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Final Day of Charity Angel’s Lemonade Cleanse

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Today was my final day in the cleanse, and I still added some other foods back into my diet to prepare for the next 2 days of forced feeding. So today I only had 64 ounces of lemonade. I also has some strawberry milk and a salad with a little chicken in it.

I did sneak a peak at the scale, and I am thrilled about that result as well, but I am going to wait until tomorrow morning to see what the final numbers are and then I will update this post.

I went swimming for about an hour and a half, and just did some walking around, nothing to strenuous.

In the morning, I will tell you where I am, and then I will not weigh again until after the 2 days are over of loading. I know I am going to put weight back on for that phase, and if I see my weight increasing, i will not keep doing it, so that is my strategy.

I am thrilled to be starting the HCG Diet Drops tomorrow!

****UPDATE****

My total loss for ten days on the Master Lemonade Diet Detox Cleanse is 10.4 LBS!!!

Day 8 of Charity Angel’s Lemonade Detox Diet

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Today I am smiling, because I can visually see my success from before I started to where I am right now, and I am going to share that with you in a little bit.

Lemonade diet before and after

Today Day 8, I am happy with my progress!

First, I want to say that I have been very relaxed today, that is how I am on Sundays.  No exercise, not really active in any other way besides going to church.  I had 96 ounces of lemonade, and I did allow myself a little bit of steak today.  I am going to explain that.   Generally, you would not do this, but I know that in 2 days, I will start the HCG diet drops, and with the cheating that I did before, that caused stomach pain, and so I am working back towards being able to eat solid food, since the first 2 days of the HCG diet I will be loading.  That means I will be eating as much as I can in order to store it as energy for the 6 weeks that I will be doing this.  The foods that I will be eating will be my avocados of course! The recommended foods are milk chocolate, toast with a lot of butter, ice cream, pastries, peanut butter, pork, and any other high fat foods.  I am telling you right now, that during those 2 days, I am NOT weighing myself.  The reason is, I want to make sure that I load up and if I see the scale going up, I may not do it right.  So I will weigh myself at the conclusion of day ten to see if there was weight loss from the cleanse and then weigh myself again after the two load days.

Here is the progress I have made in 8 days of the cleanse.  I never ever wanted to show anyone my before picture, but you know, I have made progress and I want to show that.  I am proud of it.  Even though I have more progress to make, this is amazing to me to have come this far already.

Lemonade Diet before and after photos

This is my progress in 8 days, this rocks!

As you can see, I am not happy about having my daughter take this picture, and I prefer to hide myself, but I am willing to reveal this now, because I want others to be motivated to try and also, so that you know that it is worth it!

I have to also mention, that the changes that are on the outside, are nothing like the changes that are happening on the inside.  I have not felt this good about myself in a long time.  It is nice to reconnect a bit more with the real me.

On to tomorrow!!

Day 7 of Charity Angel’s Lemonade Diet Cleanse

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Yesterday, (Yes I am writing this a day late) I had 96 ounces of lemonade diet drink.  I worked out for over an hour doing modern dance, like I used to do in high school.  I actually broke a really heavy sweat, which was awesome!  I have not felt like that for years, and while some would think it was disgusting, for me, it was wonderful.  To be honest, when I started hitting that 1 hour mark, I started getting emotional.  I started feeling more connected to a part of me that I have not been connected to for quite some time.  It was like finding an old friend.  It is hard to put into words, but it was amazing!

I also went to get dressed after that, and found that none of my jeans fit anymore, and that I only have 3 pair of pants that do fit now, the rest are too big.  I tried on a pair of business dress pants that I had as a ‘goal’ for ‘some day’ that are size 11.  I was able to pull those one without even undoing any buttons.  This excited me, and I was thrilled!  I have been wearing 16/18 and sometimes 14 in pants depending on the cut.  I am not able to wear size 11 or 13 jeans yet, which at first I felt down about, but then I realized that was not worth dwelling on too much, because first of all, I didn’t think I could ever wear the business pants, and second I have not even started the HCG diet yet.  So, the size 13 and 11 and even a size 8 pants that I got, they definitely could fit later.  I would love to be a size 8 again.  The last time that I was a size 8 was about 12 years ago.  I would love to fit in jeans that size anyway.  There are some pants, like my yoga ones, that are 8/10, but they stretch, so I want it to be jeans.  And to even get into size 11 jeans, that will take some work yet.  The jeans are like what the business pants used to be like; barely making it up to the top of my thighs, so cut does matter!

