Day 1, Wednesday: It felt like Christmas morning.  I ran down the stairs like a little girl excited to open her presents (or cooler full of juices in my case).  Here are some pictures that morning:

I thought the juices tasted pretty good and I wasn’t feeling that hungry.  But mid-day I started getting a headache, and I realized that I was missing my caffeine boost.  I normally drink one to two cups of Jo a day.  I never really considered this an addiction, but as my body started shaking around 4pm I realized that coffee was my drug of choice and that I really was going through serious withdrawal.  I was scheduled to go to Ian Shive’s book release at Tree People (link) that night, but I found myself lying in bed feeling like I had the flu.  I made myself go to the event (which turned out to be very cool), but came home and literally crashed into bed.

Day Two, Thursday: Didn’t get much better – groggy, cranky, weak (I was so delirious in fact that I forgot to take any more pictures of my beautiful juice bottles).  I was able to do work, but definitely not as productively.  That night I went to the Santa Monica Pier for the Twilight Dance Series, where I enviously watched all my friends have cheese, crackers, fruit and wine like there was no tomorrow.  Again, I went home and crashed!

Day Three, Friday: I started feeling like a human again.  I’d like to think that I was overcoming my caffeine addiction (I say that now with an empty cup of coffee an inch from my computer).  I had a productive day of work, treated myself to a full-body massage that night and stayed in to watch “Revolutionary Road” by myself.

Post-Cleanse: I woke up in the morning and was sad that there were no more coolers at my door.  I was actually tempted to call September and continue onto a 5 day cleanse.  Why?  Many people I have spoken with who have done longer cleanses said that you don’t really get the cleansing “high” until day 4.

If you are interested in learning more, contact September Death of Red Carpet Cleanses:

www.redcarpetcleanses.com
info@redcarpetcleanses.com
Phone: 310-623-0101

And don’t forget about RCC’s Introductory offer – 3 day Juice detox for $250!  (RCC Cleanses are regularly priced at $90 and $150/day).  Offer good up until September 6, 2009.

And if you like what you see, you should also check out September’s posts on Your Daily Thread’s “Recipes & Tips”.   We’ll be showing her “Ace of Blades” recipe next Wednesday.