Day 1 off of juice fast

So this is the first full day off of the juice ast and I still feel great.


Everyone, that I know, that has done the juice fast has had an awful time the first two or three days that they broke the fast. A digestive nightmare is what I've been warned of, and prepared for. I've eaten meals all day today and light meals yesterday but I still feel amazing. My stomach has shrunk so eating a lot less than normal makes me full and no matter what I eat, and I still feel OK. I've beaten the odds of transitioning back to solid food and I couldn't feel better.

My stomach has shrunk, I eat as much as a normal person, (not a normal american), and everything is taking its course like it should. I've been back to living (eating) like I used to for 2 days now and I get very very full off of half of what I used to..... This reminds me of how I felt when I first started losing weight after turning vegan and naturally, and physically, feeling both why and how I was losing all of this weight. I Ended up losing 130 lbs with no extra exercise or work outs.

This makes me think that the American diet is completely wrong. Workouts or not we eat too much... Or at least too much of the garbage that is, daily, stuffed in our face. There's a war going on for our minds...... and sadly the war starts and ends with our palette... which, mentally, is disgusting. Enjoy your pink slime.

How many people do you know that say, 'whoah man, I'm hungry' and eats only non-cooked fruits and veggies. With that garbage you are going to, very shortly, fill yourself up.,..... You're not getting hungry again in a half hour because you don't eat enough, but because you are not getting any of the nutrients that your body needs...

Truth is when any food is cooked in any way that veggie/fruit/or meat loses nutrients in the cooking process. That's why the juicing diet both physically and mentally feels so great........All you're getting is the pure, natural vitamins/minerals and none of the garbage which makes up most of the American Person's diet.

I do not apologize for this rant...FTW

Day 17 of Juice Fast

So I decided to break my fast today. I'm planning on going to the bar Saturday night and having a beer or two so I thought it'd be wise to start eating a couple days before that so my body is used to normal vegan food by then. I drank juice for breakfast and lunch, and had a veggie sandwich from Jimmy Johns. For dinner I had a salad and soup from Brick Road Pizza co.

The juice I made this morning was fantastic.

1/3 bag of red globe grapes
3 chunks of pineapple
2 red apples
5 carrots

So the fast is over and I guess the blog will be as well. I hope this helps some people decide on whether or not to do a juice fast. I lost weight, detoxed, was clear headed, and had amazing energy after day 2. I noticed that I went to sleep within twenty minutes, which normally takes an hour or more. And waking up came much easier as well, which, if you know me, is not normal. Going back to food today I almost felt that I shouldn't, like I should be ashamed for going back to food hahaha. Kind of weird but I think that's normal for a fast this long. If you're thinking of doing a juice fast learn from some of my mistakes. Make damn sure you drink a TON of water. I've been drinking about a gallon a day if not a little more, along with the juice. Also I recommend making sure you get protein so you don't lose muscle mass. I started taking my protein powder shake, which is nice because it doesn't have fiber so I wasn't digesting it like food, just as a liquid. Get in touch if you have any questions or concerns about starting your own juice fast. I've heard recommendations of doing a ten day juice fast once every year, and a 3 day juice fast once a month. Once I actually own my own juicer I believe I will be following these guidelines.

Thanks for reading!!!

Day 16 of Juice Fast

Day 16 is finally here and I'm pretty excited for it to be over. I can tell my body is done with this fast and wants me to go eat something already. I think I'm going to start eating fruits Friday morning, steamed veggies Friday night, then Saturday eat normally. I'll even be able to go to the bar and actually have a beer or two Saturday night. I feel fantastic and I'm really glad I did this, but the fast coming to an end is a good thing.

This morning I had some left over fruit juice from last night. At lunch I came home and made a great variation of mean green. It was everything the normal mean green has, plus carrot, 1 green pear and 15ish small grapes. The grapes and pear made a huge difference and made the mean green even better than normal. I wish grapes weren't so expensive.

For dinner I made a great fruit juice that's a lot like the 'cheadlejuice cheadlejuice cheadlejuice' drink I made yesterday

1 mango
2 red apples
a lot of red grapes
3 stalks celery
5 carrots

It turned out really good.

