DIY Juice Cleanse: Day 2 Thoughts
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– I think I slept better last night than I have in a while, and I only got up once to pee (of course). However, I woke up with a mild headache and was thirsty, but my first green juice seemed to help.
– I would like to chew my food now! When I was prepping vegetables earlier today, I had an intense urge to eat a carrot. That crunch sounds so ridiculously good right now! Oddly enough, I am not craving my usual chocolate or even almond butter. Although now that I said that, I worry I may have cursed myself. Seriously though, a non-juiced carrot sounds amazing. Better than chocolate even.
– I hit a giant wall around 2pm, after I got sucked into a work project and missed my “lunch” by almost two hours. BIG MISTAKE. My head started pounding and I could not make that green juice fast enough. Unfortunately, the juice did little to alleviate my headache and it actually made me kind of nauseated.
– I tried to take a nap a little later (didn’t happen – I am a very bad napper) and I waited it out for another hour, but my headache turned into what felt like a migraine. That’s where my juice cleanse took a detour. I ate a piece of plain brown rice bread and took an ibuprofen, which I normally try to avoid – it was that bad. For a moment I felt like I disappointed myself, but you know what? My purpose in doing this juice cleanse is to feel good not sick. I think this is a really important takeaway, and there’s no reason to feel physically ill for the sake of saying I stuck to juicing exclusively for three days.
– I’m planning on finishing out the next day to see what happens. However, if at any time I start to feel sick again, I’ll be switching back to whole foods. I trust that my body knows what it’s doing and I’m trying to pay close attention to its cues.
– I have no idea how people do this for more than a few days.
xo
Amanda
