First let me explain what prompted me to do a cleanse at all. I'm currently in NYC and unfortunately while I'm here, I tend to eat a lot unhealthier than I would at home, especially during dinner time and over the weekends. I wanted something to give me a break from all the junk food, and just give my system a rest for a while. I find that when I'm on a junk food diet, my body craves more junk, but whereas when I'm eating "clean", my body seems to favour fresh foods and salads naturally. I was hoping that would be the ultimate outcome of my cleanse, at least for a little while! While I have a lot of weight to lose, I really didn't do the cleanse for weight loss, as I realize that it's probably water weight that is being lost, and that will come back on with one bowl of hot and sour soup! Yet, every single person who messaged or asked me about the cleanse asked me questions like, "So is it working? Do you see a difference? Have you lost weight?" As I said, that was not my ultimate goal, and honestly, I didn't weigh myself before, during or after the cleanse, so I don't know I even did lose anything. In my opinion, if you're doing it for weight loss, don't bother.
Ok now let me get to the part about why I decided to do this particular cleanse as opposed to a DIY at home one or any other ones out there. The cooler cleanse has quite a low portion of the juices coming from fruits- I liked that, as it means their sugar content is lower. I liked that all the stuff I was drinking was freshly pressed or came from fresh ingredients, and they weren't powdered shakes that I was drinking mixed with diuretics or anything else funky out there. The Isagenix cleanse is another popular cleanse out there with powders of a patented formula.. While some may be tempted to try that, it's not for me! The main reason I liked the Cooler Cleanse was also that in total your daily intake was 1200 calories, which for me was a huge positive. I don't want to be doing a weird cayenne pepper and syrup cleanse that may make me drop weight and completely screw my metabolism in the process. 1200 is actually a LOT of calories and almost half of that comes from the final drink of the evening which is either a brazil nut or almond nut milk which tastes like a milkshake. It's very satisfying and is something to look forward to during the day.. and it also means you don't go to bed hungry.
The cleanse has an option of doing a 3 or 5 day cleanse and I opted for the 5. I think the next time I'd much rather do the 3 as I think it is adequate time to give your body a break from eating solid foods. The company sends you 6 drinks to have a day (I took a picture of the box shown above) and you drink one of these every few hours. You get a sufficient amount of vitamins from all the vegetables they use as well, so you're really not depriving your body. You are supposed to ease yourself into the cleanse which of course I didn't do.. which meant I had headaches the first day and was absolutely MISERABLE the second.. like I couldn't step out of the house miserable! By the third day however I was fine, and so on. I did however, ease myself out of the cleanse for the first two days after. It's a different story that I had a scrumptious Five Guys burger on the 3rd day post-cleanse! :)
If you live in the US, definitely check the company out which has actually been started by Selma Hayek. It's a great way to kick start a healthy lifestyle as it will leave you feeling energized by day 5 and by the end of it, you'll be glad you did it!
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For information on the cleanse, check out their website www.coolercleanse.com
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