Day 1

Yesterday was the start of my 72 Hour Cleanse. 

INTENTIONS FOR THIS CLEANSE:
I really liked the idea behind this cleanse — you basically create a smoothy from all raw, organic vegetables and fruits and some nuts (your body needs healthy omega 3 fat to get rid of the bad fat).  Each day is a new set of fruits and vegetables.

I will give full details on the official name of the program once I receive my personal link for it :)


What this cleanse is supposed to offer and what others have reported:

• increased energy
• better sleep
• weight loss
• loss of bad cravings
• reduced hunger
• skin enhancement
• overall better health (some even goes as far as reducing diabetes, heart problems, and blood pressure)

STARTING WEIGHT:
I weighed myself in at 6:30am and I was 130 lbs. (I'm 5'3") and 130 is a little much for me. I'll be honest and mention that I was eating a little bad before starting this cleanse. I'll weigh my self after day 3 as well to see how much weight I lose on this cleanse.

Notes on Day:

• TASTE
  The taste was terrible! ewww... it smelled and tasted like puke, so it was really hard to get down. I think it's the combination of fruits, vegetables and nuts all together that make it so bad. I tried adding some Stevia to it but it didn't really help much.
  
• HOW WELL I DID
  The instructions were to make 64 oz. of the smoothy in the morning and drink 8 oz. every hour. I only could handle a few sips every hours so I maybe only got 16-20 oz down. So I decided to eat a handful of blueberries for lunch. I also had lettuce, cucumber, carrots, mushrooms, and hummus as dressing for dinner. Also I was a little hungry in the evening and ate half an apple, a few pieces of pineapple, and a handful of raw almonds. So I still kept my diet in line with the ingredients of the smoothy (basically raw foods).
• ENERGY LEVEL
  Wow! I was actually amazed that I got a burst of energy after just having a few sips of the smoothy or eating the raw food. I was surprised because I've done some other cleanses in the past and those made me feel very drained.
• HUNGER LEVEL
  Didn't feel very hungry! This smoothy was definitely an appetite suppressant. I think it was because of all the fiber from the fruits and vegetables, plus I was giving my body all the nutrients it needs to be at it's best so removing all process and cooked foods from my diet just for one day actually didn't make me hungry at all. When I did feel hungry (around lunch, dinner, and at night) it wasn't a very strong hunger and I didn't even eat that much.
• CRAVINGS
  Didn't have much cravings! Usually around the mid-afternoon I'm searching for a sweet snack and I start to feel a fatigued around 4:00 - 5:00. Today that didn't happen at all. Because I was sipping this smoothy throughout the day it kept my hunger levels down and I didn't have any spikes in hunger and fatigue (like sometimes I do when I eat lots of sugary, fatty, or processed foods). To my shock, at night when I got a little hungry, I wasn't even craving anything bad.
• OVERALL THOUGHTS
  I was surprised and happy with my energy levels however the taste was almost unbearable. I think for tomorrow I might just make a small smoothy to sip throughout the day and eat the rest of the ingredients separately.