I'll just sum up what I did for the whole 3 days of easing out the Master Cleanse..

Day 2:
I had an examination in the morning, so I prepared and bought with me a jug of orange juice. After the exams, I went grocery shopping for greens that will go to my tamarind-based soup. I bought some kangkong, sitaw, green peppers and some spring onions. I have some left over uncooked cabbage and tomatoes at home. Luckily, I found a mushroon bouillion which serves as vegetable seasoning for the veggies. I bought it together with some tasty looking melons. I  was really taking my time browsing every food aisle in SM. I have developed this habit of drooling over pictures (and smell) of food.

Here's my recipe for the tamarind-base soup (it somehow resembles the Sinigang but without the meat.)

green vegetables (kangkong, cabbage, sitaw, carrots and tomatoes)
tamarind broth
green pepper
salt, pepper and mushroom bouillion to taste

(measurements are not used for I'm just trying out this recipe)

At last, Ease out finally commenced. First thing before I went to work was to drink the orange juice which was squeezed and refrigerated yesteday night. I took a sip on the pure concentrated orange juice and I find it too sweet.  So I placed half of the concentrate in a glass and filled it with water, I drank it and it suited my taste. I brought the orange juice mixture to work so I could sip some in between dials.

I liked the orange juice, I often find myself gulping it down in a flash (though it us not recommended). I hope I wont get an upset stomach. So far, so good. I can't wait for the soups for tomorrow. I need to concentrate for my exams tomorrow morning..

Alas, the last day I've been waiting for, the last day of the cleanse. Finally I'm about to have something other than the lemon juice with cayenne. I was really looking forward to the ease out process. There had been precautions on what to do days after coming off the cleanse.

Easing out the Master Cleanse:
After doing the minimum 10 days on the cleanse, one must not jump on resuming their normal eating patterns. While the digestive system had been used to having just the lemon juice, there had been tendencies that the lining on the stomach thins out. If one resumes normal eating habits right after the cleanse, there are tendencies for an upset stomach and other complications. It is important to undergo the easeing out process in order to prepare the newly cleansed organs for normal eating.

Day 1 (Ease-Out)
Drink a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice in the morning while on an empty stomach. Though some may be horrified with this idea because of the acidity of the orange juice. But for me, (I had been hyperacidic before doing the cleanse) it went out just fine. But be careful to drink the juice slowly to avoid an upset stomach. Drink orange juice for the whole day. The orange juice will prepare the digestive system for the food intake.

Day 2 (Ease Out):
Continue drinking the orange juice for the whole day. One may also continue drinking the lemon juice concentrate. For lunch or evening, vegetable soups may be added. The vegetables can be eaten but in fewer concentrations.

Day 3 (Ease Out):
Same as Day 2, but vegetable salads may be eaten for dinner.

Day 4 (Ease Out):
Normal and healthy eating habits may be resumed.

After the ease out process, one can employ other diets to maintain the healthy lifestyle. Some had observed gaining some weight after the ease out. For me, after the ease out, I'll definitely do South Beach again. I have loved the results, though there are some certain restrictions. I would also try to do some cardio-vascular activities. Now that my metablism had been a bit active, I'll make sure to burn off those stubborn fats on my hip and thigh area.

Day 8:
I was busy the whole day at school, I haven't got time to drink the tea so as soon as I got home, I took the tea and it was around 7PM already. I regretted drinking the tea that late because around 12 midnight, while I was about to go into sleep, my stomach began to ache that I knew the tea was working its magic. But it wasn't until 2AM before the movement commenced.I was pissed off because I wanted to catch more sleep for I will be at school the whole day tomorrow. Darn.

Day 9:
Still busy at school. We had lectures the whole day. During lunch break, I took a nap at the classroom while all my classmates are having lunch (gosh, I really miss eating). All of them asked if I would join them for lunch, I refused saying I just wanted to sleep. Poor me, I had to sit through a 6 hours lecture feeling sleepy and a bit hungry. I was hungry in the sense that I could smell distinctively what my seatmate was munching. But the juice had eased up my hunger. Everytime I drank the juice, I wouldn't feel hungry anymore.
BTW, I have known the best recipe for the lemon juice that suits my taste. I followed the recipe diligently (without adding more cane sugar) and I always make sure to finish off the whole liter before the day eds. Also I make sure that the cayenne doesn't sit for hours on the juice for it will taste bad. I estimate always the amount I would be consuming for the day. And it turned out quite well, I did not have the feeling of gagging whenever I drank the juice.
Tomorrow will be my last day, I am looking forward to the orange juice and soup (I even researched some tasty recipes). After the ease-out, I'll start doing the South Beach Phase 1 to shed off the stubborn fats. I'll also start doing the Hip Hop Abs Exercise to tone my tummy and legs.

