Have I ever mentioned I love Zulily? I love it so much there is an app on my phone and I visit very frequently. I love that I can find boutique items especially since where I am in small town Texas, there aren't any boutiques! Often when I am pursuing outfits, I see "one size fits all." Now I have learned with clothes, that just isn't the truth! For instance, the designer might have had a tiny petite size 0 body in mind, but everybody doesn't have a size 0 body.
The same goes with diets and medications and life in general. This past week, I discovered that even with detox boot camp, one size does not fit all. The boot camp is 28 days long and on the third week, you add a cleanse. It is supposed to help the detox process and clean out your gut in the process. Most people lose a lot of weight during the third week. I had my reservations about doing the cleanse as I have watched my mama suffer any time she attempts a cleanse. I don't think she has ever found a cleanse that works for her without making her deathly sick and gain weight by the end of the week. Honestly, I always thought she didn't consume enough water. Boy, was I wrong with that assumption. The 7 day cleanse by Arbonne is made to be very gentle on your gut. Also, the more toxic you are, the more acidic and worse it's supposed to taste. You mix the cleanse concentrate in 32 ounces of water, refrigerate and drink over 4-8 hours.
So despite my reservations, I made my cleanse on Monday. I thought for sure with that first taste, I would gag. I expected that because I assumed I was more toxic than usual with my past health problems and long history of sugar and caffeine. Shockingly, it wasn't bad at all. It tasted like weak peach tea. No biggie. I was surprised and gave myself a high five. I drank it over 5 hours and also drank over 32 ounces of water along with my fizzies and detox tea. Nothing happened. Tuesday I did the same thing, except I noticed I was starting to bloat.
By Tuesday night, I was severely bloated and severely nauseated. I also was going nuts as I smelled like I just walked out of a tanning salon after spending a week in a tanning bed. Really! You know how almost every tanning lotion or tanning solution smells like coconut and that slight chemical smell? I hate that smell. Yeah, I reeked of it!! Now I have never been in a tanning bed. Every tanning salon would take one look at me, total white girl, and tell me I would be crazy to tan. So I tried over-the-counter products and in 2009 for my friend's wedding, I tried my last tanning spray in a salon. It didn't work. At her wedding two days later, my legs were once again white, not beautifully tanned. Since 2009, I have never used any tanning product. I gave up. So, when I started stinking of a tan, it puzzled me and kinda freaked me out. Seriously, was my body retaining tanning chemical from 2009? What a totally SCARY thought!!!! I would wash my hands and within five minutes, they were stinking again! Oh my word, I about drove myself crazy!!
I posted on our group and asked if anybody had ever reacted in such a manner. The ones who replied said it could be coincidental, but very interesting. One suggested just maybe it was from ingesting coconut oil and coconut milk over the last two weeks. I thought that was totally plausible and better than the thought my body had held onto a chemical for five years. I mentioned I was bloated and a lady who isn't a consultant for Arbonne replied and said she took her cleanse in 8 ounces of water and wa-la no bloat. I liked that. After all, bloating makes you feel totally yucky.
Wednesday, I got up still very bloated and took my cleanse and then about 20 minutes later had my shake and fizzy. Within 30 minutes, I was in the bathroom very sick. I can tell you, the cleanse, almond milk and citrus fizzy tastes absolutely horrible the second time around! That started my morning and all day whatever I put in my mouth, water, soup, shake and fizzy, it all came up. I literally threw up all day long. Nothing stayed in my stomach where it belonged! I posted back on the group under my original post and told them what was happening.
One of the consultants got me back to me almost instantly and was very unhappy and apologetic about the bad advice I had been given. No, you are never supposed to take that cleanse in anything less than 32 ounces. However, still my reaction was very abnormal. Basically, they had never heard of a bootcamper having as much trouble as me and nobody had ever reacted so strongly to the cleanse. She also asked if I had sensitivities since I have had a very difficult time with detoxing. Normally, after 1-3 weeks, people feels great because they have went through the withdrawals and their bodies are loving eating clean. Since then, the post with the incorrect advice has been taken down and admin has to approve any post I post on the group. The group is there to be positive and motivational. I love that. I wasn't posting my symptoms to be negative, but just matter-of-fact that this is happening and what in the world should I do? When you are going through a huge lifestyle change, it helps to know there are other people who might be struggling same as you. I love the positivity, but if I am having a problem, I would like to know if anybody else had the same problem and if they did, what did they do to fix it? It isn't necessarily a negative thing. Nobody wants to feel absolutely alone in their struggle. I do have a support group outside of the FB group and I am so thankful for them. The young lady who is my sponsor/upline is awesome and wonderfully supportive and there whenever I need her!
In other words, what works for one may not work for another. One size definitely does not fit all. Does that make the cleanse or any other medication or product bad? Absolutely not!!!! You have to see the humor in my situation. After all, it is probably people like me who prompted the pharmaceutical companies to list those rare reactions!! LOL!!! "When using this product, you might have such anxiety and worry" that you feel like an elephant is sitting on your chest! Been there, done that in those early weeks on bed rest with Journee. I can totally recommend this detox because, bottom line, eliminating sugar and junk will have a beneficial effect on the body. I see more and more posts every day about how sugar and food can help cancer grow. I feel great knowing that I am doing something great for my body. Even though, I have yet to see benefits, I know in time, I will. You cannot expect a body that has ingested sugar, caffeine and all those good ole comfort carbs for 35 years to detox and heal itself in 28 days!! That is unrealistic. Rome wasn't built in a day either.
I have to say I do not blame that poor lady for telling me the wrong thing to do. It works for her great! No problem. I am happy she is able to go through the cleanse without any problems! I think most people have excellent results with the cleanse. I would still recommend the cleanse because all the other products and nutritional support from Arbonne have been fantastic! Who knows, one day there might be someone who experiences a bad reaction and at least I will know exactly how they are suffering and can empathize! Every experience, even a bad one, has the possibility of being a positive experience in the long run.
Oh, the tanning salon reek was gone by Thursday morning. Regurgitating has some benefits, let me tell you!
And the week wasn't a total loss! I am proudly 7.4 pounds down and will be posting more about that on Thursday!
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