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7-Day Cleanse: Days 4 and 5

I decided to combine these posts because it was the weekend, and I forgot to report in yesterday 🙂

This weekend was actually really hard for me and I contemplated just ending the cleanse after Day 4. The reason wasn’t because of the juice itself or side effects, but because I really struggled being at home.

The first few days of the cleanse I was working the majority of the day which kept me distracted and away from food. Unfortunately, my hobby and passion on the weekend is COOKING and trying new recipes… so since I couldn’t really do that I found myself wandering around the house trying to keep myself busy. I ended up cleaning the entire downstairs and put all of my Christmas decorations away; went to the gym, to a movie, and watched a ton of TV. It was very hard for me to not cook anything!

For Day 6 and Day 7 there are a few new drinks… all of which have less fruit and more greens in them. One of them I’m finding intimidating because I am supposed to have an orange nearby in case I need to “chase” the juice with it after every sip!.. more on that juice to come tomorrow (Day 6)

Today’s juice started out with the Super Chute Juice which is one of Mike and I’s favorite juices, followed by a Super Detox Juice and then the Super Juice.

The Super Detox Juice was composed of apples, cucumber, celery, spinach, and kale. I really liked it but Mike wasn’t too thrilled. I didn’t take a picture of it, but I did take a picture of the Super Chute Juice before I juiced it so you could see what a typical preparation looks like for one of the juices! (in the picture: lemon, cucumber, celery, broccoli, zucchini, carrot, beet, ginger, apples, kale, spinach, watercress and alfalfa sprouts)

7 Day Cleanse: Day 3

Mike weighed himself again and he lost another 2lbs! The few days Mike’s loss has not included any exercise, which I think is impressive. I still have yet to weigh myself, but am more concerned about just feeling like I have more energy and not bogged down by bad food… so far it is working!

My 8:00am juice was the Lemon-Ginger Zinger which I forgot to take a picture of on Day 1, so here it is!

My juice at 2:00pm was a new juice which included banana, yogurt, spirulina, apples, and pineapple. I wasn’t too excited about this one since I took a preview sip of it when I made it and wasn’t crazy about it. And, when I gave it a second try at 2:00pm, it was still just as bad so I didn’t drink it at all. Mike really liked it though! It’s funny how people have such different tastes.

Passion 4 Fruit Juice:

Then, a little after 9pm, we made fresh apple juice with cinnamon and made an extra glass for our friend Owen while we played a board game. Normally our Friday night includes games and alcoholic beverages, but everyone was just as satisfied having a nice warm, cozy juice.

Aside from the juice, I’ve managed to take a nice relaxing bath each night with eucalyptus bubble bath I got for Christmas…. DELIGHTFUL!!

7-Day Cleanse: Day 2

This morning Mike weighed himself and he was down 2.5 pounds!

I didn’t weigh-in because I’d like to wait at least a couple of days or until the end of the cleanse. I woke up feeling really refreshed and had a ton of energy– so much that I shoveled the driveway and took Mosby for a walk before heading to work.

It’s 9:00am and I am overdue to drink my Super Juice (I was supposed to have it at 8:00am), but I’m not hungry. I supposed I should drink it anyway before any sort of hunger catches up with me!

Today’s juices are the same recipes as yesterday, except the 8:00pm Lemon-Giner Zinger is replaced by the neon-green Turbo Express.

I forgot to mention that yesterday, the only issue I had was that my body wanted to chew something. When I sat down at the TV, I immediately wanted munchies… not because I was hungry, but because my mind now associates the TV with food. It’s kind of like going to the movies. For me, movies = popcorn. So, the challenge for me over the next few days will be re-training my brain to not crave foods according to the activity I am doing.