I know it was stupid, but I was on a mission! No pain, no gain right? (Plus I had a bowl of pasta the night before as my carbo-load, hoping that would balance out the juice the next day–I make no excuses for my stupidity). I ran 10 miles that morning (per my half-marathon training plan) and I was definitely light-headed on that last mile, having had only the first green juice to sustain me. This is what I did wrong: Everything else. This is what I did right for my first juice day: I started on a day that Eric was working a 24-hour shift so that I would not be tempted by any of his food. You may have to schedule a time though if you want to do a whole cleanse. Tip #3: Whole Foods will juice your produce for you for a $1.50 fee per juice. And it was cheaper ($7) than Blueprint ($11) and fresher too! Oz juice at the Whole Foods juicing station for my third juice–it contains the exact same ingredients as the Blueprint juice, except you need to add kale. The farmers’ market is on Saturday morning, so I figured the pre-bought juices would hold me over until I could get home to juice up my own concoctions. Day 1įor the first day of my cleanse, I actually purchased the first two Blueprint juices from Whole Foods the day before. The author is a popular juicing fanatic by the name of Joe Cross. You can also score a lot of great recipes for a juice cleanse by picking up a copy of 101 Juice Recipes. Tip #2: It’s important to drink a ton of water in between juices to keep yourself hydrated. This was my typical schedule on the Juice Cleanse: So, about $77 on produce total, but again you can probably do it for about $55 if you shop a little bit better than I did (I had a $3 whole pineapple, a $3.99 bag of organic spinach, and a romaine lettuce leftover plus a bunch of lemons and a few other stragglers). Tip #1: Wait for a sale on apples to do a DIY cleanse since that’s what you’ll spend the majority of money on. However–if I had known that Whole Foods was having an organic apple sale for $1.50 a pound, I would have saved $15 (instead of paying $3 a pound at the farmer’s market)–you need a LOT of apples for this cleanse (I think I bought like 10 pounds worth). I ended up spending about $65 at the Farmer’s Market, plus $12 at Costco for all my produce. Since I’m a half-ass, not a bad-ass, I figured I would shoot for four. Typical cleanses last three days, bad-asses go for five. You’re looking at SIX juices a day, each day, in this order: I used the Blueprint recipes (also listed at the bottom of this post) and calculated how much I needed for three to four days of juicing. I had to buy A LOT of produce to get my juicing on. I couldn’t justify the expense.Īfter looking at juicers on Craigslist (they run about $50 used), I ended up asking my mom if she had one, and *ta-da* FREE Juicer to borrow! However, the costs were hefty–$200 for a 3-day Blueprint, and even with a discount code, I was looking at about $165 for Ritual. I looked at several different companies, such as Blueprint and Ritual cleanse which both offer organic produce. So much so that I ended up gaining back weight that I had worked for over a month to lose! It was heartbreaking–I needed a push to get me back on the healthy eating wagon, and what better way than to punish myself with a juice fast? Besides, all the celebrities are doing it, and that’s good enough for me! Over the course of Labor Day weekend, I indulged in exorbitant proportions. The benefits of such an endeavor are that it’s supposed to cut back on your cravings, rid you of your toxins and improve overall health. Juice cleanse, juice fast, whatever you want to call it–For (almost) four days all I ate was juice.
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