Tim & Julia - Day 3 : We're Going... We're Going... We're done.

Okay okay... so Dot spilled our beans. :)
On Thursday, after work/school, Tim and I finished up. We were actually still gonna keep going, but Tim wasn't feeling too well (and so he couldn't concentrate at school). Plus, when Tim got home from school, he noticed that our Lemonade (which we forgot to refridgerate) had started fermenting. Uck! In fact... we might have been drinking fermented lemonade for a little bit.

So the whole time up until we stopped, I kept thinking of all the great food I could eat. Potato Salad... Big Macs... Burritos... Pizza... French Fries... Salad. Well, to finish our diet, we ate some vegetable soup that Tim's parents made. It was good...but not as good as I had expected. Then we went and got me a small taco from Taco Time, and then over to Beto's to get Tim a breakfast burrito. It wasn't as good as I remembered. After that... I really didn't crave much. I felt kinda sad that we couldn't go longer. Now, I feel like I'm pretty picky about my food. I don't snack too much at work anymore... I feel like eating less meat, and more fruit. Hmmm... interesting. Anyway. Tim would like to do it again sometime... As long as the lemonade is refridgerated, I think I could do it. It's definately easier to do it TOGETHER. :)

yummy OJ!!

So, my first day "off" the cleanse...I still have a sore throat, but it's tolerable. I drank a YUMMY glass of OJ this morning, then for lunch the same...plus a few wheat crackers and 2 fish sticks...my stomache was feeling ok...found some hidden swedish fish, yum!...made some oatmeal cookies with the girls--had 2 of those...mmmm...for dinner I made Chicken Noodle soup...again, yummy...off to a birthday celebration where I downed a chocolate cupcake...then I snacked on carrots and ranch for the rest of the night...oh, and here and there a tall glass of water!!! I thought I was doing great, my stomache was fine and etc...until 10:30pm...oops!

Today...my sore throat is gone, but I still sound croakie...I'm taking it a bit easier...OJ and toast, salad for lunch--with lots of goodies (peas, mandarine oranges, a bit of chicken, carrots) --and I just had a few grahams...we'll see what my stomache does tonight...

My First Day!!

So...today is my first day...I don't think it's too bad...I was able to drink down 1/2 quart of salt water really quick. It wasn't too bad...didn't really have to poo till about 2 hours after I got to work...that's about it.

Right now the only hard thing is thinking about food....I'm not sure how long i'll last..but we'll see.

pulp or no pulp???

Well, I've decided that-although juicing with my vitamix was a lot easier than by hand and VERY convienient to juice several lemons at once-I really don't like ALL of the pulp in there. So, today I've gone back to juicing by hand thus, a little bit of pulp with more juice--much better!!

Woke up with a bit of a headache, not too bad...exercised...blah blah blah...

Am still peeing a bunch, that's all...maybe I need to be a bit more diligent like Julia and get better? results...my tongue doesn't seem to be as white, nor is my mouth "fuzzy"...but I still have my sore throat...trying to decide if I'm closer to being detoxed or not...and...I don't have so many cravings to snack. Don't know if it's more "habit breaking" or detoxing...o-well...

Still hate how my teeth feel...

UPDATE
so, julia called me and said they were done...so, about 10 min ago, I decided I was done too...7:50pm...I ate some green beans from last night...YUMMMMMMM!!! and now I'm munching on a piece of whole wheat toast...MMMMMMMM!!!!!

what made me decide to stop...well, my tongue was still pink and my hunger pangs were killing me! I'd go from, "oh, I'm a bit hungry" to "I'm starving and I'm going to die from it" in less than 5 minutes, then it would take 1/2 hour to recover after drinking the lemonade (meaning I'd have a major tummy ache). This was the last 5 hours...so, I'M DONE!!

