If you are ever looking to detox, cleanse, jump start a diet, or just try something really healthy for a change, doing a juice cleanse is a great idea. I have done one of these once before my wedding, but never really thought I'd do it again. Until the other day when I realized I have to get in a bathing suit in a few short moments. After the sobbing stopped, (kidding) I thought doing a 3-day juice cleanse could be a good plan to shed a few lbs before the poor people of the Dominican Republic have to look at me nearly nekid.
The first cleanse I did before my wedding in May was with a company called Blue Print Cleanse (www.blueprintcleanse.com). I lost 4 pounds in 3 days. Pretty good, no?
This time I opted for their competitor Cooler Cleanse (www.coolercleanse.com), just to give it a shot and try some other juices. These are the 2 dueling juice cleanse companies here in NYC. They both have the same idea, you can choose 1-day, 3-day, or 5-day cleanses. Blueprint has different levels for more advanced users, but who am I kidding? I will never be an advanced juicer. They both offer delivery options, or you can pick up your order at various locations in the city. I have only done the 3-day cleanse, thats pretty much all the juice I can handle. They deliver 3 small coolers to you, each with 6 juices that are clearly numbered so you know what order you should drink them in. You start with your breakfast drink, and have a juice every 2 hours throughout the day- to prevent from being too hungry. Oh did you think you drank the juices and still got to eat food? Umm no. JUST JUICE. For 3 days. Toughen up people.
Anyway, the juices keep in your fridge for the 3 days of the cleanse. Its quite convenient, because you can just take each individual "cooler" to work with you.
Each company has relatively the same types of drinks, with slight variations. I will speak to Cooler Cleanse, since thats the one I'm doing now.
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| Juices 1-6 in their order |
Drink #1- Essential Green, my least favorite, but still rather tasty considering what you're drinking. Its essentially all greens- spinach, kale, dandelion greens, with a touch of lemon and ginger to give it a bit of a kick.
Drink #2- Ruby Red Grapefruit and Mint- extremely yummy and naturally sweet. (Blue Print does a pineapple/mint drink here- which is also pretty amazing)
Drink #3- unfortunately your back to the Essential Green. Yes, twice. This second one I always have a little trouble getting down. Its during lunch time, when I'm usually pretty hungry anyway. Not to mention, my desk at the office is directly in front of the kitchen. The smells of food my coworkers cook in there from about noon until 1pm is a bit torturous at this point in the day.... is that a cheeseburger someone's cooking? Heating up last night's meatloaf? Did someone just order chinese food? I sadly stare at my green spinach juice but I muster through it, small sip by small sip... with the help of a straw.
Drink #4- Coconut Water- SO much better than the kind you get in the deli- and I love those kinds too!
Drink #5- Essential Red, beets, carrots, fuji apple, and lemon. This one has slowly become my favorite. Tastes like the best apple juice you've ever had. I may actually miss this one when it's over. Seriously.
Drink #6- Almond Nut Milk with dates and vanilla bean- meant to taste like a milk shake for dinner... and actually kinda does, but maybe its just cause at this point in the day, you havent had any food, so milk begins to taste like a crazy awesome treat? Who cares. It's good.
Morale of the story, I'm only through day 2 of this cleanse. I did weigh myself the first morning, and I will weigh myself the morning of day 4 and report the findings. Regardless of actual weight loss, if there is any, it's a good thing to clean out your system every once in a while and not have to cook or meal plan for a few days. And for someone who loves food as much as I do, if I can do it, you can too.
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