The 5 Day Juice Cleanse is COMPLETE--Our Thoughts

We DID it! YAY!

Wanna know what we thought about the experience? Here you go!

PROS:

    +Easy. No meal planning. No grocery shopping. No food prep. No dishes.

    +Yummy. I liked every single juice.

    +The packaging was BRILLIANT! Recyclable and compostable.

    +Less tummy bloat, face/eye puffiness, and feet/leg swelling.

    +Made us hydrate!

    +No hunger. We never said, "I'm starrrrving!"

    +We experienced good energy–when we felt like we needed fuel, we drank a juice and

    felt like we were back in action.

    

    +Slept great.

    +Weight loss (I lost 5 lbs. Hubby lost 11lbs. Is that a healthy amount to “lose” in 5

    days? No. Do I expect that most of it will go right back on after eating healthy food–

    even when watching calories? Yes. I’ll talk more about this in another post!)

    +AND…the biggest boon…it was definitely a mental re-boot. We’re not jonesing for junk

    food nor do we have ANY plans to overstuff ourselves like we had been doing in our

    prior “vacation mode”. We don’t miss THAT feeling at ALL!

CONS:

    -Expensive. (Probably NOT for what you get though…making juice at home is expensive

    AND time consuming!)

    -High sugar content…when the sugary floor came out from underneath us, we turned

    into grouchie-grouchertons.

    -The Wellness Shot was insanely spicy and the Vitality Shot was not for me.

    -OK for a 3-5 day thing, but I wouldn’t recommend it as a long term thing due to lack of     protein, fiber, fat, etc. (Which, of course, is why it’s called a “cleanse” and not a “way of     eating” LOL!)

    -As the 5-day mark approached, some of the juices started looking a little funky and

    didn’t taste nearly as fresh as they did on day one even though most of the “Best   

    By” dates were still 2+ weeks away.

CONCLUSION:

Would I do it again? Sure thing! Though, I would probably stick to 3 days as I don’t feel like I got THAT much more out of the extra two days. I experienced ALL of the Pros listed above by the third day for sure.

Would hubby do it again? He actually said the same thing! “Three days is about right!”

So there you go! Thanks for tuning in and checking out our 5 Day Juice Cleanse Experiment! It was fun having you along for the ride!

Until next time!

HUGS!

My first chewable food in 5 days!  Wahoo!

Day 5: The 5 Day Juice Experiment--Three Questions

As this 5 Day Juice Cleanse Experiment comes to a close, I have 3 questions that I've been asking myself...

Question 1:

How the heck can hubby and I be on a juice cleanse, where we do nothing but drink liquid all day but yet we are still constantly thirsty? My water bottle and I have become besties. I’m drinking more liquid (in the form of juices) and more water than I have in…my whole life maybe? What magic is this?

Question 2:

How were we NOT hungry during this cleanse? We have felt like we needed FUEL (like we were running out of steam), but we didn’t have that ravenous, “I’m hungry” feeling. So weird.

Question 3:

Can it really be day 5 already? I’m not saying I’d like to do more days, but those 5 days went by REALLY fast! (And hubby agrees!)

Things to note…

• When we started this cleanse, we were coming off a lonnnnng period of “vacation eating/drinking”, so both of us were VERY ready to get rid of the “full feeling”.

• We haven’t had any social engagements…which undoubtedly made the cleanse easier.

• We have been suuuuuper busy…so no downtime to think about food.

• Our kitchen is being pulled apart…so we can’t cook anyway.

OK…sooo…tomorrow I will share some details about what we got out of our cleanse and what we thought about the experience as a whole. See ya later, gater!

Day 2: The 5 Day Juice Cleanse Experiment--The Hiccup

So it’s Day 2.

Hubby and I got through day one with no problem. Hubby supplemented with 2 protein shakes. I just stuck to the cleanse (with ONE hiccup–I’ll tell you about that in a sec!). Neither of us felt hungry. And honestly, we’ve both been really busy, so it was nice not having to think about what to make for dinner! LOL!

The juices are pretty delicious–very sweet. They contain a LOT more sugar than I had expected…especially since some of the juices are green juices. I’m pretty sugar sensitive, so hopefully I can tolerate it over time.

Wanna know the flavors? There’s a Greens with Ginger, an Orange Turmeric, Roots with Ginger, Sweet Citrus, and Avocado Greens. They are all juices, but the Avocado Greens is creamy so it feels a bit more substantial than the other juices. I have a feeling that when I’m done with this cleanse, I’ll crave them. I kinda feel like I could pour one into a fancy glass with ice and a tiny umbrella and feel like I’m on a mini vacation!

So…my hiccup came with the shots. Holy Crap. Their Wellness Shot is a spicy little bugger! Wow. I tried to shoot half of it and it literally gave me heart palpitations! Pressed apparently gets feedback about its spiciness quite often so under the FAQ’s on their website, I followed their suggestion and diluted it with water (which meant I had an EXTRA juice to drink!). Even diluted, it was still spicy! AND…drinking the “extra” juice put me behind on my drinking schedule so I didn’t have enough time to drink the second shot (“Vitality”). It’s ok though. I didn’t really need it! (Though I AM curious to see how it tastes…hubby says it’s powerful, but not as powerful as the Wellness Shot.) We’ll see…

OK. That’s it for now! Any questions?