Day 4

really, is it only day 4? crazy. I didn't feel very hungry last night during my overnight shift or this morning, until Eric started cooking some yummy food and now my tummy is like... ME WANT!! So I guess I should make some juice soon. I've been pretty naughty so far and have really only used fruit juice, but you're supposed to use lots of vege juice or mainly vege juice... but the only vege juice that I've tried that I liked is carrot juice, and even though I know I like it, I still have a mental thing where I don't really want to drink it. I'll overcome, I think, but still a bit meh about it. I have some capsicum to juice, which I'm looking forward to... hopefully I like it as much as I like the actual vegetable. probably not x.x

Last night I went to a WIFT event and they had the best nibbles I'd ever seen....mini spring rolls/samosas/savouries/sausage rolls/sandwiches of various gourmet stylings/caramel slices/brownies/cookies/MY GOODNESS I want some nibbles. Instead of eating food though, I just had some bottled orange juice which probably not the best for me but still, I did okay I think. 30 days was maybe a crazy idea but I will get through it. It helps rambling, so that is why I am doing that so much.

anyway here is a picture of my awesome teacup!

Day 3

Hello! today is Day 3 and it is going okay so far. It's 11:30 AM, and I decided to make some hot spiced apple cider for breakfast. I absolutely love fresh apple cider, but was feeling the urge to cook something and since it is a cold day today, though luckily the first sunny one in ages, I juiced some apples, put some cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and ginger in a tea ball infuser thing and heated them together slowly for about 20 minutes. It was delicious, but very rich and a treat I don't think I'll crave again for a while.

I was surprised, though, that an 8 oz cup of cider filled me up. I definitely want to eat, mentally, but I'm not hungry. I think my brain is confused because I'm full but I haven't chewed anything. It's a weird feeling.

The mental cravings are made worse because Eric is still eating food... He has agreed to my request that he doesn't bring any fast food/pizza into the house for this month, which will help a lot. But he made this awesome herbed egg this morning and it smelled absolutely heavenly and I'm already planning the sorts of food I'm going to eat when this is over. :P
(my first real meal will be an herbed egg, sunny side up, with homemade bread toasted with margarine under the broiler, and lightly wilted spinach. Or maybe chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, onion, and tzatziki sauce in a homemade pita. I'm just torturing myself here.)

After the days of just straight juice fasting, though, I have to ease myself back into eating solid foods, so there will be 3-5 days of just eating raw fruits and vegetables before I can have real food. And my goal is to eat much less and much better for me once I'm done with this fast anyway... It's harder to eat well when I'm working, because I'll be too tired to cook or shop and we end up getting fast food. But I intend to cook more often, and I want to have fresh fruit and oatmeal for breakfast, my biggest meal in the afternoon, and a lighter meal in the evening.

I also plan on drinking more tea -- I know that you guys disapprove of tea-drinking, but lemongrass tea has proven to cause autolysis in cancerous cells, while leaving healthy cells alone. I'm supplementing my juice fast with tea, and see no issue with continuing to do so after I'm done. Also I have a freakin SWEET teacup. It's the best. I'll take a picture of it today or tomorrow and post it up because I probably love this cup too much.

Enough pointless rambling from me, I think.

Love <3 <3

Day 2

man this sucks. I'm hungryyy. :[ I hope that after Day 3 I forget how much I like cooking and eating food. I really want grilled chicken breast and tzatziki sauce.

Oh well. Too soon to feel any of the good effects, but definitely not too soon to be really disappointed by the fact that I couldn't eat the little chocolate I was given by a survey-conducting man this morning. :[

stay tuned!

Day 1

So, I'm starting my juice fast. It's kind of a hippy thing to do, as it's sort of natural/alternative healthsy, but I'm really excited.

I will have 2 - 3 cups of fresh fruit/vegetable juice per day, and as much tea as I want, unsweetened of course. No solid foods, nothing, for 30 days.

Because my digestive system will be given a rest during this period, my body can focus its energy on repairing other damages throughout my body. I can expect my asthma symptoms to decrease, and possibly a decrease in my back/shoulder pain as my body stops worrying about digesting solid food and starts worrying about healing its cells. I will probably also experience an increase in mental clarity, memory, etc. One awesome thing is that once you stop giving your body outside energy sources, it turns on itself and uses its own resources for energy... which include viruses, dead/dying cells, cancer cells, and fat. So another effect of the fast is, obviously, weight loss. The weight loss estimates vary wildly from website to website, but I'd be happy with a 15 - 20 lb loss and overjoyed with more than that. There are negatives though... as the body excretes toxins from the body I can expect more BO, more acne, bad breath, occasional "low" periods of no energy in between other "high" periods where I am energetic and positive. This is all stuff I've read, though, and nothing I've experienced yet as it's my first day. So I guess we'll see.

My plan is to fast for 30 days -- depending on how I feel, I may switch to a water fast, or continue as a juice fast throughout, or if I'm feeling very sick I may end up eating whole fruits/veges because I'm doing this for my health, and I'm not willing to compromise it. I do hope and plan to stick to the 30 days, and I'm very excited to see what changes I notice in my body, if any.

I will be trying to track a few things throughout this:
weight: 97.7 kg
back pain: very painful right now. 8/10, 5 being the normal pain I experience, 10 being I-can't-get-out-of-bed, and 1 being no pain at all.
knee pain: a little sore if not held straight, creaky
asthma: Will track less than the others -- currently, I can't run/walk fast in cold air at this point because my breath becomes so restricted. Will test again at around 15 days, and then again at 30, by walking briskly at night time and measuring my endurance.

And because I won't be able to eat, or cook, during this period, I'll need to do something to fill my time.. so I've come up with a few projects and hopefully I can share photos of what I've accomplished during the month, or at least after. :] I won't be at home as much as I anticipated, though, because work has been popping up for me quite nicely, but hopefully I'll get a FEW things done at least!

so... yep! that's me. Wish me luck, give me support, I'll need it -- I love food and it kind of sucks that I won't get to have any for ages, but I expect the benefits to be worth it.

:D