Tim & Julia - Day 3: Easier and Harder at the Same Time

1. I woke up at 6:00a this morning with the cramping/gassy stomach. Sat on the toilet for about 45 minutes. It hurt. My first poo's were gooey! Oozing out! They almost looked black... then I turned on the bathroom light and saw that it was a dark dark brown. Finished up, and crawled back into bed.
2. Tim and I were both exhausted, and slept till about 8am. We made our drinks: Tim had a quart of salt water, and I made 1/2 quart salt water. Weird Thing--It wasn't too salty for me today! Good thing? Bad thing?? I really had no problem drinking it. I'm sure I put in the correct amount of salt.
3. Tim had some good bowel movements this morning. I tried looking in while he went to see how his stool was, but he wouldn't let me and flushed while still sitting there.
4. Today we're actually feeling a little... ugh. Yesterday, we were just saying how GREAT we felt. Not tired, not sluggish... just normal. And so I think we slacked off on drinking or lemonade. (Plus, we ran out of Cayanne pepper, and so he used some of my Cayanne capsules and put it in his drink. I think it was too strong, and so he only drank about 1/3 c of his drink). Today, we were both feeling a little weak. So we'll see if drinking ALL of our drink today helps.
5. FYI: Pooping now is kinda like blowing your nose--you gotta push and push until it suddenly blows out. :)
6. We're thinking of going the full 10 days. But like Dot... we'll take it one day at a time. Do you think we should do a real fast on Sunday? Healthy or no? Or should we keep with the diet?
7. BTW: I think my normally-high Blood Pressure is dropping to a more normal level. We're using Tim's parents blood pressure monitor to measure.

1:30pm

1. Tim called earlier. He says he's not feeling well, and once he finishes his homework will go home to sleep. He feels fatigued, and can't think.
2. I've had to pee all morning. Just a few minutes, I ran to the potty for a poo. It oozed. It sat like a hershey's kiss at the bottom of the bowl until it spreaad into an algae looking puddle. My stomach hurts a little... I think I need to go again. Ugh.

Day 2 & 3...

well, yesterday was...ICK!! I started with a slight headache monday evening...and it didn't go away when I woke up this morning...in fact it got progressively worse...but I didn't give up...kept the lemonade chugging...but I was definitely irritable and major temple pounding...Michael looked it up (and so did I this morning) irritability and headaches can be a result of the toxins being "stirred up."

Summary of day 2: I was a grump...no one was happy in our home...did some pooping & lots of peeing...I went to bed early

Today...day 3: Much better, Headache gone...decided to use my vitamix to "juice" up my lemons...took 5 lemons, cut off the yellow part of the skin (thus leaving some pulp) and then threw them into the vitamix with a bit of water and blended away...much easier than juicing one at a time...earlier in the pm, my throat started hurting...now the entire top of my throat is scratchy and my tongue and mouth feel "fuzzy"...another sign of detoxing....i pooped 3 times today and still pee-ed a ton!!

Like Julia...I still want to SNACK...not because I'm hungry...just want a little bite of something here and there...how long will I continue??? I'm taking one day at a time...so we'll see...

oh, and forgot to mention that I was liking the drink cold, until about mid-afternoon yesterday, and now I prefer it warm/hot.

Tim & Julia - Day 2 : We Survived!

So last night, we both drank our tea. Tim ended up getting a major headache (perhaps migraine?) and had to take some medicine. It hurt so bad, we just went to bed so he could sleep.

This morning, I woke up at 5:00a with major stomach pains. Well... not "MAJOR", just stomach cramping/hurting. Dorth had just told me yesterday how it had happened to her. So I got up and sat on the pot. Was there for about 30mins. Had to massage my stomach to help get things moving. Got a good orange-brown bowel movement. It seemed to float on top of the water like a lily-pad.

When I finished up, I decided to drink my half-quart of salt water. This time, I decided to try it with less salt. I was able to drink it w/o any problems. Went back to bed until 7:30a. Snooze. 7:40a. Snooze. 7:50a I got up. Got ready. Woke up Tim. I noticed he was about to try and fart.

"Don't fart!" I said quickly.
He jumps up. "Oh yeah! Good call!" he exclaims as he rushes to the bathroom. A few minutes later, he says good thing I told him to stop, or he would have exploded in bed. :) haha! He actually had to go a couple of times this morning before we left (which is good, since he said he only had 1 explosion at school yesterday).

