I am so excited to share my experience on this juice cleanse with you guys! I am doing it through the company Native Nectar. Click on the highlighted word to go to their website where you can learn all about the juices and cleanses they offer. First, I want to start by explaining why I am even doing this in the first place and what I will be doing!
I chose to do the 3 day cleanse, and I will be drinking 5 juices and 1 nut milk each day. The juices are mix of all veggie and some fruit/veggie juices. Other than water, this will be all I consume over the next three days. I will also be aiming for 1 gallon of water a day!!! I won't be doing any intense exercise...maybe some yoga or walking, but nothing more if I do anything. Okay, onto why I'm doing this!
About a year and a half ago me and my mom decided we wanted to do this 2 day smoothie cleanse and let me tell you, it was a fail. But, the smoothies were so gross that they were impossible to get down and we really weren't getting much in them. So, yeah, we may have quit mid way through the third smoothie. Ever since then, I have wanted to try a real, GOOD juice cleanse. I know I love the taste of these juices and I know they will be providing me with tons and tons of nutrients. Actually, over the next three days, I will be drinking over 50 pounds of raw, organic produce!!!! Wow! And, to clear things up, this is not for weight loss, and I do not recommend quick fixes, such as cleansing/detoxing, for weight loss. This is simply something I am very interested in trying out as I have heard many differing opinions on juice cleanses.
I love challenging myself, and I think this is a great way for me to do it. Coming from an eating disorder in the past, food is something that has always been at the forefront of my mind. Even if not in a bad way now, food consumes a lot of my thoughts. What I want to make next, what I haven't had this week, or just the thought of food in general! Instead, over the next three days, I am going to use this time to truly appreciate my life and everything I have been blessed with. I won't be doing any intense exercise, which I think will be challenging for me as well, as I love exercising almost everyday. But my body needs to have a break sometimes! I think this cleanse will really challenge me to view food in a new way. I know food is here to fuel us, but sometimes I take advantage of that. I hope that this cleanse makes me really appreciate the food God has put on this earth to nourish our bodies. I also think it will make me thankful for having the access to good, whole foods when I want them here in this country.
Not only am I doing this to challenge myself, but I am just curious as to how I will feel! I am going to be totally detoxing my body and giving my digestive system a 3 day rest! Obviously, I'm expecting to be hungry or to want to eat something, and I'm going to be totally honest about those feelings as well. But, I'm hoping that as I go, it will get easier and I will feel and see the effects of the nutrients that I have been flooding my body with.
Oh, and lastly, look at these bottles!!! It's true, pretty things taste better and are way more fun to eat (or drink in this case). Day 1 thoughts will be below the pictures!!! I wrote all of the above the morning of Day 1, so the rest of my thoughts will be after experiencing a full day of juice cleansing.
I chose to do the 3 day cleanse, and I will be drinking 5 juices and 1 nut milk each day. The juices are mix of all veggie and some fruit/veggie juices. Other than water, this will be all I consume over the next three days. I will also be aiming for 1 gallon of water a day!!! I won't be doing any intense exercise...maybe some yoga or walking, but nothing more if I do anything. Okay, onto why I'm doing this!
About a year and a half ago me and my mom decided we wanted to do this 2 day smoothie cleanse and let me tell you, it was a fail. But, the smoothies were so gross that they were impossible to get down and we really weren't getting much in them. So, yeah, we may have quit mid way through the third smoothie. Ever since then, I have wanted to try a real, GOOD juice cleanse. I know I love the taste of these juices and I know they will be providing me with tons and tons of nutrients. Actually, over the next three days, I will be drinking over 50 pounds of raw, organic produce!!!! Wow! And, to clear things up, this is not for weight loss, and I do not recommend quick fixes, such as cleansing/detoxing, for weight loss. This is simply something I am very interested in trying out as I have heard many differing opinions on juice cleanses.
I love challenging myself, and I think this is a great way for me to do it. Coming from an eating disorder in the past, food is something that has always been at the forefront of my mind. Even if not in a bad way now, food consumes a lot of my thoughts. What I want to make next, what I haven't had this week, or just the thought of food in general! Instead, over the next three days, I am going to use this time to truly appreciate my life and everything I have been blessed with. I won't be doing any intense exercise, which I think will be challenging for me as well, as I love exercising almost everyday. But my body needs to have a break sometimes! I think this cleanse will really challenge me to view food in a new way. I know food is here to fuel us, but sometimes I take advantage of that. I hope that this cleanse makes me really appreciate the food God has put on this earth to nourish our bodies. I also think it will make me thankful for having the access to good, whole foods when I want them here in this country.
Not only am I doing this to challenge myself, but I am just curious as to how I will feel! I am going to be totally detoxing my body and giving my digestive system a 3 day rest! Obviously, I'm expecting to be hungry or to want to eat something, and I'm going to be totally honest about those feelings as well. But, I'm hoping that as I go, it will get easier and I will feel and see the effects of the nutrients that I have been flooding my body with.
Oh, and lastly, look at these bottles!!! It's true, pretty things taste better and are way more fun to eat (or drink in this case). Day 1 thoughts will be below the pictures!!! I wrote all of the above the morning of Day 1, so the rest of my thoughts will be after experiencing a full day of juice cleansing.
Okay, day one is over!!! And let's just say it was an experience. I had some really really good times and some not so great times. I want to be totally honest on how I feel throughout this, so it won't all be positives. First, I do want to say, I was not at all hungry like I thought I would be. In fact, just the opposite! I ended up skipping one of the juices because I was just so full from all the liquids. I started off the morning great, and honestly felt great up until about 1. I started to feel just kind of out of it and not myself. It scared me a little bit, and I'm not going to lie, I wanted to stop, but I pushed through it and a few hours later felt back to normal! I feel weaker than usual overall, but I expected that due to little protein and a decrease in calories. Anyways, this feeling of being out of it happened a few more times randomly throughout the day, but currently I feel myself again. I will admit, the craving for food is REAL. And not just food...I just want to go devour some pizza and ice cream. I'm hoping sticking it out will show me how much I focus on food and help me to realize it is truly here to fuel us. Now trust me, that does not mean I will stop having cheat nights..in fact, I assume I'll be having one ASAP ;) Sorry, you didn't hear my say that, shhhhh. Have I had thoughts of stopping or cutting it short? Yes...and I still may only do two days, I'm not going to FORCE myself to do three. It just depends on how I feel tomorrow. Right now, I feel okay, but I just don't have much energy and really want to eat. Final thoughts...I'm honestly not for sure how I feel right now about it. I don't want to feel I am restricting by making myself do three days, but at the same time, I'm not doing this with the intention of restricting. Hopefully, I will feel better tomorrow and be super excited about day 3, but we will see! I do think this day has made me realize how thankful I am for the foods I have access to, so that's a plus! And I've peed about 1929843492x!! sorry tmi. Well, that's all for today. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give today a 5. I'll be back tomorrow so stay tuned :)