juice cleanse: days 10 - 12

day 10:

i woke up this morning feeling right as rain. since those nasty little detox demons left town, waking up in the mornings has gotten EASY... i'm gonna go out on a limb and put that down as another one of those blessings that come with the cleanse. i think my favorite perk, though, has got to be how amazing my skin looks... i've never really had a problem with breakouts in the past, but i have been accustomed to waking up every morning these past 5 years with my-boyfriend-beats-me kind of dark circles. by day 10 though, my stubborn circles had vanished and i even skipped make-up my first day back to school-- CRAZY!!

so, my body felt great. but, my mood was notably lacking. i had a surprisingly difficult time resisting the urge to eat again... there really is a lot to be said for our emotional attachments to food. the beginning was easy because i started during spring break when i was able to just revolve my life completely around the cleanse. but, once the routine of school (a.k.a. my life pre-cleanse) came back into the picture, old eating habits began to rumble. i was finding myself craving the usual buttermilk scone from whole foods during break and spicy tuna roll from the restaurant around the corner after school. they were the little rewards i used to allow myself to keep me going throughout the day... and they all started clicking in again like clockwork. needless to say, my mood was... distracted.

 

physical energy: 9

mental energy: 10

mood: 7

 

so, let's talk about juice. for this batch, i decided to go with some good ol' wheatgrass-- for its hardcore detoxifying effects (beginners should transition slowly), pineapple-- for its digestive enzymes and tart ability to cut the potent taste of wheatgrass, and kale-- which is so nutrient-dense, it's a must in everything!

 

PINEAPPLE, WHEATGRASS + KALE (makes 1 - 2)

(1 serving = 16 oz.)

1/2 pineapple (approx. 1.5 cups)

1/8 cup wheatgrass, juiced

4 stalks kale

1/4 cup filtered water

*don't forget the water... the juice definitely needs some diluting!

 

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day 11:

i woke up this morning dreaming of pad thai.

to be more specific, i dreamt that i was in thailand with a pad thai craving and it was nowhere to be found. so, i went on an adventurous mission full of dangerous obstacles looking for it... it sounds like it might have been a cool dream, but it was more frustrating than anything else.

 

 

i'm not sure what else to say about the day because i feel like that kind of says it all. i drank my juice like an obedient child, but turned to more-than-my-allotted cashew milk whenever i had cravings. at least, i was still on the right substances though. mentally, i was still feeling sharper than a samurai sword... but, physically, i was feeling pretty bloated and i'm pretty sure it was the sugar from the pineapple juice... lesson here is to watch the sugar intake. as delicious as this batch was, i think next time i'm going to stick to fruits with less sugar and lower glycemic indexes (like apples and pears) for my all-day green juice batch and use pineapples only in a fruit juice as a 1-a-day kind of thing.

tip: when making your green juice, your fruit to veggie ratio should always be about 1:3... you can throw in less or no fruit, but no more than that!

 

physical energy: 9

mental energy: 10

mood: 7

 

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day 12:

today, i woke up feeling great again-- physically, mentally, mood-wise, too (that doesn't drop until i'm out and tempted by all of my favorite foods at my fingertips). now, just to be clear, i haven't felt hungry at all during this entire thing-- i've only felt peckish and had cravings... my desire to eat stemmed purely from boredom and maybe rebellion, which was starting to become a very real thing.

so, then, i snuck 5 cashews in. and immediately felt pretty guilty about them. it was only supposed to be 1, but then that turned into 2 and then 5. the lesson here is: don't even sneak 1... you should know that 1 cashew is not terrible for the cleanse, but it's that slippery slope that you then fall down that is.

determined to stay on this cleanse, i jumped back on the horse after 5 though and reached for the cashew milk instead.

 

physical energy: 9

mental energy: 9

mood: 7

 

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