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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / October 2006Master Cleanse-what if you normally have "number 2" problems?
Hi all, I'm a newbie to this group and need some urgent advice from anyone with some knowledge or experience of the Master Cleanse / Lemonade Diet. Today I'm starting the cleanse and have one main concern. All my life, I've been fairly "regular" (I'm now 27, so it's not an old-age problem...yet!), if you know what I mean. I eat something, then within the next hour, I'm off to the bathroom. Some say they're envious, I say I'm cursed! It's not pleasant and sometimes an inconvenience. It's also not a specific kind of food, just any food. And the more I eat, the more I go! Further, for around 6 years (since 21yo) I haven't been able to drink full cream milk or else I can expect a sleepness night sitting in the bathroom with the additional pleasure of having extreme cramping. :( Other dairy products, unless it's a cheese platter, do no harm though, so not sure if it's a lactose problem either! Anyhow, I'm going on the Master Cleanse for two reasons - 1) I've been eating like a monster for the past year and 2) in the past year I've gained 10kg and my fat percentage has increased greatly (it used to be 16% or so when I was a fitness junkie!). Now, I'm not too concerned about the headaches, as I'm prone to them anyway, I'm not too concerned about the cravings or lack of food either, I'm concerned about the laxative tea!!! If I'm already a very regular person who on a normal day goes 2-3 times, and frequently has minor cases of diarrhea (sorry for the info, but I guess I can assume it's a frequent topic for Master Cleansers??? lol), should I really take laxative tea??? I work full-time and will have no time off for the Master Cleanse. I will arrive home around 7pm Monday-Friday and I don't want to be up every night for 10-14 days! :'( I'm really, REALLY afraid. :'( Additionally, I study part-time off-campus, so I'm up late each night and therefore doing the "extraction" procedure in the mornings (and carrying the problem to work!) isn't really an option either. I've tried the teas already, but they don't do TOO much, but I know testing them while not actually ON the Master Cleanse isn't a sign of what's to come. :'( Can anyone please assist? What can I do to avoid having up to 2 weeks of sleepless nights??? :'( Thanks so much in advance, Lara >Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >Thanks so much in advance, >Lara Honestly, Lara, it sounds like Master Cleanse is a very poor diet choice for you. I'm skeptical aboutit being a great choice for anyone, since it doesn't do anything to establish proper eating habits, but in your case I'd think it's a particularly bad idea. How about just committing to reducing calories and increasing exercise? You won't lose as quickly, but most of the Master Cleanse loss is just water weight anyway. I'd recommend counting calories -- the fitday.com site is a useful tool for this. And avoid laxatives as well as foods that have that effect on you. (Full cream milk has no useful place in the adult diet anyway, particularly for someone wanting to lose weight.) Chris 262/130s/130s started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004 fugheddaboudit. see your doctor about the diarrhea. Then moderate what you eat, get your exercise, drink your fluids, sleep 8 hours, cut back on caffeine and alcohol. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > Thanks so much in advance, > Lara > I'm a newbie to this group and need some urgent advice from anyone with > some knowledge or experience of the Master Cleanse / Lemonade Diet. Don't waste your time or your money. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > inconvenience. It's also not a specific kind of food, just any food. > And the more I eat, the more I go! You need a bowel movement an hour after eating? Wow! Do you smoke? That often induces a bowel movement. Could be that. FWIW - I used to have dreadful problems with irregularity - usually the other way; i'd go days without going. Yuk! It all magically righted itself when I got the Magic Three in balance, these being Water, Exercise and Fibre. Notwithstanding any medical mitigations, once you get enough of all three, nature takes its course and you should fall into a daily pattern. Any sudden change in bowel habit that cannot be explained by diet or a bug, should be reported to a doctor. See a gastroenterologist. Don't do this (ridiculous) "cleansing" thing. Eat healthy and exercise more. Hey, you asked :-) ep > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > Thanks so much in advance, > Lara > Hi all, > > I'm a newbie to this group and need some urgent advice from anyone with > some knowledge or experience of the Master Cleanse / Lemonade Diet. My advice? Don't. Eat properly with the right amount of fiber, exercise, drink lots of water, and avoid milk and milk products. Neil 385/285/220 > avoid milk and milk products. Why? ep >> avoid milk and milk products. > > Why? > > ep Probably because it's a fatty source of calcium which is in the presence of protein and therefore probably causes the body to excrete calcium instead of adding it as most believe.  SignatureCheese http://cheesensweets.com/contacts/cheese.php > > avoid milk and milk products. > > Why? Lara reported problems after eating dairy. Therefore she should avoid eating dairy until she is certain something else is causing those problems. Eliminate a problem by trying to eliminate its source, simple as that. I know - Dairy is good for most people so it can sound strange that she should avoid it. It's can't possibly be dairy that's the source of the problem because dairy is good for most people therefore it's good for everyone, right? That's too much like saying peanuts are good for most people therefore you won't get sick from eating peanuts, either. Except that the symptoms of peanut allergy tend to be fatal not subtle it's the exact same logic. > Lara reported problems after eating dairy. Oh, my bad. Thanks for clarifying. ep > I'm a newbie to this group and need some urgent advice from anyone with > some knowledge or experience of the Master Cleanse / Lemonade Diet. > Today I'm starting the cleanse and have one main concern. My concern is that you're doing a fad diet with no apparent specific reason that would indicate why you want any fad diet or why this one in particular. > All my life, I've been fairly "regular" (I'm now 27, so it's not an > old-age problem...yet!), if you know what I mean. I eat something, > then within the next hour, I'm off to the bathroom. Some say they're > envious, I say I'm cursed! It's not pleasant and sometimes an > inconvenience. It's also not a specific kind of food, just any food. > And the more I eat, the more I go! That doesn't sound like regular. It sounds like dumping syndrome. There should be some correlation between meals and movments, but nowhere near only one hour. > Further, for around 6 years (since 21yo) I haven't been able to drink > full cream milk or else I can expect a sleepness night sitting in the > bathroom with the additional pleasure of having extreme cramping. :( > Other dairy products, unless it's a cheese platter, do no harm though, > so not sure if it's a lactose problem either! Have you ever tried going 2 weeks dairy free? Dairy intollerances are more common than most people realize and digestive problems can be a symptom. Rather than lactose think maybe an intolerance to the proteins. Doesn't matter either way, if you can't digest dairy and it causes you to dump and/or insomnia the simple strategy of avoiding dairy is the way to go. Think of the stuff as a personal poison and see if a 2 week dairy-free trial has you feeling better. I bet it does. > 16% or so when I was a fitness junkie!). Now, I'm not too concerned > about the headaches, as I'm prone to them anyway, I'm not too concerned Diet can cure migraines. I started low carbing in 1999 and since then I have had exactly one migraine. It was during a high stress 2 week project where I lived on high carb junk food. Back to what has been my normal food since 1999, and no more migraines since. > Can anyone please assist? What can I do to avoid having up to 2 weeks > of sleepless nights??? :'( Ditch the fad plan and try an isolation system by going dairy free. |
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