Day 4: second day of Urban Remedy Cleanse

Well...  Let me start off by saying that I woke up at 5:00am refreshed and unable to fall back asleep.  Something not normal for me at all..  down 4.3 pounds.. Not to shabby

I made my first lemon tea at 5:30am and had an additional one at 6:00am.  By 7am I was so shaky and weak that I ended up drinking about 3 ounces of the almond milk left over from day 2.  I felt somewhat better within a few minutes.  I arrived at work around 7:30am and was feeling much better and not a bit shaky.

9:00am I opened and gulped down juice 1 (same kind as yesterday).  It took me less than 10 minutes to polish off the bottle.  I was feeling tired and knew I needed juice in me.

9:30am had me feeling quite energized but unsteady and lightheaded.  I was grateful to be sitting down.  I drank some yerba mate tea and it helped a lot.

11:00am I cranked open the lemon juice 2 (again same as yesterday).   It was so much better tasting today than yesterday.  Less pulp and so much smoother that I actually liked it.  Had that gone within the hour and when I had about 2 ounces left I filled it up with cold water and slugged on that.

12:35pm..  Lunchtime...  I went home and warmed up some veggie broth just to add some warmth to my system.  I am not much of a tea drinker so this was doing to have to be acceptable..  Took away all the cold in my body (I have been super cold for 3 days).  I am feeling quite comfortable but definitely ready for juice 3. 

I get back from my lunch break to find this at work.   The whole place smells like pizza.   Wtf!  I realize that people shouldn't have to rearrange things around my eating habits, but come on.  You know that I only have a few days left so why have our pizza party now when I can't even enjoy it.  SIGH

Oh well..  I opened juice 3 and enjoyed it after putting menthol in my nose so I couldn't smell the pizza. 

It is now 5:10pm and I am skipping juice 4 from yesterday.. You know that yucky smoothie one (I will give that one to the kids)....  I am replacing it with the beet one from the Blueprint cleanse.

Day 3: Urban Remedy day

So this starts day 3.   I started my day with hot lemon water.   Woke up before my alarm at 5:45am and still feel great at 10:37am.   Broke open the first bottle of Urban Remedy juice.   A bit tart to begin with but definitely a winner..   It is so good.  Very impressed with the combination.   Definitely need to forge a recipe for this one.   Wow...

Juice number 2.   Okay.   This one is super lemony.   But way better than the lemon one from yesterday.  Still not a huge fan.  I will choke it down because I have to.  It's 11:30am and I really want and cheeseburger.  12:42pm and I still have not finished juice 2.  I am just going to slam the rest of it so I can move on..  I am way behind on my juices.

Juice number 3 was really good until the end of the bottle.  The fennel seemed to get stronger as I drank it. I managed to polish this one off quite quickly.  

3:40pm I opened Drink 4..  well.. it is more of a smoothie.  Not quite what I was expecting.  Never having Acai before I was hoping it was a sweet berry..  Nope.  This was kind of tart and well.. I am not sure how to describe it.  I didn't care for it.  Almost worse than drink 2.

Oh sweet divine drink number 5.  My all time favorite of the day..  This blend is very good.  I savored ever last drop and even added some water to it to get the rest out of the bottle.. hahaha 

It is about 8:30pm and I am starving.  I was going to just finish last nights almond milk but desperately wanted to try this one.  Drink 6 is an amazing cashew milk.  Now this is desert in a bottle.  Smooth with a bit of chunk to chew on..  I am in HEAVEN!!!!   Unfortunately there is no way I can drink this whole bottle.  My stomach has been shrinking and it is just to much.. 

I am absolutely exhausted.  No real energy today and really jut plain feeling foggy..  I am heading to bed with the hopes that tomorrow is much easier...

Day 2: Blueprint day

Wow..   I woke up this morning before the alarm.   Seems typical on a juice feast.   I was in and out of the shower and ready for work with time to sit back and enjoy a cup of tea.  I am thinking of ordering some herbal coffee replacement.   There are several different types.  

