So in a bid to embrace this ‘healthy lifestyle’ I’ve been
hearing so much about I decided to buy a juicer last week and embark upon a
three day juice cleanse. In case anyone is thinking about this I thought I’d
share with you my diary and tips I picked up along the way.
PRE-CLEANSE: I did a test-run on Saturday as I didn’t have
and plans that involved dinner or drinks. I got my juicer out of the box (I
bought
this one, it’s such good value for money, really powerful, and easy to
clean) and had a play around, checking out recipes on the net (great site
HERE). I’ve decided to do 6 juices per day.
Feel as though I have bundles of energy; in a weird way, I
feel lighter I guess. Went for a
5k run in the morning then on another short
2.5k run later with my housemate. Discovered after 4 juices that I can’t bear
to have another but I am totally not hungry at all. Strange. Usually on a Saturday
I go HAAM on the food.
Caved at 8pm when housemate was cooking dinner and had a
baked corn-on-the-cob. Yum… chewy. Bitey.
Overall, feel great. Not too hard and
haven’t had any hunger. Did have a disco nap at 3pm though.
So my tester day proved to me I could embark upon a proper 3
day cleanse and gave me some idea what I was in for. It also made every morsel
of food I ate on Sunday taste like heaven. Now time for the cleanse proper.
P.S: Day after I was GLOWING.
DAY 1: Wake up at 6.30am so I have time to prepare all my
juices (and juices for my workout pal, Soph). Pretty easy. Decant them all into
bottles. Feel good all day, intersperse juice with herbal teas. Lunchtime is
hard as all colleagues are eating food around me. My mid-afternoon juice is so
gross it makes me gag. Go to gym in evening but have no real energy. Early to
bed. I feel okaaaaay. No hunger pangs which is what I was worried about.
DAY 2: Wake up looking and feeling pretty damn special. I
look really… hydrated. Make an effort today to taste juices before bottling and
make them more palatable. Morning is fine, no hunger, lunch is okay too. Then mid-afternoon…
I turn into a zombie. Like I literally took about 7 minutes to answer the simplest
questions. My brain has been liquefied; not so good for a writer. Nearly get run
over cycling home. Cave and have some broccoli and onions sautéed. Go to bed
about 8pm feeling sh*t.
DAY 3: Wake up late; too late to get the tube, so make an
educated decision to eat some food so I have the energy to cycle to work
safely. Have porridge and a banana; nearly snog the man at Pret. Feel amazing
by the time I get to work. I’ve made 3 of THE most delicious juices for today
(I’m really getting the hang of this). Juice until 7pm when I decide to have
some salmon and veg so I can do a 5k run.
VERDICT: I’d definitely recommend juicing, I do feel like I
have an ‘inner glow’ (consuming 27 carrots in 3 days will do that to a girl). I
must say, I found juicing for one day pretty easy, a pleasure and a joy. 3 days
was not so good.
I think if you work in a role which requires any sort of
brain-power (so everyone) then it’s not a good idea. I’m a writer and the words;
well they don’t come so easy when your brain is running on cucumber water.
Overall I liked it and I definitely want to incorporate juicing into my weekly
routine. I think one or two days (spread out) over a week would feel great.
I’m running 10k in a few weeks so in order to train I’ll be
giving the juice cleanses a rest for the time being. Juices really are good
though so stay tuned for recipes (brownies honour, I will post some delicious
ones over the Bank Holiday Weekend!
Let me know if you have any questions (juice-related or
otherwise) in the comments below.