Juicing my Way to Health

This is a video blog of my first juicing fast.

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Day 12 - breaking the fast. I've lost 6 lbs total and with the combination of work stress and the starting of a cold I thought that I should break it early. I feel amazing and my cravings have mostly subsided. I write more later. Just wanted to update. I'm a little ...wait very disappointed I didn't lose more weight. Guess that must mean that I didn't have much to lose?!

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beautiful! and totally inspiring :)

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Day 7 - 5 lbs lost

I haven't posted for a few days but I am still juicing. I still haven't completely kicked my one apple a day. So far I feel amazing! I have so much energy, my sleeping feels deeper, I feel more rested, more energy through the day, lighter and my head feels clear and sharp.

weight = 141.4 today :) which means a 5 lb weight lose so far.

I have started to incorporate exercise into my daily routine again. I have ran two days in a row and Thursday night I danced for almost an hour.

Things that seemed daunting to me mentally don't, my lows that I would have in a day don't seem to dip as low.

I have the occasional moment when the room spins for a second or two. I'm not really sure what that is but it happens only for a second and then goes away a few times in a day.

I have a conference out of town at the end of 20 days and I know I have to slowly introduce food back in my diet as my body won't be used to it... so I am now re-thinking the 20 days and contemplating only 15 so that I have 5 days to re-integrate food properly.

I am excited about the lifestyle change. I feel great and my cravings for sugar have almost gone completely. I still fantasize a little about chocolate but might resolve to only make my own and no store bought, high sugar with fillers, junk.

Juicing:

I am still sticking with mostly vegetables.

If I run or exercise/feel hungry I juice a sweet potato that keeps me full longer.

Typical vegetable and fruit list:

Limes, lemons, apples, mango, celery, cucumber, beets, carrot, mint leaves, parsley, kale, green pepper, yellow and red pepper, radish root, tumric root, ginger root, lettuce, cauliflower, chard, yellow beets, and sweet potatoes

Other things:

I am taking an iron supplement, kelp piles, amino acids supplement, spirulina, chia seeds and vitamin D drops as well as acidophiles.

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Day 3

Down 3 lbs total. Weighed in this morning at 144.2 :)

Had a rough night working through the night and felt very tired. I like how I am ready for bed around 8:30 or so. This feels good to me and I'm excited to continue seeing the changes and transformation.

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Love this.

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Juicing fast day 2!

started to see a little anger come up. Took one nap. Ate 2 apples and ate some raw coconut meat.

Lost 2 lbs already!

Started to feel my brain fog lifting. :)

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Day 1 of my juicing fast.

I had three eggs and a few apples along with my juicing today to help ease my body into the fasting a little better.

Weight: 147.2

Feeling: tired, depressed, stiff, heavy and bloated.

I had a nap mid day because I felt so weak. My bowels have definitely started to move which, I think, is a good sign. I also watched "fat, sick and nearly dead" to help motivate me... which it did. I successfully stopped cooking the popcorn I had started and threw it in the garbage.

Reasons I am fasting:

I am 10lbs heavier than my smallest last summer and the heaviest I've been in 4 years.

I feel bloated and heavy everyday all through the day

My addictions to sugar have me going broke and feeling helpless

I feel tired and crampy

My skin has broken out and I have a rash on my chest and legs

Most of my clothes don't fit anymore

I need something to break me from eating my allergies (wheat, nuts, soy and milk)