the master cleanse. days 11 , 12 and 13. ease out.
Day 11
Thoughts from Note
In the morning, we each made liter containers of delicious, pulpy orange juice and went off to our respective works. I had prepared myself for a really tough day of being extraordinarily hungry but, the hunger never came. The orange juice, apart from being amazingly delicious, kept me quite full. A little after 1pm, I went and bought myself a V8-similar beverage and nursed it for a couple hours - making sure not to jolt my stomach into revolt. All went well. For dinner we had some simply yet (again) remarkably delicious vegetable consomme soups. Everything is delicious after 10 days of lemon and cayenne. All in all, the first day of ease out was a cinch.
Thoughts from Meghan
As Christophe said, OJ is delicious. I greatly enjoyed drinking it, and munching on the pulp- you'll chew anything when you've had nothing to chew for 10 days. I actually had a really busy day of play rehearsals, so I didnt drink all that much of my OJ until I got home around 3:45. Then I cut it with some water and drank it up. Followed it with a little apple juice and water which was amazing. I think the most exciting part of the day though was realizing at 7pm that it was time to "make dinner" something we hadnt done in a while. While I boiled water and mixed it with a boullion cube, Tophe cleared the table and set it for our dinner. As silly and simple as a bowl of bullion is, it felt so nice to "sit down to dinner" for the first time in 10 days. I think that is one of the things I missed most.
Day 12
Thoughts from Note
We started day twelve with a breakfast of okayuu, a sort of heavily watered down rice porridge normally made for those with intestinal problems. We added a bit of maple syrup and it was, yes again, remarkably delicious. For lunch, Meghan made a simple vegetable soup with carrots, onions and shiitake mushrooms that we ate cautiously. All went well again. While shopping for veggies, we picked up a baguette from the bakery. While finishing up the soup, we decided to try out our first carbs (a little earlier than planned). No prob. For dinner we had some fabulous raw food wraps (pitas, hummus, peppers, cucumbers, olives, tomatoes, broccoli sprouts, fried tofu and black beans). Probably ate too many of those. The only effect that solid foods had on me was the feeling of weight. After having essentially nothing in your stomach for about a week, the addition of any sort of solid food really feels a bit funny. Oh, and due to visitors and peer pressure, Meghan and I cracked into a nice, crisp New Zealand Marlborough that we had purchased the week prior.
Thoughts from Meghan
To expound on the phrase "visitors"- tophe and I had 15 people sleeping at our house Saturday night. Each year a group of English Teachers from all over Hokkaido get together and put together a musical to be preformed at three different locations in Hokkaido. This year I was asked to host the musical at Kaisei, and so arranged for them to use our big ol' stage. It was a bit stressful trying to manage a crew of foreigners in my school, but the musical went well and they held a workshop with my students in the morning, so all was happy. After the show the whole crew went out to an after party which tophe and I skipped due to our fairly strict dietary restrictions. But joined by one of our lovely Hokkaido friends we stayed in and had delicious veggie wraps and some well deserved wine. Actually while the bread and soup sat pretty heavy in my tum earlier in the day, the wine was no problem at all in the eve. I think the tum is back to normal.
Day 13
Thoughts from Note
I write to you now sipping on my second Chimay and enjoying every sip. We had okayuu for breakfast again this morning. I again added some maple syrup but thought I would also through a bit of butter in there to round out the flavor. I've been worried about reintroducing dairy into my diet - mainly because I hear that if you dive into the milks, cheeses and eggs too soon, you can expect serious stomach pains. All was good. And tasty. Lunch was very basic - some fruit and a salad consisting of hearts of palm, cheery tomatoes and button mushrooms (known simply as mashyuruum), and black olives. Dinner was again raw food wraps (so, so good) with the added Chimays. For the record, I've had no serious bathroom issues as some claim can happen if you rush the ease out process. No constipation here.
The ease-out has been nothing but glorious and fairly easy. It's been such a joy to get back to different flavors and textures. I'll write more later but the Chimay is is impeding my thoughts. All's good on the ease-out front.
Thoughts from Meghan
The Chimays are lovely, I have been greatly enjoying every sip. Unlike my amazing pooing boy, I have not yet passed out any of the food I have taken in since eating again. But honestly this comes as no great surprise, as you have surely learned by now, Im not a big poo-er.
Getting back to food has been lovely and I am excited about cooking all this week. Ive got a new plan to write meal plans for the week on Sundays so that I can plan out the menu to take advantage of leftovers. For example this week will be Nabe (a Japanese style soup) on Monday (using up the left over shitake and carrots from the weekend), Scallop salad on Tuesday (using up what will be left over green onions from Monday) and vegetarian chili' on Thursday (using up whatever veggies are left). Still planning to keep away from meat this week, but I dont think we can stay away from fish. Wednesday, in case your curious, will either be sushi or soup curry, we havent decided which we miss more yet. Along with the healthier and better planned eating I plan to keep up the exercise. The pool wont open until May, so I am going to try to go for at least 30 minute jogs each day, along with my Wii Fit time, for the rest of this month.
