FOR some reason I have absolutely sailed through a 3-day, detox juice cleanse that I have been on since Sunday evening.
I haven't felt hungry once. No headaches. No mood swings. No deliberating about whether I will or won't do something.
And I also found it easy to cook my son's dinner and get his school lunches (read: bread, cheese and the occasional recess treat) without being tempted to grab some for myself.
I have slept like a baby. Have been up early each day. But most importantly, I have this amazing clarity.
A clarity of mind that has even amazed me and assisted in cutting all the crap out of my mind.
I guess it takes ridding your system of all that' stuff' we fill it with, whether too much fast food, sugar, carbs, alcohol and the list goes on, to feel really fantastic.
I was invited to test out one of these juice cleanses called http://www.schkinnymaninny.com.au/ last September. And I remember frantically telling everyone about it back then.
I loved the benefits I felt. I felt all of the above.
But, as we all do, it doesn't take long to get back into 'normal' mode . . . and so I was just at a perfect time to give another a test run.
This time I trialed one from a crew called http://www.urbanremedy.com.au/ .
Simply they delivered three small black cooler bags with 6 nutritious juices that you drink throughout the day.
The morning one has apple, lemon, celery, cos lettuce, celery, silver beet, parsley and cucumber and through the day there are all different variations with the likes of beetroot, ginger, carrot, mint and lemon in the mix.
The evening one (which I never finished as I was never that hungry) had raw cashews, cinnamon, vanilla bean, coconut milk and agave nectar. (I just thought of that last ingredient and realised they are those fantastic plants I have growing in my courtyard.)
And although it wasn't my agenda, I even shed a few kilos.
Yes, yes, I have had some mates say that these juice cleanses companies are the 'snake-oil salesmen' of the now, but I didn't really give a toss.
As if I am going to buy all the fresh ingredients and stand in front of a juicer and mix up all the above, six times a day!
A busy life means using services like this so life can run a lot smoother and I can use my time doing things I prefer doing to a chucking veggies down a juicer.
Ironically, my great friend, Joe Cross, has spent a couple of years working on a film/doco called 'Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead', which chronicles Joe's way of regaining his health.
And while his motivation to do something about what was going on with his body was a lot different to mine - he was overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease - take a look at the 'Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead' Facebook fan page, where you can read the whole reason behind Joe's juice passion and his upcoming film.
In the meantime, I am going to stick with the first-hand knowledge (now that I have done it twice) that letting my body and its organs take some time to hang out with just fruit and veggie juices can only be a good thing.
