I've been thinking about doing a juice cleanse for awhile now. The past couple of weeks I've become serious about it (perhaps due to intense love of happy hours and alcohol as dinner). So this past Monday I decided to embark on a 3 day cleanse. I picked the particular one I did due to the fact that I still got to eat solid food (if there's no chewing involved then it's not really eating). At dinnertime I could have vegetables and a small piece of protein.
Day 1: I tried the first of 4 juices for the day - dis.gust.ing. It was at this moment I realized I don't vegetable juice (I mean I've always hated V8 juice, so why I thought I'd love kale,mint, and lemon together I have no idea). It took me an hour and a half to get through the first juice. All I wanted was some toast...or a peanut. Something. Anything. The rest of the day was solely about getting through the juices. I didn't really have time to focus on how hungry I was since I was mostly focused on how much I hated the juice. I also decided to make my 3 day cleanse a "2 day cleanse". In the afternoon I saw a girl in the breakroom with a nutrigrain bar - almost accosted her for it (I don't even eat nutrigrain bars). That night I went to yoga, surprisingly it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, although it required more energy than normal. When I got home, while eating my "chicken" breast and green beans I decided I needed to do the 3 days. No sense in half-assing this, I'd only be pissed at myself later. Soon after dinner I went to bed, I was starting to focus on the hunger pains too much.
Day 2: Had some weird ass dreams (none of which I remember, but lots of color and shapes), but the best sleep I've gotten in a long time. I was thinking Day 2 would be the hardest since I already knew what the juices tasted like and didn't particularly like them. However, much to my surprise, I had a lot of energy, I actually enjoyed the juices and by the end of the day I realized I wasn't tired - at.all. Not even a little bit. I felt fantastic and my insides felt super clean. Sure I had a caffeine headache (no coffee = brutal) and I was definitely hungry, but it was nothing I couldn't live with. I got it in my head that going for a run would be amazing (beautiful day). I got about 3 blocks in and suddenly it hit me "what.the.fuck.am.I.doing?!?". I knew I needed to just focus on putting one foot in front of the other and breathing. About halfway through the run my light headedness transformed itself into me seeing everything so clearly....like high as a kite clearly. The sky was so blue, the air was crisp, everything.was.amazing. I wondered if the juice was making me borderline insane (I was kinda already before, so it wouldn't take much). Someone was grilling out - the smell permeated every part of me, it was as if I'd never smelt anything quite like it (and I don't even eat meat). Holy Shit - I wanted Cheetos (don't eat those either). Yep. Juice was definitely making me insane..... I made it through my run, ate my food, and was in bed by 9:30 - totally exhausted and starving.
Day 3 (today): I woke up feeling good on the inside but totally sluggish on the outside. However, I feel completely calm and relaxed. No anxiety, no anger, no nothing really - just calm. Those people who go to those ashrams and just meditate and zen out and see life with so much clarity - I feel like those people (I mean don't come to me for the meaning of life or anything). This building could catch on fire and it would take all I have in me to freak out. I just feel so.calm. On the flipside I was in the bathroom and heard someone fart and got a tinge of jealousy - there's a lot of peeing on the cleanse..not much else though. Yep. Jealous of a fart. Let that resonate a minute. I also want toast. Like badly. Really any carbohydrate will do....ok beet juice time....
