So I did it, I went 10 full days eating just fruits and veggies.  I never cheated, licked a spoon, tasted the chocolate frosting I made, or drank coffee.  I did it, 100% for all 10 days and I am proud of myself.  I have never attempted anything even remotely close to what I just accomplished and I learned that I have way more self control than I gave myself credit for!

Looking back on the cleanse I have to say, it wasn’t that horrible.  The first 6 days were much harder than the last 4.  When I got to my first “eating day” I wasn’t quite sure what to do, in fact the first thing I did was drink a smoothie!  I could have kept going, but it was Ally’s birthday weekend and I wanted to be part of what was going on.  That brings me to my main struggle, feeling socially isolated by the cleanse.  Not being able to eat most things was not the problem, the hard thing was not being able to participate in what was going on. Wow, it is a challenge to sit at the dinner table and not share in what everyone else is doing!

So would I do it again, yes?  Sometime soon? Probably not.  What I am considering doing is having a fruit and veggie only day once a week.  I would pick a day that would be easiest to do this on (i.e. a day when I don’t need to be around other people eating socially.)  My main motivation for doing this weekly would be to help me stay on track with my veggie intake.  I could drink smoothies all day long, but sometimes I struggle with eating enough veggies with my normal meals.  This way I could only stray from the plan for 6 days before I have to drag myself back to it.  I’m not sure if this is what I will do or not, I’m still throwing the idea around in my mind, I’ve only been off the cleanse for 5 days so I’m still finding my new normal.  All I know is I’m not starting next week because I’ll be in San Deigo on vacation (for me, work trip for Brandon) so that is not the time to cleanse!  Talk about feeling socially isolated…

I am so glad I did the cleanse.  My body feels better, I dropped some pounds, and I generally feel healthier.  I am also benefiting from a smaller stomach, therefore I’m not feeling like I need to eat so much to get full! Bonus for sure.