Day 9 (+8) Posted May 6, 2008
I'm still pretty amazed that I'm doing this. I wonder when the reality will set in. The routine is still coming around, much easier, obviously on the days I'm at home. I'm thinking of doing the master cleanse on the days I can't be home to make the juice, but I know that means we don't get the greens in, so I'm not sure how to deal with that. I really don't like the idea of drinking old juice. It's been drilled into me for years and years how the enzymes deteriorate quickly once the flesh is compromised. I made 4 quarts the other day that I used for the rest of the day, and they tasted fine, but it was still in the back of my mind that they weren't as nutritious. Anyway, I have 80 some days to figure it out, right, David? Good thing!
I feel well. I had some sinus stuff going on the other day and today which surprised me. I used to have horrible sinus problems in my less nutritious days, but once I alleviated dairy and meat, I haven't had to deal with that. I haven't had a stuffy nose in years and years. So I was surprised when I couldn't stop sneezing and my nose kept running Sunday and today. It was definately cleansing as there was not yucky flu or cold-like symptoms to accompany them. Both sessions were about 3 hours long. I thought of hayfever, but I was in the city the first time, and at home in the country today, completely different allergens.
I am very pleased that my candida symptoms are non-existent finally. I have had problems with this sporadically over the years, but when I went raw last October, this became a very serious outbreak in December. I came to learn in January that it was due to the high fat content of my diet. I was eating a lot of salads, but had to have my dressings and avocados and nuts. Since the vegetables in the salads were so non-caloric, it really raised my fat percent over the top. One of the reason I decided to juice feast was because I felt the only way I could get over the fat addiction was through juice fasting (feasting). And, I am happy to say, that seems to be the case, finally. That has been one memorable struggle.
I lost 8 1/2 pounds my first week. I'm not quite sure what to make of that. It is very hard to lose fat, so I have to think it has to do with water retention, etc. I wish I knew more about the way fat unassembles itself in the body. I tried to google it, but all the explanations were over my head. if anyone knows that's reading, please let me know a good source.
Speaking of giving up the fat addiction, I was thinking about giving up those last little bits of comfort eating which can no longer be employed when one is juice fasting/feasting. I even did a blog entry on my other blog page on "Raw Emotions". Then when I listened to David and Katrina's Day 9 video, Angela Stokes was on there telling of a book she had written by that name. I wrote my blog about it after my husband and I had had a particularly tense day, and I realized we both really didn't know to deal with the naked emotions when we don't have our favorite tool for burying our feelings. We both have been not using our old junk food items, so it has been a struggle that came to a head that day. I think when we both realized that our pardigm is shifting, it was a little easier to deal with it, and try to see it coming. I began my juice feast a couple of days after that, so it has been on my mind a lot especially when I have junk food cravings. I won't say it is junk food craving as much as it comfort food cravings. I think I can honestly say now that my body wants those foods more to bury the emotional swings than it does to satisfy any physical need. So there you have it. I really had never known I was an emotional eater. I thought I just loved high fat foods.
I'm still working on a solution to that. I noticed at an AA meeting once several years ago that all the drunks had several other addictive substances they were using (coffee and tobacco) to help them get over the alcohol. I wonder how we become healthy enough emotionally not to need anything. I think this juice feast will help me discover the answer to that.
I want to say how much I enjoy the videos that David and Katrina make for each day. I don't really know why. Not too much new information. Maybe it just feels like I know there is a lifeline there.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Days 5, 6, & 7 revisited
Day 7 (+ 6 & 5) Posted on May 4, 2008
Such a busy weekend that none of my usual activities got done. I wasn't able to listen to the days 5, 6, & 7 from Katrina and David, and I couldn't report my own progress, but the good news is, I am about to finish up day 7.
I realized today what a breakthrough it was for me to realize subconsciously I did not believe I could do this. Once I realized I was thinking that, I was able to do some reprogramming.
