Enough is enough! After the insanely fattening holiday season I just had, and my 25th birthday around the corner, I decided that something needed to be done and I needed to get back on track to get healthy. Thus I found the BluePrintCleanse. After doing my research, and consulting my co-worker/BluePrint mentor, I decided to give it a shot. Placed the order on Monday, and awaited delivery today.

First things first, you have to prep your body for this. Don’t go eating a BigMac the night before you start! Take a look at BluePrint’s guidelines for 3 days, 2 days, and 1 day before your cleanse. So I followed the rules, and was ready to start this morning. I kicked off the day with a room temp glass of water and some hot green tea. Then I waited, and waited, and WAITED. Apparently my delivery that was supposed to get to my office at 10:30 a.m. was delayed because of the weather (thanks A LOT North East snow storm!) So I waited, and drank more green tea, and called the FedEx office to yell, and waited some more. Finally – when I thought I just couldn’t wait any longer – - – it arrived! I ripped open the package, and before I even had time to think, I dug into the first juice.

Juice 1 is filled with romaine, celery, cucumber, apple, spinach, kale, parsley and lemon. I think it tastes like really clean, lemony grass. And I happen to like that sort of thing

Since I started so late, I had to accelerate the drinking – BluePrint recommends you put AT LEAST 1 hour between each juice with your last juice of the day 2 hours before bedtime, so I drank them according to this schedule:

12:00 – Juice 1

1:30 – Juice 2

3:00 – Juice 3

4:40 – Juice 4

6:40 – Juice 5

8:00 – Juice 6

Juice 2 was definitely my favorite today. How can you go wrong with pineapple, apple and mint?! I had to refrain myself from chugging this one too fast.

Juice 3 was the same as Juice 1 – so I already knew what I was in for…

Juice 4 was interesting, but definitely not as filling as Juice 1 - this one basically tasted like spicy lemonade, and as it should because it contains water, lemon, agave nectar and cayenne! Definitely delicious, but I could feel the hunger pains starting after this one.

I got to enjoy Juice 5 at home…while cooking Erik’s dinner. Hey – if I can’t eat it, I might as well be able to see it and smell it, right?! Wrong. It was torture! This juice was great though – really refreshing and bright and it satisfied my hunger pains. I love beets, so I knew I would be all over the apple, carrot, beet, lemon & ginger blend.

Ahhh Juice 6. The final Juice of day one – I made it! Not going to lie, this one was not my favorite. Water, cashews, agave, vanilla and cinnamon – I think it tasted like a cookie with milk, the only problem – I HATE MILK. Ha! Jokes on me. I drank it though, and tried to get past the strange texture (which I assume was the blended cashews). I almost did too – until I had about 2 sips left. I got a big gulp of the textured milky drink and barely choked it down. Needless to say – those last 2 sips stayed in the bottle. Hopefully tomorrow’s Juice 6 experience goes over a little better!

All in all, a good day. I kept up a positive attitude, even though all my co-workers were making fun of me and trying to shoot me down! I’m excited for day 2 & 3 – BRING IT ON!

Disclaimer:

Negative side-affects – - I’m pretty sure I had to pee every 15 minutes, at one point I contemplated posting up with my laptop in the bathroom! I also had a slight headache just creeping up on me the entire day. But that’s it! Everything else seems to be going smoothly…..for now…..

xo!

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