Blue Lines Blog: My Blue Print Cleanse Journey Day 3 (2/20/11) Last Day

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“We can all learn something else about ourselves.”

 

Day 3 (The Last Day):

After my long Saturday with the fam, I actually woke up, headache free this morning around 7:30.  I don’t know whether that was a good or bad thing as I laid back and wrapped my mind around getting up, preparing my hot water, lemon, and cayenne pepper to drink before my first juice.  I decided to get up, and prepped as I sat at the computer reviewing the night, and deciding whether to go on to the gym to sit in the steam this morning.  The sun was bright, thought the temperature was much lower than yesterdays near 80 degrees.

 

Juice 1: Green Juice

I finished off my first juice while prepping my standard Sunday blogs, and listening to the new Radiohead album The King Of Limbs.  I’m addicted to the song “Codex.”  I decided against any of the new material to make the post of “New To You Music Sundays,” since the material is very new.  I try to reserve that for obscure artists or songs, that YOU should be up on, but are not.

 

Juice 2: P.A.M. (Pineapple, Green Apple, Mint)

My mother had been against this cleanse the entire time, and labeled it a fad diet, not truly understanding my reasoning behind it (weight loss was not a considering factor).  I waited until she arrived for her “model shoot” she wanted me to model her new shirts for her Etsy website to sell.  I walked in with the juice to get a response from her, only for her to say, can’t you make that at home.

 

Juice 3: Green Juice (again)

I drank this before leaving so that she could get a late Sunday lunch…because I knew I would be sitting there watching and waiting to drink my next juice.

 

Blue Lines Blog: My Blue Print Cleanse Journey Day 2 (2/19/11)

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“We have to learn to get out of our own way.”

 

Day 2:

I woke up and could not move from the bed because of a debilitating headache that felt like a hangover.  I slightly started to question whether this cleanse was designed for the daily requirements of the male body.  But the lack of hunger racked my brain in trying to determine the cause.  I sat thinking of what I needed to do, as I catalogued what I had to.  I needed my hot water with lemon and cayenne pepper…I had no lemons.  Should I go to the store, or find something to use as a substitute here?  I eventually put in a few drops of lemonade, since I did not need to procrastinate in getting the process started.  The mixture was diluted enough that I did not feel bad about the addition.  I had noticed over that in day one, my frequency of going to the bathroom increased, likely due to the increase of my water intake.  However, I felt that must have adequately prepared because I had nothing else to evacuate.

 

Juice 1: Green Juice

Uno: I drank this en route to meet a friend at Starbucks. I drank green tea and water between my juices and had a decent conversation about a range of topics, the past, the future…how a Starbucks in Conyers atypically has an eclectic mix of customers come in and out of its doors, as opposed to let’s say, a Downtown Atlanta.  It was here that I learned my first lesson of the day, we as people have to get out of the way of what we can do.  I notice that you have wants for yourself personally, but for some reason we don’t do those things, make excuses for not being able to do those things.  There are some of us who try, but do not follow through fully.  Many of you have heard me say in the past that I wished I could say the things I need to say, when I need to say them.  I still feel that I don’t fully do that…somewhere fear still resides there.

Blue Lines Blog: My Blue Print Cleanse Journey Day 1 (2/18/11)

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OK, today is the day.  Now, to start the cleanse, I had a process of phasing out solid foods over a three day period.  I could have fish for dinner Tuesday, a salad for dinner Wednesday, and vegetable broth for dinner Thursday, the night before.  Tuesday went well, and the fish portion was less than I had expected.  Wednesday, I ha a little cheat with dinner, but Thursday I was fully on in anticipation of my detox and cleanse, and the first time using Blue Print Cleanse.

Friday morning was an odd mix of fatigue, and anticipation since I had spent the night on the phone with a great friend from school that I had not spoken to in some time.

 To give some background, our long phone conversations began when my “brother-from-another-mother” moved to California.  Due to the time difference I would suffer the brunt with a lack of rest because they conversations would go on, talking, debating, etc.  Oddly enough, after he went back to school in England and returned back to the states, and back home to New York…our conversations still seem to have the same time table.

Open Friday, I could drink a mix of hot water with lemon, and add cayenne pepper, if needed/wanted to start the day and hold me until my box of juices arrive.  Between working on items and reports, I made trips to see whether the FedEx truck had pulled to the front.

“no, not yet,” I thought while retreating back to my office.  I continued this exercise until I had to drop and item off, only to return to someone rumbling in my office, placing the box on the ground.

“I think it’s a phone,” she said.  “That’s what the delivery guy said he thought it was.”  I smiled, and grabbed my scissors and in haste opened the box, sliced my finger, looked at the blood, and felt to discern whether my juices were still cold.  I looked at the juice, then looked at the blood making its way to the surface of my finger.  Do I drink my first juice, or get a band aid?  I got the band aid, because if I had waited this long, a few more minutes would not make a difference.

 

Juice 1: Green Juice

Made of Romaine lettuce, Celery, Cucumber, Green Apple, Spinach, Kale, Parsley, and Lemon I had heard nightmare descriptions of its taste.  Granted, I had had green juices in past cleanses, another positive point that sold my on this product and had had one earlier this week, the flavor and consistency had a consistency that was not thick as other greens.  The flavor was easily palatable, and had a hint of a sweet tang, likely from the apple and lemon.  Not bad, I thought as I tried to focus on drinking my juices in an even schedule.