Quote of the post: "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver" - Mahatma Gandhi.
Hey! So I know I haven't posted in a while but I wanted to talk about this cleanse that I have done recently. If you know of the juice store, Pressed Juicery, you might also know that they offer packages for the juice cleanse. There are multiple locations, but I go to the one in Westwood (in LA) since it is closest to where I live. Last week, for their spring sale, they did 25% off for students, on their cleanses. Normally they do 15% off their juices so you can still get a wicked discount, if you are a student! You just have to bring your student I.D. and you are good to go!
I, personally, did cleanse #2, which is the most popular, and includes 2 greens, 2 citrus, 1 root, and 1 signature blend. Normally it would include 2 cleanse h2os but since I got the student discounted one, it didn't include it. As for which juices I purchased, I got the (1) greens 1.5, (2) roots 2, (3) citrus 1, (4) greens 3, (5) citrus 3, (6) chocolate almond. The numbers are to designate in what order you are supposed to drink them. I chose which ones I wanted but if you don't want to choose, on Pressed Juicery's site, it tells you which juices are included in each of the three cleanses.
The point of the cleanse is just to rid the body of all these toxins and you are supposed to eat a bit lighter the days before to make it easier on you, which I didn't because I did not completely think through my choices the day before. As for the actual cleanse itself, you are supposed to be drinking loads of water whilst doing the cleanse but trying not to eat anything else. Drinking some tea is perfectly fine but nothing more than a couple of slices of apples or cucumbers. More information is on Pressed Juicery's site.
Now for the actual journey. Let me just say, it is not for people who really love eating and are not strong-willed because it was seriously tough. I know that it is helpful to remove the toxins from the body but my golly! It is pretty hard to not eat. It was slightly easier in that my earliest class was at 2 pm so I didn't really get out of bed or start the cleanse until 1 pm. If you start at 1 pm, you can literally just drink a bottle every two hours and you'll be done by 11 pm, which is pretty good. But if you wake up earlier, it all just depends on when you want to finish. You can definitely finish earlier and I'm sure you won't be horrifically hungry, but for a girl who loves her food and did this cleanse for the first time, it was a bit tough.
But overall, I was really disappointed. Some of the juices were pretty good tasting but others fell short. But on the other hand, they won't exactly taste like the best thing in the world, for me personally, but they were good considering they were literally made of only vegetables. I was quite impressed by the taste for the greens and the roots. I expected to have to force them down my throat (which I had to do for some) but didn't have to for all! I do not think that it really helped in terms of trying to make myself healthier. I basically just felt hungry all the time. Luckily, I didn't binge eat after I was done but it didn't exactly help me too much. And, apparently it doesn't have much basis. But then again that non-basis just came from Buzzfeed so who knows? I just personally did not feel much but it may have also been since I didn't like the juices I picked too much. But who knows? Maybe it's better for people who love juice cleanses and are super healthy!
Anyway, that's just my take on this juice cleanse :)
