By Renee Martinez
After 4 pregnancies, I felt it was time for a cleanse. Since I’m trying to loose the last 30 lbs. to get to my pre-baby weight, I thought a good old detoxification would do my body some good.
Of course I did some research on the subject, talked to my people and found a lot of different responses. While a few people had done a cleanse, many had not or vowed they would never. Among those who had, several had done the Master Cleanse, also called the Lemonade Diet. I like lemonade, so I wanted to learn more.
Basically, you make a batch of yummy lemonade (fresh lemons, maple syrup, water and cayenne pepper). It honestly delicious. So you make a fresh batch for each meal and whenever else you feel hungry. For 10 days.
On Monday I started, and also ended. Yep. Big willpower. You know how much I love coffee right? I didn’t have any because the diet doesn’t allow for it and boy oh boy did I ever feel terrible. I was seriously suffering from caffeine withdrawl. I guess I drink more than I thought. I had sweats, felt nauseous, had a headache and thought I’d throw up at least 2 times that day. So I ate oatmeal and took some Tylenol then went to play tennis. Still had the headache, but felt better having eaten.
Then on Tuesday, I realized how many darn lemons i still had, so I decided to embark on the cleanse once again. I’ve been on it since – a whopping 2 days.
It’s incredible, actually, because I feel amazing. No hunger, lots of energy. I wouldn’t believe this if someone told me.
I’ll keep you posted…check back for my daily feedback.
About the Author: Renee Martinez consults and speaks professionally on social media marketing, integrated marketing communications, public relations and branding. She is the president of Ruby Marketing Communications (www.rubymarcom.com), a boutique marketing communications company that specializes in providing branding, social media strategy and integration, and creative services. Her blog (www.lisac95.sg-host.com), provides resources on everything marketing and social media for her active audience.
Renee has contributed as a featured monthly columnist in the monthly jewelry industry publication, JCK on matters related to internet marketing as well as in InStore Magazine as a featured blogger where she writes about developing effective marketing strategies for the jewelry industry using social media. She is the founder of: Social Media Biz Summit (www.socialmediabizsummit.com), the first large-scale SM conference to come to Buffalo, NY; #jewelrychat, a weekly twitter chat for the jewelry industry and www.RaisingBoysWorld.com. Renee teaches social marketing courses at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY for the business school as well as offers small group social media marketing training and educational seminars for businesses in Western New York and beyond.
Renee has dabbled in internet marketing arena since the early 90′s and is not ashamed to call herself a “marketing geek”. From chatting in AOL, “sharing” music on Napster, and teaching HTML classes before it was considered “cool” to developing comprehensive social media strategies, effective public relations campaigns and managing online communities (most recently Chevy Girls Buffalo).
She enjoys being able to help people find their voice online and to create buzz about their product or service that will give them the results they desire.
Renee can be found on Twitter (@reneemmartinez) and Facebook (http:/www.facebook.com/RubyMarCom).
