The lone survivor of my 3 day cleanse
The three day cleanse is over and while I thought I’d hop out of bed this morning and run, not walk to the nearest piece of bacon, 2 things stop me. First, after the pre-cleanse fiasco, I’ve learned not to wily nily buck the suggestions of those who invented the cleanse, including the pre-cleanse and the post cleanse routine. Two, I don’t actually have the craving anymore. If anything, I want some pineapple, apple, mint juice and may just stop by whole foods on the way to work to get some.
The final verdict? Worth it. I feel better, I feel healthier, I feel lighter. The first day was hell on earth, but again, I attribute that to my crazy caffeine addiction more than anything else.
Coffee = The Sweet Nectar of the Gods….
Which, is another thing I’ve learned. I knew I relied on the caffeine to get me up and moving and that if I didn’t have any, I’d get headaches. Usually when the headache threatens, I down a diet coke and move on. Trying to live through the headache has convinced me that if I ever get kidnapped or have to live in the wilderness or something that forces me to give up caffeine and have to live off my wits and the will of my body, I am prey. With that said, perhaps we’ll deal with that issue soon. Anyone who knows me knows my general attitude is that a gal has to have a few vices (long as none are illegal or hurting others). For now, I’m embracing my caffeine addiction and hoping that the world stays just the same until I can break it.
I’ve already discussed my general reviews of each of the juices and that hasn’t changed. I will admit that 3 green juices is a bit much. By the third one, I was over it most days. I chugged them down at that point just to be one juice closer to my cashew dream.
A poor mans Cashew Agave Cinnamon milk.
Speaking of the cashew dream, I have been googling cashew milk recipes and you better believe you’ll be seeing a step by step of my first cashew making experiment on this forum soon. I LOVE IT. I usually drink almond milk and this morning I plan to see if the stuff I bought at the store with some cinnamon measures up. I expect to be disappointed.
Finally, I did lose some weight. It wasn’t my primary goal, I really did want to just clean myself up a bit, but overall I’m down about 5 pounds. Now, I’m sure as soon as I start to eat solids again, most of that will go away, but people always wonder about the weight loss, so there it is. Oh and the poop factor. From my experience, you will not live in the bathroom. The first morning was a little rough, but after that pretty normal experience. If you are not used to drinking a bunch of water, you should know you’ll have to pee a lot.
Next….My recommendations if you plan to do this cleanse.
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