I am having some funny things happen. My tongue is very sore, and my nose is really stuffy. Not much else yet, I don't think.
I am having green drinks every day, but I don't think I'm anywhere close to 2 lbs. I don't know how to drink that many. A giant box at Costco of spinach is only a pound. I don't know how I'd juice and drink 2 of those containers. I am juicing a whole bunch of celery too which would have seemed like an outlandish amount before this experience.
I also had master cleanser this morning for the first time (lemon juice, honey, water, cayenne), and it was surprisingly agreeable. I shall keep that in my repetoire. I was running too late to make "real juice".
I'm pretty beat from all the running this weekend, so I'm going to close this out, but I'm pretty excited to be starting my second week tomorrow.
Day 4 revisited
Day 4! Oh My!Posted on May 1, 2008
I simply cannot believe I am into this 4 days! When I started I had no idea I had so little faith in myself. As I have gone through each day I have realized that subconsciously I didn't think I could do it. i think that is rather odd. I also know that if we believe something subconsciously, it usually works itself out that way. So why am I still at it if my subconscious didn't think I would make it? I think it has to do with the global nature of this and the belief system changing as I hear of so many other juice feasters.
Of course, this all sounds silly compared to the whole 92 day aspect of it. 88 more days is a very long time. I like what David said on one of the earlier days about having plenty of time to get it right. Kind of puts it in a nice perspective.
I did get my lemon water this morning. Yay! Tongue scraping too. I also walked for at least 20 minutes outside, so I got both of those goals. It was such a beautiful day outside today, I couldn't wait until I could walk. We finally got out before sundown.
No time this morning to fix green juice, so I missed training my body. I guess it is a good thing I have 88 more days to get it right. I had my grapefruit juice with the tangerines that I have everyday. I knew I wouldn't be home to prepare juice, so I took lemon juice and honey and bottles of water. I was not even where there is a kitchen, so i had a cooler in my truck. I never got enough of a break to go drink it, so I just made another grapefruit juice when I finally got home. I added celery to it, a fennel sprig from the garden, and some pineapple. It made a quart and a half, so that was good since I was several hours behind schedule. I really am not very good at this scheduling thing.
After that juice I had some serious indigestion, so I'm not sure what that was about. It didn't get better until after the walk which I did about an hour after drinking the juice. Maybe I just needed to get things moving. Today was the first day with no bowel movement at the normal time(s). The walk helped with that.
I'm not really trying too hard to figure things out. I have learned over the years that I'm usually not right about what I'm guessing. What I do know is that I can trust my body, and even when things don't seem right, if I am doing what I am supposed to be doing, my body will do what needs to be done. Eventually equilibrium will be attained.
I am very much enjoying the rest this feast is giving me. I only slept 4 hours last night but awakened refreshed. So while I am not resting in the traditional sense, I feel very unencumbered with something. Not sure what yet. I am working very hard, so I am not particularly relaxed. I just feel freer or something. Can't quite put my finger on it. I am also getting more work done which is a good thing this time of year.
I'm so excited about tomorrow! Did I mention it will be day 5????
I simply cannot believe I am into this 4 days! When I started I had no idea I had so little faith in myself. As I have gone through each day I have realized that subconsciously I didn't think I could do it. i think that is rather odd. I also know that if we believe something subconsciously, it usually works itself out that way. So why am I still at it if my subconscious didn't think I would make it? I think it has to do with the global nature of this and the belief system changing as I hear of so many other juice feasters.
Of course, this all sounds silly compared to the whole 92 day aspect of it. 88 more days is a very long time. I like what David said on one of the earlier days about having plenty of time to get it right. Kind of puts it in a nice perspective.
I did get my lemon water this morning. Yay! Tongue scraping too. I also walked for at least 20 minutes outside, so I got both of those goals. It was such a beautiful day outside today, I couldn't wait until I could walk. We finally got out before sundown.