We actually both woke up feeling pretty good. Work was a still a little hard since I see all the snacks around. I think I may have gone to the bathroom more today than yesterday. Today my poo's were a little more "oozy".

Didn't have the major food cravings that I had yesterday. Occasionally, I think, "Oh how good it would be to eat some sushi, or a burger, or even a piece of chocolate." And that's the hardest part. It's not that you're feeling HUNGRY... it's just that you want to EAT SOMETHING! A snack! ANYTHING! I'm thinking of freezing some of the lemonade mix to eat as a popsicle.

Oh yeah... today I tried using Cayanne capsals instead of adding it to the lemonade. The 'nade tasted LOTS better... but the Cayanne burns even MORE in the stomach! It made it hard because it feels like I just took some herbal medicine, and usually when I do that I eat something to ease the burn. Wheat Thins! Chips! :(

I ended up only taking one Cayanne capsal.

At around 2p, Tim called me. He said he had just gotten out of class. How HORRIBLE it was because during class, a kid came in, sat down next to him, pulled out his Wendy's hamburger, drink, fries, AND chicken nuggets. :( Poor Tim!! He said it smelled SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!
He's still on campus doing lab work, so I'll have to see how he did today.

In the future, do I think I'd do this again? Only if I feel INCREDIBLE TIMES 1000 at the end of this cleanse! Otherwise, I don't know if it's worth it... (though it really wasn't too bad today!)

Tim & Julia - Day 1 : The Worst Day of Our Lives

I think the title says it all. :) Okay okay... it wasn't THAT bad. Mind over body, right?
Tim and & I started our cleanse yesterday. Well, we actually started Monday night, with some Senna Tea. (Dorth, that Apple-Cinn sounds good!).

Tuesday morning, we decided to wake up extra early to get a start with the Salt Wash. 7:30a for me... 7:40a for Tim. Tim used our glass Pyrex measuring cup and made the whole quart. I started with the 1/2 quart pyrex glass. First impression: "This will be easy! It's like flavorless Chicken Noodle Soup -- minus the noodles.

*I* only got less than half-way when I'd had enough. Tim worked his way through it. Go Tim! I slowly made my way through the half-quart (while frantically reading The Master Cleanse.pdf for a loop-hole.) Did you know that it's totally fine to just drink the lax. tea morning and night? Yup... it says that if you need the extra HELP, then you can do the salt wash... or I guess if you want a more thorough clean... WHATEVER! I'm sticking to the tea! (Then Tim made me compromise: 1/2 quart of salt water, cup of senna tea). okay.

Let's see... I think both Tim and I had some decent poo's before leaving for school and work. I tried to get a pic of Tim on the John, but he felt it was too personal. :) Both of our poo was very soft...and orangy-brown.
At work, I went about... 4-6 times. It kinda came in groups. Like I'd be fine for an hour, then I'd have to run and pee or poo for 3 x 10 min increments. Then I'd have another hour or two... then another set. Not too bad. I never really felt hungry... just had a strong urge and desire to SNACK! Wheat Thins! Crackers! Chip Chips! Granola Bars! Fruit Snacks! (We've got a kitchen/Snack area at work).

The lemonade was pretty good. Took a little to get used to it. After a while, I got used to the burning Cayenne.

After work was pretty hard. Usually, I'll go pick up Tim from campus at around 4:30p, then we'll head home and make dinner or grab something out-and-about to eat. It's kinda a ritual, I guess. Well, needless to say... we felt like our world was crashing down around us. We had no desire to go out. We just went home and played a couple hours of World of Warcraft to keep our minds off of it. Of course, Tim would constantly ask me, "What do you want for dinner?" or "Ready for dinner?" He'd say we could pretend to be eating a nice juicy hamburger, or fried chicken, or peanut butter. (BTW, it's pretty sad to realize how much you snack throughout the day, or to see WHAT THINGS you'd eat--JUNK FOOD!!)

