To better understand women’s fascinations with dieting, Jake and Eddie went on The Lemonade Diet (The Master Cleanse) for ten days.

Jake:

I had some saltwater mix this morning, but again, to no avail. Maybe I’m mixing it wrong, but it just doesn’t seem to be doing the trick of “cleansing” my organs. I didn’t start drinking the lemonade until like 2 or 3pm. It’s weird, though, because I didn’t get cranky or starving or desperate like I may have, had I not been doing this master cleanse.

To me, here’s where women be trippin. It’s the extreme nature of this cleanse as a way to trick your body. What I’m doing is so unhealthy and unnatural - not eating - yet, my body doesn’t need food. The newfound intense need for food will soon take over and I can see how girls who do this will gain all the weight back in a few days.

Eddie:

I’ve been pacing myself through the day’s lemonade pretty well, and I’ve been avoiding people (and thus avoiding arguments). I talked to a friend of mine who made it all the way through the diet, and that helped give me courage for the fray.

I started to look at myself in the mirror today, and I feel thinner. Several people have told me that I look thinner. It could just be my posture, but it’s gotten to my head. I’m starting to get so used to the way I look now, I’ve almost forgotten the hefty-hefty I left behind.

I’ve been secretly making a list of foods I’m dying to eat. I wouldn’t be surprised if, in two weeks, I’m actually heavier than when I started this whole mess (if I’m not in the hospital by then).