Slept like a rock!
I don’t know if I moved a muscle last night. We had a late night watching movies so I skipped my nightly routine of reading for hours before making myself sleep. See, I am trying to relax. It was a much better day today. I actually wanted to get out of bed and start my day. The prefasting days I would wake up and be so drowsy I would fall back asleep immediately. Not now. I wake up and I am alert and my brain is a high speed processing machine.
Bring on the Juice!
The Lemon Lime. Back in my youth (hehe) I used to drink Sonic Cherry Limeades all the time. So maybe it is part nostalgia that made me excited to try this concoction. It was simply delightful. The photo shows the lemon and lime not peeled, no worries I peeled them before they hit the juicer. I cut the peel off with a knife leaving as much pith as I can. The lemon has a softer skin and is much easier than the lime. I would suggest investing in a good knife (not the knife block with assorted knives) it is a must for vegetarians. So when you think of lemon lime do you think of pink and red? Me neither, but it was wonderful.
Lemon Lime Juice Goodies
Lemon Lime Juice
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The Melon Kale Juice, whoa! Talk about yield. It overflowed the provided catcher and had a mess to clean up. Makes me wonder if I copied the recipe down wrong because as you can see by the PITCHER, yes I had to get a pitcher to hold all of it, I have a lot of juice to drink! The honeydew is the most prominent flavor.
Melon Kale Juice stuff
Melon Kale Juice, now that is a lot of juice!
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I had one juice today that was not good at all, the V28. Sometimes the first sip can be not so good, but when you go back for another the tastes merge better. Not this one! My second sip was more than a sip and it got lodged in my throat and then into the sink it went. It tastes of salty earth roots, whatever that means. This one had a few ingredients I hadn’t tried before, but there was no happy surprise. Some people may be scared of drinking a jalapeno. If you are, I wouldn’t worry. I couldn’t taste a hint of jalapeno.
Would you like these recipes in an printable PDF format? Go to 107 Juicing Recipes for you! (PDF available) to download the PDF.
V28 Veggie Loot
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My garden is going to be so happy (once it is in the ground), for now my composter is filling up with goodies. This is the pulp, peels and mush accumulated from only 4 juices! The two bags from the juicer are very dense and super heavy. The third bag is just the leaves from the beet roots. It is at least 7 times bigger than the beets themselves.
Mood, Body and Energy
Best day so far. The fog has lifted and I feel amazing, but in a chill kind of way. Prefast when I felt amazing, I would run non stop, feeling good and accomplished, but eventually I would tire out. I do not feel like this at all. The energy and pizzaz I feel now isn’t peaking and dipping like usual. It is a constant feel good. I cannot say I have felt they way before. It is nice.
My body is doing just fine. I must have kept hydrated yesterday because I didn’t wake with a headache. I haven’t had RockBand in my organs in a couple of days and the hunger pains are still nonexistent. I think I am over my little detox hump. Not that I wish to feel bad, but I was looking forward to feeling my body and being aware of what was happening. Call me a masochist if you want, but I like to feel. Maybe is it the blogging and documenting that has kept my mind busy and preoccupied that I missed some of the effects.
A couple people inquired about how much weight I have lost. None. Good thing that is not one of my goals, eh? One reason my weight hasn’t moved is because I am still getting the same amount of calories as if I was eating meals. So no calorie restriction means no weight loss.
Off on a Ramble
Just a note: when you are reading for example Day 4, I am living in Day 5. I do not post nor complete my entry until my day is complete which is sometime in the AM while most of the world sleeps. It is the next day that I fill in the blanks and post the previous day. Slightly confusing for me at times, but I want to give a complete picture of the process including the nighttime hours.
Something that has awoken in me is searching for new, colorful meals. Some people probably think I am crazy to do this while fasting, but last night I scoured Pinterest for vegan meals. If it was colorful and had a pretty picture I pinned it. I cannot wait until I can make some of the delights. I did a good job of shutting off the part of my psyche that wants meals instead of liquid, because my stomach didn’t growl once while looking at the photos and thinking about cooking them. Even a person who would rather eat a vegan than be a vegan would appreciate how good these meals look. See the board.
Tomorrow is my first social outing since starting the juice fast. My excitement is much bigger than my nervousness. We are going to the opening series of Twins baseball. (Here is an example of that confusing day ahead, day behind stuff—as this Day 4 posts I will be on my way to a Twins game. I will know if they win before you do—that is if you wait for Day 5 instead of checking the scores.) I digress, there is nothing at Target Field that I would want to eat any day of the week, so no concerns there. But I haven’t been smelling food either, even bad food smells good to me as long as it is not burning flesh. What I am worried about is being away from my juicer for that long of time. To and from, plus the game is probably going to be 4-5 hours. If only I could figure out a way to bring my juice with me. Wonder if they would take a doctor’s note. 🙂 Next Day 5—I’m in the Seventh Inning Stretch!
Need to catch up on the previous days?
Why am I doing a juice fast (feast)?
Day 1 of my Juice Fasting
Day 2 of my Juice Fasting
Day 3—It’s Time to Relax! Juicing Overview
Where it all started
GoodLuckTina’s purpose
fruity to the veggie juices. If you are like me and prefer fruit, I think the key to getting your veggies is to find a couple of veggies that you like and stick with those. I really like cucumbers and kale which is wonderful because compared to other so-so veggies, cucumbers and kale are always in season and rather inexpensive compared to others. But I am still going to try everything once in hopes to find a few more surprises.
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