Tim and I both admit that last night was the hardest... we both almost gave in. We've made a pact (unless we need to ween ourselves off the diet): After we close our fast on sunday, we're gonna go to Betos and get a greasy Breakfast Burrito. hehe. ;)

salt water is NASTY...

yes, so i did the salt water flush thing yesterday morning...NASTY...i tried chugging it all down quick...(because aaron said it took him an hour, and i didn't want to drag it out that long)...so, i got 3c down...but then i felt ICK...after 1/2 hr, i was able to drink the rest...but still felt gross for most of the morning...finished "running" to the potty by 9:30 am, started drinking the lemonade stuff...and haven't been starving...i get hungry...tummy growling and etc. but like aaron, drink some lemonade and am fine. i've been drinking a apple-cinn flavor senna tea and it's actually yummy...

so, the cayenne pepper...HOT!!...and i definetly don't like the warm feeling in my throat and tummy afterwards...i went and got the cool cayenne capsules...about $9 for a bottle of 90 capsules and i've been fine...found out i like the lemonade a bit more watered down...and am getting used to the dark maple flavor...

i pee a lot and i also don't like how my teeth feel from all of the lemonade...other than that, like aaron...i do want to snack (habit snacking) and just found out last night that my red robin bonus bucks-$15.00-expire on the 28th of this month! UG!

oh, and unlike aaron, i still pooped this morning...

I've got the stuff!

So the other night, I went to Good Earth health store in Provo.

I asked the Store Manager, Mason, to point me in the direction of the Maple Syrup, Grade B. He showed me, then asked, "Are you doing the Master Cleanse?"

I said I was, and he told me that he actually does it 4 times a year! He totally answered all my questions, recommended a laxative tea, and also Cayanne capsules (which he said he personally liked to use). Of course, I did lie about having the Master Cleanse booklet when he asked if I had it (since we got it through Adobe PDF, instead of paying the $5-6 bucks).

If I have any more questions, I can call up the store and basically talk to any of their employees, because he said many of the employees have done (or do) this master cleanse.

And so can you (even you, Aaron! While he was at the store getting the tea laxative, he called me up and had ME call Good Earth to find out what tea to use).

To visit their site, go to: Good Earth Natural Foods

Or to ask questions, call: Provo (801) 375-7444 - Orem (801) 765-1616

OUR COST:

32 fl.oz. (1 quart) of Shady Maple Farms pure organic Maple Syrup Grade B : $24.89

1 box of 32 tea bags of caffeine free Alvita brand Senna Leaf tea : $5.65

1 bottle of 100 Cayenne capsules (40,000) heat : $8.99 (they offer these capsules in a "COOL" version which is lower in heat, and thus does not "burn" in your stomach).

Bags and Bags of fresh lemons from Arizona (Tim's sister has a lemon tree!) : nothing!

We might might might start Friday night... (that's what Mason recommended) ...but not sure yet.

Day 1 - Is it black?

Ok, so I've about finished day one. :) Nope, no black poo or anything. Dot asked me on the phone.... So, last night, I drank some Peppermint tea - which I was told has a mild laxative effect. After a couple of hours, I was hungry for my late night snack, so I made some lemon drink. Now, just to let everyone know, the pdf from the podiatrist lists the cayenne pepper amount wrong! :) I found out the hard way. He has it listed at 1/10 Tablespoon, when in fact it should be only 1/10 of a teaspoon. So, it was kinda spicy, and my stomach was burning as I went to bed. Wasn't sure if I was going to make it for 10 days - if I were going to go that long. So, I think I woke up at about 2am and had to go pee....I went for a loooonnngggg time. Probably the longest micturation I've taken in the night. Weird. Then, in the AM, this morning, I went ahead and made the salt wash with 1quart of warm h2o and 2 teaspoons of sea salt. It took me about 1 hour to finally get most of it down. It was definately a little strange, but not to the point that I couldn't do it-just imagine drinking sea water while you're out in the ocean. After about 1/2 an hour of starting the drink, I started using the john. This proceeded for about 1-2 hours of just going back to talk to john. Dallin was wondering why I had to go so much - he wanted to play some games. My stomach was a little uncomfortable because of so much water, but once it left my system, I've been fine. After that, when I started to feel hungry, I made my next cup of lemonade - after I guzzled it, I checked the website and book, and realized that the cayenne pepper amount was wrong :(. Good thing I didn't make the "large" batch.

