We Made It!!! Well, Almost..

We didn't quite make it a week, but I think 6 days straight of just juicing is pretty darn good! I got home today extremely drained and feeling overwhelmed. Kev wanted a happy wife, so he took me out to a delicious Thai dinner date!

 Great first meal to break our fast! Sad to say the food totally changed my mood, but hey, I guess it's just part of being human.

So final weight loss tally: 4 pounds! Woohoo! My goal wasn't to lose weight, but it is nice to know I'm a few pounds lighter (which will probably all be gained back by Monday haha).

This experience was a tough one, but I'm glad I tried it out. Kev is going to continue juicing at least once a day, but I'm good for a while. I know it's super healthy for me, but I think it will take at least a month before I can get myself to drink veggie juice again! I will never take chewing for granted again!

A Sweet (literally!) Surprise!

Day 3 of juicing was uneventful. I felt slightly more tired, but my hunger was beginning to lessen between juices. When I got home, I was not looking forward to making another grass-tasting juice for dinner. Then, Kev surprised me by saying he was taking me to Jamba Juice for a special treat! It was still a vegetable/fruit juice, but it was a nice change considering they use way more fruit than vegetables. It was a nice midway treat and my taste buds thoroughly enjoyed the sweet/tart flavor of the berries!

Today (Day 4) found me feeling pretty well! I didn't have any hunger pains at all today! I guess I made it through the worst. Only 3 days left!!! Already planning my first solid meal!

Day #2 of Juice Fast!

So today found me surprisingly energetic and feeling good! I didn't get the caffeine headache like I thought I would. I felt way less irritable than usual (the things that usually annoy me were easily shrugged off and my road rage was kept in check). The juice even started tasting better, but that's probably because I felt so hungry.

The saddest part about today was that as I poured my dog and cat their dinner, their food actually smelled good to me! I think the fact that it's solid is what tempted me! It made me laugh and I moved on to finish my juice dinner.

So far so good with the juicing! Only 5 days left!

Here are some pics from my meals today if you are interested in the concoctions:

This was my breakfast and snack..

And this was my lunch!

The kale and the ginger are my least favorite flavors, but I'm getting used to it.

Juice fast? Are you crazy?!?!

You may call us crazy and judge all you want, but this is what we decided is best for our bodies and minds.

So I am embarking on this new journey called juice fasting. It is what it sounds like, fasting from all solids and drinking only vegetable/fruit juice and water. For the next 7 days, Kevin and I will be doing this together! He has been juicing on and off for the past month to try and alleviate some of the pain in his knees. He has lost quite a few pounds and feels healthier. He discovered that each pound he loses takes four pounds of pressure off of his knees.

I decided yesterday to fast with him in order to support him and also to help myself. The juice helps your body overall. First, you detox (which I will go into more detail about later), then you feel more energetic and lose some weight. Your skin becomes more clear and radiant, and you just feel better. Inside, the juice is healing all your little cells and helping to fight diseases. Another goal for us through the juice fasting is to take the opportunity to grow closer to God. I know I will be praying A LOT this week as I fight the urge to eat solid food and discover my emotional attachment to food. I never thought I had an attachment to food, but oh how I was wrong! Just the thought of biting into a piece of soft, warm bread is making me salivate right now and I'm not even hungry!

I watched a documentary last night with Kevin called "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead." If you are interested in watching it, it's on Netflix and was a great movie! It's about a man who decided he had enough of being unhealthy and ingesting foods that were slowly killing him. He went to the extreme and fasted for 60 days, but he had a lot of weight he needed to lose and a disease he wanted to cure. Kevin and I are not going to that extreme. 7 days is enough for me!

So day 1: I am feeling tired, weak, a bit fuzzy, my brain is foggy, and I have moments where I get sweaty and nauseous. I mostly feel like punching something. This is the detox phase. My body is adjusting to this change in diet and the lack of unhealthy foods I was eating. The juice is healing me from the inside out.

Tomorrow I am sure I will start feeling my caffeine withdrawals. For those of you who know me well, you know that I am a coffee lover!!! But I've quit coffee once before not too long ago, so I know I can make it through again this time! The worst side effect are the headaches, but that should only last one day for me.

I will continue to update whoever reads this throughout the week to share how I am feeling and if it gets any easier, which it should.

Bon Apetit!!!