No time this morning to fix green juice, so I missed training my body. I guess it is a good thing I have 88 more days to get it right. I had my grapefruit juice with the tangerines that I have everyday. I knew I wouldn't be home to prepare juice, so I took lemon juice and honey and bottles of water. I was not even where there is a kitchen, so i had a cooler in my truck. I never got enough of a break to go drink it, so I just made another grapefruit juice when I finally got home. I added celery to it, a fennel sprig from the garden, and some pineapple. It made a quart and a half, so that was good since I was several hours behind schedule. I really am not very good at this scheduling thing.
After that juice I had some serious indigestion, so I'm not sure what that was about. It didn't get better until after the walk which I did about an hour after drinking the juice. Maybe I just needed to get things moving. Today was the first day with no bowel movement at the normal time(s). The walk helped with that.
I'm not really trying too hard to figure things out. I have learned over the years that I'm usually not right about what I'm guessing. What I do know is that I can trust my body, and even when things don't seem right, if I am doing what I am supposed to be doing, my body will do what needs to be done. Eventually equilibrium will be attained.
I am very much enjoying the rest this feast is giving me. I only slept 4 hours last night but awakened refreshed. So while I am not resting in the traditional sense, I feel very unencumbered with something. Not sure what yet. I am working very hard, so I am not particularly relaxed. I just feel freer or something. Can't quite put my finger on it. I am also getting more work done which is a good thing this time of year.
I'm so excited about tomorrow! Did I mention it will be day 5????
Day 3 revisited
Posted on April 30, 2008
Officially the longest time i have ever gone without solid food. I've done lots of 2 day fasts, but I've never gone the distance (hahaha) before to make it to 3. How absurd that will sound in 89 days!!!!
Before I tell how today went, I have to write about an awesome juice I had last night after I had already blogged. I don't usually drink savory juices (as compared to sweet), so I wasn't sure if I would like it. It was ugly too, but delicious: tomatoes, a thin slice of onion, an orange pepper, and a few handfuls of spinach. Besides being very tasty, it had the added benefit of helping me get more greens down. That 2 lb deal is a bit of challenge for me.
I was amazed when I read in Mark's blog that he juiced 1 1/2 pounds of endive for one juice! I am definately not there yet. I thought I was doing great to get the whole bunch of celery into a juice...
Speaking of which, my morning juice was 3 apples, 1 lb blueberries, 1/2 lemon, 1 cuke, 1 bunch of celery hearts, and greens: spinach, spring mix, alfalfa sprouts, parsley.
This only made a quart of very thick juice, so I diluted it with water to make 2 quarts. Not too great, but the lemon got me through it.
I had one quart at breakfast and the other about dinner time. Lunch was the usual: 4 grapefruits, 3 tangerines.
I was working most of the day, so I haven't had my 4th juice, and it is very late, so I will probably not try to do it. I also forgot my water again this morning, but Roger said he'd help me remember it tomorrow. He's really good at stuff like that.
I work at home most of the time, so you'd think I could get my juices in better, but I'm not good at stopping in the middle of a project to make stuff.
I DID do my skin brushing, and I attempted the hot cold shower thing. I think I did 3 rounds. I do hate cold water!
I had a very weird experience while I was drinking my dinner juice (left over from the morning). I had tremendous feelings of doubt and wanted to give up. I kept thinking of all the reasons I'm doing this and how great I'm feeling, but it still took all my powers of persuasion to convince myself to stay with it. I just don't understand how I can be so committed one minute, and the next WHAMMO. I felt fine after a few minutes; I guess it lasted about 45 minutes. I did some deep breathing, and that helped.
I'm having a little detox thing going - itching like crazy. Hopefully that will be shortlived as well.
Looking forward to day 4.
Officially the longest time i have ever gone without solid food. I've done lots of 2 day fasts, but I've never gone the distance (hahaha) before to make it to 3. How absurd that will sound in 89 days!!!!