Day 6 and 7 of the cleanse went well for me. My cravings for foods are diminished. Seeing food is much bearable now (though aromatic foods are hard to resist). I just cannot kick this habit of drinking less liquid. At the middle of the day, I felt dehydrated. I was supposed to finish 6 glasses of the juice but I just managed to finish 4 glasses a day. I have read in a forum that if you wanted to lose more, I have to increase the juice intake. My sugar cane juice tasted bad because it was spoiled already (that was the reason for the gaging taste of the juice). I bought a fresh supply and the guy in the stall told me that the juice should be placed in the freezer to ensure it's freshness. The sugar cane juice lasts for two weeks if placed in the freezer. (oh, my mistake, I just placed it in the refridgerator)
I bought a sea salt with the shaker and will try the salt water flush tomorrow. (I hope I could gulp down the whole 1 liter). Feeling abit sluggish (maybe because of dehydration). Tomorrow, I will try to drink more juice in order to lose more weight. There is still a sag skin on my tummy that I wanted to remove (maybe some excercise will do the trick).

I woke up feeling abit groggy (maybe because it was lack of sleep). I only slept for 4 hours (I must try to sleep early now). I manage to drag my body off to work. Everthing was fine when I was taking calls, it's just that I feel really sleepy but not too sleepy that my lids are falling off. We did another training for about an hour and clocked out. I did not roam around Glorietta anymore for I was feeling kind of exhausted. I went directly home, finding Joel and his group working Robo-SVP.(They still are not sleeping!!) I did my usual routine, I drank my tea and went off to take a nap before the movement comes. I manage to finish 1L of the juice mixture (it's minimum but still I have to drink about 6-12 glasses). I increased the sugar cane juice concentration because I needed more calories to work out my activities for the day (I tend to lick off the spoon and sip a bit of the sugar cane juice). I'm happy because I'm halfway through the cleanse. Yay! I managed to last this long. 5 more days and I'm off the cleanse. I'm feeling a bit confident about my body because my stomach is soooo flat I'm liking it.

Not much activities this day, I must start studying for my exams on Friday. I hope the cleanse will help me focus more on studying..

After having just four hours of sleep, I was amazed because I managed to woke up with much energy. I was dreading to go to work thinking I wouldn't have enough energy to take calls. I went to work feeling happier because I can flaunt my flat stomach. I bought a tea with me to drink at work, I was worrying not drinking anything hot on an empty stomach. My juice was better now, I added 2 tbsp of the sugar cane juice for added taste and also energy. And it tasted good, I managed to drink everything without having the urge to gag (although there is a sour afertaste, but it was bearable).

I went training for four hours with a breeze. I did felt sleepy at times (maybe because we are not doing anything, just listening). My day went fine until I clocked out of work. Before leaving work, I went to the clinic to check my weight, and I was amazed! From 119LBS, I am now 113LBS!! I was so happy, I lost 6LBS in four days! (I was hoping that after the 10th day, I lost a total of 20-30LBS!!) I went to Landmark to buy my lemons, and I was shocked that the prices of lemons have dropped (from Php12.75 to Php9.50). I bought 10 lemons for the remaining days and decided to continue doing the 10 days cleanse because I seem to have more energy now to do normal things. I will manage to go through the remaining 6 days.

When i was going home, I was exhausted. (maybe because I was lacking some sleep and my heavy bag was an added reason). I asked Joel to meet me at SM to assist me (He was really worried that I might collapse because of hunger). I napped for a while. I  made graham cake for Joel and Iris, it was hard resisting licking off the cream and chocolate off my hands. I managed to make Chloe (my cute dog) to lick it off for me.

Dinnertime came, and I can smell Joel cooking eggs. I miss eating eggs!!. I was salivating while he ate beside me. I was teasing him, asking if i could watch him eat. Dinnertime was always a torture. I miss cooking, and also eating.. Just a bit more and I'll be eating soon... I'll just sleep early tonight..

12:00NN
I was getting lazy to get out of bed because of  the hunger pangs. But I managed to get out at 11am. I'm feeling weak and a bit dizzy. I need to take my herbal tea for added energy. As the day progresses, the things I'm drinking is tasting ikky. I don't know why. Some of the people that did the Master Cleanse claims that the juice tasted nice. How come it tastes worse for me??.. Maybe I need to add some sort of natural sugar. My body is repelling the lemon and cayenne powder mixture. I found a store in SM that sells freshly squeezed sugarcane juice. I think I'll buy that one and add it in my juice for added calories.

