Day 5 – On the Other Side (Finally!)
Day 5 Juicing and I Feel Great!
I wasn’t sure how my body was going to handle a workout because I hadn’t run in about a week and then with the juicing.
After dropping Emily off at school, I headed to the fitness center and got on the treadmill.
My workout consisted of a 1 mile power walk, 1 mile run, 1/2 mile power walk and 3/4 mile run for a total of 3.25 miles. It took about 40 minutes and I really felt great!
Avoiding the Big Temptation
Day 4 – Getting Better and Making Progress
Monday, April 16th, is Day 4 and I would have to say the morning was probably THE worst out of this whole experience so far… mostly because I had the worst night’s sleep I’ve had in a long time.
If I got 3 hours of any real sleep, that was a lot. I still haven’t had any solid food since Friday morning, so I’ve made it past the 3 day mark. Yay me!
I don’t know if lack of sleep is part of the juicing detox or if it was just ‘one of those nights.’ Regardless, it took me f-o-r-e-v-e-r to get moving on Monday.
Turbo Boost with a Twist
After finding Jason Vale’s JuiceMaster.com website, I spent most of Monday morning pouring through his site, and found lots of recipes, great tips and even a whole section on juice recipes just for kids. WOW! What a find!
Day 3 – Taxing on Tax Day
Kiwi Grapes and Strawberries
I started drinking 20 ounces of water in between each juice, which probably totaled about 100 ounces of water by Sunday night. That’s a lot of water!
One thing I did not do was schedule a lot of meetings for this week. When you drink that much water plus juicing, your closest bathroom becomes your good friend.
A Family Project
One of the things we wanted to make sure of is that didn’t leave Emily out. She’s 11 (going on 14, but that’s a different story!) and the health / nutrition habits she develops heading into her teen years are going to have a big impact on her life.
Day 2 – Dull Headache and Doubts
Grapes, Blackberries, Apples & Ginger
Day 2 (Saturday, April 14th) was a totally different story! I woke up with a dull headache that stayed with me for the entire day and I was tired!
The hardest part was making Emily’s meals… smelling the eggs in the pan and oh, how her toast looked so good!
But, I didn’t cave.
The day started with a cup of hot water with lemon and the rest of the day, we probably had about 5 juices total.
We had one on Saturday afternoon that was downright nasty which I’ll never make again! It was a take on gazpacho, which itself is pretty good, but definitely NOT as a juice.
It was just plain gross and took me about an hour to get down. I couldn’t throw it down the drain, though, even though I wanted to. That would be a waste of money, so yes, I drank it. OMG, it was just nasty, nasty, nasty!
