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I didn’t eat anything after midnight. I weighed in and recorded my weight at 227 lbs. (I’m 5′9″, so that should give you some indication of how overweight I am. I’d like to be around 186)

I drank 1 mug of my Senna Tea, around midnight. I’m not getting much sleep tonight, as you might tell from the time I’m writing this. (It’s freezing, and snowing outside which is unusual for this state.)

I squeezed 12oz of lemons. Which I mixed with 8.5 oz of Grade B Maple Syrup. (This would typically be 12oz of Syrup, but because I’m way overweight, I decided to use much less. I may change this as the diet progresses. The books I’ve read stated it’s fine to use less if you’re overweight.)

I then mixed this with 96oz of water, and 1.5 teaspoons of cayenne pepper. I’ve got my sea-salt ready for a flush when I wake up.

In High School, I used to work out a lot. I was in shape, and a straight A student. I wasn’t the healthiest eater, but my metabolism balanced things out. To top things off, I was involved in every after school activity known to students; Chess Club, Social Study Club, Speech Club, Brain Game Club, Latin Club, Stage Crew, you name it.

At night, I’d stay up until about 2AM, and I’d get up around 5AM. Life was great.

As you get older, things catch up with you fast. I still eat bad, I’m severely overweight, I sleep 8 hours every night and I’m always tired. I’m on a CPAP, which I never use, and my asthma acts up all the time.

After weighing in at 227, I’ve decided to detox my body and get my metabolism back in order. Several years ago, a colleague I’ve worked with for several year with stopped by. Work keeps us busy, so I hadn’t seen him for about a month. He’s a tall guy, who like me was getting a belly. However, when he stopped by he was totally slimmed down. I had asked him about what diet he was on, and he mentioned it was “The Lemonade Diet” A diet comprised of drinking a special lemonade drink for 10-40 days.

Curious I bought a lot of books, and did a lot of research. I gave it a try, but out of pressure of being around food a lot I gave up. However, while on the diet I began to feel like I did in High School. I slept a lot better, could think clearer, and was dropping a lot of weight quick.

Needless to say, after seeing I’m at 227 the first thing that came to mind was getting back on the lemonade diet. I’m goal it to detox no less than 20 days on this diet. I’ll go longer if I can, but will make it to 20 days. Since I blog, I decided to keep a daily journal of this for anyone interested in trying this diet themselves. Once I come off the diet, I will have figured out a healthy regimen. Which will probably be cutting out soda drinks, while watching fat intake. We’ll get to that as I get closer to my 20 day goal.

So what’s the Master Cleanse Diet? It’s a program started by Stanley Burroughs. In a nutshell it looks like this?

You drink 6-12 8oz glassed of Lemonade which is made like this’

• 2 tablespoons of Fresh Lemonade Juice. (Apx 1oz.)
• 2 tablespoons of Grade B Maple Syrup (Don’t use any other type of syrup or sweetener, as it won’t contain the vitamins and minerals you need. more on that later)
• 8oz of spring water (Again, don’t skip on the type of water, or you’ll be missing the minerals you need)
• 1/10 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper (Used to boost your metabolism, while breaking up the toxins in your body.)

At night and morning drink a tea that contains senna. You can also optionally choose to do a sea-salt water flush. (Remember, you won’t be eating so your body is going to need help to pass what you do have.)

The salt-water flush is made like this;

• 2 level teaspoons of sea-salt
• 1 quart of warm water

This stuff is nasty btw, and hard to get down quick. It’s like a flavourless broth. Most times I try to down it, I gag. But I highly recommend it for flushing your body each morning. You will get much better results in a quicker time.

That’s the basics. We’ll cover more as we go along.

I am inside.  It feels like MY house but it also doesn’t.  I am walking around looking for my husband as  I make my way to the front door which is wide open.  My husband is on the front porch and he’s leaning on a support beam with his hands tucked in his pockets, staring up into the night.  As I step out, I see what appears to be a Comet very slowly burning it’s way across the sky from left to right.  As I start to state how strange that is, another burning comet appears to the left.  This one isn’t going in a straight line, however.  It’s making a circle.  I do find my voice and try to direct his attention when my husband simply points to the sky to my right.  IT is the most amazing thing I’ve EVER seen.  The sky is lit up in orange with a meteor shower.  The objects are just pin points in the sky but as we watch, the number increases and spreads.

