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Day 18, afternoon 18 y
Still hanging in, but questioning if this is working for me
I’m still hanging in! I’m really hungry and generally feel blah. I am starting to question whether or not this fast is working. I can’t figure out if i should or shouldn’t be having bms on my own. I am. I guess that means I am still digesting, which means my body isn’t really fasting at all, right? I’m not sure. I’m trying to figure this all out.
I’ve already had three juices today, though! And it is only 4pm. I may or may not have a fourth when my husband gets home from work. I’m really just kind of blue. Why work so hard if it isn’t doing your body any good. My skin still lo ... read more Day 18, morning 18 y
Struggling and stalled weight loss
I am really still struggling. I want to make it, and I think I will make it to at least 30 days, but it is so much HARDER these last few days. It just is harder, very difficult to describe, but hard. I only did three juices yesterday, so I might try four today.
But the other thing that is I am not losing weight. I am still stuck at 139.5. It’s been almost a week with NO weight loss at all. I don’t understand why. That means in 18 days of fasting I have only managed to lose 9.5 pounds. I don’t think that is very good, especially since most of it was in the first week and was probab ... read more Day 17, afternoon 18 y
Is this day over yet?
Wow - this fast has gotten much harder in the last day or two. I was feeling like I could go forever before, but now I am taking it one day at a time, on my way to 30.
I am really hungry. If it is mental, then it is very strong! I know that hunger returning can be a sign that it is time to end the fast, but I really don’t want to, yet. I’m going to hang on and hope it passes. I am thinking of upping my juice for today and see if that helps. My juice isn’t pulpy, so I don’t think it could be related to that.
Physically, I’m sort of tired today. My skin looks AWFUL. It is a mess. ... read more Day 17, early morning 18 y
Coming close to breaking the fast.
I have to work today, and leave in about four minutes, so I’ll have to keep this short.
Yesterday, I almost wanted to end the fast. It started when I was cooking dinner for the kids. I got powerfully hungry. It was awful. I felt sick. I oculdn’t tell if it was a mental thing or a physical thing. Usually, when its mental, if I remove myself from the food, then I’m good. Well, the hunger just didn’t go away. I was hugnry til I went to bed that night, hours later.
I woke up okay this morning, and had a big juice that will hopefully get me through my day. I’m worried that my hunger i ... read more Day 16, late afternoon 18 y
A summation of the day, so far.
I had a good day, today. I took the kids shopping for their clothes for the wedding, then out to lunch. I have to say, it was very hard not eat lunch with them. Those situations, of social eating, are probably the hardest. I knew it would be hard, though. My daughter is vegan, and she had pasta and red sauce and it looked so good! Even the boys’ pizza looked good, and I haven’t had pizza for as long as I can remember! I made it through that, then we went to the book store. I got some fun reading material, as a treat, and let the kids get a few new books, too. Then we had to go the ... read more Day 16, morning 18 y
My morning update plus some thoughts on the fast so far.
I kept the kids home from school today. We were all exhausted for some reason this morning. We all slept in and it was nice! I’m taking them shopping today for their suits for my sister’s wedding. They’ll need shoes, too. I want to get the three year old a suit with shorts instead of pants - I think it would be too cute.
I am drinking my morning juice right now. It is a potent drink! It is apple, pear, cranberry and of course, ginger. A giant hunk of ginger. It almost tastes more like ginger juice than anything else, but that is okay with me. I am really drawn to the spice of gi ... read more day 15, evening 18 y
Feeling a little down - detox ahead? And some talk about FOOD - fasting can be pretty hard!
It’s early evening. I’m making dinner for the kids and it is so HARD. I am not hungry, really, but in the middle of such yummy food, it is hard! It is all mental, to be sure, but it is still HARD. It has been more than two weeks with no solid food, now. I also spent some time going to my favorite raw food websites, and it made me miss my favorites. When I break the fast, I am looking forward to having my beloved avocados again. The best meal I know of is an avocado with lime juice and sea salt, with maybe a little cayenne pepper. Oh, so good! But, I can’t think about that now. . . ... read more Day 15, afternoon 18 y
Feeling great, bra shopping, etc
I wanted to write a little bit this morning - but I couldn’t. My car battery died somehow and I need to call my roadside assistance to come and give me a jump. It was a huge hassle, but at least it happened at home and not on a morning I needed to work.
I had a canteloupe, blackberry juice this morning. I am having a pineapple ginger juice right now! My favorite! It makes me feel deeply happy.
