8/22/12

This One Time I Tried a Cleanse

My co-worker, who usually joins me for restaurant crawls and happy hour, asked if I wanted to do a cleanse with her this week.

First response: "no way"
But then she said it was only for 48 hours and she needed a buddy, so I reluctantly said "yes?".

Obviously doing this over the weekend was out; there wasn't a chance that we were going to waste our weekend having no fun (cleanse = no fun), so we decided to do it on Tuesday and Wednesday.

What did we get ourselves into?  


Breakfast was alright, the lunch smoothie was delicious, but I wish I could have 3 more, juiced kale wasn't too bad, and my snack of radishes and green beans was comical.  I tried to have a good attitude, really really hard, and kept saying "2 days, 2 days, 2 days".

And honestly, it wasn't the lack of delicious food I'm used to eating (and the morning coffee of course), I wasn't having cravings for french fries, it was how my body was starting to feel that made the cleanse so hard... I was tired and had an awful headache and was making poor decisions.  Dr. Oz said we could eat as many "snacks" as we wanted, but I went through my whole bunch of radishes, ate 4 celery sticks, and still felt pretty sluggish.


It was dinner time and I had a big ol' pot of stew cooking (per the strict menu) and I thought, this is going to be fabulous. I will eat this massive pot of stew and I'll be okay! I can do this!

After an hour of simmering, I took a quick taste, and it was horrible.  I even added things I wasn't suppose to add in a last ditch attempt to make it worth eating and nothing helped.

I grabbed a piece of bread (not on the list) and tried to eat the soup with it, but I just ate the bread instead.  Then put butter on it (definitely not on the list).  Then grabbed another piece of bread, and another.

The downfall.

I lasted 12 hours of a 48 hour cleanse.   

11 comments:

  1. That sounds miserable.

    I'm going to start a cookie cleanse.

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    1. Now, that's a cleanse I can get on board with. And yes, totally miserable.

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  2. Haha! Good for you for giving it a go, I think I would have bowed out around the 12hr mark as well!

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    1. I know, I really wanted to do it! Only 2 days? Much harder than one would think.

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  3. I don't think I'd be able to last 12 hours, to be honest...

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    1. I barely lasted... the bread eating might have happened in the 11th hour, details are still fuzzy.

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  5. probably one of my favorite posts you've ever done!

    I'm personally not a cleanse fan. Only because most people tend to put any weight they lose right back on and then get discouraged for future health promoting habits, feel even WORSE once they gorge after the cleanse, and just all around feel "most" are a bit silly. This one looks good, but overall, I think you're good :) Hope your friend enjoys it still all the same! And nonetheless, anyone that can attempt a cleanse should be super proud of themselves! It's major tough.

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    1. Sam, your theory is spot on -- after I "quit", I walked to 7-11, at 10pm, for a candy bar and a soda. Bad decisions ALL around!

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  6. Oh my gosh - you crack me up! Haha! I think cleanses are totally beneficial, but you definitely have to be driven to complete them 'cause they're REALLY hard. Usually the first 2-3 days are the hardest, and I've done a few in my life - the longest of which went 8 days. It's great if something funky is going on with your body too (like when I had a yeast overgrowth - yikes). It's definitely beneficial, but I never underestimate the mental power they take for sure! Haha!

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    1. EIGHT DAYS?! i bow down to you, lady, because that's near impossible. i know how these things go down now. whew.

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