Detox your body without cleaning out your pockets

For the past month I have been trying to find a detox that does not include drinking some type of smoothie or eating some weird food I’ve never heard of. I stumbled across Sammie’s (or mrleighbush as he refers to himself now) Instagram where he made a post about a two-day liquid detox by a company named Arden’s Garden.

I was ecstatic when I saw this detox because it seemed like something I could actually do. However, when I saw that there were no Arden’s Garden stores or distributors in my state and that to order the 2 gallons would be $40, I decided that I was going to do it BUT I was going to find a way to make it happen for at least half the price. I ended up spending under $10 at Wal-Mart.

After a little searching I found a recipe that called for the following:

-          48 oz. of fresh grapefruit juice

-          32 oz. of fresh orange juice

-          16 oz. of fresh lemon juice

-          160 oz of quality steam-distilled water

-          2 empty gallon jugs

For each jug you put half of the ingredients. Every hour you drink 8 ounces until the entire gallon has been consumed

For two days, I tried to do this. My first day was very successful. Although I was tempted with hooters wings and Instagram pictures of biscuits I made it through pretty easily with a loss of three pounds (mostly water weight). Day two I wasn’t so successful. I will say that I will be doing this again very soon to actually see the true outcome without any cheat snacks…or meals.

Try this detox out if you've been having a problem finding one to stick to!




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-April Denise.