Before I tell how today went, I have to write about an awesome juice I had last night after I had already blogged. I don't usually drink savory juices (as compared to sweet), so I wasn't sure if I would like it. It was ugly too, but delicious: tomatoes, a thin slice of onion, an orange pepper, and a few handfuls of spinach. Besides being very tasty, it had the added benefit of helping me get more greens down. That 2 lb deal is a bit of challenge for me.
I was amazed when I read in Mark's blog that he juiced 1 1/2 pounds of endive for one juice! I am definately not there yet. I thought I was doing great to get the whole bunch of celery into a juice...
Speaking of which, my morning juice was 3 apples, 1 lb blueberries, 1/2 lemon, 1 cuke, 1 bunch of celery hearts, and greens: spinach, spring mix, alfalfa sprouts, parsley.
This only made a quart of very thick juice, so I diluted it with water to make 2 quarts. Not too great, but the lemon got me through it.
I had one quart at breakfast and the other about dinner time. Lunch was the usual: 4 grapefruits, 3 tangerines.
I was working most of the day, so I haven't had my 4th juice, and it is very late, so I will probably not try to do it. I also forgot my water again this morning, but Roger said he'd help me remember it tomorrow. He's really good at stuff like that.
I work at home most of the time, so you'd think I could get my juices in better, but I'm not good at stopping in the middle of a project to make stuff.
I DID do my skin brushing, and I attempted the hot cold shower thing. I think I did 3 rounds. I do hate cold water!
I had a very weird experience while I was drinking my dinner juice (left over from the morning). I had tremendous feelings of doubt and wanted to give up. I kept thinking of all the reasons I'm doing this and how great I'm feeling, but it still took all my powers of persuasion to convince myself to stay with it. I just don't understand how I can be so committed one minute, and the next WHAMMO. I felt fine after a few minutes; I guess it lasted about 45 minutes. I did some deep breathing, and that helped.
I'm having a little detox thing going - itching like crazy. Hopefully that will be shortlived as well.
Looking forward to day 4.
Day two revisited
Posted April 29, 2008
Surprisingly uneventful. I keep waiting for something to happen. No hunger yet, but I have had cravings. My husband is watching to see how it goes before he begins a juice feast, so that salad he had today looked mighty good. And the bananas! I'm not even a big fan of bananas, but they sure looked good! I know some of you have mentioned them in your juices, but that sounds a little non-juicy to me. I don't like smoothies with bananas in them either, so that doesn't appeal to me.
Cleaned out the freezer today. I didn't realize it was so clogged up until I went to get some ice blocks to ice down my juice. I am excited for when the cleaning out my environment phase starts up.
I don't eat frozen food anymore, but I still have a standup freezer from my former life. I have a lot of frozen water blocks stored in there. I live in Florida, and since we have a well, whenever there is no electricity, we have no running water. During one of the hurricane seiges a few years back, ice was a big deal as people couldn't keep what perishables they could find cold without it, so when I stopped eating frozen foods, I decided to start freezing water.
Now, after all these months, life seems so much simpler. I'm not anxious to find out, but I can't help but think another seige like that would not be as hard on us. I am a little concerned about where we'd get fresh fruits and vegetables. We have planted a garden and have fruit trees that are still young and not producing yet. Of course, during a severe hurricane, there is no guarantee any of that would not be torn up and uprooted. Nevertheless, the less of a big deal food becomes, the less concerned I am about how I would get through it. Another thing that would be better is body temperature. In Florida, most of us live in air-conditioned environments. Since going raw, I am much better able to handle outside temperatures, even in a working environment.
I was very interested in reading about the master cleanser and the simplicity provided by it. I think David said one could live on it for an extended period of time. How much simpler could it be especially during a high stress emergency situation? One wouldn't need to be loaded down with foods that robbed you of energy when you are trying to get through a bad situation. Of course, authorities recommend the opposite: load up on so-called "comfort" foods. Not a good idea!