So...I've found that if I use a 32oz water jug, fill it to 32oz, then juice 2 lemons, add 8 Tbs of maple syrup (4 fluid oz.), and a somewhat heaping 1/3 teaspoon of cayenne (about 2mils). Once it's all in, just shake and drink. 2 of the 32oz jugs a day should be sufficient. I just made sure that I drank more when it was supposed to be meal time. Oh, and it doesn't taste bad - actually pretty good, just weird because of the 'zing' from the cayenne pepper...

So, the result. I haven't been hungry at all. I have noticed that I habitually snack, and that was the hard part - not grabbing a snack. I didn't crave anything. And I haven't pooped since this morning when I did the wash. Don't know if that's a good thing or bad. :) Tomorrow I'll forgo the wash, because I don't think I can work and "run" at the same time. HAHA!

32oz Maple Syrup Grade B - $14.00
Walmart Organic Lemons (in 2 bags of 10) - $5.00 each bag
Red Ground Pepper - Cayenne - $2.14
Toilet paper - priceless!

-aaron

...hello out there...

so, i've noticed that some of you have linked your blogs to this one...anyone blog surfing is sure to come across our "interesting" topic of conversation that comes up...and since no one has posted the link to the "master cleanse" and the "lemonde diet" I'll just post it now so that those of surfing can be better informed as to what we have been talking about...

http://www.thelemonadediet.com/
http://www.podiatryinfo.com/lemonade_diet.pdf

Kiera & Emma escapades!

Sept. 18, 2003: I wonder if these two cousins will continue to always be this mischievious. I caught them in here, looked at them and said, "UH OH!!" Then ran for my cell phone camera...

BTW: Kiera was my best pooper during potty training. I don't remember when it started, but right before naps, I would throw her on the potty, she would poop, and then off to nap! (worked like clockwork!!) Seemed like I never had to change poopy diapers for her!

we don't recommend this...

A few weeks ago Aaron found Tanner in the bathroom and saw him put something in his mouth. You got it...he'd found a piece of poo and had it in his mouth....nothing's grosser than than!

Kassidy and Reality

Last year, Dorothy and Mike drove down to Utah with their girls to visit us.
Dorothy and I were in the bathroom for some reason, and Miss Kassidy was on the toilet going poo. Well, she finished up, got off the John, then headed out. Dorothy went to the toilet, looked down, and asked, "Kassidy, did you wipe?"

Kassidy replied, "Yes."

Dorothy looks at her and exclaims: "Then where's the toilet paper?? I don't see any toilet paper!"

hehe... Sorry, this is simply what I remember of the situation. :)

A cousin...

One of our cousins (I won't say who) used to think that the amount of toilet paper you used to wipe was dependant on the number of poo's your bum bum released. So if you only had 3 poo poo's, you only had to wipe your bum 3 times. Hehehe...

Timmy's Accidents

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Poo Story Posting... ?

As main poster of this blog, I propose that each member submit some good (and funny) poo stories (past or present) that will help alleviate any pressure bloggers may feel towards poo-ing.

Agreed?

P.S. Please put "poo stories" in the post labels.

Restart

Sorry... as I was laying in bed, I realized I named this blog wrong! It should be "Lose The Poo"!!!
Plus, I thought BROWN would be a perfect background color. :O

Please repost your comments!!

Set a Date

Okay, let's set a date for our 3 (or 10, if you're brave enought) day cleanse. Any suggestions??

Welcome! Let us begin our journey together into the disgusting realm of the nasty Chan Rectum Tracts...

... Let me first turn back the sands of time... ... to a time when we were sitting around some tables eating some ice-cream...or custard. Before Stacy got that raspberry seed in her tooth, we talked about...

COLON CLEANSING.

Tim told us of how he would like to get it done.

Stacy shared her friend's experience with a natural colon-cleansing method...

... and a seed was planted.

TODAY, we have the recipe/formula to cleanse our colons.

Shall we do it? Together? Let us join our cyber-voices to pursue a cleaner colon!
Onward and Upward! (or Downward and Outward).