BluePrintCleanse: Recap Day 3/4

Posted on June 20, 2010 by kymarie13

Sorry for the delay, work got really hectic again. Day 3 was the worst day of the cleanse. I got through day 1 and 2 pretty easy but by day 3 I was just bored.  The juices are good but I was just bored I wanted variety. I got through the first 3 juices pretty slowly by 4 I just wasn’t having it. Work was really crazy, I was in no mood to drink any more juice. I tried to sip on the last one but it didn’t really help. Oh and each day I only drank 5 of the juices. By the time I got to the 6th juice I was too full and the Cashew Milk was just too much. By 9pm I was still at work and frustrated so I gave in and ordered a cucumber roll from a nearby sushi place. Granted I didn’t order anything else, but that probably wasn’t the best to do.

Day 4 I tried the Juice Til’ Dinner. It was four juices and raw food for dinner. I have to say by day four I was completely done, so I did not follow it exactly. I had a juice for breakfast, I ate the raw food for lunch, and then I had another juice as a snack. I ate a normal dinner. The raw food they supply you with is really good. I had Spaghetti Puttanesca, it was ribbons of yellow squash with savory ‘meatballs’ and a rich tomato sauce. I also got a lemon bar as a snack. Both things were extremely good, the meatballs were a little strange but not bad.

It was I also did not come off they cleanse like they recommended. I did not feel sick, but I didn’t eat too crazy so that may be why.

I am glad I did the BluePrintCleanse, it showed me that I can stick to something. Granted I ate something late at night on the 3rd night, I still was able to get through it. Would I do it again? I don’t think I would do three days again. I wouldn’t mind doing one or two. Three was just a little too much for me. I didn’t feel much different after, I think it really depends on the person. I have girlfriends that live by it, but I am a foodie and I think I would rather do a fruit and vegetable cleanse than a juice cleanse.

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Summer Fun in New York City

Posted on June 15, 2010 by kymarie13

If you live in New York City, here are some fun events that you should check out this summer:

Solstice in Times Square, Monday, June 21st

“Grab your mat and join us as we find tranquility and transcendence in the midst of the world’s most commercial and frenetic place, on the day of the summer solstice. Monday, June 21, 2010 in the heart of Times Square. Free for all!”

WHAT: A yoga event celebrating sun, summer and creativity. WHEN: June 21, 2010 WHERE: At the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets. ADMISSION: FREE *Class participants receive a Solstice gift bag while supplies last

Yoga at the Great Lawn, Tuesday June 22nd

Join the world’s largest yoga event. 1 World Class Traveler. 20 Live Performers. 10,000 Free Yoga Mats. Must sign up for tickets on the website.

Fourth Annual FoodFilm Festival June 23-27th

“The NYC Food Film Festival sprang from the imagination of Festival Director George Motz, the documentary filmmaker behind the award-winning Hamburger America film and book, along with co-creator and Festival Executive Chef Harry Hawk, formerly of Schnack and Water Taxi Beach. Through documentaries, features and short films, the Festival showcases the best, and the most memorable, of the world’s favorite foods. Along with a heaping helping of mouth-watering films, Motz, Hawk and company serve up the food that guests are watching on the screen for a multi-sensory, full-bodied experience.”

Are You Game? 2010, Saturday, September 18th

Women’s Health asks… Are you Game?
A full day complete with inventive workout classes, eat smart demos, workout-to-knockout makeovers, live DJ and more? Of course you are! So plan to grab your girlfriends and get in on the fun!

It’s a day like, Self Workout in the Park, but this has more demos and activities to do in between your workout classes. It’s on Pier 46 in the Hudson River Park. Registration is $10 and 50% of the proceeds benefit FEED. To learn more about FEED, CLICK HERE.

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BluePrintCleanse: Day 2 Recap

Posted on June 15, 2010 by kymarie13

Here we go day 2. The first day of the cleanse you are so excited, you have your black lunch bag and you are happy that you are doing something extreme. You carry you black lunch bag with pride to work, slightly feeling cool. While everyone looks at you like your crazy. Well that “cool feeling” ends at the end of the first night. I was so full of liquid after the first day, I had no idea how I would do it again tomorrow.

I woke up this morning dreading that I had to start drinking again. I got through my first three juices pretty slow. I actually have no problem with the juices, the green one shockingly isn’t that bad. My least favorite is the 5th juice (The beet one). My biggest problem is that I miss food and I am bored of my choices. I miss variety. You only have 6 juices, not much variety there. I did have cucumber today because I wanted to chew on something and something different. Luckily cucumber is on the cheat list. Surprisingly I am not hungry throughout the day. If I get hungry I grab my juice.

Now being at the end of the day it wasn’t that bad, I made it through day two! I only have a day and a half left. I did a 3 day cleanse and then on the fourth day I decided to try Juice ‘Til dinner. It’s a way to ease off your cleanse, you have four juices and then BluePrintCleanse sends you dinner and dessert. I am really excited for day 4. Not as excited for day 3, I want my food back! Until tomorrow have a good night!

