First Post

This is officially the first post of the blog for the first cleanse. The 2009 Joe Cleanse. I'm using this blog for now to track the progress of this test.

Well, the "Cleanse" consists of not a fast, but a cleansing diet. Basically the raw foods diet. The plan is to eat only things that are edible without cooking. Mainly fruits, vegetables and nuts. Along with some water and of course 100% fruit juice.

This plan is an attempt (probably misguided but whatever) to clean the system out. No processed foods (juice.. eh) nor anything that has been cooked. Supposedly, there are enzymes in alot of raw foods that help clean out the system (don't think about it too much, it's not pleasant). Plus it's good to keep all the good stuff that taste good out of the system for a bit. Maybe it will flush everything out.

So the plan is to do it for two weeks... starting today, January 6th, 2009. It's not just me though, it's Mr. Charles Mullen who is also participating in this adventure. He started yesterday, but it's whatever.

Ok, so it all started with my romp into vegetarianism last fall. That went well and I liked it, felt reasonably healthier, maybe except the many fries and shakes from burgerking but that's another story. Anyways, after my trip in vegetarianism, I went home for the Christmas holidays. Enter the Dragon aka lots of drinking and eating of meat and plenty of unhealthy things.

Fast forward a bit and I was reading through some other blogs and such and this guy talked about doing something he called the "Master Cleanse." This MC consists of fasting basically. Drinking only a mixture of water, maple syrup, lemon juice, and ceyanne pepper. Additionally, one on the MC would drink a glass of saline in the morning as some sort of reverse enema. This is to be done for 10 days and supposedly after the 4th day you feel better than ever.. well I'm not sure that's true but whatever.

So I took the idea and ran with it a bit. I didn't think I would survive (mentally or physically) for 10 days without any real sustiance. I have gone a level down... this raw food diet. I think it will work out. We'll see how it goes. Maybe it's not the greatest idea in the world but it is a test of my self-discipline as well as a way to get back into pseudo-vegetarianism and etcetera.

Anyways, wish me (us) luck in the next 2 weeks and hopefully it goes well!