Sam Sinfield

Got up this morning and made my lemonade for the day. Juiced 5 lemons and mixed it with 250ml Maple syrup and half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper to make the concentrate and then took about 400ml concentrate to work with me. I then dilute to taste throughout the day. I find it makes just over 2 litres of ‘lemonade’ when mixed with water.

I drink my litre of nasty warm saltwater when I first arrive in work, it usually takes me about 20 minutes to drink it, there’s no way I can drink it faster than that.

Half an hour later I start slowly drinking my lemonade to maintain my energy levels through the day. I supplement it with hourly cups of peppermint tea. I felt fine all day and wasn’t even tempted by all my colleagues heading over to the KFC, Actually, that’s a lie, I was slightly… but i resisted.

When I got home, I diluted the remaining 100 ml and drank it all and then went to the gym. I had a mixed work-out with 15 minutes cycling, followed by some weights, followed by 15 mins on this new machine thats a bit like a skating motion, it took a bit of getting used to but was a really good work-out, this was again followed by some weights and then 15 minutes on the cross-trainer and then some stretching.

I had no trouble pushing myself on the cardio equipment, the weights were a bit more difficult but then it has been about 4 months since I’ve been to the gym, I’m hoping that doing some weights while on the fast will prevent any muscular tissue from being broken down and only mainly fatty tissue being utilized for energy, but then the lack of protein in the diet over these 2 weeks will prevent any growth in the muscular tissue. Following the fast though, the switch to healthy balanced diet, should then allow the muscles to develop, (not that I want to look like a bodybuilder!!!)

Stats at 6m today:

weight: 142 lbs

Waist: 30 inches

Hips 40 inches

Bust 38 inches

Chest 33inches

Thigh: 22.5inches

Upper arm: 11.5inches

Its official. I am a fat bastard. I need to lose about 4 inches from everywhere, except the bust of course;-)

I had my Laksatee last night. I really like the taste of that stuff, shame of the effect it has on you.

I woke up this morning with agonising stomach cramps which lasted for about half an hour. I must have put my digestive system into shock, actually drinking something that didn’t have alcohol in it, as well as the fact that its a laxative.

Anyway, it’s a sunday and I didn’t have to time to do the saltwater flush as i had plans to go swimming with the kids, I didn’t think swimming and post-flush effects would be compatable so I thought I’d wait till after. I survived on just water till about 3, till i got home and then did the flush. God that stuff is disgusting. Thats’ got to be the worst part of the cleanse. 1 litre of warm saltwater, drunk as quickly as possible. It’s impossible not to gag, but it does fill you up. You feel stuffed for about half an hour, as it works it’s way through your system, until half an hour later, when you need to stay very close to a toilet for another hour or so. Gross!

I ended up not making the lemonade and just surviving on water all day. I kinda thought, the state my body is in at the moment, it needed a bit of a kick so today was just a water fast day.

I wasn’t too difficult, I’m determined. I even went out to the pub with a mate, and i drank soda water all night. That is a real accomplishment for me, anyone who knows me will no doubt agree!

Weighed myself at about 7pm - 143pounds. I’m taking that as my starting weight. I’m aiming for a stone this time, as I’m going for a bit longer than last time, during which i lost 11 lbs, before i put a couple back on. To all you skeptics out there, I stayed at least 7 lbs lighter than previously starting the fast, that was until Christmas!!

It’s been ages since my last post. I’ve not really had anything going on that i felt I wanted to share with anybody on the internet or anything that would be of any interest to anybody else till now.

Since I last did the master cleanse back in May, I’ve now managed to put all the weight back on, especially over christmas. I’m now 143 pounds and feeling quite sluggish and heavy and probably like most other people after christmas, feeling in need of a detox, so I’m back on the lemonade.

This time, I’m on a mission, I’m determined. I’ve got flabby bits that wobble when i walk and it’s disgusting. My brother, who as also put loads of weight on, has had a £100 wager with hims mate on who can get the best 6-pack abs by 1st June. I can’t have him looking better than me. This cleanse is the first step to getting my summer body

I’m going to try and do 12 days this time, with days 13 and 14 as recovery days, drinking only fruit juices and eating vegetable soup and I’m going to keep a kind of diary for support, so I’m more determined to complete it!

Here goes, round 2!