KIRA MOON’s
TIPS ON HOW TO COME OFF LONG-TERM MC & MAINTAIN WEIGHT LOSS:
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT; USE A DAILY AFFIRMATION:
1. Commit to breaking the Fast right for your continued good health and so you do not make yourself ill.
2. Stick with a support group for support! The BB is great for this.
3. The Raw Foods section of the BB has many wonderful threads for support. Recipes are shared for the Raw Foods, veggie, and smoothie life styles. Check it out! Res started another wonderful thread called: "After the Cleanse" for support and to share recipes.
4. Remember you are in control of how you care for your body. Commit and reaffirm (daily if necessary) to love yourself more and take better care. You have come this far, continue on the journey to a healthier lifestyle.
5. Decide and chose a healthier lifestyle that will maintain your renewed health. Choices: Raw Foods, Vegetarian, some modified version of one or both. Find out what foods types you are allergic to and leave them alone entirely or have on rare occasions. For example, I am allergic to gluten and dairy. These foods give me gas and bloat me up adding tremendous pounds of water and fat fast! If you are allergic, your body is trying to tell you something! Leave it alone or suffer the consequences!
What to DO:
1. After a long fast, you need to stick with liquid forms for a while.
2. You may continue with lemonades for breakfast and lunch. Juice fruits for meals and snacks.
3. Make a veggie soup and drink the liquid. Test your tummy to see if you are ready for solids by having just a little of the veggies and wait an hour or so to see how you feel.
4. I can actually eat watermelon when I come off without juicing it. See if it works for you after a few days.
5. When you stop the MC, be certain to STOP taking the lax tea and SWF. It is safe to use the SWF on occasion while not cleansing though. You should give your body a chance to go back to its normal functions first.
6. Take probiotics as soon as you end the MC to help restore healthy levels in your colon. Peter sells a good brand on this website.
7. Drink green smoothies and other yummy kinds. See Raw Foods sections for threads with recipes.
How Many Days do you do this?
Haven't seen the answer to this written anywhere. After my 42 Day MC, I stayed on a modified MC for a couple of weeks. I had lemonades for breakfast and lunch and had veggies and fruits and nuts for dinner (all raw). You can keep weight off and continue to lose more this way.
TEST YOUR NEW LIMITS:
When you first eat solids again. Go slowly. Test small amounts first to see if your tummy rumbles and you feel nauseous or have diarrhea. This means it could be too soon or the wrong foods. Your body will let you know by rebelling if you eat solids too soon. I suggest sticking with liquid forms of fruits and veggies for several days before eating solids. I also highly recommend that you avoid meats and dairy at all costs for a couple weeks or longer...preferably never again or on rare occasions. I have found that raw almonds are gentle on the system once you start eating solids. Remember that meats, dairy and gluten foods create mucous and are more difficult to process.
IF YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS, YOU MUST:
ABSOLUTELY MUST EMBRACE A NEW & HEALTHIER LIFE STYLE!
1. Stick with vegetarian and or raw Life Style as much as possible. I incorporate both and have seafood on some occasions. Nope, haven’t given it up yet.
2. Embrace an active Life Style. You must move your body to keep it healthy. Walking as a minimum is great
3. Drink water daily
4. Watch the scale and continue to take your measurements to see if you start to add any pounds or inches. Give yourself a limit as your “RED LIGHT WARNING!” If you gain more than 5 pounds, you are heading for trouble. Make adjustments right away!
5. If you eat or drink something and your abdomen bloats up big, you have eaten something you may want to leave alone. On the other hand, decide you are going to enjoy it and make some adjustments for the next few days to make up for it. Like drink lemonades and walk more. I do this. Sometimes I just have to have a couple of rugala or whatever I am lusting for and I know the consequences for this. I go back to the MC & SWF or a modified version of it to clean it out and maintain my weight.
6. So, WATCH THE SIGNS your body provides to let you know you have eaten something that disagrees with it. This usually means that you are allergic to it. The signs are your abdomen bloating, gas, burping, hacking up phelm, etc. Just watch to see what yours are…you know what they are! Oh yes…and diarrhea! Can’t ignore that one.
7. Learn to just have a bite/taste of “other foods” and not an entire portion. I have learned to enjoy just one small piece or square of chocolate instead of the whole bar or bag!
8. You will become more sensitive to foods after doing the MC long-term. Watch for new signs or signs from foods that did not previously bother you. I had an allergic reaction to one small bite of a scallop and it took weeks for my face to clear! YIKES! This had never happened to me before. A good lesson for me to leave seafood alone, right!
9. You will need help and support as you work to create and embrace a new & healthier Life Style. Surround yourself with supportive and like-minded people for that support. The BB section on the Raw Food Life Style section has several Threads as mentioned above with support. LEMONHEADS continue to support each other.
10. Continue to keep a journal and RECOMMIT DAILY to your new LIFE STYLE! Do whatever inspires you.
11. Finally, STAY POSITIVE, KEEP LOVING YOURSELF & BE HAPPY!
