I have been flirting with the idea of juice detox for a while. My life is quite hectic and it involves lot of socialising, restaurant reviews and that means sometimes not the most healthy life style. I felt when spring is here I am going to try juice detox. I decided to go for Purifyne Juice Cleanse after reading some very positive reviews. I wanted something short but effective. I decided to go for a three day green cleanse that would help me to alkalise my body.
I decided to start on Wednesday and my juicing pack was delivered around 10 am. I started my day with a hot water with lemon as I would do on any day anyway. The pack has got four juices, one raw alkaline soup and some extras like colosan powders or epsom salt. You get a schedule that tells you what to use at what time of the day. Everything is very clear and honestly it would be hard to make any mistakes. The whole pack is 240 £ however it is great as for three days you do not have to worry about food shopping or cooking.
Day 1 was the easiest as I was still full from a previous day however I had the worst headache ever. I appreciate you are probably not allowed to take Ibuprofen when you are on detox but I could not stand the pain. It did not seem to work much anyway so maybe it is a part of the detox. Some people say the headache is caused by toxins coming out and some said it may be because my body is used to caffeine and I just did not drink any coffee during the detox. I got through the day quite easy and finished my day with a hot bath with epsom salt which is a part of the cleanse.
Day 2 was the day when I started to feel a bit hungry in the afternoon. It was not hunger as you know it just a little one but every time I would drink the juice it would stop. My favourite juice everyday was definitely morning bliss as it was sweet and it was so nice to start a day with something like this. It was not the best day to go for a cocktail making masterclass but I was invited as a blogger so I went. I felt very tired but I managed to drink just water the whole evening. So you can still socialise but you are probably very boring. LOL.
Day 3 was the hardest. A friend of mine told me it will get easy but it did not. I was not overly hungry but I felt weak. On a third day I wished I did this over the weekend so I could just sleep whenever I felt down. Also I must admit that the raw alkaline soup was my least favourite and I felt like I could not even finish it on the last day. However when you get this far you know it would be silly to give up so I managed to get through the day and went home to relax.
I woke up on Saturday morning feeling very clean and fresh. On Friday I went for a facial as a reward I managed to get through this cleanse and my skin looks so good now. Every day you can measure with a stick how much acid is in your body and what a pleasant surprise it was on a last day when the stick was green. It means my body was alkalised and balanced. I would definitely do it again but I would do things differently. Perhaps do this over the weekend and definitely make sure your daily plan lets you to rest. I can only recommend Purifyne Juice Cleanse as the service is so good and every day they send you updates and cleansing tips that keep you motivated.
And how about you? Any experience with similar detox or perhaps are you planning to do one?
Uz delsi dobu jsem premyslela, ze bych mela nastavit ve svem stravovacim rezimu nejaky detox. Muj zivot je docela hekticky a travim spoustu casu nekde v restauracich a na akcich. A to ma za nasledek to, ze ne vzdy dokazu udrzet zdravy zivotni styl. Kazde rano piju kavu a neskonci to u jedne. Ta mi nejak pomaha byt cely den na nohou a take si zprijemnit nabity den. A tak jsem se rozhodla pro tridenni dzusovy detox. Udelala jsem mensi pruzkum trhu a rozhodla se pro Purifyne Juice Cleanse. Vybrala jsem si tridenni program green cleanse, ktery pomaha zalkalizovat vase telo. Jak asi vite v nasem tele se shromazduji kyseliny a prave tento program vam pomuze telo dostat do optimalniho prostredi bez velkeho mnozstvi kyselin. S detoxem jsem zacala ve stredu. Kuryr mi privezl cely balik v deset rano a ja jsem zacala den stejne jako kazdy den teplou vodou s citronem. V baliku jsou ctyri dzusy na kazdy den a prevazuji ty zeleninove. Najdete tam taky colosean prasek, specialni caj a take pasky, ktere vam meri, kolik mate v tele kyselin.
