Day 1: Standard Process Purification Program

Day 1: Here we go! The following is my account - at the bottom of this post I will provide you the information given to me by Standard Process on Day 1. That way you will have a contrast of pretty marketing vs. real life.

Half of any battle in life is preparation. All the literature you will read on any cleanse will tell you to gradually ween yourself off any "toxin" (sugar, caffeine, soda) a week before your cleanse. Let's face it - most people don't do this. I am not a big soda or coffee drinker that wasn't really an issue. I would have to say goodbye to my after dinner sweets, which usually included things such as a sugar free pudding cup or yogurt. Nothing too bad, but I occasionally would eat cookies or ice cream. Point being - late night is when I would crave something sweet. This would be my problem area.

Things I would recommend for this cleanse:

Blender

Portable Plastic Drink Bottles

Small Lunch Cooler/Bag

Plastic Containers for Fruit/Veg storage

A way to dose out your pills - like an old person pill box! (I used sandwich bags b/c I had them)

Most important - Sense of Humor!

The day before starting the cleanse I went to the farmer's market (I live in California so I am lucky that we have a farmer's market somewhere every day of the week). I got vegetables and fruits that I knew and wouldn't intimidate me. This would be Tip #1: don't set yourself up for failure! Until you get on your feet, either in exercise or diet, don't do anything you are uncomfortable with thinking you will succeed! I decided to start my cleanse on a Friday. When you start a cleanse you could experience any number of reactions. The typical are headache or being tired. This is your body literally detoxing from all the crap in your system. I work full time and knew, worse case scenario, I could drag through a Friday feeling like crap. All I had to do was make it to Day 2 - which was the weekend. Most bad reactions start days 2 - 4 so I had the weekend in case anything weird started happening I could lay on my couch and moan like I was dying instead of just healing my body.



Yes those are girl scout cookies AND sprinkles you see!
The week before I really lived it up!

The Plan: Survive Day 1. I hate waking up early. HATE. If I have to leave by 7:30a.m. I would sleep in until 7:14a.m. if I could. This was the strategy. Wake up early, take supplements, make shake. I knew lunch would be ok because we always go out to lunch on Friday. I could get a salad with no cheese and use oil and vinegar (allowed on the cleanse). This meant all I had to do was get greens, fruit, Standard Process powder stuff (real name SP Complete) into a blender and into my mouth. I told you I am not a morning person - hence my total lack of ability to pour the shake from the blender into my juice/shake/adult sippy cup bottle. The supplements took a bit to get used to taking. I have no problems taking medicine. However, I have never had to take 10 pills in a row! You also need to be drinking half your weight in ounces of water a day. If you weigh 300lbs you would drink 150ozs of water a day.

You have to take 10 pills three times a day. You spend the first 7 days of the cleanse taking in each "dose" 3 Gastro-Fiber pills and 7 SP Cleanse pills. I guess these must help you poop or not poop I haven't figured out which! Probably a bit of both. They are magic pills created by a wizard somewhere, possibly out of grasses fertilized with unicorn dropping. Ok, maybe they just clean out your innards and make all your organs sparkly clean. All I know is they weren't that bad to take. I recommend drinking a LOT of water with each pill and make it cold. Once again set yourself up for success - if you are hungry and have a headache you wont want to take time to count out pills. I "dosed" out three days of pills, enough to get me started. You could do this in one of those really cool old people pill boxes. I just threw down two hundies for this kit, so I slummed it with plastic sandwich baggies.

 

 

 

You also can eat fruits and vegetables. They tell you to eat two times more vegetables than fruits and to try to eat them as much as you can raw. I was a little confused by this at first. You will find some of the Standard Process marketing is misleading. They tell you that then provide you with recipes of cooked food. Lame. I actually contacted their customer service email with that question. I was surprised that they emailed me back in a couple hours and were personable and very helpful. Bottom line is this - eat more vegetables than fruit and try not to cook them to the point that their nutritional benefit is gone. You are allowed to have 1/2 cup lentils or wild brown rice and 1/2 of sweet potato per day.

