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I’ve been intrigued by the idea of a juice cleanse for a good while now. The promises seem almost too good to be true. Could I really help my body run better, feel cleaner, and look brighter and younger by drinking juices? If so, sign me up! After a summer of margaritas, grilled meat and chips and dip, I felt I could really use a “reset” button on the ole bod.

What had really held me back from trying some cleanses was the price. Most cleanses I had come across were $85/day or more. And multiply that by three to five days and you’re looking at a car payment. Yikes!

Anywho, I was pleasantly surprised when I came across a new-to-me juice cleanse called Cooler Cleanse, which is a collaboration between Eric Helms (founder of something called Juice Generation. you NYCers might be familiar with that) and Salma Hayek.

(um, yeah. I’ll have what she’s having. kthanksbye!)

And the kicker? It’s only $58/day – a seemingly affordable investment (especially if I’m not going to be buying any clothes for a year)!

Anywho, the folks at Cooler Cleanse were kind enough to send me a one day trial of their juices so that I might sample them and tell you about it.

Here’s what the juices looked like when they arrived:

(You drink them, one every two hours, in order of the number)

And I kept a little diary throughout my juicy day.

7:00 am - Wake up, drink some water. I’m supposed to wait a couple of hours before my first juice of the day. This is a big departure from my typical morning where I wake up and the first thing I do is try and find something to eat. But I must wait and wait I do.

9:00 am. – Drink Green Juice. Tastes very delicious, crisp and refreshing. Would make a perfect summer cocktail on the rocks and with a splash of vodka.

11:00 am. – Drink second Juice. This one is a grapefruit/mint juice, which I’m a little nervous about because I take my grapefruits with a heaping spoonful of sugar, which is obviously not on the ingredient list here. But oh my gosh it is so good and I never want it to end. Like SO, SO, SO GOOD. I will dream about you grapefruit/mint juice.

2:00 pm. Eep! Had a meeting so was a little late getting on my third juice – another green one. It’s tasty, as I knew it would be since I had the same one at 9 am. However, after that meeting, I would really like a splash of vodka in the juice, but I abstain. Sigh.

4:30 pm – On to juice 4, which is young coconut water. I’m no newbie to young coconut water, but this one is super delish. It tastes extra fresh, like it was born from a young coconut mama right before I drank it. Me likey.

5:00 pm – Okay, I cheat a little and eat like 4 strawberries. Sue me.

6:30 pm – Time for the red juice, which you saw here. It’s beets, carrots, apples and lemon. It’s really good. I am liking this concept of vegetables in my juice that don’t taste like V8.

8:30 pm – Time for my last juice of the day, an almond nut milk with dates and vanilla. Very yum in my tum. It’s a nice way to cap off the day – a little sweet, a lot healthy and the perfect treat before I head into the land of nod.

10:00 pm – I head off to bed. And sleep solidly for 9 hours. Bliss.

Verdict: I think I would really need to try the cleanse for at least three days to get the full effect, but even after just one day, I am a fan. Honestly, I never really felt hungry which was my biggest concern. A hungry Julie is not a happy Julie.

Since I was drinking filling juices just about every two hours, there wasn’t really time to get hungry. But don’t confuse me not being hungry with me being totally full all day. It was more of a feeling of just being satiated. If anything, the hardest/oddest part was going (almost ***strawberries!***) a whole day without chewing food.

If you’ve been on the fence about a juice clease, I’d definitely recommend checking out Cooler Cleanse. I think it’s great whether you want to kick-off a healthier eating style, lose that last little bit of pudge to feel good in your jeans, or just hit the reset button on your body (like I did).

If you have any specific questions about my experience, leave a comment or shoot me an e-mail and I’ll get back to ya!

You can get full details on all the juices I had here.