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Oh, hello. We were in the Outer Banks last week and I’ve spent this week so far “not holding it together” as the husband would say. Crappy life stuff knocked me down so I took a few days off of work to recuperate. My recovery regimen has included sleeping a lot, watching Mad Men on Netflix, and doing a juice cleanse.

Yes, god, I’m doing one of those things. A blog that I read did one some time ago. And a few weeks ago, Tracey had expressed her plans for one while she and Charlie were here visiting. However, they were going to be doing the whole shebang with juicing their own produce and whatnot. I was intrigued, but knew that I wouldn’t be a good candidate for the homemade version. Too much work and I’m at the office all day.

Last week, while I was elbow-deep in one of my potato chip lunches, I noticed that I felt really…swollen. I knew exactly what the culprit was: incredibly delicious North Carolina barbeque, wine, chips, wine, chips, candy, chips, fish, wine, chips, wine, and chips. Having been on a similar diet just two weeks earlier while in Conneaut, to say that I felt kind of gross would be an understatement. That’s close to a month of eating like the apocalypse is upon us. So, I busted out my credit card and purchased a three-day Renovation Cleanse.

I had timed my cleanse for when the husband and the baby would be in New York City for the weekend, my reasoning being that I would be less likely to kill them should this whole thing go horribly awry. Also, coming back from vacation our cupboards were pretty bare so I wouldn’t have too much temptation.

My juices arrived yesterday morning and were waiting for me when I came home from a walk. I had planned to start it today but figured since there were already there and I was home, I might as well jump on in.

I find the juices to be just fine. The Pineapple Apple Mint is especially delicious. I have not, however, had the experience of the Serious Eats crew of feeling too full to finish any of them. I wasn’t starving, either, but I’ve definitely been hungry in between juices. I’m mostly dealing with a mild headache which is probably due both to hunger and lack of caffeine. I don’t think I’ve been doing as much extra flushing as I’m supposed to do, as I’m supposed to keep the water and green tea coming in between. Frankly, I’ve been afraid to go into the kitchen, lest I find myself munching on dry cat food.

I can tell you that I’ve noticed just how many food blogs I’m subscribed to, as I can barely stand to look at my Google Reader and all of its delicious things. I’m really excited to eat healthy stuff after this. My mom and I have big plans this Saturday to visit the new Target in East Liberty (it has a cart escalator!) and I’m sure we’ll have to veer over to Whole Foods so that I can stick my face in the salad bar.

By the way, “juice cleanse” is just one of the phrases that’s been falling out of my mouth lately that makes me want to punch myself in the face. Others include, “my therapist says,” “guided imagery,” and “energy.” I fear that I’m a vision quest away from carrying crystals around.

7 Responses to “beached”

  1. TwoBusy Says:

    Man, what a beautiful photo.

    In any case: good luck with the juice. May it do for you what it did for Barry Bonds.

  2. kdiddy Says:

    “May it do for you what it did for Barry Bonds.”

    Choke in the playoffs and give me a huge head?

  3. Kizz Says:

    My friend, @ElephantSoap, finished a 10 day homemade juice cleanse last night. She and her husband did the homemade edition and they liked it just fine. She had some fear of hunger but got it licked. I’m kind of wondering how their first day back on solids is going.

  4. Maureen Says:

    I’ve done similar cleanses, and they’ve always made me feel excellent afterwards. I hope that’s the case for you.
    Also, the cart escalator is AWESOME. My kids begin the weekend asking to go play with it.

  5. kdiddy Says:

    I’m ridiculously excited about the cart escalator. $10 says I break it with my enthusiasm.

  6. Emily Says:

    Great post, Kelly. Carrying crystals isn’t that bad, is it? By the way, did you take that photo? I love it.

  7. kdiddy Says:

    I’m pretty sure Virginia Woolf weighed herself down with crystals prior to sauntering into that lake.
    I did take that photo. Isn’t it neat?

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