I am having a hard time juicing 4 quarts in the morning. It takes forever just to do one quart. I did 2 quarts this morning as I knew I had to go to a meeting and would want some juice before I could get back home. I kinda don't like the idea of drinking non-fresh juice. I don't know why. I suppose getting all 4 quarts done in the morning would help me drink it more as I only ended up with 3 1/2 quarts yesterday. I've gotten down 3 today, and it's late, but I will try to do another one when I finish this.
As I've gone through some of the juice feaster blogs, a common thread is getting into a routine. I know this will happen as I am a very routine driven person, but so far, not so much. Of course, that is a frustration for me.
Elimination has been good and no diarrhea as I expected. No other reactions either. I still feel a little overwhelmed by the whole 92 day thing. I am so grateful I started this when the rest of the feasters were already into it 60 days as it has helped me to see that it is possible to go the distance. Then I go read their early blogs and realize we all have similar things going on.
I went to bed earlier than usual last night as I was more tired than usual. I usually get by on 5 hours a night, but every once in a while I feel the need for more, so I'm unsure if the tiredness was one of my make-up days, or feast related. I woke up ealier than usual, but was too lazy to go ahead and get up.
Also lost 4 lbs of water weight when I weighed today. Maybe dehydration.
I'm not doing any of the recommended supplements. I'll go into that on a later day maybe. I fully intend to have my quart of water upon awakening, but I get up at 5:00, hurry to shower and dress so that I can get out the door by 5:30, and teach a class that starts at 6:15. I'm not disciplined enough to get up earlier yet, and because my ROUTINE previously never included grabbing a quart of water on my way out the door, I always remember after I get on the road that I forgot it. I will try to do better on that because I can feel that I am a little dehydrated in the morning.
I guess that's it for day 2. What a rush!
juice journal:
1. green juice with spring mix, spinach, alfalfa sprouts, (not the 2 lbs yet!), 1 head of celery, 1 cucumber, 1/2 a pineapple, and 1/2 a lemon.
2. 4 grapefruits and 2 tangerines
3. watermelon (1 qt's worth)
4. yet to be determined - spinach and something
Surprisingly uneventful. I keep waiting for something to happen. No hunger yet, but I have had cravings. My husband is watching to see how it goes before he begins a juice feast, so that salad he had today looked mighty good. And the bananas! I'm not even a big fan of bananas, but they sure looked good! I know some of you have mentioned them in your juices, but that sounds a little non-juicy to me. I don't like smoothies with bananas in them either, so that doesn't appeal to me.
Cleaned out the freezer today. I didn't realize it was so clogged up until I went to get some ice blocks to ice down my juice. I am excited for when the cleaning out my environment phase starts up.
I don't eat frozen food anymore, but I still have a standup freezer from my former life. I have a lot of frozen water blocks stored in there. I live in Florida, and since we have a well, whenever there is no electricity, we have no running water. During one of the hurricane seiges a few years back, ice was a big deal as people couldn't keep what perishables they could find cold without it, so when I stopped eating frozen foods, I decided to start freezing water.
Now, after all these months, life seems so much simpler. I'm not anxious to find out, but I can't help but think another seige like that would not be as hard on us. I am a little concerned about where we'd get fresh fruits and vegetables. We have planted a garden and have fruit trees that are still young and not producing yet. Of course, during a severe hurricane, there is no guarantee any of that would not be torn up and uprooted. Nevertheless, the less of a big deal food becomes, the less concerned I am about how I would get through it. Another thing that would be better is body temperature. In Florida, most of us live in air-conditioned environments. Since going raw, I am much better able to handle outside temperatures, even in a working environment.
I was very interested in reading about the master cleanser and the simplicity provided by it. I think David said one could live on it for an extended period of time. How much simpler could it be especially during a high stress emergency situation? One wouldn't need to be loaded down with foods that robbed you of energy when you are trying to get through a bad situation. Of course, authorities recommend the opposite: load up on so-called "comfort" foods. Not a good idea!
