You are what you eat.

Let me first start by telling you that this cleanse came in powders and pills, 4 powders and 2 jars of pills. In the instructions it read that you may want to mix the powders with juice instead of water due to the taste not being very "likable." Then it reminded you that this cleanse is about optimum health, not taste. That, right there should have been the warning sign! Another important tid-bit is that in our quest to become healthy, Skip and I have been eating all organic (when possible) and natural. Have you tasted all natural juice? Yeah, it's no Ocean Spray. So with that being said, let me tell you about my breakfast this morning at 7 AM. it was IZO Sponge mixed with a pint of organic, natural blueberry juice. Wow! I had no idea that that particular combination made ASS! I finished it well after 8 AM, which means I was late to drink my next drink, IZO Green, mixed with another full pint (let me just mention here that every drink is a full pint - that is a lot of liquid to consume every hour, even if it did taste good). I can't remember which juice i mixed it with but it doesn't really matter because the taste of grass, or is is alfalfa??? Not sure, but anyway, I am sure it overpowers any juice! My next drink at 9 AM (even though it was almost 10 by the time i got to it) was IZO Root... Need I say more? This one had a very familiar taste, maybe sage or some overpowering spice like that?? Finally, at 11 AM I got to my IZO Juice, this can't be that bad can it??? Actually, it is the best of the four powders, but honestly, that is not saying much. The pills, IZO LAX and IZO Liver, ah..... why can't all of the powders be put into a pill form so you can just drink them down with water? So.... There you have it. Is it worth it? Not sure yet. What I do know for sure are these things:

• This cleanse works differently on each person. I know this because at 7:15 AM Skip was already hitting the bathroom and by 9 AM he told me that he thought he just "flushed the taco he ate a week ago." And it's almost 5 PM now and I, on the other hand am scheduling the water hydrotherapy (fancy word for colonic) to help me get this crap out of me.
• Your sense of smell is very tricky. The smell of the gross frozen packaged lunches that everyone in my building consumes every day usually makes me want to vomit. And today, they smelled like heaven! Needless to say, I came home.
• The TV commercials that usually don't do anything for me are making me want to cry! Yes, I am hungry and the thought of two more days of not eating is killing me.

So, there ya have it, Day 1. I must now go to the store to get 3 more gallons of juice for tomorrow. So for now I will leave you with a quote "Don't gamble with a fart, you will loose every time!" - Skip re. IZO Cleanse