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Meet the Juices: How to do Your Very Own DIY Blue Print Cleanse

As many of you know, last week I did a three day DIY Blue Print Cleanse, making all of my juices from scratch in my new Breville juicer (read my summaries of day 1, day 2, and day 3 here). … Continue reading

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Drink Up! The Third (and Final!) Day of My DIY BluePrintCleanse

Day three was by far the hungriest day of my cleanse.  This came as a surprise, as most of the juice cleanse reviews I’ve read have said that each day gets easier.  Well, not for me.  I woke up hungry. … Continue reading

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Just Keep Juicin’: Day 2 of my DIY BluePrintCleanse

I don’t have nearly as much to say about Day 2 because, well, it wasn’t all that different from Day 1.  I woke up at 6:00am grateful for generous night-time Jo, who had been kind enough to save groggy morning … Continue reading

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Adventures in Juiceland: Day One of My DIY BluePrintCleanse

I’ve actually been looking forward to starting this cleanse.  I’ve been excited to try out my new juicer and find out what this juice cleanse business is all about!  So as soon as Courtney made it home from Costco with … Continue reading

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Hopping on the Bandwagon: DIY Blue Print Cleanse

I’ve always been the first to oppose cleanses and fasts.   I’m generally critical of any dietary trend that isn’t maintainable long-term, and frankly I’ve always had concerns about the impact an extremely low calorie cleanse has on your metabolism.  Because … Continue reading

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