For the fifth or sixth time in the last few months, I’m doing the Blueprint Cleanse.
I love this cleanse the way some people love drugs. Most likely because it makes me feel like I’m high on crack - or what I might imagine being high on crack is like, which I’m fairly certain I can speak to, since I’ve had Dunkin Donuts coffee on an empty stomach.
I like three day cleanses the best, although I’ve also done one-day, two-day, and five-days. I find that on the third day of the cleanse, I become super articulate, clearer thinking, and overflowing with a strange, unmitigated (unmitigatable!!) joy. I LOVE everyone and everything, and I will probably kiss you and tell you you’re gorgeous if you so much as look at me. It’s quite a nice feeling, really.
Most of my friends have done Blueprint as well (Meghan, Caroline, Krystal, etc.) and they report the same experience.
You have to be careful though: not all cleanses are created equal. Mary did the LOVE fast, and I’m not sure she was a big fan afterwards. Mary - you should try Blueprint!
PS. If anyone’s tried it and become as obsessed as I am, email me your experiences.
FAQs:
1) What … is … it?
It’s six pressed juices a day: three all greens, two fruit based juices and one nut combo at the end of the evening. You drink them spaced at intervals of two hours each. They’re in portable bottles which are delivered to your apartment in cute green lunch sacks, ala fourth grade. You will come to love these lunch sacks.
2) Are you hungry?
Never. Ever. You’re less hungry than if you eat normal food, because you’re getting more nutrients than 95% of people’s average diets.
3) Is it hard?
Not even remotely. It’s much easier than trying to figure out what to eat three times a day, preparing it and then realizing you’re still hungry after you eat it.
4) Do you lose weight?
I really don’t do the cleanse to lose weight, I do it to feel better (and I’m not just saying that, the way actresses say they never diet). But yes, of course you lose weight. You also poop a lot. It’s awesome!