I've noticed that some of the plants in my garden have some leaves that have been partially eaten.

I don't think there's any bug doing this so the only culprit that could still get into my garden are the many chipmunks that are around my house. I've never had a huge problem with them before but I don't see what else would be munching on my basil leaves. Since then I've put a bunch of cayenne powder around the garden. They supposedly don't like it and will be more likely to stay away from the garden

And here's one of my awesome tomato plants.

Day 15 of Juice Fast

Day 15 has come and almost gone and I feel fantastic besides being so tired. Worked third shift Sunday into Monday until 7am, and had to be to work at 9am Tuesday. Something about doing that then switching right back just confused my body and I've been really out of it today because of it.

After work I juice an entire musk melon with a mango. The color was great but the taste was not that good. I love melon, but just the juice tastes really weird.

After getting chores done I came home and treated myself to a berry juice

1/2 package blackberries

2 package strawberries

1/2 package blueberries

2 green pears

2 small chunks pineapple

1 kiwi

This juice is really good and wish berries weren't so expensive so I could make it all the time without breaking the bank.

This is the amazing vintage thermos I use for transporting my juice around in.

Day 14 of Juice Fast

Whoops forgot to post yesterday.
Slept until 2pm as I had to work third shift the night before.
I made some mean green in the 'morning' then I made a great fruit juice for lunch/dinner.

Cheadlejuice Cheadlejuice Cheadlejuice!!!
1 Mango
3 Red Apples
1 Pkg Blackberries
1 Bunch Red Globe Grapes
1 Small Chunk Pineapple
2 Green Pears
5 Carrots
4 Celery Stalks

Was pretty busy yesterday and had to try to go to sleep early as today I had to work at the normal 1st shift.
It looks like some chipmunks have been getting at some of my basil leaves. I'm going to try putting cayenne powder around the fence, I've heard that can make them stay away.

Day 13 of Juice Fast

The weather today was almost as magnificent today as it was yesterday, although I didn't have to work during the best hours of it. Got to sleep in late, thank god, and soon after waking up went to the beach with my friends Nikki, Mike and Kat. Took a long time to get there as we were definitely not the only ones to have this great idea on the best day ever, so it took an extra 45 minutes once we were in Grand Haven to actually get through the traffic to the beach. Once there we all had an amazing time tanning, basking, swimming, talking and reading. I absolutely love the game of thrones books by the way. The juice I took there was the normal Mango juice recipe I posted a in the past.

Once I got home I had an amazing hour nap in my hammock, then had time to go get produce. The hanging basket contraption looks a lot better when it's full.

I was still tired after my nap and shopping so I made a one glass batch of juice that was amazingly refreshing. This single glass of juice had only two ingredients: Blueberries and Red Globe Grapes.

I have to work third shift from home tonight so I made a high-octane juice that will give me the energy to stay awake until 7am.

Berry energy boost:

1 Package Blueberries

1 Package Strawberries

1 Mango

3 Small Red Apples

1 Small Package Blackberries

3 Carrots

So here I am trying to stay awake until the early hours of 7am, The juice should help as its high sugar. More good news is I got some, albeit bad, photos of Roger!!!! He's hard to get close to so these are as good as I could get so far.

Day 12 of Juice Fast

Today was THE most beautiful so far this spring/summer. I spent the first several hours of my day basking in the sun while listening to the amazing new Hot Water Music album 'exister', and drinking an amazing fruit juice mix. I was running out of veggies and fruit so I made one batch of Mean Green, and a random fruit juice.




Random Fruit Juice:
1 Chunk of Pineapple
2 red apples
1 green apples
2 bunches of red grapes
1 mango
1 chunk ginger
1 small bunch ginger

I also got this new hanging basket contraption for all the produce I have on my island counter. It freed up a lot of space and looks awesome too. I've also started using some of my protein mix in water in my juice fast just to be sure I'm getting protein, definitely don't want to lose muscle mass in my juice fasting adventure.

Think that I'm off to the beach tomorrow with friends before I work third shift. Gonna have to make a bunch of juice and throw it in the thermos for the outing.