Day One: Dinner

Alright... I'm at the point where I was questioning this whole gig. Haha... Thankfully I have Michael going through this with me. We stopped ourselves from whining and prayed. It helped. :-)

I've read both sides of juicing and the thing with the internet anymore is that everyone has an opinion. That's most of what was available to read. The people who support juice fasting, swear by it. It changed their lives. They didn't regret a second of it. Their body changed, their thinking changed. To actually eat the recommended 3-4 servings of fruits and 7-10 servings of vegetables is almost impossible, so juicing is how you get the nutrients of those fruits and vegetables. Another point is that by consuming only juice, it allows your digestive system to solely focus on detoxing.

Those who oppose it seem to argue that eating the whole fruit or vegetable provide the ultimate combination of nutrients with fiber. Makes sense. It also can slow down your metabolism and easing out of it can be tricky because your digestive system drastically slows down and is no longer used to digesting food.

All this said, we are going to push through. We are going to try it and believe in the benefits of flooding our systems with phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals that our bodies were designed to use to nourish itself.

I have had some nausea and light headedness. Surprisingly I'm not hungry, though. Nothing I can't push through. I've resorted to reading others' miserable first 3 day experiences to soothe myself. Misery loooooves company. ;-)

Dinner was some crazy concoction of kale, spinach, celery, grapes, apples and carrots. It did not taste delightful in the least. We did incorporate the advice to have more vegetables than fruits.

After day 1- we have eaten the following:
1 cup of grapes
8 small apples
6 giant carrots
1/2 a bag of spinach
1/4 a canteloupe
About 7 stems of kale
6 stalks of celery

I wonder if presented with all of those in their "whole" form, if I would have consumed everything? Proooobably not.

Good news is, I'm about to go do laundry, then I get to sleep and wake up to day 2.

My closing prayer is this:

Lord, remind me that you are what I need. You have provided food to nourish me and I have distorted that. Lord, help bring me back to the basics of life. Please use this fast to break me of my addiction to unnatural foods. Heal my body, my soul, my mind. Thank you for your wisdom and love. Amen.