Juice Fast Day 8 !

This seems to be getting a bit easier every day now.

No longer dealing with hunger or cravings really.

 OK wow! Yesterday was an amazing day.. firstly I'm into my next smaller size jeans. A real 16. Not woman's 16.. I wore them to the mall yesterday.. fit perfectly.

So freaking proud of myself!!!

Yesterday was also my first day out dealing with being around food temptations and I blew myself away with my control..hubs even set in front of me and ate pizza (he had thought he would do juice with me till dinner and I made him a huge juice to have for lunch but instead he had to eat solid food because he got shaky and dizzy and sweaty with hypoglycemia) I set there and was fine! I just tried my best to look at other things and stores/people around us until he was done.

My energy was pretty fair for all the walking. I was planning on going to the store on the way home but ran out of energy and had to get home and rest.

I AM NOT DRINKING ENOUGH JUICE!!

I can tell when I do force myself to drink more juice I do better energy wise but my hunger is so low all I crave is water. I have to force juice though because I need the nutrition.

DETOX: I'm so stinky! LOL! Seriously though I used to hardly ever need to use deodorant and now I need it twice a day!
Woke in the middle of the night to pee and noticed my sinus was slammed shut and my left eye was all weepy and watery.
I also have some fullness and discomfort under my right breast. I know my liver is there so I'm sure it has to do with the cleanse.
These detox symptoms are nothing compared to the past!

REWARDS: I got to reward myself for my awesomeness yesterday! A new Bose Bluetooth Speaker for my Pandora on my tablet (or phone). I've wanted one for like a year to listen to in my studio while I work. I am a jewelry designer and music really inspires me. We blasted some Martin Garrix Animals when we got home. #GoodTimes

 I'm encouraged and happy this AM.

Cheers~

Juice Feast Day 7

Wow I made it through day 6!

On my last juice feast day 6 was such a freaking horrid day that I ended up going to bed early just so I could end it!  I had some scary emotional detox.

I didn't know at the time there even was such a thing so it was extra fucked up. I had this feeling of evil swirling around me and I felt all this hate in me bubbling up.

Now normally I am so calm and you know, live with flowers in my hair and hug trees and run barefoot and blissful but I was in a very abusive, emotionally devistating relationship many years ago.  Now I'm married to "The Genius" and crazy loved and supported and thought I had worked through all that sadness in my past so when that happened I didn't get it.

Now another year older and lots of studying just what detox can bring I was ready... but so far there has not been much!

I've slowly been working on getting more healthy over the last year and had been High Raw on and off for a couple of months, (with fits and starts on Raw for a few years!) and I've decided my juice feast seems to be much less eventful because I've already detoxed a bit before I started.

I'm hoping to go much deeper over the next few days and heal my body of a couple of health issues.

JUICE:
Yesterday was a bit boring.  Just your average green juice.  I did find out I don't like juiced Kiwi which really surprised me because it's one of my fav fruits!  It just had this strange acrid taste to me
 I did juice it in the skin, I had actually read that the skin is edible so I thought why not.. but blarg!

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!