I went to a new produce place and found some very good deals and got a whole bunch of fruits and veggies. I got key limes which should make fabulous juice, cranberries, sour oranges, a few di ... read more day 14. evening 18 y
A little marital dischord
It’s night, and I should be sleeping. But I had an arguement with my husband and feel very down now. I’ve just been on such a high vibe between the raw foods, and now the fast. I thought I was doing really well in my role as a wife and mother. I was sort of blindsided by the points he brought up. I understand his frustration. You don’t make it to almost 10 years of marriage if you don’t. But what he said really kind of took the wind out of my sails. Typically, this kind of thing would have sent me to food for comfort, and probably into a terrible funk that might last for a week. I ... read more Day 14, late afternoon 18 y
Mental hunger
I am having some big cravings for food. I am getting pretty good at telling the difference between emotional and physical hunger, and these are emotional, I’m pretty sure. I just gave the kids some tortilla chips and the sounds of them crunching was hard to hear. I miss the texture of food like that. I used to eat tortilla chips and salsa almost every day for lunch. I haven’t had any since Feb! I was raw for almost all of March.
I am getting so close to my goal. I’m trying to remember that. I just need to try and focus on that, and not on my growling tummy. My husband had to go o ... read more Day 14, afternoon 18 y
A good morning with a short description of physical stuff
I am feeling pretty good today! I need to clean for a few hours now, but I relaxed and gabbed on the phone with my mother and aunt all morning long.
I had carrot/apple/ginger juice for my AM juice, and am drinking tangerine/lemon/ginger juice for my afternoon juice. Tonight will probably be pineapple again. I am really having a thing for fruit. I may do a fourth juice of veggies, just to get some veggies in. But I have wanted fruit juice more.
As far as physical details - I am changing shape. I have a very fitted size 8 skirt that I couldn’t even begin to zip two weeks ago that wen ... read more Day 13, early afternoon 18 y
A very nice morning and a weight loss milestone!
Today started on a very high note! I weighed in today at 139.5! That’s the first time I’ve been in the 130s since the year 2000! That’s a long time! I’m finally getting into the weight I’ve never been able to get off, and it is coming off! The fast is going amazing!
I feel really good. I went and got a shot of wheat grass juice this morning. It was sweeter than I expected, and I can’t say it was the tastiest thing I ever had, but it seemed to give me a rush of energy. At the juice bar I also had a veggie juice - carrot, pepper, onion, garlic, beet, celery, and something else I’m f ... read more day 12. night 18 y
a short summary of the evening
I had a good day, today. I just chilled with the kids this afternoon.
My husband came home from work and it was a pizza and movie night. I just didn’t want to be around the food, at all. I wasn’t hungry, but it made me really incomfortable. I had to make my juice - carrot, watermelon, strawberry - (I need to go to the store and get some more produce, pickings are slim) and took to my room. It was nice to just relax and have an evening to myself. It was so quiet!
Anyway, personal details from today. I had a second bm. I’m averaging at least one if not two or three a day now. I’m ... read more day 12, mid day 18 y
My morning and early afternoon, plus, when to end the fast?
I had a nice morning. I accomplished a lot. I ran some errands and got my sister’s wedding invitations in the mail - my husband designed them for her. Then I came home and booked my ticket for my sister’s bachlorette weekend. I’ll be leaving on May 5th through the 7th. That means that I have to break the fast sometime before that, with enough time to get used to digesting again before I fly. I think that it would be next to impossible to fast on the trip. I’m not worried about not eating what everyone else eats at the bachlorette weekend. I mean, even if I were only just a vegan, I ... read more Day 12, morning 18 y
Weight issues and feeling better than yesterday
I’m feel better this morning. I took my weight and I’m only down a pound since Monday (it’s Friday) but I’ll take it, you know? I hope that now that I seem to be through that first serious detox that I see some more results, weight wise. I know you shouldn’t compare yourself to other people, but it seems like I am losing much slower/much less weight than other people who are juice fasting. At this rate, I’ll be lucky to lose 15 pounds in a month. Ten is more like it. And I was really hoping for more than that. But I’m just guessing that my thyroid has something to do with this. Plu ... read more Day 11, afternoon 18 y
Cleansing for sure - this must be working!
I am certainly in the middle of a series detox! It has been really intense today. The morning started with tunnel vision and nausea. Then, things just didn’t get better. I had pretty intense fatigue while I was at worked, which stunk! I was so tired. And I also was really cold, despite it being very warm out today. I also had some numbness in my arms and hands. My hands are like ice cubes. I had some light numbness in my legs, too, which is odd when I was on my feet for eight hours. My skin looks terrible. My tongue had gone from coated, to pink, back to coated. I also had a th ... read more Day 11, Early morning 18 y
Serious detox symptoms
It’s 4 AM and I need to get into work, but I wanted to chronicle my latest detox symptoms before I forget. I think I am now getting into some serious detox. This am I work up and felt a little off. I went into the bathroom to pee and was stretching, and noticed in the mirror, that my breast looked funny at the top, kind of puckered. I felt around a little bit, and felt a pea sized lump. It’s never been there before. I think it could be a detox thing. I’m going to keep an eye on it. But it totally spooked me, since I have a family history of breast cancer. Then, as I was brushing m ... read more |