How my first day went: It was ok. After I woke up and managed to take the pills, drink the shake without injuring myself or loved ones  I went to work, ate a plain average salad for lunch. Around 3p.m. I did become VERY tired and had a headache. Nothing I couldn't deal with but it was noticeable. I made it home and fell asleep! I woke up about an hour later and was so tired and just felt like blah. I wasn't hungry at all surprisingly. I made myself eat a salad and small sweet potato. I decided to buy the really small sweet potatoes instead of trying to figure out cooking a full sweet potato, cutting it in an equal half, storing the cooked half, then having to reheat it. It sounded like a monumental task that I wasn't up for. Ain't nobody got time for that. I then fell back asleep. I only managed to drink one shake and was worried that was an issue. I drank tons of water (I am used to that). I for sure peed more - and woke myself up many times during the night needing to go! It was annoying but I knew it was a good sign. I survived my first day and was ready for the weekend!


Standard Process seems to be a very awesome "legit" company. I have been very impressed with their customer service and personal approach. When you start the cleanse you can sign up for daily emails that give a bit about what to expect that day and a recipe or advice. I have enjoyed getting these everyday and really feel they keep you motivated. I will include the email text on each day's post so you can see what the experts say. Thanks for reading!


From Standard Process Email:

Welcome to Day 1 of the Purification Program.

The most important thing to remember today is why you are going through this program. Keep your mind focused on your goals and remember... it's only 21 days! Let's get started!

How Should I Feel Today?

Usually, the first day is not too bad. You should experience some minor cravings, but most people don't really notice too much on the first day. If you are a heavy coffee or soft drink user, you may begin to experience some withdrawal symptoms from the caffeine or sugar. This is perfectly normal and should subside over the coming days. If you experience a terrible caffeine headache, you may try brewing a little organic coffee and taking just a few sips, (Don't overdo it here), and the headache will likely disappear. You should find you only need to do this for 1-2 days maximum and then you should be off the coffee altogether.

Weight Loss

For those wanting to lose weight, you should notice a loss of about 1 pound per day during the first week or so. Make sure to weigh yourself very first thing in the morning after urination for the greatest accuracy. It is important to measure your waist as well by using a measuring "tape" right around your belly button. Suck in your gut as far as you possibly can and get your measurement. You will repeat this every week throughout the program. The average 'inches lost' around the gut ranges from 1-5 inches during the 21-day program.

Remember to limit your intake of fruits. Ideally, for weight loss, your fruit consumption should be almost zero and limited to only berries in your shake (if necessary). To increase the power of your weight loss goals, choose only 3% and 6% vegetables. For more details about what to eat during the program to optimize weight loss, please see the document "Diet with Focus on Weight Loss Support".

www.purificationsupport.com/email/weight-loss.pdf

Exercise

During the next few days you may not feel up to much exercise, but as soon as you can begin some moderate exercise. This is not the time to train for a marathon, but daily exercise with sweating is tremendous towards helping you lose weight! An evening walk is a good place to start. Once you gain more energy and strength start to lift some weights.

Recipe of the Day

Tigger Tea

Ingredients:

-	8 green tea bags
-	3 inches of ginger root juiced (more or less can be used to your taste)
-	Juice of 5 limes
-	Water

Directions (Makes approximately ½ gallon):

1.	Steep tea bags in 32 oz of boiling water for 15 minutes
2.	In a 64 oz container, combine the steeped green tea and lime juice
3.	Add water and adjust flavors to your taste
4.	Pour over ice and sweeten with Stevia (if desired)

Keep focused and enjoy Day 1 of the program!

Supplement Regimen for Day 1

Note: SP Complete and Whey Pro Complete are food products and once opened, should be refrigerated.

Core Products (Required)

SP Complete	2 scoops (tablespoons) twice per day minimum up to 5 shakes per day
SP Cleanse	7 capsules 3 times per day
Fiber	Whole Food Fiber (powder): 1 scoop (tablespoon) 3 times per day in your shakes OR Gastro-Fiber: 3 capsules 3 times per day

Suggested Supplements (Optional)*

Protein:	Whey Pro Complete – 2 scoops (tablespoons) twice daily
Cravings:	Gymnema – 1 tablet 3 times per day or 2 tablets twice per day
Omega-3:	Tuna Omega-3 Oil – 2 perles 2 times per day