I can't believe I've made it two days! I've never even made it through a whole day of any extreme fasting type thing. I think I've made it because juice is so delicious, and I'm feeling pretty good (read: not like I'm going to die). Today's juicing went well, aside from the fact that I almost completely depleted my produce purchase in 1.5 days of juicing. I went to Whole Foods to stock up on organic fruits and veggies and spent $40!!! I thought juicing would SAVE me money. Now I understand why juice is so expensive. When I run out of these veggies and fruits, the fast is officially over.
I'd really like to make it to a week! Today was better than yesterday. I had to cave and buy some Odwalla "B Monster" on campus, which wasn't ideal, but I was starving. There was no sugar-added, and Odwalla is as close to natural as you can get from a bottled juice.
Best juice of the day was definitely papaya/apple/grape. So thick and creamy and filling. Mmmm. Right now I'm drinking cabbage/tomato/spinach juice with a bit of salt, black pepper, and red pepper. It's like drinking a salad! It's a little gross/weird to drink a salad from a glass, but I'll get used to it.
I think I'm supposed to do something "colonicky" since I'm not getting any fiber. Yuck. I really don't want to.
Oooo today my pee was orange and then bright yellow! Prettttttty.
I think I am feeling a bit of the detox symptoms. Nothing major, but a bit of a scratchy/itchy throat, bad breath, "dirty-feeling" teeth, oily hair, and slight chills. BUT--today was the first day I didn't nap in a long long time. I feel very energetic and have a lot of mental clarity. I'm going to a very strenuous dance class tomorrow night, so we'll see how the physical energy and endurance is going!
I keep forgetting to drink enough water. Juice should not take the place of water, it should be in addition to water.
Okay, I need to finish this salad-y drink because it is separating and getting weirder and weirder every second.
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Oh man, you should just juice EVERYTHING! I love those commercials for the Jack Lallaine juicer - they really make me want to make juice! Because juice is so good. I think it's great that you have made yourself stick with this... it sounds majorly hard, I would be so hungry all the time (I'm sure even though you are probably getting enough calories it's hard to feel full off juice - is my assumption true?)
ReplyDeleteMy juice fast died last night. Though, I still juiced for breakfast. And it did break some bad habits and made me more aware of how food makes my body feel!!! It actually provides about 400 calories/day. It makes you really full right after you drink it, but then you're starving less than an hour later. It's problematic! But delicious.
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