Spring Cleaning - Part 2

This post continues my juice cleanse journey through the last two days of my Urban Remedy cleanse.

Day two:  I woke up a little groggy but my head cleared as soon as I had my first juice. Energy was decent throughout the morning and early afternoon - I went to a yoga class and did some cleaning around my apartment.  During yoga I was slightly tired, but I also felt very light.  I made the mistake of going to the farmer's market (I needed to get some produce for the rest of the week).  After that, all I wanted to do was toss my greens in some olive oil and dig in with a fork!

 "Young Love" chia juice with a spoon!

Later in the afternoon I had a light headache, but it did not last long.  I met up with some friends early in the evening.  I think I was pretty out of it.  By the time I got home at 8PM I was ready for bed.  I had my last juice and read for a bit, but passed out very early.

Day three:  Slept for 11 hours but woke up feeling energized.  I had to go to work so I packed all my juices and set off into the rainy weather.  I had some coconut water along with my first (all green) juice.  Felt good all day, but was a little anxious to be done with the cleanse and eat already!  No headaches today - does this mean I have kicked my coffee addiction?

Post cleanse:  As it is recommended to ease into a cleanse, it is also suggested to gradually make your way back to eating again.  Although I wanted to devour all the foods I had been missing immediately, I knew I should take things slowly so that my body would be able to adjust and continue to detox.   On the few days following the cleanse, I had smoothies with banana and homemade almond milk for breakfast.  I made a huge salad with raw veggies and hemp seeds for lunch and dinner, and snacked on green juices and raw nuts.  I did have a cup of coffee on the second day following the cleanse, and did not feel any ill effects.

Post cleanse salad

I definitely felt lighter after the cleanse, and my digestion seems to be improved as well.  I also feel like my mind is clearer and more focused.  My energy levels have been pretty high post-cleanse, despite the lack of caffeine.  As I mentioned above, I did drink coffee a few days after the cleanse (and I probably will continue to), so I will be interested to see if this has any effect on my energy, focus, etc.  While the cleanse itself was both a physical and mental challenge, I'm glad I took the time to do this and will for sure do another in the future.


Would I do this cleanse again?  While I liked most of the Urban Remedy juice blends, there were a few that were not so palatable to me.  The "After Party," which contained beet, carrot, apple, and ginger, was good but I could not drink the whole juice at once.  Same thing with the "Beam," which was carrots, jewel yams, burdock root, and dandelion greens and I ended up throwing out most of one of these.   But overall I really appreciated the complexity and unique-ness of the juices.  For example, the juices with chia seeds were more like smoothies and made the cleanse a lot easier.  I am working on re-creating these recipes because I enjoyed these so much.  Finally, I loved that the juices were based off of Traditional Chinese Medicine principals.  Each juice had a "factoid" on the juice bottle telling you something about the healing properties of the ingredients.  Although the price of a purchased juice cleanse is pretty high, the ease and convenience of it is awesome.  All things considered, I can confidently say that I would choose Urban Remedy again in the future.

Have you ever done a juice cleanse or other detox?  What was your experience like?