Yesterday my ex came by to drop off alimony and child support, and he said that he saw a significant difference, which you would not expect an ex to be like that.  At first he was acting like he resented the fact that I was reaching closer to my goals, but then later said that he was glad that I was getting healthier.  I guess it hurt him in a way because I tried and tried to get in shape when we were married, but emotionally, I was not there.  I could not deal with his addictions in a way that did not hurt me.  I turned to food all the time.  I also have realized that I have a food connection with him.  When I know he is coming or he has been here, I will suddenly want to eat to avoid feelings, so that is something for me to be more conscious of.

I got a new swimsuit, it is a size 8, so a bit snug, but it is a bright blue.  The significance of that, is that it is not black.  I have only had black swimsuits my entire life, because I was so self conscious.  I borrowed a colorful bikini once when I was 13, but always a black one piece since then.  So, I still feel a bit like I am a walking neon sign, but I am glad that I can fit in it and I am pushing myself out of the comfort zone I have had for years.  I also went swimming for about 30 minutes.

I am so glad that I decided to this, it is already improving my life, my outlook, and my body.

Day 2 Charity Angel’s Cleanse

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

This morning I woke up prepared to do the salt water wash.  To do this wash, you will need 32 oz of purified/distilled/Spring water.  (No fluoride or chlorine in the water.) and 2 Tb of pure sea salt with NO Iodine in it.  You want to drink this either first thing in the morning, or in the evening when you have no where else to go.  You want to finish drinking it within 10 minutes of starting to drink it, and the faster you get it down the better, so that the salty taste does not overcome your taste buds.  Within an hour you should complete this salt water flush.  You will be clearing your digestive tract.  This helps to move the toxins that are being released from your body quickly, so that they do not hang out in your intestine and make you feel sick.  And I don’t know if this happens to everyone, but for me, it made many of my cravings go away, and I actually looked forward to the lemonade and getting to just smell the fresh lemon before I hand squeezed it each time.

When I did this wash today, it was only 11 minutes from the time I finished drinking it until I had to use the bathroom.  Because I have done this wash before I knew what to expect, so I had nothing planned for about an hour.  I started this a little later into the morning then I wanted to, so I ended up starting the lemonade into my body a little late, which cause a little nausea, but nothing bad, but once I was done with the wash and that first 8oz of lemonade cleanse was in my system, I felt fabulous.

I consumed 56 oz of lemonade throughout the day.

I went to visit my sister to get some incense from her, since it helps me to relax and feel peaceful.  I like to create a great environment for cleansing, so the aroma properties of the incense help me to do this.  While I was there, I got on a special scale that my sister has, and found out that I was dehydrated, so I also added 32 oz of purified water to my intake, so that I was certain that I was getting enough fluids for the day.  While I was there, I discovered that she was doing the Master Cleanse too, and I thought that was awesome!

Master Lemonade Diet Cleanse

My Progress with lifestyle changes prior to starting the Cleanse

While I was there, she noticed that I already had lost some inches in my chest, and so she measured me.  While some ladies would not like to hear this, I am ok with losing inches all over right now, and I know that is where I start to lose weight first.  My sister works at Victoria’s Secret, and so she is a pro at bra’s and other cute stuff.  She measured me, and I was a size smaller, so she got me a couple of cute bras, and I was thrilled at that progress already just with the cleanse.  Also while at her house, I realized that I had no craving for the chocolate cake on the counter, I had no interest in it, which was great.

I was not able to go swimming like I wanted to because the pool was closed since there was too much chlorine in the pool, and so I ended up having the kids go with my mom for awhile at the park and enjoying some alone time.

Day 2 was a really tough day for me in my personal life, and I just have to say that I am really truly proud of myself for sticking to it and not cheating, and staying focused on my goals.  On to better health!