It was a much better day today but not without its challenges. I got back from work and I wasn't as ravenous as I usually am at this time of day. So I made smoothies in the morning for my family and then we all hit the park nice and early. Keeping my mind busy outside of the house worked wonders for curbing any hunger cravings. We played and watched as our beautiful son learned to ride his scooter or played some basketball with his classmate. I sat there with Dez and just took in the Sun and the occasional cool breeze. I was at peace and I felt...refreshed.
Lunch was when I decided to make my first official green juice. The Veggies were washed, the juicer cleaned and we were ready. I was shocked with how much juice was coming out of each fruit and veggie. I checked my sugar levels before I drank the green stuff and I was at a steady 140. I haven't been able to fast yet because of my work schedule and I'm managing only 3-4 hours of sleep at a time whenever I can so 140 is pretty good considering.
Note to anybody starting to juice: Don't drink it warm! ! Warm green juice was horrible. Here is what you do, throw some ice in there and drink it somewhere sunny. Just kick back and let the sun hit you and that is probably the best way to enjoy this experience. I sat there by the window really feeling refreshed and I'm going to use that word a few more times because its such a fun word. Here is the best part, all the symptoms I had felt the day before were gone. I didn't feel sick, I didn't have a headache and best of all I didn't feel hot and cold. In FACT..the most interesting part of this whole experience is how cold I was feeling the whole day. I am the one who is always running hot, the yeti, the one with the window open on a winter day and today I was freezing and it was a good 70 degrees in the apartment.
I read online this is something that's common when juicing. Something about your body not being the furnace because you're changing your digestive system. Whatever, I'm just happy to be feeling something.(I'll spare the bowel movement details) These two days have been a tough challenge and I have to keep reminding myself that its only BEEN two days and I have to take this day by day. Even if I don't immediately see results knowing my digestion isn't making heat for me is giving me a warm feeling. I did feel weak going to work that night but I blame that on the lack of sleep and not on the juice. Once at work I drank the rest of the juice and even combined some good ol weight lifting and I once again was surprised to see how much energy I had considering no sleep and no food.
I'm still not removing solid food from the diet here, I'm planning to have breakfast with Dez , I need those moments.Breakfast time with her stabilizes me mentally and I need that about as much as I need this new diet. But I am starting to feel confident that maybe soon, the juices will be enough to keep me full.
Kale
Celery
Apples
Carrot
Spinach
Ginger
Leafy Greens
Lemon
I apologize if my recipe doesn't follow an exact formula I'm not that organized but here are the details I do have. I ended up buying $11 dollars worth of veggies and I got about 2 quarts worth of green juice. I feel like that's a pretty decent value. Invaluable health benefit aside I do need to budget this diet and I was pleased to see that amount of juice. Now for the most important question, how did it taste? Well, It tasted like someone made fun of me, took my lunch money and then threw me into a garden. I then comically popped my head up and it was all full of dirt and leaves. Yeah that's how I felt, that being said it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was afraid the drink was going to make me gag. That I would have this putrid rancid vile drink in my hands and putting it down was going to be something out of Fear Factor. I think the key ingredient here that softened the whole flavor was the lemon. The biggest flavor that stood out was the celery. So here's how my day went.
 |
| What it's all for. |
