5 Day Juice Cleanse Recap

5 Day Juice Cleanse Recap

Juice and Smoothie Recipes

I used my green drink recipe for the first day (sometimes adding mint/basil), then omitted the apple and just used half a lemon to cut down on sugar (this is all explained in my first post about juicing). I also switched up the green base- the recipe calls for spinach, but sometimes I used chard (highly recommended, it's very light), arugula (extremely bitter), or romaine (also light). I would've liked to use fresh kale, but I couldn't find any at the store. 

The coconut water was recommended for anyone doing a juice cleanse, but then I read that it contained a lot of natural sugar, so I ditched it for the other four days. 

The orange drink recipe and beet drink recipe were used on day one and morning of day two, but then I focused on greens because I wanted to get away from the starchy veggies (carrots) and the sugar content in the fruit.

The green smoothie recipe was used on the rest of the days, though I varied the green base between frozen kale and frozen spinach (if you use frozen veggies, you don't need the ice cubes the recipe calls for). I also used a quarter of an apple instead of the whole thing, and half a lemon to cut down on sugar.

I made a homemade ginger tea (so easy, post coming soon) and enjoyed that each night, as it's got a little spicy kick to it. 

When I had those almonds? Oh, baby. It was like tasting almond for the first time. The flavor was so intense! Same with the other "real" food. Flavor explosion, I tell you. 

So why did I not stick to juices?

The answer is simple. I would've liked to, but I a) have a hard time finding a variety of green bases for juicing here in Germany, and b) I needed to build my energy level back up because I'm going to an intense yoga workshop at the end of the week.  

Pros to 5 Day Detox

• -I felt really good. It is hard to explain, but I felt light, clean, and rejuvenated. 
• -I never felt hungry. 
• -Enough energy to do 45 min walks every day. 
• -Slept like a baby! (Maybe this is a coincidence, but worth mentioning.) 
• -No need to stress about cooking! (Is that kind of a reach for a pro?)  

Cons to 5 Day Detox

-Not as much energy as usual - I couldn't do a vigorous workout. I would imagine that if you are doing this during the workweek, make sure that you either have an easy workload or have the type of job where you don't have to expend a lot of energy. I couldn't do this when I was teaching in middle school. 

-Dealt with cravings. I didn't have withdrawals (which I talked about in the post last week), but I did miss chewing. I snack when I watch a show or when I read, and I missed crunching on something. I tried all-natural gum (apparently that's "allowed" on a detox), but it pretty much tasted like cardboard.

-Day 2 is the worst. I was irritable for about 30 minutes. Nothing too crazy, but just kind of on edge. The juices kept me full, but I still felt "empty," if that makes any sense to you. It made no sense to me, which added to my irritability. Eating is emotional for a lot of us, so you might have some sort of emotional reaction - or you might not - just something to keep in the back of your head.

Would I do it again?

Totally. I'd prefer to attempt again in a couple of months, and perhaps in the event that I don't have something to get ready for I'll adhere to simply squeezes. 

My recommendation to anybody considering a juice purge.

The greatest recommendation I can offer is to be straightforward with yourself. Would it be that you need to accomplish it? How is your eating regimen right now? In the event that you eat a great deal of sugar/handled nourishments/meat, you ought to most likely do a 7-multi day (or significantly more in the event that you've been off course for some time) diet change to plan, eating straightforward nourishments - veggies, natural product, no refined sugar, no prepared nourishments, nothing too difficult to even consider digesting. From that point forward, you can begin your scrub and ideally, that diet change will have arranged your body so it won't go into stun when you start the purge. 

At the point when you begin eating once more, gradually reintroduce nourishments either as smoothies, or effectively absorbable food sources. You would prefer not to stun your body!

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