Prvni den byl asi nejsnazsi. Mozna je to tim, ze jsem byla plna z predchoziho dne, ale treba je to tim, ze je to vsechno takove nove a clovek se tesi, az telo procisti. Co me ale nemile prekvapilo byla silena bolest hlavy. Takova celodenni bolest na kterou nic nezabira me opravdu zaskocila. Urcite jsem si v dobe detoxu nemela davat zadne leky, ale neslo to vydrzet. Zajimave je, ze ani ibuprofen nezabral. Nekdo tvrdi, ze hlava boli, protoze se z tela vyplavuji toxiny a nekteri zase, ze telo trpi nedostatkem kofeinu, na ktery je zvykle.
Druhy den se dostavily prvni pocity hladu. Nebyl to sileny hlad, spise mensi a vzdy kdyz jsem dopila dzus, tak jsem se citila plna. Spis to byla touha jist normalni pevnou stravu. Uplne nejvic jsem se vzdy tesila na rano na dzus Morning Bliss, ktery mi chutnal nejvice, protoze v nem prevazovalo ovoce. Odpoledne se ale poprve dostavila velka unava, ktera je u detoxu normalni. Mela jsem pocit, ze se v praci nemuzu na nic soustredit, ale zvladla jsem to. Navic jsem ten vecer mela akci pro blogerky, kde jsme se ucili delat koktejly. Vydrzela jsem to a pila jenom vodu. Takze smekam sama pred sebou.
Treti den byl asi nejtezsi. Citila jsem se nejvice hladna a hlavne strasne unavena. Kdybych delala detox znova asi bych se rozhodla, aby mi treti den vysel na vikend, protoze clovek se muze zachranit tim, ze proste jde spat nebo si lehne. Prislo mi to tezke se soustredit v praci a opravdu jsem se nemohla dockat pevne stravy. Porad to nebyl obrovsky hlad, ale myslim, ze kousek ovoce by to zachranil. Na obed je kazdy den takova cerstva polevka a kazdy den je jina. Neda se rict, ze je to polevka, je to spis dzus, ktery je trochu ochuceny a ta mi teda kazdy den chutnala nejmene. Treti den jsem mela co delat, abych ji dojedla. LOL.
Nebylo to jednoduche, ale s detoxem jsem spokojena. Probudila jsem se v sobotu rano velmi svezi a s velmi plochym briskem a tesila se na prvni snidani. Prvnich par dni se doporucuje jist opatrne a hodne cerstveho ovoce. Ja jsem asi telu dala sok avokadovym toustem a kavou, ale kdyz ja se tak strasne tesila. Kazdy den si muzete zmerit jak jste na tom s kyselinama ve vasem tele. Soucasti balicku jsou pasky, ktere vam ukazi jestli ma vase telo zalkalisovane prostredi. A svete div se..fungovalo to. Prvni den jsem mela stale hodne kyselin a treti den uz ne. Myslim, ze bych do toho sla znovu a je to opravdu zpusob jak procistit telo za kratkou dobu. A hlavne jsem si uvedomila, jak jsem zavisla na kave, takze asi zacnu pit jenom jednu denne nebo prejdu na kavu bez kofeinu.
A co vy? Vyzkouseli jste nekdy neco podobneho? Nebo se chystate?
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Super Evi, ze jsi to vydrzela.
Ja jsem dvakrat absolvovala smothie detox na zaklade toho, ze ho absolvovala Simca ze Stylecookbook. Poprve jsem vydrzela jen dva dny a bylo to hrozny, hlavne jsem malo pila. Podruhe uz to vyslo a bylo ti daleko lepsi. Byla jsem taky unavena, ale hlava mi nebolela. Kavu nepiju, takze o to jsem to mela snazsi. Brzy se chystam na dalsi detox. :)
Ja jsem rada, ze jsem to zvladla x
Evi, máš můj velký obdiv, tohle bych asi nedala a už vůbec ne v pracovním týdnu. Už hodně dlouho přemýšlím detoxikaci především tedy té střevní, při které piješ slanou vodu, ale pořád na to nemám ten volný den.
A je pravda, že ten kofein je zrádný. Četla jsem, že závislost na něm je čistě psychická, ale tu bolest hlavy si přece nevymýšlíme…
Dekuju Luci… no asi zacnu pit prevazne kavu bez kofeinu…u me je to kolikrat spis ten pozitek a ritual piti kavy a tam ten kofein nepotrebuju x
You seemed to have done quite well at that, I would never be able to do that!
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I am sure you would…I think you just have to focus and stay motivated!