Juicing: Day 3 - Last Day of Cleanse 1

Phew. I made it. And it wasn't really that hard to push through the full 72 hours. As it stands, I went about 90 hours (almost 4 days) without solid food; I'm definitely looking forward to utilizing my teeth for my meals going forward. My final day of juicing is below, and my post-cleanse thoughts on the 3 day cleanse will follow. As I alluded to in my title for today's post, I'll be doing another 3-day juice cleanse next week, but this time through Peeled from a Groupon I purchased a while back.


Breakfast (8am): 5 Oranges
I figured out why they squeeze oranges instead of juicing them; juicing oranges can be bitter because of the pieces of white rind/peel that are left on the orange get juiced along with the flesh of the fruit. They say the rind is the healthiest part of the orange; it's also the least tasty. It was still good, but it was milky in color and bitter in taste. Not overbearingly sweet. It got me through the morning just fine.


Lunch (12pm): 1 Apple, 1 Pear, 1 Crown of Broccoli, 1 Carrot, 1 stalk of Kale, 1/2 Yellow Bell Pepper, 1 Tomato, 1/2 Cucumber

8 different kinds of fruits and vegetables in this power drink. I really enjoyed the sweetness of this one coming from 4 different sources (apple, pear, carrot, bell pepper). I would say that the individual flavors of the tomato, bell pepper, and broccoli were the most pronounced, however. Definitely a good drink. So good, in fact, that I decided to make the same drink for my afternoon snack (4pm).


Dinner (7pm): 1/4 Pineapple, 5 Strawberries, 2 Apples
I went back to an all fruit drink for dinner as I figured I probably wouldn't juice again for the rest of the night. No surprise here; great blend of flavors. As the night progressed, I grew increasingly hungry, tired, and lethargic. My light headed feeling was constantly persistent throughout this juice cleanse, but I noted that it was beginning to turn into a headache again. To move past the laziness, I decided to do pushups to get my blood flowing from sitting around all day after work.