Day 3! 9:20am

ok, so I just gulped down the Salt Water Flush. It went down much easier this time. Much, much easier. I know I got kind of light with the updates yesterday, I'll try and recap here.

Yesterday, it only took about 10 minutes for me to start expelling the salt water flush. Granted, it timed right around my normal morning poop, so that wasn't too weird, I suppose.

*graphic bowel movement description alert!*
Ok, so let me explain what happens when you salt water flush--basically you chug a quart of body-temperature water that has non-iodized sea salt in it. Apparently this is indigestible, so basically it just goes right through you, as in--in your mouth, and out your rear, hopefully flushing out gunk along with it.

So like I said, yesterday it took about 10 minutes for the water to start wanting to come out. A(nother) word of warning, once you drink the salt water flush, if you feel like farting, go directly to the restroom, because it will likely be a wet fart (shart). I had a bit of a close call yesterday, in any case. Anyway, it was a little bit of a normal poop, albeit with a lot of water. Make sure that you get up plenty early in the morning to do this, as it can take 30 minutes to an hour for you to expel all the water. Just saying, it doesn't always come out all at once

Yesterday, I probably drank about 8 glasses (two liters) of the lemonade as well as a tablespoon of bentonite clay and some psyllium husks. Ok, the bentonite and the psyllium aren't quite necessary for the cleanse, but if you are serious about the cleansing benefits of the Master Cleanse, then I'd recommend it. The bentonite clay is a liquid that ends up (supposedly) absorbing toxins in your guts (that's a scientific term, look it up) and gets expelled with your BM's (i always think of my grandfather when I use the term BM), and the psyllium husks are basically non-dietary fiber that just basically bulks up and scrapes the hell out of your insides.

Last night I actually had the Smooth Move tea instead of the capsules, I trekked over to the Whole Foods in Chelsea where they had the tea. I must say it was nice to have the tea because it's nice to have something different than the lemonade or water. Incidentally, you can also have mint tea, so that makes it a total of 3 different flavors of liquid + water that you are drinking for 10 days. Having said all that, it was nice to get out and go for a walk, (the walk was 1.3 miles each way, incidentally) and I had plenty of energy to get there and back up the four flights of stairs at my apartment.

I must say, it's been pretty easy so far--traditionally days 2 and 3 are pretty terrible as far as energy and pains and mental clarity/muddiness and irritability--maybe because I've done the cleanse twice before? I think it's nice being home instead of at work these two days, just in case.

Wow, 30 minutes later and still no poop.