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[shereminisces]

I am starting the master cleanse diet today with a close friend. That means nothing but an abysmal-sounding lemonade concoction, water, and senna-leaf laxative tea (in chocololate of all flavors, heh). For 10 days I am going to be miserable, but at the end I should feel all squeaky clean from the inside out and should be quite a bit skinnier.

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[on_the_duck]

may the lord have mercy on our souls.

the salt water thing wasn't so bad. honestly the worst part was chugging the latter half of the liter. GOD!

i have to admit, i actually really like the lemonade. as demented as that sounds. if science could find a way to make it crunchy, i would probably find no need to eat anything else ever again (although, i'm pretty sure it's science we're trying to purge from our bodies). it's tart, sweet, and spicy (which satisfies salty well enough for me)...crunchy would be the cherry on top.

[bbblakey]

I had to put some thought into whether it's appropriate for me to comment on something like this, being posted by someone I barely know, then realised that I couldn't live with not saying anything. Take a gander at this:

[shereminisces]

I really appreciate your taking the time to reply so candidly and openly, and please do not worry about appropriateness. I can see why you are concerned, and I understand why - I did have a summer once in which I went really overboard with limiting calories (like counting the number of grapes I was eating overboard) and exercising, and it is indeed a slippery slope. Luckily, since then I am very conscious of when I start to feel like I am heading in a dangerous direction, and you have my word that if I feel like I am damaging myself in any real way I will stop, and also that I will not go past the ten days even if I feel like I could at the end. It helps that I have also made these promises to myself. It also helps that I am pretty miserable on this diet and am already looking forward to finishing it.

Anyway, I want to thank you again. Not everyone takes the time to comment like you did, especially in such a personal way. I will be very careful. I promise.

[apexsensation]

Best of luck! I know of a number of people who went through this last year and met with varying degrees of success.