So today I have started the Master Cleanse.

People always say there is a point where feeling sick and sluggish and overweight just becomes too much! Well, yesterday was that day for me. It came on all of a sudden and in a flash I was ready to begin a new life. Where health and being in control of my body was more important than chocolate or mashed potatoes.......or even McDonalds!

Many people think fasting is not good for you and I’m sure that on some levels it is not. BUT, I truly feel the only way for me to begin new is to clear my body of all the unwanted bullshit I’ve been filling it with for the past 30 years. And I’m sure that fasting has got to be better for me than continuing down the path I was on.

For me, this is not about weight or trying to be thin. I feel pretty comfortable in my skin and think I am a very sexy woman. The thing is I don't feel healthy!

As many of you know, my entire world as I knew fell apart in December of this year, and it will not be surprising to anyone that I also got VERY sick that month. I had a very high temperature and a horrible hacking cough. It is now may and I still have that cough! I have taken antibiotics and still it remains. Also I have been dealing with a terrible case of Eczema on my right foot and left hand for about 6 months. Something I have never had a problem with in the past. And last month I began my menstrual cycle and it continued for almost 5 weeks! Till my gyno put me on the pill to make it stop. My body is crying out!! And it's time I listen.

The past year has been very hard for me emotionally and I am sure that I am carrying all the hurt and pain inside my body. What I am hoping to do is flush out all of the unwanted waste and toxins that have been building up and then after the cleanse begin a new. A clean slate. I am going to try a vegetarian diet and possibly add in some fish. I want a clean and healthy body and I am determined to get one.

I am also beginning to do yoga. I have not REALLY been moving my body in a long time. So I am taking baby steps. Yoga feels like the perfect place to start!

For those of you who do not know what the Master Cleanse is, it is a basically a fast. The only thing I will be consuming will be a mixture of water, fresh squeezed organic lemon juice, grade B maple syrup and cayenne pepper. I am planning on doing the fast for 14 days and hope that I can make it that far. Any and all support would be greatly appreciated!! Thoughts, prayers, wishes, phone calls......anything!

I have felt out of control of my life in many ways for a very long time and today I am going to start with my health. Because without it I have nothing!

Thank you to this entire community for being such a beautiful example of healthy living. You have all been my motivation and have truly helped me see a deeper side of myself.

Time to make lemons into lemonade!