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BluePrintCleanse: Day 1 Recap

Posted on June 14, 2010 by kymarie13

So I still have a lot of work to do and 1 juice left but I wanted to let you know how the first day went.

If you didn’t read my last post I have decided to do the BluePrintCleanse. I needed something drastic to test my willpower and get me back on track. I went with the Level 1: Renovation cleanse, mostly because I have never done a cleanse before and I wanted to ease myself back into it. The cleanse consists of six juices:

  1. Green Juice: Romaine, Celery, Cucumber, Green Apple, Spinach, Kale, Parsley, Lemon
  2. PAM: Pineapple, Apple, Mint, Filtered Water
  3. Green Juice: Romaine, Celery, Cucumber, Green Apple, Spinach, Kale, Parsley, Lemon
  4. Spicy Lemonade: Filtered Water, Lemon, Agave Nectar, Cayenne
  5. CAB: Apple, Carrot, Beet, Lemon, Ginger
  6. Cashew Milk: Filtered Water, Raw Cashews, Agave Nectar, Vanilla Bean, Cinnamon

You are not allowed to have ANY food. The only other things you are allowed to have other than the juice are warm or room temperature water, when you wake up and in between each juice. And as much green tea as you would like.

I have to say I was very scared about the green juice and it wasn’t as bad as I expected. It is one of the harder ones to drink during the day. Each juice takes about an hour to drink a little longer if I am drinking the green juice, it’s just very dense. The other juice I found a little harder to get down was the CAB and it had a slightly bitter aftertaste (I am assuming that it is the beet) but it is no means unbearable.

My favorite juices in this order were: Spicy Lemonade, Cashew Milk, and PAM. SHOCKER! Those are the good ones without the vegetables. The Cashew Milk is like a milk shake ( I took a little sip so I could write this for you, I have another good hour until I get to it). I have to say I wish there were only 5 juices instead of 6, it is just so much liquid. Sadly I don’t think I have ever consumed this much liquid in one day.

So I bet you’re wondering… How do I feel? Well let me tell you… It is SO weird not eating food. It is not that I go through the day hungry because shockingly I am not, I think because your stomach is so full of liquid, there really isn’t room for anything else. But I miss the act of eating, I realize how much pointless snacking I do throughout the day. Every time I am at my computer and I didn’t want to stare at the screen I would just get up and grab a cookie or cracker. But now that I can’t it’s a little weird, I find myself having to get up and take a short walk instead of getting food. So that is good! But I still MISS FOOD. I am doing okay though, I haven’t eaten anything.

Also and I don’t know why but real food looks more appetizing than processed food (and I am not just saying this, try this and you will understand). I went to Whole Foods with my friend to get out of the office and I walked by someone with pizza and that just didn’t look good but then I walked by someone with roasted chicken and red skin potatoes and that was mouth-watering! I think because I am not able to have ANY food, that I find the more hardy and fulfilling meals look more appetizing.

Okay well I have to get back to work, should be interesting to see how I am doing tomorrow, look for the recap tomorrow night I am sure it will be interesting! Fingers crossed I am not grumpy.

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I Fell off the Horse… But I’m Back!

Posted on June 14, 2010 by kymarie13

I know it has been awhile since my last post, to be completely honest, I fell off the horse. I tried to get back on and noting was working. About three weeks ago I got a new job within my company! Which is one of the best things that could have happened for me. For those of you who don’t know, I work in advertising and I LOVE my job. It’s one of those jobs that you wake up and you want to go in. You don’t ever feel like you have to be there, I had been working on the advertising side for about a year but I found my true passion in events. So I finally got moved the events team within my agency! For the past three weeks it has been quite a ride. I have been busier than I have ever been before and I have a lot more responsibility. And the summer happens to be one of the busiest times for events.

With all the new responsibility my health and sadly my blog fell to the wayside. I haven’t been eating healthy, the gym and I are no longer friends, it has honestly gotten pretty ugly. Finally last week I decided that I was so off balanced something needed to be done. I needed to get back on track with my health and balance out my life.  I decided it needed to be something drastic something that would challenge my willpower. Not just say that I was going to start waking up at 6am and never actually doing it, it had to be something I had to do. So I decided to do the BluePrintCleanse. Now if you read my blog you will know I am not a huge fan of cleanses and especially not to lose weight. But my co-worker said when things got very hectic in her life she would do a cleanse to get her back on track and I decided to try it. Once I paid the money, there would be no turning back, I would have to go through with it.

So today is the first day of my cleanse, and I have already gotten through my first juice, WOO HOO! For those of you who do not know what the BluePrintCleanse (BPC) is, it is a juice cleanse. You drink six juices for three days. NO FOOD. Yes, I am freaking out. I have never not eaten. So this will be an experience. Each day I will write a quick recap of how it’s going. I know many of you said you were maybe interested in trying one, so I will let you know what it is like from someone who has never done one before. So look for a post tonight on my first day.

Thank you for the continued support even went I went silent, it meant the world to me and I knew I couldn’t stay away for long. I know I owe some people answers to questions and I promise I will get to those.

Image from Local Riding.

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