The Cleanse

Me & a friend of mind decided to do a cleanse, not sure what the name of this cleanse is at the moment but based on your weight you have to drink either 8oz or 16oz of pure olive oil & prior to that 5 CKLS (Herbal laxative supplement) twice, one the day before & one 30min. before drinking the oil. From that day on you are ONLY to eat raw fruits & raw veggies. That’s right no salt, no meat, no sugar & no dairy. I know, harsh all the way around.

So the whole night before “The Cleanse” I couldn’t sleep, I had anxiety in a major way about drinking all 16oz of olive oil (GROSS). I kept looking at my clock thinking I had over slept. Before you know it morning came & I was sitting in front of a large tall orange cup filled with olive oil & a cup of OJ mixed (YUCK). In my attempt to take my first sip, I got just a taste, & 15 min. later I stared at this cup thinking this isn’t going to happen. I went for my second attempt were I tried to drink some OJ in a separate cup then follow with the oil, & still it was a no go. Finally, on my third attempt, I took a gulp! The taste was greasy, oily, & warm. Now I want you to get a visual of this so close your eyes & put your self at this table with me. I’m passing you the cup and you’re taking the sip of that greasy, oily, & warm tall glass of pure olive oil. I know right! Awful wasn’t it.

Now I have done this cleanse two times prior to this, & out of all of these times I was only successful once! First time was a very long time ago & I only had to drink 8oz I did fine; I got through it & the diet! Second time drank maybe half of it & ended up vomiting all of it up, however, I stuck to the diet though. Third time which I just told you about didn’t happen pretty much, but I’m currently still on the diet part of it for 7 days. I’m hoping to lose the weight I gained from not being active & eating all out of wack for two months, I’ll keep you posted on how that goes.

Why did I do the cleanse? Well my line of thinking was that this will give me a fresh start, lose weight, & a clean slate even. I can start fresh & eat right going forward. I was disappointed that I couldn’t go through with that part of the cleanse, but hey it just wasn’t meant for me to do. Point of the matter is if you want to make a change there is always another way, this just wasn’t the avenue for me. You stay determined & you do not quit you find another way to get the job done!