I am having a hard time juicing 4 quarts in the morning. It takes forever just to do one quart. I did 2 quarts this morning as I knew I had to go to a meeting and would want some juice before I could get back home. I kinda don't like the idea of drinking non-fresh juice. I don't know why. I suppose getting all 4 quarts done in the morning would help me drink it more as I only ended up with 3 1/2 quarts yesterday. I've gotten down 3 today, and it's late, but I will try to do another one when I finish this.
As I've gone through some of the juice feaster blogs, a common thread is getting into a routine. I know this will happen as I am a very routine driven person, but so far, not so much. Of course, that is a frustration for me.
Elimination has been good and no diarrhea as I expected. No other reactions either. I still feel a little overwhelmed by the whole 92 day thing. I am so grateful I started this when the rest of the feasters were already into it 60 days as it has helped me to see that it is possible to go the distance. Then I go read their early blogs and realize we all have similar things going on.
I went to bed earlier than usual last night as I was more tired than usual. I usually get by on 5 hours a night, but every once in a while I feel the need for more, so I'm unsure if the tiredness was one of my make-up days, or feast related. I woke up ealier than usual, but was too lazy to go ahead and get up.
Also lost 4 lbs of water weight when I weighed today. Maybe dehydration.
I'm not doing any of the recommended supplements. I'll go into that on a later day maybe. I fully intend to have my quart of water upon awakening, but I get up at 5:00, hurry to shower and dress so that I can get out the door by 5:30, and teach a class that starts at 6:15. I'm not disciplined enough to get up earlier yet, and because my ROUTINE previously never included grabbing a quart of water on my way out the door, I always remember after I get on the road that I forgot it. I will try to do better on that because I can feel that I am a little dehydrated in the morning.
I guess that's it for day 2. What a rush!
juice journal:
1. green juice with spring mix, spinach, alfalfa sprouts, (not the 2 lbs yet!), 1 head of celery, 1 cucumber, 1/2 a pineapple, and 1/2 a lemon.
2. 4 grapefruits and 2 tangerines
3. watermelon (1 qt's worth)
4. yet to be determined - spinach and something
New Direction Day One revisited
I mentioned a few days ago that I was a little frustrated keeping up two blogs. I have done a reasonable job keeping up my juice feast blog at the expense of this one, when all of a sudden it dawned on me that my blog there will only be there as long as I keep my subscription up. Should I decide at some point that I am ready to move on, my juice feast blog would disappear! What a shock. So I am going to have to figure out a way to log it in here I think since this blog is here to stay. I know my experiences with it are not those of others who might read this, but because it such an important part of my life, it is important to have it here.
I guess I will first post the first 14 days of my juice feast on this day, and then I will move on from there.
Day OnePosted by Cindi on April 28, 2008 at 3:53pm
Well, I have to say, this day has not been anything like I expected. I am not new to raw food (Sept. 2007), but I am surprisingly light-headed and forgetful today. My stomach is a little upset tonight. I did not expect detox symptoms. I went through a whole week at Hippocrates in December without anything.
I'm thinking this is because I am including fruit juice which is known for their cleansing capabilities. Of course, at Hippocrates, fruit is off limits. So, it is is a good thing to feel things happening in my gut.
I am surprised too at how "clean" it feels even though there is a coating on my teeth. They even hurt a little bit.
Juice one was a head of celery, 13 oz of mixed greens (alfalfa sprouts, spring mix, spinach, and parsley), one half a pineapple, one half a lemon, one cucumber. Not too tasty, at least at the beginning. It kind of grew on me as I drank it. I ran the greens through the omega and the pineapple and celery in the centrifugal juicer.
Juice two was one that I drink nearly every day: 4 grapefruits and 2 tangerines (prepared in a reamer).
