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2 weeks to go, cleanse?
My wedding is in two weeks (ahh!) and I am thinking about doing a cleanse next week. I am not trying to drop a tremendous amount of weight from now until then, but any suggestions on a last-minute, two-week-to-go diet to keep my skin healthy and body detoxed?
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Re: 2 weeks to go, cleanse?
I would caution against any juice cleanse longer than a day. Not only is juicing technically processed food, it is also denying you needed nutrients for your body.
I just recommend doing a clean eating kind of deal for a week and lay off the grains, carbs and dairy, and up your veggies, protein (meat or otherwise) and some fruits for your sweets. Drink a lot of water each day and limit your alcohol intake to just like half the amount you have now.
I did a 3-day juice cleanse the week of my wedding and I loved it and would recommend it to anyone who normally eats pretty healthy. I do them often and I always feel fantastic while doing them. I don't lose any substantial amount of weight when I do them, but they clear up my skin and keep me from retaining water. I was visited by Aunt Flo the week of my wedding, and during that time of the month I always get bloaty and break out. But I didn't the week of my wedding and I attribute that to keeping to juice for three days that week.
Fresh, cold pressed juice is not processed food. You should (obviously) only cleanse with real, fresh, juice with no additives or preservatives. Heavy on the green juice. Light on the fruit juice. Have one nut milk a day for protein. If you get cranky or hangry or are just dying for something to chew, spinach with lemon juice is tasty and doesn't break the cleanse since it's exactly what is in your green juice. If you get cold, drink hot tea. If you google articles about cleanses you can find all these basic tips and read people's experiences while doing them and decide for yourself if its a good idea for your circumstance.
Yay congrats!!!!!! If anything, it gave me something to focus on the week of my wedding because I was freaking out about everything that could possibly go wrong. If you get through half a day and decide you it's too much your wedding week, you could always just scrap it in the middle!
(Are you planning on drinking at your wedding? My booze tolerance goes down a billion percent after a cleanse. Just something to think about! I barely had any time to drink at my wedding anyway so it ended up not making a difference.)