Dear Dr. Oz, I hate you right now. I have been interested in doing a cleanse for awhile. I feel sluggish, I have been dieting for months and working out and losing nothing. And not like fake dieting, really dieting. And really running. Nothing.
On Friday I set my mind to it and looked for what seemed like a pretty natural cleanse that wasn't too too long. Here is what I came up with:
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-ozs-3-day-detox-cleanse-one-sheet
Only 3 days right? Smoothies....can't be that bad. And honestly, it hasn't been. That being said, I am on day 3 right now. I have chewed nothing in almost 3 days. I have slept more than usual, I drink water like a fish. I cheat though and use lime instead of lemon in my water (gasp), and sometimes I even add a little stevia just so I feel like I'm drinking something. I like the baths, those are nice. But there are some other issues:
Let me just say- flax seed, gritty. Also, no amount of pineapple can make the lunch smootie more tolerable with 4 stalks of celery, a cup of kale and a cucumber. The dinner smoothie would actually be pretty good- except for the freaking cayenne pepper. Sigh. Sadly I am looking forward to my nasty green smoothie today- I am that hungry right now. And this is after I had to take it upstairs to drink it on Saturday- my husband was NOT doing a very good job of keeping a straight face while I tried to chug that crap. I needed privacy for that. Oh, and John, thanks bunches for barbecuing all weekend long! Not. The burgers last night smelled awful, as did the barbecued chicken on Saturday night. Just a little bitter, lol
Breakfast smoothie- good stuff. In fact, I may continue that one for breakfast from now on. Good way to get spinach in. And flax seed. I plan to start the 17 day diet once I finish this, which I have had great success with in the past- and frankly now it will feel like a feast. Hopefully this helps my metabolism, because I am officially over this whole cleanse thing. But I will soldier on- I haven't tortured myself for this long only to quit.
On Friday I set my mind to it and looked for what seemed like a pretty natural cleanse that wasn't too too long. Here is what I came up with:
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-ozs-3-day-detox-cleanse-one-sheet
Only 3 days right? Smoothies....can't be that bad. And honestly, it hasn't been. That being said, I am on day 3 right now. I have chewed nothing in almost 3 days. I have slept more than usual, I drink water like a fish. I cheat though and use lime instead of lemon in my water (gasp), and sometimes I even add a little stevia just so I feel like I'm drinking something. I like the baths, those are nice. But there are some other issues:
Let me just say- flax seed, gritty. Also, no amount of pineapple can make the lunch smootie more tolerable with 4 stalks of celery, a cup of kale and a cucumber. The dinner smoothie would actually be pretty good- except for the freaking cayenne pepper. Sigh. Sadly I am looking forward to my nasty green smoothie today- I am that hungry right now. And this is after I had to take it upstairs to drink it on Saturday- my husband was NOT doing a very good job of keeping a straight face while I tried to chug that crap. I needed privacy for that. Oh, and John, thanks bunches for barbecuing all weekend long! Not. The burgers last night smelled awful, as did the barbecued chicken on Saturday night. Just a little bitter, lol
Breakfast smoothie- good stuff. In fact, I may continue that one for breakfast from now on. Good way to get spinach in. And flax seed. I plan to start the 17 day diet once I finish this, which I have had great success with in the past- and frankly now it will feel like a feast. Hopefully this helps my metabolism, because I am officially over this whole cleanse thing. But I will soldier on- I haven't tortured myself for this long only to quit.
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