We are planning to go to Shopwise for our weekly grocery shopping this afternoon. I'm just waiting for the bowel movement before we go..

3:00PM
While waiting for my bowel movement, I was keeping myself busy surfing the net and Facebook. I'm feeling weird, I'm feeling hot, like having a fever. Whenever I drink the juice, I'm having this feeling of puking. The tea was taking a long time to effect, I'm really leaning towards quiting because of what I am feeling, no perhaps I was thinking of cheating. My body is really a drag, I can't do anything else but just sit or lie on the bed. I finished the 1L I prepared yesterday, I will prepare another later. I asked Joel to go to SM to buy me the fresh sugarcane juice so I can add it in the juice. (I read on one site that I can use fresh sugarcane juice as substitute for maple syrup, its much cheaper here for Php35/16oz) Still waiting for the move before going to Shopwise. (I hope it will not take long its kind of getting late already).
hard doing the
11:00PM
I was so tired from the grocery shopping earlier. My energy was depleted because of the walking aisle by aisle.It was torture especially seeing those yummy foods on the isle. On the back of my mind, I was secretly planning which food to eat after the cleanse. But I managed to control myself to buy some food for myself. I wanted to quit when Joel decided to eat dinner at the foodcourt, as we are passing through the stalls, I can clearly smell all those yummy foods which was making my stomach growl. The worse part was when I had to sit beside Joel and watch him eat his Chicken Hotdog and egg for dinner. Arghh. I am literally salivating that I had to turn away in order to control my urge to taste his food. Joel was hiding his laughter when he saw my expression. I don't know why, but my sense of smell is getting distinct. I can smell anything even the unnoticeable ones. It's weird and hard because I can smell what everyone was eating and it's killing my self-control. That time, I decided I will just go for 5 days of cleanse so I can eat something already.

After arriving home, I went to bed already to rest my tired feet. I prepared the last lemons I had for tomorrow. I must buy lemons tomorrow after work.

As I am typing this down, I am on my Day 2 of the cleanse. I'd like to share my experience on trying the Master Cleanse. I know these journals are helpful for people who will be trying the cleanse for the first time. (Believe me, I've read a lot of them before I started the cleanse). I'll just give a quick narration on how I started..

I always have sweet tooth, and I always crave for something sweet. That into consideration is the reason on my enormous weight gain. I was a size 6 in high school through my first year of college. I gone size 8 when I started staying at Manila and rented a room. 2 summers ago, I became size 10 because I was getting loco over cheese when I had my OJT as an analyst at Kraft. After the realization, I tried doing South Beach, it was effective because I became size 7and I had been doing SB for 5 months, just sticking on SB Phase 2. When I eased in through SB Phase 3, I was doing well, until I lost track during the holidays. After a year of mindless eating, I became size 12. For 5 years, I have been struggling on my weight.

After the holidays, I made a decision to lose some weight and try to achieve the body I really wanted. My self-esteem have hibernated and I became unhappy of myself. Especially when all of my clothes did not fit me anymore and I actually have to buy for much larger ones. That had been the turning point when I decided I will lose all this excessive baggage.

When 2010 came, I started renovating some of my habits. To prepare myself of this losing weight thing, I cut down rice and ate a lot of vegetables. It was easy for me to eat vegetables because I did SB and I got used to eating it. The hardest thing for me was to cut back on my sweets. The first thing I did was to stop the sodas and stick to water and more healthy drinks. It was easy because there's iced tea. But now, I choose the type of iced tea to drink. I prefer the Lipton Iced Tea and C2 Green Leaf for the sugary taste is less. It was easy for me to not miss rice because stir-fried vegetables as substitute is very appealing. I cut down my pastry intake. I eat less bread and just sticked to more vegetables.

After two weeks on these kind of eating, I decided to try the master cleanse. The cleanse is a good way to lose weight but still feel healthy. The hard part was there are no solid food for 10 days, only the lemon juice. To prepare for the cleanse, I canvassed and looked for shop where the ingredients are available. I found cheaper lemons at Landmark Supermarket for Php12.75/piece (compared to SM @ Php15/piece and Rustans @ Php20/piece). The sea salt, organic maple syrup and organic laxative tea are all available at Healthy Options. Cayenne powder was easy because all supermarkets have cayenne at an okay price (Php18.00/50g). I was undecided on the Maple Syrup because it was too expensive (the cheapest one are @ Php800 for a small bottle). The Sea salt at Healthy Options mostly are iodized ones. The rock type of sea salt was a bit expensive (Php 100++ for a tiny shaker). The tea was a bit pricey too. The Organic Smooth Move tea was priced @ Php250 for 16 bags.I was really have a hard time looking for organic stuff around because there a limited stores that sells that stuff (and my budget was a bit constricted.)