Thoughts from Note
In the morning, we each made liter containers of delicious, pulpy orange juice and went off to our respective works. I had prepared myself for a really tough day of being extraordinarily hungry but, the hunger never came. The orange juice, apart from being amazingly delicious, kept me quite full. A little after 1pm, I went and bought myself a V8-similar beverage and nursed it for a couple hours - making sure not to jolt my stomach into revolt. All went well. For dinner we had some simply yet (again) remarkably delicious vegetable consomme soups. Everything is delicious after 10 days of lemon and cayenne. All in all, the first day of ease out was a cinch.
Thoughts from Meghan
As Christophe said, OJ is delicious. I greatly enjoyed drinking it, and munching on the pulp- you'll chew anything when you've had nothing to chew for 10 days. I actually had a really busy day of play rehearsals, so I didnt drink all that much of my OJ until I got home around 3:45. Then I cut it with some water and drank it up. Followed it with a little apple juice and water which was amazing. I think the most exciting part of the day though was realizing at 7pm that it was time to "make dinner" something we hadnt done in a while. While I boiled water and mixed it with a boullion cube, Tophe cleared the table and set it for our dinner. As silly and simple as a bowl of bullion is, it felt so nice to "sit down to dinner" for the first time in 10 days. I think that is one of the things I missed most.
Day 12
Thoughts from Note
We started day twelve with a breakfast of okayuu, a sort of heavily watered down rice porridge normally made for those with intestinal problems. We added a bit of maple syrup and it was, yes again, remarkably delicious. For lunch, Meghan made a simple vegetable soup with carrots, onions and shiitake mushrooms that we ate cautiously. All went well again. While shopping for veggies, we picked up a baguette from the bakery. While finishing up the soup, we decided to try out our first carbs (a little earlier than planned). No prob. For dinner we had some fabulous raw food wraps (pitas, hummus, peppers, cucumbers, olives, tomatoes, broccoli sprouts, fried tofu and black beans). Probably ate too many of those. The only effect that solid foods had on me was the feeling of weight. After having essentially nothing in your stomach for about a week, the addition of any sort of solid food really feels a bit funny. Oh, and due to visitors and peer pressure, Meghan and I cracked into a nice, crisp New Zealand Marlborough that we had purchased the week prior.
Thoughts from Meghan
To expound on the phrase "visitors"- tophe and I had 15 people sleeping at our house Saturday night. Each year a group of English Teachers from all over Hokkaido get together and put together a musical to be preformed at three different locations in Hokkaido. This year I was asked to host the musical at Kaisei, and so arranged for them to use our big ol' stage. It was a bit stressful trying to manage a crew of foreigners in my school, but the musical went well and they held a workshop with my students in the morning, so all was happy. After the show the whole crew went out to an after party which tophe and I skipped due to our fairly strict dietary restrictions. But joined by one of our lovely Hokkaido friends we stayed in and had delicious veggie wraps and some well deserved wine. Actually while the bread and soup sat pretty heavy in my tum earlier in the day, the wine was no problem at all in the eve. I think the tum is back to normal.
Day 13
Thoughts from Note
I write to you now sipping on my second Chimay and enjoying every sip. We had okayuu for breakfast again this morning. I again added some maple syrup but thought I would also through a bit of butter in there to round out the flavor. I've been worried about reintroducing dairy into my diet - mainly because I hear that if you dive into the milks, cheeses and eggs too soon, you can expect serious stomach pains. All was good. And tasty. Lunch was very basic - some fruit and a salad consisting of hearts of palm, cheery tomatoes and button mushrooms (known simply as mashyuruum), and black olives. Dinner was again raw food wraps (so, so good) with the added Chimays. For the record, I've had no serious bathroom issues as some claim can happen if you rush the ease out process. No constipation here.
The ease-out has been nothing but glorious and fairly easy. It's been such a joy to get back to different flavors and textures. I'll write more later but the Chimay is is impeding my thoughts. All's good on the ease-out front.
Thoughts from Meghan
The Chimays are lovely, I have been greatly enjoying every sip. Unlike my amazing pooing boy, I have not yet passed out any of the food I have taken in since eating again. But honestly this comes as no great surprise, as you have surely learned by now, Im not a big poo-er.
Getting back to food has been lovely and I am excited about cooking all this week. Ive got a new plan to write meal plans for the week on Sundays so that I can plan out the menu to take advantage of leftovers. For example this week will be Nabe (a Japanese style soup) on Monday (using up the left over shitake and carrots from the weekend), Scallop salad on Tuesday (using up what will be left over green onions from Monday) and vegetarian chili' on Thursday (using up whatever veggies are left). Still planning to keep away from meat this week, but I dont think we can stay away from fish. Wednesday, in case your curious, will either be sushi or soup curry, we havent decided which we miss more yet. Along with the healthier and better planned eating I plan to keep up the exercise. The pool wont open until May, so I am going to try to go for at least 30 minute jogs each day, along with my Wii Fit time, for the rest of this month.
posted by note at 9:32 PM
3 Comments:
Thanks for keeping your blog guys. It's been wonderful to read your thoughts. Glad the ease out- ease in has gone well. - Love, Mom
there's a dude who did a prank based on the master cleanse and called it the giga cleanse experiment . he conducted an experiment AND lost weight.
Thank you guys for posting your blog. I was concerned about my return to solid foods and i read alot of random ways to ease out. This blog was pleasant to read. Thanks!
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