Linzy's Cleanse Journal
Day 1:
Thursday
So hungry. So difficult. A little light-headed. Peach, please remove the craving that I have for chicken. Oh god… A Burger King commercial with some nasty ass food just came on. Let me go to sleep so I can numb the First World hunger pain.
Day 2:
Friday
Hunger and work: a cranky combination. My boss expressed that she will forbid me to cleanse during the next workweek because of my low energy. It’s not low energy; I’m just craving chicken and I keep thinking about it. I also can’t hear over the window ac unit by my desk and the grumbling my stomach is making. But hey, it’s all about self-control right and staying cool, right?
The dinner recipe for the day required making gazpacho and eating a vegan Caesar salad both things I had never in my life tried or made. I go to Whole Foods, spend way too much money on produce and juice and went home, a woman on a mission. I cry making the gazpacho, both because the onion was really strong and because the more I tasted it, the more I hated it. I settle on a salad without vegan Caesar dressing (it’s impossible to find). eating an avocado, the saving grace on the…how many days have I been cleaning? Two? Are you serious? I continue eating the salad and the onion-ey gazpacho when my asshole roommate showed up with cookies and Cheetos puffs. I hated her, but loved myself for having the ability to say no to her food.
Day 3:
Saturday
I’m hungry but not as much. My body doesn’t know what to do with the amount of fruits and vegetables I’m giving it. I go into work, gulping the juice, my cleanser. The juice is starting to grow on me and the cravings and hunger seems less. I refuse to tailgate for the UT football game, as the smell of fajita might have me relapse. I go to a friend’s house to watch the game instead and take some itty bitty tomatoes to snack on. They are surprisingly awesome! The only
Day 4:
Sunday:
I feel wonderful. It is all worth it. I went grocery shopping and realized that this lifestyle would be easier to maintain than I thought. I did “cheat” a little bit on this day. I ate a handful of cashews and tried the cheese on the skinny enchiladas that I made. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!?!
I was forced by my boss to go to a seminar over how to be a better assistant (which is absurd because I’m amazing). The 9 hours of HR scenarios, cheesy office jokes and the 120 slide powerpoint were worth bearing for one piece of advice: “A goal without a plan is nothing but a dream.” I started this cleanse because I want to be better to myself and to my body. I want to be healthier. I don’t care how cranky this makes me, but this food blog, this post, this city has given me a new inspiration to lead a better lifestyle and to occasionally splurge at the Driskill Bar, Vivo’s or at Justine’s.
Big props to my friend, Marcie for introducing me to The Daily Greens cleanse and for being my support system. Now, to Manor Road I will go to get some great food and go to the two new bars that I’m excited to try.
P.s. Marcie and I went to Vivo's to celebrate our cleanse conclusion on Tuesday and after one drink and an enchilada plate, I felt absolutely disgusting. It was so bad, I felt full the next morning. Remind me to not eat my weight in enchiladas ever again.