I bought 6 lemons for starters and cayenne. I decided to skip on the maple syrup while I'm still finding for a natural sugar substitute like agave syrup of fructose (Healthy Options claims to have these out of stock ). I bought a chinese laxative tea (Kankunis) which was cheaper (Php35/4 bags). I'm just not sure if it's organic or not, but oh well, as long as it has the laxative effect, it should be fine.

Day 1 (January 21)
I took the tea late afternoon on Jan 21(I have classes in the morning and it will not be a good thing if I took it before bedtime) and waited for the bowel movement until midnight. The bowel movement occurred when it was a few minutes before my class. (Good thing I woke up late so I was still at home when the movement came.) After the movement, I decided to drink my first glass of juice and brought the rest to school.

During classes, my mind was telling me I am hungry. So I drank the juice everytime I felt I was hungry or when my stomach grumbles. The juice was not that good, just bearable (maybe if it has something sweet on it,like the maple syrup it will be good.) It tasted like medicine because it have a bitter aftertaste. I included the pulp on the juice, so there were some pulp and the cayenne floating on my drink.

Luchtime came, Joel and I were arguing because it seems he lost his appetite when he knew I was on the cleanse. I encouraged him to eat while I just downed my juice and water. The smell on the cafeteria of the school was tempting and it is making my stomach growl even louder. I mustered enough strength to avoid food even if Joel was eating beside me on the table. I gulped on the juice and washed the aftertaste with water. I managed to go through the day. I drank the tea mid-afternoon.

Dinnertime, Joel and his group decided to pull an all-nighter to finish Robo-SVP (their design project). Joel cooked ground meat with tomato sauce. The smell was unbearable and I was fighting my urge to taste his food. It looked tasty and I was loosing my mind. Good thing I managed to finish my whole 500ml bottle of juice and pre-occupied my mind on juicing my next set of juice. I made a 1L of juice and refrigerated it.

Nearing midnight, Joel and I decided to talk Chloe (our dog) for a walk outside.(It is much safer to let her go that time for there are less cars and people). As I was chasing Chloe, I felt my stomach hurt. I began to worry that I might be getting hyperacidic again because of the juice. And it worsen when Joel told me that it may be ulcer because I haven't eaten anything the whole day. When the pain was unbearable, I rushed home and went to the bathroom. I remembered that I had the tea ,in the afternoon so maybe this was just the bowel movement. My bowel is disgusting but I was happy because I can see some visible fats in it (yuck! this is gross..) After the bowel movement, my motivation to continue soared. I can do this 10 day cleanse, my mind kept saying.

1AM and I'm still not sleeping, my stomach is growling. I retreated for the night but I can't sleep. I read New Moon on my phone so I will get sleepy and it worked. at 2AM, I was sleeping.

Day 2 (January 23)
I woke up at 9AM, and Joel's group was already sleeping on the floor. I went back to sleep because I was worried that my stomach will grumble. I cannot drink the juice on my empty stomach because of my hyperacidity. I manage to go out of bed at 12NN. I decided to take the tea first before drinking the juice. I noticed that my stomach was so flat!. Joel told me that in the wee hours of morning, My stomach was growling too loud that they heard. I am beginning to doubt if this cleanse really works. I'm craving for my morning coffee and cereal.

After taking the tea, I just surfed the net all day while drinking water and the juice.
I happened to bumped on one site that had Beyonce's interview regarding the cleanse. Beyonce ate vegetables while on the cleanse. I was like "Was that cheating??" but then she did lost some weight even for the cheating part. So I searched of there were safe food to eat while on the cleanse, I found out that it was safe to eat organically grown fruits and vegetables. But the article was a bit doubtful because the article was stating the ways on how to cheat the diet. My mind suddenly went for the apple that was sitting in the fridge. It had been 3 hours that I'm battling whether or not I eat the apple.

I mustered enough willpower not to eat the apple. But feeling a bit grogy today, zero calories for 2 days?? I'm amazed I made it. Will sleep early to take my mind of this hunger pangs..