While I do feel sluggish, depleted, and in want of more energy, the primary reason for this cleanse is weight loss. I won't lie. Swimsuit season is coming, and I plan on spending a bit of time at the beach. And at the moment, the last thing I wanna put on is a swimsuit(Thank you, Thunder Thighs!).
My mother started juicing again a few weeks ago. She had about a cup of juice(like, 1 measuring cup) with her breakfast each morning for about a week. That's it. And she lost 3 pounds.
I know that's not a lot, but a cup of juice isn't very much. You want more drastic results? You need more drastic actions.
I decided to ease myself into a juice cleanse. Replace breakfast a few days, then replace a second meal, and then get up to where I'm just juicing for 3 days.
Here we go...
Day 1:
A full glass of juice. This was plenty enough to fill me up. I drank it at about 8:00 am, and I wasn't hungry until about noon. The taste wasn't phenomenal by any means, I was pretty sick of it by the end of the glass. I think it was the chard.
Recipe:
1 cucumber
1 red pepper
2 leaves of green chard
Day 2:
For some reason, my veggies must have been less juicy today, because it made significantly less(to be fair, my mama made me save a cup for her). I drank it at about 7:30, and wasn't feeling hungry until about noon. Right after finishing it, I took my preworkout and I was in the gym shortly after 8. That's a lot of liquids slushing around. I took it slow at first, though, and it was fine.
Recipe:
1 cucumber
1 red pepper
1 small head of fresh broccoli
3 carrots
Day 2(juice 2):
1 head of celery
1 cucumber
1/2 green pepper
2 kiwis
2 handfuls of spinach.
I drank this along with a small plate of salad(with a vinegar/olive oil dressing) and I didn't eat again until my very solid dinner that night.
Day 3:
This one was incredibly bitter. I drank my mom's portion as well, because I didn't want to force her to drink it.
1 head of celery
1/2 cucumber
2 kiwis
1/4 apple
I drank this juice for lunch, rather than for breakfast.
Day 4:
In an attempt to steer away from the last two juices that were very bitter, and also upon my mothers request, I made this one mainly with carrots. It was sweet and delicious and I was kinda sad when I reached the end of the glass.
This was breakfast, along with a quarter of a gluten free waffle..
1 head of celery
1 red pepper
3 carrots
1/4 apple
Day 4(juice 2):
1/2 cucumber
1 red pepper
1 apple
This one was my lunch. I are breakfast so late that by the time my family was eating lunch, I was still stuffed. So I had lunch a few hours after them, with this juice. It wasn't bad, but definitely a little more sweet than I had wanted.
Day 5:
This was probably one of the best ones I've had so far. I drank myself beyond full on this one cuz I liked it so much.
1 head of celery
3 carrots
5+ handfuls of spinach
Spinach is kinda a struggle to juice. You just have to patiently feed it into the juicer. You don't get a ton of juice from it, so you have to use a substantial amount.
And thus ended my juice cleanse. I had planned on making one last one the next day, but I ended up not having enough time.
So, I ended up not doing any complete days of juicing, although that was my original plan. None the less, simply drinking 1-2 juices a day, I lost 5 pounds. Which was crazy. And, I did have more energy, had that "glow", yaddiya, all the stuff everyone else claims.
I think I would've had a different experience if I was doing a strict juice cleanse, and the results probably would've been more drastic. However, I was also eating relatively clean throughout this cleanse.
Let me know if you have any questions :)
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