Jillian Michaels Detox Water Recipe

It is that time when we all start to yearn for a leaner body and whether you just want to de-bloat, help ease yourself into your skinny jeans or boost your confidence for an upcoming event this friends is a definite winner.

To make life a little easier for you let me tell you how to go about getting the bits and pieces ready for this.

Firstly, 60 ounces is roughly a two litre bottle of water. When I do this I hit Lidl, Tesco or Dunnes and buy seven of the cheapest two litre bottles of water around.

When in the shop of your choice buy good quality cranberry juice and seven lemons.

The dandelion tea bags can be a little trickier to buy. Sometimes Holland and Barrett have the pure dandelion tea bags, but if not Evergreen, an Irish Company, sell them and will deliver them to your door. Simples.

In the morning I boil the kettle and fill a cup about a third full with water, pop in the tea bag and leave it while I do my make up, feed the dogs or just stare out the window and daydream. If you can at all try and drink some of the water from the bottle to make room for the mixture you are about to add. After at least five minutes I throw out the tea bag, pop in the cranberry juice and the lemon juice into the mug give it all a swish and pour into the bottle. Done.

You will need easy access to a toilet throughout the day. Do not try this when you need to have a lot of meetings, can’t leave a floor or have an important event on. All that excess water is looking to get out and it won’t wait around for you. You will regret waiting you have been warned — doing the I-desperately-need-to-pee hokey-kokey in front of your manager or mother-in-law will not be enjoyable.

The benefits are: your skin is going to really start to glow after a day or two, your tummy is going to deflate, you may notice you naturally start to eat less as the water will keep you feeling full, you will feel lighter and you will lose some weight.

The cons: I don’t mind the taste but some people do. This is as close to a magic diet pill as you are going to get so you decide if the taste is that bad that you absolutely can’t do it. You will need to be able to run to the toilet quite regularly and that’s not always possible.

Anyone I have ever recommended this to has always found that it worked and kept with it. Try it if you can and I promise you won’t regret it.