One of the reasons I’ve never been drawn to cleanses is that I really like solid food. I love the texture. I love the flavor. I love salt, butter and the delicacy of a perfect goat cheese or a melt-in-your-mouth filet mignon.
But I’m in a cleansing mode in other capacities. I’ve done closet and drawer purges for the boys and me. I “weeded out” the toys in their playroom. I’ve consolidated memorabilia. And I’ve tried to embrace happiness rather than obsessing about worry after worry. So in the spirit of this attempt to let go of the left rope (I’ll go into depth on this analogy another day) it seemed like an appropriate time to take on an internal cleanse. Plus, Nancy is out of town this weekend so temptation will be minimized.
In advance of the cleanse, I gave up caffeine a few days ago. I haven’t had any wine since Tuesday. And for 14 hours on Saturday, I drank my meals.
My day went something like this:
6:45 hot lemon water
7:15 green juice (celery, kale, cucumber, spinach, granny smith apples, parsley, lemon)
8:00-9:00 spin class
10:00 second green juice
12:15 first fruit juice, a combo of pineapple, granny smiths and mint
4:30 spicy lemonade
7:00 juice of carrots, beets, celery, apples, lemon
9:00 cashew milk (aka dessert)
I did better than expected but I won’t say it was easy. I almost licked the peanut butter knife after making the kids toast. I then had to make them lunch (more peanut butter) and dinner (leftover tacos). At soccer practice, one of the parents had the grill going and made hotdogs for all the kids. I hate hotdogs, but they sure did smell good. Kate and Rob asked if the kids and I wanted to go to dinner with them. It was hard to say no.
But I didn’t need to nap. I didn’t get too cross. I got only one headache when I stood up too quickly, and it immediately went away.
I don’t know what today holds, but after getting nine hours of sleep, I jumped out of bed. No headache. No fatigue. No cravings for my son’s peanut butter toast (yes, they eat a lot of peanut butter) or even for my typical morning latte.
Off to spin!
the chelsea chronicles 
I love the part about the hot dogs smelling good. I hate hot dogs too but I have caught myself thinking the same thing when doing a cleanse or if i’m just plain hungry. They do smell good in a fast food, immediate gratification way. Then I remind myself what they are made of and I’m good. 😉 (My apologies to hot dog lovers)
Go Chelsea! You will be glad you did it!!!!
Chelsea– Good for you! How did you decide what juices to eat/proportions, etc?
I’m following the BluePrint Cleanse so they give you options and recipes to make. I went “easy” – two “green” juices, three fruit juices and one nut juice. The intermediate level is three green, two fruit and a nut and advanced is all five green and one nut. So six 16 oz juices. It’s been fantastic. I feel great!