Juice Fast Day 7

Allergies are kicking my butt! Whatever is out there, I need it to go away. Today has been a long day, my nose is raw from blowing it and sneezing. The day went well food wise, I went to the movies, the popcorn was enticing but I managed. I went to Walmart, Subway's bread was mouth watering but I did okay. I went to Sherms and bought more fruits and vegetables for next week. I also bought an onion, turnip, garlic, tomatos, carrots, celery for a vegetable broth. I am going to make some broth tomorrow. My weight this morning was 401 lbs, so that is a total of 22lbs lost in 6 days, we will see what tomorrow brings.

Juice Fast Day 6

Day 6 started out a little disappointing, I was only down .8 lb; my weight was 402.2 lbs, so 20.8 lbs in 5 days.  Thirty minutes is a really long lunch when you aren't eating. I watched a few minutes of basketball and then walked for about 10-15 minutes. My knees and hips were hurting by the time I was done. I am feeling pretty darn good physically, a lot more alert. I went and listened to Dylan play tonight and then my mom and I went swimming. When I got home Chris helped me make a mean green and he even cleaned up the juicer. Very nice! I am hoping for a good night sleep. Earlier today I was feeling mean. I was angry that I wasn't getting to eat the food I wanted to eat and felt mean. The day/night ended well.

Juice Fast Day 5

Today was a better day, at least I think it was. I had to take a benadryl twice throughout the day because of bad allergies and sad about my grandma passing away yesterday.

On the whole, I think today is a turning point, I expect more energy from here on out.

I have been juicing ahead of time, the juice is supposed to be good for 48 hours. However I can't drink the green juices after they have sat. I decided I will juice each night, juicing dinner fresh and then breakfast and lunch the next day. For tonight it was a good plan, I was able to down the mean green quickly and while it wasn't an enjoyable experience it wasn't horrible and it fed my body lots of nutrients.

I don't know what to do with myself now that I am not eating. Who am I without food? What am I going to do when I start feeling better and have more energy? When I am able to do more than work and sleep? Good questions that need to be answered. For tonight I decided to go to the gym, I figured I would get about 2 minutes on the elliptical if I were lucky. I am so stoked, I did 7 minutes on the elliptical and 10 minutes on the recumbent bike. Woo Hoo!!!

After working out I came home and juiced. Juicing is a lot of work, prep, clean up... I drank my mean green down quickly. It has been about an hour and now I am having some heartburn. I hope it goes away soon. I had trouble with it after my carrot/apple juice for lunch too. I have read that raw potato juice heals ulcers and soothes the stomach, I have also read that raw potato juice is the worst tasting juice around. I really don't want to have to try it.

I realized tonight that I don't have to fail in this. I can succeed if I choose too.