I fear it’s about to end soon and I think of the kids.  This is a once in a life time event and I HAVE to get them out of bed.  As I run inside, I have a fleeting thought.  “Is this it?  The end of the world?”  I immediately dismiss it as I was sure I would have heard about it by now.  Nor do I “feel” panic.  I run into the kids room.  I yell for them to get up and com look.  “It’s Amazing!”  I pick up my daughter and run out.  My son is,  surprisingly, fast behind on my heels.  We didn’t miss it.  As we watch, we see something strike the ground way off in the distance but we continue to watch in silence and awe.

Suddenly, a large flaming ball strikes our front yard between, the trees near the road.  As flames burst up and towards us, we run inside.  No one speaks so I mention how close that was.  Just as I’m feeling relieved, I see a small fire in the corner of the room.  I yell and point it out to my husband.  I then grab what I perceive is a towel and start whacking at the flames.  As I put them out, new ones spring out across them room.  This repeats all over the room, then into another room.  When one especially stubborn fire won’t go out, I finally realize what I have in my hand is a plastic bag.  How did I not notice THAT?  I run to grab something cloth then attack the fire again.  It’s finally out.

I look around for my husband thinking he’s battling flames in other parts of the house.  He’s not.  He’s standing right where I left him when we ran in.  He still has the same look of amazement.  He STILL hasn’t said a word.

I am awakened by a loud sound on the roof of our cabin.

Okay, I know this has nothing to do with technology, but thought I’d share the strangest dream I had last night.  I have been playing a lot of D&D 4th edition, and working with Cartography Apps to generate maps.  Adding to my list of fun, I’m somewhat hooked on Little Big Planet.

Last night, I saw a commercial for Thor vs. The Incredible Hulk (A Retro Cartoon I sadly enough remember).  To top it all off there was a nasty rain storm last night.  Now that you have the background, here’s the dream.

I woke suddenly and found myself on some weird planet covered in dark mud, with mountains and crevasses all around me.  It was dark and cold, and there was a downpour of rain. There were two tall mountains (made of mud) on either side of me when I heard the call of Godzilla.  I was frightened, and suddenly it all became clear.  Godzilla and the incredible hulk were hunting me. (Don’t ask why I knew that, I just did).  So I did what most brave IT nerds would do.  I ran.  And I ran as fast and hard as I could given the conditions, but Godzilla was gaining ground.  So I bolted around a corner, and almost slid off the ledge of a cliff.  As I gained my balance, I mixed my Godzilla and T-Rex facts up.  I got the notion that if I covered myself with mud like Arnold did in Predator, and got up close to the side of the mountain he wouldn’t see me.  I was already covered in mud, so, for whatever reason, made a pose like an Egyptian and held still.  Heart pounding, I open my eyes and notice I’m 3 feet from a cliff, on the side of a muddy mountain, overlooking the ocean when I suddenly realize I’m standing on a beach ball.  “CRAP! I must of accidentally stepped on that coming around the corner.”  So I slowly stepped off and kicked it over the cliff.  As I was doing this, I noticed on a nearby cliff The HULK saw the ball. The gig was up, Id been spotted.  The Hulk bounced from his current position in a large leap while screaming “Hulk SMASH!!”, but missed the cliff. (Probably because it was dark and rainy).  As he was falling, the sun was coming out and he started changing back to a skinny man, and then into the little Sackboy on LBP.  Then I woke.

When I woke, I was poised like an Egyptian in my bed, and the wind sounded like it was tearing down the side of the house. My heart was pounding.

Kind of funny when I reflect on it, but man Godzilla and The HULK are scary in real life.

For all of my Hockey buddies (and anyone else with STINKY gear or clothes ), I’ve been researching this because I am concerned about how my gear smells. Granted, being a girl makes me slightly more picky, but, for you GUYS….I’m sure ANYONE else around you would appreciate the tip .

The mix across several different sites have consistently been about 1 part Isopropyl alcohol to 3 parts water. One site stated 1/3rd to 2/3rds which may be better and is the mix I intend on using. I have a bottle of Tea Tree Oil that I picked up at either Wal Mart or Kroger (I also have one from The Body Shoppe in the mall. This stuff is generally used to kill the bacteria in your pores which will help alleviate pimples, or in this case, odor. It’s safe for the skin (as is Alcohol in limited amounts), obviously so the mix will not hurt you ESPECIALLY after it airs out.

There is a product out on the market that has a “similar” mix and, of course, will charge you more for it than you can make w/ your at home ingredients. Any who, thanks for letting me go on my diatribe. Good luck with your SMELLY GEAR!

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