Omg!   It just dawned on me..  Today is Tuesday!!!   My cleanses will be delivered today...   Hahahaha   Totally excited to get them so I can give my personal reviews.   Wishing I had gotten the 3 day blueprint cleanse instead of only a 1 day.   But Urban Remedy is a 3 day so I will see how that goes too!.  

Ok.   I am off to get the kiddo to school.  Then on to work to patiently await the arrival of my packages.  Pictures to come...

Still patiently waiting.  It is 10am and I am drinking my first juice of the day.   My head was foggy so I did drink a cup of coffee.   Not good but tasted great.   I do not feel bad about it.   Hahaha.  I should really take this more seriously than I am.   Feasting is a great way to cleanse the body.  I have already kicked most of my cravings.   Coffee is one I am not sure I want to kick though.   I love coffee. 

This is juice 1.   Fennel is sooo amazing..  frond and all. 

I strain all my juices to decrease the pulp.   I do not like textured juice so I try to get it as smooth as I can.

My only exception to straining is mint.   I juice the mint then throw the pulp in the juice.   I like to chew mint.  Tasty!

I got a call from work letting me know I had packages so I immediately turned over my fennel juice to a friend and let her finish it.  I only drank about 3 ounces of it.  She loved it as well..  so... I am gonna go get my juices and pop one open..  Wonder how I am gonna get all 6 drank in one day.. hahaha

 

My packages arrived with a few issues.. The Blueprint box arrived perfectly fine..  The Urban Remedy box not so much.  3 of the 4 sides were split.  Slightly concerning.  However upon inspection...  Only one juice had a crushed top but seems to be fine.    

Now you will notice that I have 2 different juice 1 drinks..  That is because I ordered 2 days of the Purify cleanse and 1 day of the signature cleanse.  Slightly saddened that I did not receive a cooler bag like some others received..  hmmm

 Blueprint sent me a super cute cooler lunch bag.  Looks like it will hold 6 bottles of juice.  Love love love it!!!

 Here are my 6 Blueprint juices.  They really look yummy.  I am going to start with Blueprint and pop the top on juice 1.

Holy crap!!   This Juice 1 is AMAZING!   Very refreshing and smooth.   I do not like tart or pulpy juice and this one is neither.   All the flavors blend perfectly.   Should have ordered more of this one..  2:23pm and almost finished.

4:00pm-  Okay..  my mouth feels nasty.  I didn't bring a toothbrush and I should have.   My tongue is starting to feel all cotton like.   Really sticking gross.  I scraped it with my.spoon but even my teeth feel yucky.   Sigh

4:36pm.   Popping open the second juice.   Wowza!!!   This one is really good too..   A bit sweeter than I expected but super tasty nonetheless.  Not sure how I am going to get 4 more in me.. hahaha

 

Juice number 3 was the same as juice number 1.  

7:33pm and I still have 2 more to go.  No way I can stuff any more fluid into my body..  I am just not hungry at all..  Number 4 and isn't that great to be honest.  Lemon isn't my favorite so it is challenging to say the least.  It isn't to spicy so that is a bonus.. 

8:00pm and I am not doing well with this number 4 thing.  GROSS!!!!  I have it half gone.  It is going back in the fridge and maybe I will polish it off later.  I still have 5 and 6 to go.  Good thing I stay up late.  I have until 10pm to drink it and still manage to finish 2 hours before bedtime.

9:05pm and I am just plain stuffed.. I cannot drink anything more..  I drank half of 4, skipped 5 and drank half of 6.  OMG!!  The cashew milk is AMAZING!!!

Day 1 Juice feast not fast!

 

First let me just ask you to ignore the fact that my fridge needs a good cleaning.. hahaha

This is a couple days worth of juice made up for today and tomorrow.  I also played around with some cashew milk and almond milk.  I am starting out my feast the right way.  I am starting with some fruity juices with carrots and sweet potatoes added for my veggies.  I also discovered that labeling them with either the recipe name or the ingredients makes it super helpful when grabbing for one.  Then I am not left wondering which juice I am going to have.  I am really tired of strictly green juice so I figured I would give this a shot.   So far the fruity ones have filled me up much better than the veggies ones have.  It is 12:36pm and I have had 2- 16 ounce jars of juice and I am not even hungry.  I only had 8 ounces of water in the mix so far.  Will try to get at least 20 more ounces in today.

