![]() ![]() But when plant-based, whole foods are an equally appealing option, as they so often are, I will make it a point to choose them. I don’t think I will ever fully give up bread or meat or cheese or beer, or anything for that matter (except fake sugar… I would like to give up fake sugar). I also plan to continue to remain aware of what I’m putting in my body. I plan to continue to incorporate them into my regular diet (particularly the green juice and a custom juice I have been making with carrots, apples, lettuce and cucumber). Since finishing the cleanse, I have found myself actually craving the juices on a regular basis. It refocused me on consumption for nutrients rather than consumption for entertainment. In some ways I think my life revolves too much around the experience of eating, so in that regard this cleanse might have also been good for me. ![]() I missed the pleasure of sitting down to a homemade meal with my husband, or walking up to Barracks Row after work to enjoy a cocktail and some appetizers. I rarely felt hungry or lethargic as I feared might be the case. The cleanse itself was not that bad physically. I didn’t do this cleanse for weight loss, but because I’m sure some of you are curious, over the three days, I lost five pounds (I’m sure that this was mostly water weight, because I’ve since found it). I hadn’t weighed myself since the batteries on my scale broke several months ago, but out of curiosity I replaced them right before the cleanse. It made me wonder whether gluten and all the crap in the processed food I eat causes fatigue that I’ve come to accept as the status quo. I was waking up before my alarm and having good morning workouts. I also found that I had a good deal of energy. I felt like I was treating my body right with all of the vitamins and minerals in the ridiculous amount of fresh produce I was juicing each day. As many of you know, last week I did a three day Do it Yourself Blue Print Cleanse, making all of my juice from scratch in my new Breville juicer (read my summaries of day 1, day 2, and day 3 here).
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