Testing > So I'm doing a juice cleanse...

via juicerxcleanse.com

This should be interesting. I've been traveling like a madwoman the past month or so. The holidays. Parties galore. You name it. I feel guh-ross. I've had several friends do a short juice cleanse who seemed to like it, and Teresa and I have been talking for years about wanting to try the Blueprint Cleanse, so I figured now's a good a time as any. Right...?

I heard about JuiceRx Cleanse, a new local Chicago business, that had rave Yelp reviews, included local delivery (something BPC does not - you have to pick it up at an Exhale or Daily Method loation, i.e. not convenient), not to mention costs less than BPC without shipping in coolers from across the country. Not cheap by any means, but I'd laugh in your face if you thought I was going to juice 20 lbs of fresh fruits and veggies every day or the research to know what on earth I should be doing. I found a "VJHoliday" discount code which gave me 5% off - $199 for 3 days, 18 labelled juices in all (compared to about $255 for BPC and delivery, yikes).

Dean, the owner, just arrived to my door and hand-delivered them to me. He said, "You're going to love it." I hope so. I'm scared. I love food. And meat. Carbs. UGH. And caffeine (which I've successfully weaned down from 3 black cups of coffee a day to 1 green tea to none this week in preparation for this madness).

I'm most interested in a mental reset to be more aware of what I'm eating, especially over the holidays, and to get back on track after room service and eating out every meal from my travelapalooza. I want to know if I will experience a eurphoric *burst* of energy on my third day, have glowing baby skin and crave better-for-me foods - all supposed effects of juice cleanses.

I'm starting my 3-day cleanse over the weekend for fear that headaches, nausea and crazy cravings will kick in while I'm at work and I'll accidentally try to bite a colleague's head off like a buttered corn on the cob, and then HR will have to be called, and they'll ask me, "why did you try to chew on your colleague's face?", and I'll be all like I'm drinking my food LAYOFFMEI'MSTARVING... and then it'll be awkward and I'll be homeless and fired. This way, I can keep most of my cleansing "side effects" - whatever they may be, lord help me - to myself over the weekend.

Have you ever done one? Wish me luck!