Results of the 5 Day Cleanse

The Young Living 5 Day Cleanse has been completed and I can proudly say I did it!

I think I’m a pretty good candidate to tell you about the cleanse because I’m not overly health conscious, I’m a sugar junkie and I’ve never done a cleanse before.

Five days is a long time.  I would have really preferred it be for three days, maybe even four.  Five was a looooooooong time.  More than anything I missed the ACT of eating.  I missed sitting down and eating with my husband and kids.  Luckily, I didn’t have to prepare any meals.  I had decided to do this while hubby was on days off and could take full responsibility for feeding the girlies.

Having kids made it a little trickier.  I never realized how much unnecessary food I put in my mouth.  I lick the lid to the pudding cup, eat the last cracker on the snack plate, and test the oatmeal before I give it…  Even going into shops and stores and habitually grabbing the candy from the jar—oops!  But I did well!  I put myself in harm’s way by going to my father in laws birthday supper.  Watching other people eat a delicious meal and cake is not the nicest thing to do to yourself while cleaning out your system…or grocery shop.  But lesson learned.

Aside from that, what I can specifically say about MY experience on the cleanse is that I did have a perpetual headache.  I attribute this to detoxing.  The first day was by far the worst and the rest after were ok.  I was not super hungry.  At first I didn’t eat any of the recommended extras, but with the excruciating headache I decided the apple wasn’t such a bad idea.  Sometimes I did feel a little flu-ish; a little nauseous and such but nothing more water didn’t help.

Now that it’s a full day after, I notice I have good energy.  I usually am a pretty tired person (I have one child who refuses to sleep in the night) but found today a breeze to sail through.  The other thing that surprised me (pleasantly) was how low my cravings are.  I was afraid I would run out today and load up on all the garbage food I could get my hands on.  It was all I was craving!  I was not craving a carrot slick or rice cracker.  I wanted nachos with lots of greasy cheese, hamburgers and poutine!  Now, I’m just fine without.  Still not running after the carrot, but definitely no desire to consume the garbage.  This pleases me!!

My big test now is to see how long I go without a flare up.  The reason I did this was because I’d never done one before and because I’d learned people with chronic illness often have inflammation happening deep down in their systems before it actually surfaces.  I wanted to address this.

I’ve also heard of three people I know in the last two days getting rid of wheat/carbs from their diet and having quick results/success.  Thinking I might work toward this also.

In a nutshell, if you’re considering doing this cleanse I would absolutely recommend it.  I think it was totally worth it and will likely do it again.  It feels long, but isn’t too hard (that said from a super sugar junkie who likes wine…) and think everyone can be successful with it.

Oh, and another thing.  I did find it interesting that for not eating much food AT ALL, I was still having a bowel movement every day.  Goes to show how much stuff we actually carry inside of us.  From day one to day six, I went down three pounds.  My stomach doesn’t feel more trim or anything but I have a sneaking suspicion my gizzards are a little happier for it.

All the best in your journey to wellness, purpose and abundance!