I wanted to try out a couple different juice cleanse plans so I ordered a 1 day cleanse from Blueprint and a 3 day cleanse from Urban Remedy.  They will both be delivered tomorrow.  I am want to try out their juices just to compare to the satisfaction aspect.  Some have reported that both those companies provide juice that seems to satisfy them better than the ones they have made at home.  I will give a review of each when they arrive.  I am having them delivered to work so I can be sure they stay cold.

I am back at work and there are so many goodies here.   Sigh!   We have inventory so there are 30 extra people all walking around with snacks that smell so darn good.   Grrrrr

Finally home..  I failed..  I snacked on some stupid oreo balls..  6 of them were eaten before I even realized I had done it.  I got sidetracked and I ate them.  sigh.. In my defense who can really resist oreo balls.. hahaha  They were good but thankfully there are no more around me.

I managed to drink 5 jars of juice today.  I am no longer hungry.   Sad that I ate those stupid things..  but...  it was a learning lesson.  While they were really super good... They didn't last long enough for me to even really enjoy eating them.  Promise to do better from here on out..  Maybe i will slice up some veggies in case I get snacky again..  grrrrrr 

I have really been struggling today.  I know I can do this but dang..  I really love food.. hahaha

I am heading to bed so the temptation of the steaks and mashed potatoes do not get me...    Goodnight to all..  Cross your fingers my cleanse juices arrive tomorrow so I can start them on Wednesday.  got plenty for tomorrow all made up.

 

FRESH DAY JUICE

Today is the fresh start to my juice fast.   One of these days I am going to succeed.   This is going to be the time.  I have the day off and will be traveling with the boyfriend so it should be pretty easy to keep my mind off food.  I will keep all my juice in a cooler bag with ice packs to keep them cold.  I also have 2- quart mason jars with fruit infused water ready to go.

 

Here is the ingredients for the Mean Green Juice from Joe Cross (I forgot the lemon and ginger in the picture)

 

This is the pulp after I was done juicing. 

2 pint jars of lovely Mean Green Juice. 

I apologize for this next bit..  My picture seems to have evaporated and I cannot find it.  I will leave the post but excuse the missing picture.  (2/16/15 picture is missing from blog)

The line up.  Starting top right with the orange one.  

1. Carrot, apple, ginger and lemon.  

2. Mean Green Juice.

3. Romaine, carrot, celery, pear, lime

4.Mean Green Juice

5. Tomato, carrot, celery, yellow bell pepper

6. blood orange, apple, celery

I woke up again. Feeling quite poor.  I was up all night with fighting doggies.  There are just some nights they insist on being disagreeable.  Drives me crazy!

I am however up and ready to begin my day.  Lemon water here I come.

I am going to have a redo

I totally blew it yesterday so I am going to have a redo.   

Still juicing but I was around so much food that I caved.   I can't believe it.   Totally caved and ate way to much.   I was miserable all day and night.  I am pretty sure that I learned a valuable lesson.  Over eating after days of little food makes for one UNHAPPY tummy...

Day 4: Feeling GREAT!!

WOW!!  I woke up early this morning feeling FANTASTIC...   Refreshed and not even slightly groggy.  I had a cup off lemon water and for once it didn't make my belly feel sour.

I got to work at 7:30am and my co-worker commented on how I looked so much better than yesterday...  In which I was feeling quite yucky for bits of the day. 

I had a cup of coffee with sugar free/dairy free creamer.  It was tasty but I didn't really feel like I needed it.  I just wanted it.. hahaha..  I did limit it to one cup though..

10:30am I finished a 25 ounce bottle of water.

I got a bit hungry around noon so I went with the only option I had available and that was 3 ritz crackers.  Just enough to take the edge off until I could leave for lunch at 1:00pm.

1:30pm I had 1.5 cups of Cauliflower soup.  Made with Cauliflower, carrots and parsley.  Nothing else added except water, sea salt and pepper for flavoring.