Juice Fast Day 6!!!

Well I am so proud of myself!

Yesterday was a very emotionally difficult day.

The very first time that I actually felt like just giving up. I just wanted to walk in the kitchen and start shoving some food in my face!

It was a very close call! It was not true hunger. I have not actually felt actual hunger in a few days. But it was the need for comfort.

This was NOTHING compared to day 6 last time though!

On my last juice feast on day 6 I had a horrid, emotional melt down. I actually felt like I was almost possessed… (I'm serious).. I felt dark and mad and angry.  And VERY, very rageful.  I thought I was going crazy.  I felt like I was someone else and was pretty traumatized by it, I almost had like this feeling of evil in and around me.. I think with my Christian upbringing though that I just related evil to the really dark feelings that were coming up.. and the extreme anger.  I knew about emotional detox but was REALLY freaked out by it.  Bubbling of a very abusive relationship and pent up emotions I figured out later.


I wrote more about it here:

http://highrawweightloss.blogspot.com/2012/05/juice-feast-day-3.html

As far as my hunger I seem to do fine until about 4 o'clock and then the craving for food shows itself. I'm very fortunate that now I can actually tell the difference between true hunger and just a desire or craving to put food in my face.

My weight loss has slowed down a bit. I only lost half a pound yesterday. Not really concerned about it I'm doing this for my health also. I know that this is the best thing I can do for myself. I am going to stay off the scale for a couple of days.

I am thinking of having a spa day next week for much needed pampering.

I wish I had a friend that was into health that I could spend some bonding time with. I know it would help and we could have a girls day at the spa but my friends have either moved away or we've just grown apart and I feel the loss.

I am going to start making two or three different juices in the morning and put them in the fridge. I'm getting incredibly bored with cleaning my juicer 5 times a day!

The last time I did a juice fast day 6 was so horrible I quit the next day. I started having incredibly scary emotional detox. I felt just crazy. I felt like there was darkness and evil around me swirling around me... I have in a very abusive relationship in the past but I really thought I had worked through it all though. It was really frightening. At the time I did not know that emotional detox was even a thing!

 This time around so far my juice fast has been much more uneventful. But I'm still a bit wary of the next couple of days.

Wish me luck!!

Cheers~

Juice Feast Day 5

Yesterday was really not difficult. I was not crazy hungry. I do stay pretty thirsty and drink a lot of juice.

DETOX: I'm having some detox symptoms. My entire body is itching. I know our skin is responsible for like 40% of our bodies actual detox so I need to do the dry brushing. I just ordered a Mio body brush.  http://www.mioskincare.com/the-mio-body-brush.html 

Not a lot to really report, I feel fairly good..my energy is only a tiny bit better but I know it will improve. 

Excited about the next few days and I'm happy that I'm doing something lovely for myself and my health.  

I plan on getting a lot done around the house today so we will see how much my energy holds out. I want to start back doing my daily walks.

Juice Fast Day 4

Day Four of My Juice Fast... really I should call it a feast because I'm not limiting juice and drinking lots.

Yesterday, strangely I found myself hardly feeling ANY hunger but I'm pretty much craving juice constantly. I am feeling very hopeful now but I can go the 30 days.

I think the key for me is going to be drinking plenty of juice. Also I need to keep it interesting and keep trying new juices.

 I decided to get out my nice crystal glasses and drink my juice out of them! I know sometimes I'm mental but it really makes it more special to me... Like I am treating myself !

Also I got out my good China teacups for my hot tea in the evenings. 

DETOX: last night was but very, very low energy night for me. (My hubs was so sweet and offered to go to the grocery store for me on his way home from work last night)!! I ended up going to bed at 8 p.m. which is about 3 hours earlier than normal.

 So far I have not had any more headaches (since day one) which surprises me because last time I did this I couldn't see straight for a full week!

 I was doing a high raw foods diet for about 6 weeks before I started this... I had already lost about 18 pounds and maybe I was already fairly well detoxed. I don't know I'm still expecting it to come!

 MY FAVORITE JUICE SO FAR: Kale, romaine, celery, green apple, cucumber, parsley and lemon. So delish!!

 The hubs surprised me and brought home kiwi fruit last night. I'm going to have to figure out a way to use them in juice. I was thinking cucumber mint and kiwi with maybe spinach or romaine. YUM!

 He also brought home 3 young coconuts!!!

I LOVE fresh coconut water and will freeze the coconut meat until after my fast...if hubs does not eat it all first *grin*

 I have found myself so looking forward to my hot tea in the afternoon that I decided to order a couple more herbal teas. I found a company called Rishi that has organic herbal teas. I'm looking forward to getting them in!

Juice Fast Day 3!!!

Check out this gorgeous ruby red juice!!!!

Beet, tomato, romaine, green apple, cucumber and celery juice!

 Yesterday was actually not that difficult. I did have more hunger pains than the day before but I just made myself drink more juice.

 I have also been having about a pint or two of coconut water. I like to save it for the afternoon.

