Master Cleanse!!!

So yesterday morning I started the Master Cleanse, which is something I've wanted to do for years now. The fact that I'm currently not working and that it's the beginning of a new year was an opportunity I could not pass up.

For the uninitiated the Master Cleanse consists of:

1. Drinking a quart of salt water first thing in the morning.

2. Drinking between 6 and 12 glasses of lemonade throughout the day. The lemonade consists of purified water, fresh lemon juice, Grade B maple syrup, and a dash of cayenne pepper.

3. Drinking a laxative tea in the evening.

And that's it. No other food may be taken for the duration of the cleanse. However, you can drink as much water as you want. The minimum suggested length for the cleanse is 10 days, which I'm shooting for.

I'm almost done with my second day, and here's what I've noticed so far:

1. The lemonade is delicious.

2. The last half of the first day was tough. I was constantly salivating and could not stop thinking about food, specifically macaroni and cheese. Actual hunger pangs were surprisingly few and far between.

3. I dreamt about food the entire first night. I even had a dream in which I mistakenly broke the cleanse by eating some leftover meatloaf.

4. The quart of salt water was MUCH more difficult to take down this morning. I shudder to think about tomorrow morning. A friend of mine who has done the cleanse before suggested I use a straw to bypass the taste buds. This makes perfect sense to me and I will utilize it should tomorrow morning be as harsh as I anticipate it to be.

5. SMELLS. Smells are so much more vivid to me these past few days. I feel like Daredevil. Simply walking down the street today I was flooded with so many different smells and specific memories tied to the those smells. It was amazing.

Tomorrow is supposed to be the most difficult day of the cleanse. I'll let the two of you know how it goes. . .