Haven't done a post in a while, but decided to revisited to tell yall about this green smoothie cleanse. Since my last post my weight has crept back up to 189lbs, I try not to worry too much about scale numbers, but I also noticed the belt wasn't being pulled to that last hole anymore lol; but hey that's why they call it a journey right? Lately I haven't been eating as clean... Ok I was eating straight junk lol and I haven't been as disciplined when it comes to working out. All that being said, when I came off of vacation yesterday I started JJ Smith's 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse. All info for the cleanse is found in Smith's book of the same name. A lot of helpful information is also on the Facebook group page found here, a huuuge group of us all started Monday, July 6th (Post 4th of July Cleanse).
I think it can be found on Amazon for $8, I got it from target for $12 (since I just decided Saturday I was doing cleanse I needed it immediately).
Day 1 Prep
Day 1 went pretty well. I'm doing the full cleanse (3 smoothies=3 meals) with healthy snacks in between. I ate boiled eggs (2) and 100 calorie pack all natural almonds as my snacks. I got a little hungry at the end of the day yesterday so I bought some all natural peanut butter (no sugar/non processed). I will be eating that with celery sticks as another snack. Day 1 smoothie was pretty ok and today's smoothie tasted even better (the book contains a different smoothie recipe for each of the ten days). I got all ingredients for first five days (shopping list is broken down into first 5 days and last 5 days) mostly from Aldi's of course and a couple of things from MOM's Organic Market. The total I paid for necessary ingredients was around $50. Outside of smoothies the cleanse also advises participants to drink plenty of water (duh!) and to drink detox tea each morning. I was hesitant on the tea (not really a tea drinker) and didn't purchase until the end of day 1.
Yogi brand DeTox tea mentioned in book (I got from Food Lion for $5 and some change).
It's the end of Day 2 and I'm still going strong, it's not too bad if you're eating snacks (remember HEALTHY snacks!). One thing is I feel like I haven't used the bathroom (#2) as much as the book encourages, this is the reason why I decided to go ahead and get the detox tea. I actually used the bathroom more with my regular eating (TMI? lol). Another option from the book is to take Mag 07 (spell check?) to encourage bowel movement, but I'm not currently using that.
The recipes are simple enough and many people have had much success with this cleanse; other than weight loss other benefits found are clearer skin (yas gawd please if that result could happen to me :D), increased energy, better sleep, reduced cravings, and mental clarity (oooooh).
Welp 2 days down, 8 more to go. I will TRY to check back in before the last day. Here are my befores (what book tells you to take photos of and to measure):
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| I woke up like this... no seriously I had just woken up in this photo that's why my eyes look tired lol |
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| Darn you belly fat!!! I feel like I have abs, but the fat just don't want them to succeed lol. |
39" bust
32" waist
40" hips
189lbs
#FIT not so much #FOODIE :( ... Meanwhile I'm having some serious hot sauce withdrawals :P
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