Death By Juicing

I have never been someone who 'diets' or goes on quick weight loss binges. 

After everything that has been done to my liver and hormones from the meds, I think a juice cleanse would be great to jump start my system and motivate me to get everything back to business. I mean, after 3 days of suffering and enduring borderline starvation, I have a feeling Snickers won't be quite so appealing when considering I'd have to do it all over again to stomp out the candy trail left in my system. 

I attempted this once before when my mom gave me her Jack Lalanne Juicer. I had delusions of grandeur, skinny jeans and bikinis when I brought it home. I sent Micah on a veggie buying spree and wasted a good bit of money and fresh produce. The first morning, I couldn't figure out why the damn juicer wouldn't turn on, so I skipped it and went down the street to a juice cafe and ordered their most potent (and fruit free) drink. 

I'm a balls to the wall kind of girl, what can I say.

I took one sip and promptly dry heaved, then spit the concoction out the window of my moving car. Thank heavens I didn't take a sip in the store. I went home and added some lemon to the mix, hoping for resolution. No such luck. It tasted like dirty band aids. I dumped it down the disposal and gave up.

So, starting today, Micah and I will be beginning a 3 day juice cleanse that I found via Lauryn at The Skinny Confidential. I will wrap up the experiment in Monday's post, and you'll get to read all of the nitty gritty details, as well as all the sugar starved musings of a woman possessed. This will be a true test of our marriage as it falls only two weeks before our 1 year anniversary.

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Three days of juices, eight ounces every hour for eight hours, lots of water in between & lean protein with veggies after 6 pm.

Day 1: Fresh 7 Liver & Kidney Detox

Blend 6 apples, 6 beets, 6 tomatoes, 6 large carrots, 6 pieces of celery, 6 cucumber, & 3 juiced lemon together [ 8 oz. every hour for 8 hours ].

Day 2: Fresh 6 Green Drink

Blend 6 apples, 6 pieces of celery, 6 whole cucumber, 3 large ginger roots, 3 heaping handfuls of parsley & 3 heaping handfuls of spinach together [8 oz. every hour for 8 hours ].

Day 3:  Fresh 9 Super Colon Detox

Blend 6 beets, 6 large carrots, 6 pieces of celery, 6 whole cucumber, 3 handful of ginger, 3 juiced lemons, 4 heaping handfuls of lettuce, 3 heaping handfuls of parsley & 4 heaping handfuls of kale [ 8 oz. every hour for 8 hours ].