7 days of just juice (Days 6 and 7)

Got busy and forgot to update yesterday.  Yesterday was a really hard day.  I made homemade rolls and they smelled soooo good.  I was hungry a lot and kept thinking just one more day and I can EAT!!  I weighed 104.6 in the morning.

Today was BREAK-FAST day!  WOOT WOOT!  I weighed 104.2 making the total loss 4.8 lbs.  Around 3:30 I had planned to break the fast with a banana, but gave in to temptation and had a Reese's Cup and a homemade dinner roll with butter.  I made sausage, egg burritos for supper and had one very small one.  BIG MISTAKE.  My tummy has been protesting every since... and is still not happy with me 6 hours later.  Note to self... next time break the fast with fruit!!

Next 7 day fast will be Jan. 6-13.

7 days of just juice (Day 5)

Tomorrow is the last full day of juicing and then Sunday afternoon I get to eat food.  Woot Woot! 

This morning I weighed 105.2.  I am not hungry until later in the morning, and the hardest time is mid afternoon until after dinner time.  I am so looking forward to eating on Sunday!! 

Not much else to report, except I am so excited about the addition of the "spaghetti juice" to my juicing routine.  It's so nice to have a warm sort of savory option. 

Homestretch here we come!!

7 days of just juice (day 4)

Today I weighed the same as yesterday... 105.6.  I had a little bit of a "heavy" head feeling off and on all day.  Without a doubt every time I juice fast, I have more physical energy than usual.  It's one of my favorite things about doing the fast.  Tonight in my American Lit class we had to do presentations and this one student brought tons of chocolate candy for everyone.  I want chocolate soooo bad!  LOL.  4 days are done, 3 more to go!!  Once I finish this fast I will have spent a total of 24 days this year NOT eating any solid food.  I never imagined I could do this, or that I would want to keep doing it on a regular basis, but I am glad I discovered that I can do it, and I am glad I want to keep doing it. 

7 days of just juice (Day 3)

One thing I love about juicing and the empty stomach that comes with it, is how much appreciation I gain for food.  We don't often let ourselves get really hungry.  But let me tell you that when you are hungry, food looks better, smells better, and tastes better.  The "spaghetti juice" that I have made the last two nights was amazingly good, but I bet on a regular eating day, I wouldn't be the least bit interested in it.  Try it for yourself, let your body get hungry.  And I don't just mean a few hours since you ate hungry, really hungry!  I promise you will look at your food in a whole new way.

Today I had good energy, was hungrier than yesterday and had a slight afternoon headache.  My morning weight was 105.6.  Tomorrow when I wake up I will be half way done!

7 days of just juice (DAY 1 and 2)

As usual day one was rough... hunger is the strongest on the first day and I also had a slight headache.  Day 2 was much easier, I hardly felt any hunger and had a very slight headache for just a couple of hours this afternoon.  Other than that I felt great!

I weighed 107.2 this morning and today I drank about 48 oz of juice.  It's a little more than I usually drink because I made "spaghetti juice" for dinner and heated it up on the stove. YUMMMMM!!

My spaghetti juice recipe:
2 tomatoes
2 stalks celery
2 carrots
2 cloves garlic
1/4 yellow onion
1 small (REALLY SMALL) green pepper from our garden.

Guess what time it is??

It's juice fast time!  I can't believe it has been 3 months already, but it has!  It is time for my third 7 day juice fast.  I will be blogging about it daily, not because I think it is super exciting for people to read, but because it keeps me accountable!!

So, this morning when I got on the scale I weighed 109 lbs. even... which is ironically exactly what I weighed last time.  In the three months since I last did this, I have not pulled out the juicer at all.  I am also sad to say that I have not made it to the gym even ONE time!!  Summer was too crazy, then I hurt my back, then school started, I am just full of excuses!  But, the truth is, I have not juiced and I have not exercised, but I still haven't "gained" past the point of where I started last time.  I am happy with that, although I am planning to get back into a gym routine after this fast.

So here we go... Sunday dinner to Sunday dinner... 7 days of nothing but freshly juiced fruits and veggies.  I already have the day 1 headache... do you think it is psychological?  :-)  It's okay though, cuz better days are coming!!