There is no excuse, you must juice!
I am no expert but I would love to offer you, the reader, as a final blog post some piece of advice that will help you ease through the process of juice cleansing.
Tip #1 - Do NOT exercise
This is the one tip that I experienced first-hand during my juice cleanse. I went to the CCRB to work out and while working out I started feeling incredibly light-headed. Then moments after, I started feeling intense headaches and the rest of my day was pretty much ruined. Its sounds counter-intuitive but it couldn't be more true, juices do not provide you with enough energy to exercise. But if you think about it, this also becomes a main benefit of juice cleansing, for a few days you can stay healthy yet still not exercise!
Tip #2 - Prepare lots of juice
Even if you don't exercise, there is still a large chance that you will be hungry throughout the day on a regular basis. Try to prepare at least 8 juices a day and drink on average a juice every 1.5 hours. Not only will this keep you from being too hungry while you battle through the day, it will also provide you with even more nutrients that will help you feel energized.
Tip #3 - Make the colors of the rainbow!
This is where your childhood memories of ROY.G.BIV will come in handy. Not all fruits are created equally and therefore not all juices are create equally. Oranges contain tons of vitamin C, yet contain almost no Vitamin D. Following the rule of creating a rainbow of smoothies will help you and your body consume a wide range of nutrients that will only make you more healthy. Don't forget to put vegetables in some of your smoothies as well! (since how else are you going to create green smoothies besides using kiwi fruit?)
So thank you all so much for reading my blog through the semester and i hope you all had as much fun reading it as I did writing it. And more importantly, I hope that everyone tries a juice cleanse at least for one day. I will now end this blog with an app that i found to be quite useful and easy to use. Its an app by Martha Stewart and its called Whole Living Smoothies, it details smoothie recipes using simple visuals and easy to follow instructions. Below is a screenshot of the app in use:
Hey David, thank you for sharing your blog with me! I have thought about attempting a juice cleanse many times, but I've never had the courage to follow through. I think you've given some good tips here, and I'll keep them in mind when I do (eventually?) go for it. This app looks interesting, and I'll definitely check it out. I find on many of these health-food apps that 'badge' programs are involved in an effort to build in a reward power component. For example, the FitBit app allows for you to earn badge rewards for meeting goals, like the "weekend warrior award". I find, however, that these 'rewards' lack real value, so I struggle to find motivation from them (Babin, 151). Anyways, I appreciate more simplistic apps, like Martha's that you posted here. I like that it is easy to use, informative, and doesn't attempt to make you feel like a Boy/Girlscout by collecting badges.
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