After a two week trip around America in April, devouring all the delicious food, drinking A LOT of alcohol compared to what I normally do, hours/days of travelling causing extreme exhaustion AND jet lag my body was not my biggest fan.
When I got home I found it really hard to get back in to my rhythm of a balanced diet. I was comfort eating as the days got colder and feeling pretty out of whack in terms of my mental clarity, feeling bloated and just generally yuck!
I needed a serious detox to reset my body and I needed it to be a legitimate one. I had never done a full cleanse before because I love food way too much and knew I would find it impossible to stick too which is why I opted for two days so that I would actually get through it.
I chose Karmic Cold Pressed Juice for a number of reasons.
- They had a gut health cleanse
- You could do it across two days
- They had awesome reviews
- They included 8 items per day-so I knew I would be constantly fuelling my body and not starving.
- They were very low fructose
- They were organic
- They were a good price!
Now that’s a tonne of reasons to try them, so how did I go?
Day one started off fine. I was at work and having my first juices every two hours apart. I started the first juice at around 8am to ensure that they lasted me throughout the entire day up until dinner time because then I would have been tempted to eat something.
By about 1pm, hunger pains started to kick in and I also started to feel really lethargic but I kept pushing through. Bear in mind, I am a person who constantly snacks throughout the day every two hours so it was so hard to keep my mind off food.
As 5pm started to creep up I was feeling really bad. I was fatigued, nauseous and had a headache. The withdrawals were starting! That night I felt absolutely awful. The only way I can describe it is as if I were getting the flu. I had a head cold but felt feverish. I could barely get out of bed.
The next day I was feeling so bad I could not go to work. Hahaha. And I never call in sick, ever. What had I done?! I lay in bed all day, drinking my juice determined not to give in but desperate for some sustenance. However, I made it through and that night I dreamt of every single item of food I would devour for breakfast the next morning.
A few points to make here. You probably won’t react like this. As I said my body wasn’t in its usual state of health when doing the cleanse so it was probably a big kick in the guts doing this as the time I did. I also entered in to the cleanse at the same time we were all fighting colds/ sickness in the house so my immune system was probably pretty low already.
Don’t expect the juices to taste great. They are low in fructose which is great because it’s representative of a true detox BUT low in sugar obviously affects the taste and some of them were hard to get down but my favourite was berry digestive & the red raw and of course the soup at the end of the day.
I would seriously ensure that if you are planning on doing one, to do it when you don’t have to work, have some annual leave planned or are in a job that is not physical/highly mental draining. You don’t know how your body will react so it is best to be resting.
How did I feel after? lighter. The cleanse is roughly 650 calories per day when I would usually have 2000-2500 depending on what exercise I do so it was a big difference. I felt less bloated and more clear-headed. I felt refreshed but I’m not going to lie to you and say it fixed all my bloating issues and I was a new person, because it didn’t. I still have them and I believe gut health is something you constantly need to work on and unfortunately it doesn’t have a one hit fix. But it was a great way of giving my digestive system the bloody break it needed.
Would I do it again? YES. I would like to do one at least once a year just to give my body a good break from just food in general. I am constantly looking for ways to heal or reset my gut and this was such a great natural option that anyone can achieve.
I have also had others tell me they’ve done it after seeing me post in on my socials and they loved it so don’t expect your experience to be as heavy as mine was. As I said, timing has a lot to do with it.
To find out more about the cleanse I did, check it out on the link below and let me know if you try it or even if you have tried a cleanse in the past and how it worked for you!
https://karmiccoldpressedjuice.com.au/
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