Juice three was a quart of strawberries, red navels, tangerines, one lime, and a large handful of spinach. I juiced the citrus in a reamer, and did the blender / nut mylk bag thing with the rest of it. Tasty, but a quart of this is a lot of juice. It took me almost an hour to drink it. My tummy is still gurgling.
I find 2 lbs of greens to be very overwhelming. Before when I drank green drinks I would have a few leaves of kale, a couple of stalks of celery, a cucumber, some sprouts. I weighed my greens because when I looked at the huge container of spring mix and spinach (Costco carries these organic) and realized that was supposed to be for one day, I was pretty shocked. Even eating salads, this would easily last me a couple of days in my pre-juicefeast days. We have several parsley plants in the garden, but at 2 lbs. a day, this would be wiped out pretty quickly.
In fact, day 1 of a 92 day juice feast is freaking me out in general right about now. I don't see how anyone ever makes it that long. Not from a hunger point of view or anything like that. It is a lot of work and will be difficult on my busy days (today was not). I read Angela Stokes' booklet on juice feasting and particularly enjoyed the log of her 92 days, but I still find the concept overwhelming.
Well, I have to go figure out what my 4th quart of juice will be. Not really hungry.
I guess I will first post the first 14 days of my juice feast on this day, and then I will move on from there.
Day OnePosted by Cindi on April 28, 2008 at 3:53pm
Well, I have to say, this day has not been anything like I expected. I am not new to raw food (Sept. 2007), but I am surprisingly light-headed and forgetful today. My stomach is a little upset tonight. I did not expect detox symptoms. I went through a whole week at Hippocrates in December without anything.
I'm thinking this is because I am including fruit juice which is known for their cleansing capabilities. Of course, at Hippocrates, fruit is off limits. So, it is is a good thing to feel things happening in my gut.
I am surprised too at how "clean" it feels even though there is a coating on my teeth. They even hurt a little bit.
Juice one was a head of celery, 13 oz of mixed greens (alfalfa sprouts, spring mix, spinach, and parsley), one half a pineapple, one half a lemon, one cucumber. Not too tasty, at least at the beginning. It kind of grew on me as I drank it. I ran the greens through the omega and the pineapple and celery in the centrifugal juicer.
Juice two was one that I drink nearly every day: 4 grapefruits and 2 tangerines (prepared in a reamer).
Juice three was a quart of strawberries, red navels, tangerines, one lime, and a large handful of spinach. I juiced the citrus in a reamer, and did the blender / nut mylk bag thing with the rest of it. Tasty, but a quart of this is a lot of juice. It took me almost an hour to drink it. My tummy is still gurgling.
I find 2 lbs of greens to be very overwhelming. Before when I drank green drinks I would have a few leaves of kale, a couple of stalks of celery, a cucumber, some sprouts. I weighed my greens because when I looked at the huge container of spring mix and spinach (Costco carries these organic) and realized that was supposed to be for one day, I was pretty shocked. Even eating salads, this would easily last me a couple of days in my pre-juicefeast days. We have several parsley plants in the garden, but at 2 lbs. a day, this would be wiped out pretty quickly.
In fact, day 1 of a 92 day juice feast is freaking me out in general right about now. I don't see how anyone ever makes it that long. Not from a hunger point of view or anything like that. It is a lot of work and will be difficult on my busy days (today was not). I read Angela Stokes' booklet on juice feasting and particularly enjoyed the log of her 92 days, but I still find the concept overwhelming.
Well, I have to go figure out what my 4th quart of juice will be. Not really hungry.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
All In A Day, Indeed!
I was trying to decide what to write in here when I decided I must have the most boring life ever. No one could possibly be interested in what I did today. I worked very hard, and the changes I am hoping to make in my life were coming along nicely. I didn't have time to do some things that are very important to me though, and that is frustrating to me. I don't know how to get the things done for myself that are important. I would like to be able to learn that. Soon.
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