 I drank 3 quarts of juice (Mostly green juices except grapefruit/orange for breakfast) and coconut water yesterday..

I am a little concerned about the sugar in the juices and coconut water so I am checking my blood sugar every morning right now. So far so good.

WEIGHT: Most amazingly I have lost 5 pounds in 2 days. I keep reading about people that lost an average of a pound a day. I'm wonder how I will do...

I also am a little concerned about holding out for 30 days but I know that I can do it!!

I keep reminding myself of the hundreds maybe thousands of people that has successfully finished juice fasts. Many even 60 or 90 days.

It is encouraging to me and I know others can do it so can I!!

HUNGER:  I seem to be a little less hungry today. It is only about 1:30 though. So far I've just had my orange / ruby red grapefruit juice for breakfast. I have the juice from  two grapefruits and three oranges. I've been drinking a lot of Pellegrino too. But I'm really not hungry for lunch yet so I'm holding out until I am. I do already have the juice waiting for me in the refrigerator so I don't find myself starving and then have to take the time to make a juice! I learned about that the hard way!

Last night I was really craving something hot which is strange because it's already so crazy hot here in Orlando but I had to have some hot tea. It was a nice fruity herbal tea. I also decided that having hot tea at night is definitely going to help me. So I have ordered some more herbal teas from Rishi tea. I love that they are organic!

 DETOX: no really bad detox symptoms yet except a little bit of a headache and sinus. My energy is low but I do know it will get better soon! I also expect to be dealing with detox soon!

Juice Feast Day Two

Well today has been an easier day than yesterday at least so far. 

I lost 3 pounds and I'm thrilled with that. I have been drinking lots of juice today working to keep my hunger at bay.

I am definitely more hungry today than I was yesterday.

I have caught myself a couple of times today thinking I must be crazy putting myself through this but I know I really need this. I need it for my health and I really need to get some of this weight off!

I have not had much in the way of headaches or anything today. I do have some of that white yuckey coating on my tongue so I know I am detoxing.

I'm sure as the days go on I'll be confronted with some seriously detox issues and actually I welcome them. 

All and all the day has been fairly uneventful. My juices have been pretty much nothing extraordinary really. I did enjoy a Ruby grapefruit and orange juice this morning the rest have been green drinks and home made V8. 

I made a red grape, celery and cucumber juice for a snack a little while ago and while I was making it I thought this was going to be luscious but really it was just ok. I was a little disappointed .

Right now I am enjoying a hot herbal tea.  Its funny normally I'm hot all the time but today I have the house AC set on 78 and I'm actually chilly!

Juice Feast Day One

This is going to be a short post because I already feel like 10 kinds of hell.

Can't believe I'm already detoxing and it's only day one and it's not even nighttime yet.

 I did eat only fruit and a salad yesterday so I might have a bit of a jump on detox.

I knew I was fading fast so I went ahead and made my dinner juice and a dessert fruit juice for later.

Juices today:
2 cups lime/ginger hot tea with my hubs while he had his AM coffee. Litre green juice (my very fav. From previous juice fast..lemon..mixed organic greens..celery..cucumber..parsley and green apple.  A litre of coconut water (grocery store) A couple La Croix mineral water Home made V8 (litre) Watermelon juice 16 oz for dessert.

Went to bed at 9PM!  a couple hours earlier than normal.

Starting 30 Day Juice Fast Tomorrow

I will call it a FEAST because I will drink juice any time I am hungry.

 The longest I've ever made it was 6-7 days. I had such horrid emotional detox on day 6-7 (can't remember exact day) that it scared the hell out of me!!  At the time I was not really aware that bad emotional detox is possible and now I'm prepared.

REASONS:  I want do list these reasons for myself for the future. I'm sure this will not be easy and I will need to remind self of the problems I'm dealing with.

 Of course I want to lose weight. I've wanted to lose weight for over 10 years. Mentally it has shifted for me though because now I have health issues. I'm borderline diabetic and I have hip pain and most frightening is the strange pain running down the front of my left thigh, sometimes it feels like an electrical shock and I think it's probably either nerve damage or the beginnings of neuropathy. Either way it scares the shit out of me.

The Beach.. I miss feeling comfortable in my skin when we're at the beach. I grew up in a beach town. I now hate the way my body looks so much that I totally cover myself up and I'm so uncomfortable everytime we have a beach day. I'm really really sick of that. I want to feel free and confident in the way I look.

I also have no energy. I'm a total slug. I'm depressed. I go for days and days without leaving my house (home based business) except to go to the grocery store and if I can talk my husband into going to the grocery store for me I don't have to leave it all!.  It's getting worse.

I'm tired of constantly letting myself down and never keeping my self promises.  I've promised myself for 10 years I'm getting this weight off.  Is there anything more sad than lying to yourself over and over?

So I'm taking today to get ready, clean my fridge and kitchen and shop for lots of veggies and fruits to get me started.

 "The Genius" (my hubs who actually is a genius engineer) has agreed to grocery shop for me the first 10 days or until I'm through the worst detox.