be sitting their with a jug of the mix while friends were chowing down right in front of me. even harder when i quit weed the whole time to avoid the munchies.
I did the master cleanse for 10 days...Felt great then it caused on onset of gout in my big toe so I stopped. I've tried every fad diet known to man...Honestly I believe a 3 day juice fast is good once in awhile but anything more is unnecessary. Why would you want to eat your muscles away? There is no quick fix the solution is eat healthy and exercise there are now shortcuts to losing weight.....I've lost 32 lbs since april working out and eating healthy.
