If you have been reading, you already know that I am doing my first ever Juice Cleanse. My goal is to drink only freshly juiced fruit and vegetable juice for 3 days. I am on day 2 and so far so good!
Why would one want to do such a thing?
There are many reasons for juice fasting, most do it to detox and lose weight.
My purpose is to detox.
This is something I have wanted to do since finishing treatment for breast cancer in May 2011. I so wanted to be able to go to one of those fancy exotic places that specialize in detox, that give you shots of wheat grass and prepare all your coffee enemas. Have not heard of coffee enemas? Neither did I until I entered a world of cancer.
Yes, I wanted to go there and get rid of all the nasty toxins they pumped into me. I couldn’t afford to, so I took steps myself to do what I could at home, mainly with diet and exercise. I now eat a high plant diet (fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains), but I wanted to take my health up to the next level.
I watched Fat Sick & Nearly Dead
and was so inspired by the health Joe found by just juicing and exercising. I checked out their website and everything was laid out so simply that I thought, “ok, I can do this myself. Who needs a fancy detox spa?”
and was so inspired by the health Joe found by just juicing and exercising. I checked out their website and everything was laid out so simply that I thought, “ok, I can do this myself. Who needs a fancy detox spa?” I do believe our bodies were created to detox themselves, but due to an environment of chemicals and toxins in our air, food and water, I think our systems are getting overloaded. Some can handle this overload. Others can’t. Being a 2 time cancer survivor (Melanoma -Stage 1 and Breast Cancer-Stage 3), my immune system obviously needs help, which is why I have so embraced nutrition.
Every book I read on beating cancer focused in on the liver. If you have cancer, your liver is not functioning like it should. It is overwhelmed and needs help doing its job. Nutrition, exercise, supplements and detox are all ways to help the liver, but especially detox.
I am following this super easy juice plan. It is called Reboot. You must check it out if this interests you at all. There are 5 different of levels of juice cleanses. I am still not sure which one I am going to end up doing. I know for sure that I am doing a 3 day juice only (they call it the long weekend) cleanse, and I am thinking it will turn into one of their other choices, and last up to a week.
I lost 2 pounds in one day, and weight is not something I want to lose, so adding food back by day 4 is pretty much a no choice for me.
I will keep you informed on how the cleanse is going. I will share my juice recipes, let you know what the cleanse cost me, get real with any side affects that come up, and I may even tell you whether or not I embraced coffee enemas. Now you have no choice but to stay tuned… 😉
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Meet Joe. He is the same guy as that guy up in the video picture! Whoa.
“Let me tell you my story: around 4 years ago, I was 45kg overweight. I was taking medication night and day. I had high blood pressure and high cholesterol. My blood test results weren’t great… some things were in the normal range but most were either too high or too low. Basically, I was a mess.
When I turned 40, I looked in the mirror and said: “Enough is enough”. I decided to take matters into my own hands. There was no magic pill to cure me, indeed the pills I was on clearly weren’t cutting the mustard, though maybe they were keeping me alive. So, I got to wondering about radically changing my diet. I’d done juice fasts (what I now call ‘Reboots’) before, with success. So I wondered what would happen if I only drank fruit and veggie juices for 60 days? What would that do to my health? It was literally an experiment I planned myself, based on this question: If I only consumed plant food: vegetables, fruit, nuts, beans, legumes and seeds, would I be able to get off my medication?
I did my first fully-fledged 60-day Reboot in late 2007 and was completely off my medication in March 2008. I’ve been off medication ever since and remain trim, taut and terrific – if I don’t say so myself! So, when we wrapped ‘Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead’, the crew, the medical team that was monitoring me and I all knew we had something very special and inspirational to tell the world. I decided to create a community that would enable everyone to experience this life-changing approach to looking after ourselves.
My vision is that we will have millions of people that join up here as members and make the commitment to increase their plant-food consumption… be it by drinking fruit and veggie juices or by eating more of both. The actual Reboot Plans in here are just the beginning. Once you successfully complete your Reboot you will crave more plant food. Weird but true!”
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Inspiring, huh? I was super inspired when I watched the movie. You can order it here, Fat Sick & Nearly Dead if you do I will get a small percentage, or if you have Netflix you can get it from there.
if you do I will get a small percentage, or if you have Netflix you can get it from there.The Reboot Site has the answer to any FAQ’s out there, so if you have any, make sure you check it out!
