lore-ah's first juice fast. whoo boy

[lore-ah]

I haven't even hit the 24 hour mark and I feel really weird. I hate to admit I just sort of jumped into this because I haven't been so great to my body this past month. I really felt the need to be proactive and help my poor little innards. I started last night at 8pm. Here's what I have poured into me thus far:

Sun PM: full glass of watermelon juice
6:30am: celery/apple juice
8:30am: mango/watermelon juice with ginger
10:00am: carrot/zucchini
11:45am: the most god awful leafy green thing never again
2:00:pm green lemonade (romaine, apples, lemon and ginger). too much lemon :(
4:30pm: 4 apples and cucumber. pretty yum

Also, if I have the energy is it ok to do my weight routine? That really is important to me as well.

It's my goal to just get through one day and take it from there. Ideally I'd like to do 7-10 days, but I'm taking baby steps. Does this plan just suck? Should I have done a lot more research? Is this way too much for a fast? I'm just so hungry!!

[aililiu]

if youre hungry just DRINK MORE JUICE! :)

keep us posted on how you do!

love,
liliu

[CaliRaw]

I think if you're fasting, weight training would be too strenous for you, especially since you're hungry. You need more nutriton. Perhaps doing a juice feast would be better.

I just read your blog. You're really hard on yourself! Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with slipping up on raw. You'll get there when you get there. Do the best that you can and try to enjoy the journey.

[lore-ah]

Thanks for reading my blog, CaliRaw, and yeah, I tend to do that. I start typing and I forget people might end up reading what ends up being my internal dialog! I'm working on changing that and actually, I've come a long way.

I'm going to try a second day of juice only, so we'll see how that goes. I woke up thinking about food for two hours in the middle of the night but ended up going back to sleep finally. I feel a lot better this morning.

Thanks for the support guys!

[Dj 247]

Good luck! I am going to stay posted to find out how you do. I would love to do a juice fast, but I just have not got myself talked into trying it.

[CaliRaw]

Thanks for reading my blog, CaliRaw, and yeah, I tend to do that. I start typing and I forget people might end up reading what ends up being my internal dialog! I'm working on changing that and actually, I've come a long way.

I'm going to try a second day of juice only, so we'll see how that goes. I woke up thinking about food for two hours in the middle of the night but ended up going back to sleep finally. I feel a lot better this morning.

Thanks for the support guys!

One day down!

I plan to start a juice feast on Nov 1st. I'd like to go for at least 2 weeks.

[lore-ah]

I will definitely follow your progress! I can't think beyond one day with this. Hell, I'm going hour by hour now.

[CaliRaw]

Maybe sweeter juices would help you? I know that I wouldn't even be able to last a day if I drank mostly 'green' with little sweetness. I don't like the bitterness of greens. I'm not crazy about celery and cucumber in juices either, but I'm going to try to do that this time, but I know I will have to have some fruit in it to overpower their flavors. That's what I did when I juice fasted last spring, but I mostly juiced greens and a little carrot for my veggies. I didn't like beets, but will try that again.

[lore-ah]

I've been doing a mix of both. Greens don't bother me at all, and I've been adding things like cucumbers and zucchinis without problem. I just had some tomato/celery juice and it was quite yummy, like tomato soup.

I found out that turnip greens are the worst thing ever. They have a really strong taste that isn't good :(

[CaliRaw]

I've been doing a mix of both. Greens don't bother me at all, and I've been adding things like cucumbers and zucchinis without problem. I just had some tomato/celery juice and it was quite yummy, like tomato soup.

I found out that turnip greens are the worst thing ever. They have a really strong taste that isn't good :(

Thanks for the warning! How much juice are you drinking? I need to drink a gallon a day, with 2 lbs being greens and 2 bunches of celery. The rest can be whatever.

[SuBu]

FYI-I found out years ago when juicing that there's a HUGE difference in the taste of regular and organic greens. I can stomach just about anything else but must have organic spinach and other greens when juicing. If they aren't, they tasted like dirt!

[lore-ah]

OK well that was a far as I got-it would have been 48 hours this evening. I got through one day which was my goal for my first ever fast.

I'm not sure how much I was drinking-maybe that was the problem? I wasn't drinking enough? I'll try again soon now that I know how to prepare and brace myself!

[CaliRaw]

FYI-I found out years ago when juicing that there's a HUGE difference in the taste of regular and organic greens. I can stomach just about anything else but must have organic spinach and other greens when juicing. If they aren't, they tasted like dirt!

I always use organic when juicing. No need to have concentrated chemicals running through me. :)

[lore-ah]

TMI: my period just started. No wonder I physically couldn't do this. I know it sounds extreme, but my periods are really bad. Usually I can't even stay awake the day before! I'm going to try again today and see how I feel