OK...only half a day really. I started at midday. The first day has got to be one of the most difficult..so may I as well make it a short one! :o)

(Now, before anyone accuses me of cheating...I'm not planning on fasting a pre-determined number of days. Nor am I going to be doing weigh-ins. This whole train ride isn't about numbers and destinations for me, it's about the journey.)

I've done shorter juice fasts before, of 5 - 7 days. Afterwards I've felt lighter, cleaner and refreshed. I've been lurking around Curezone for a while reading of others experiences and gearing myself up for my first fast since having children. Hmmmm that would be about 4 years! (I did mention the juicer had dust...) The inspiring and very lovely Dazzle has posted recipes on her blog that have literally made me hungry for juice! I couldn't wait any longer....

My first juice day....oh OK...afternoon has gone like this:

Washed and polished the juicer. Checked it still works....juiced a couple of new seasons apples and shared the lovely juice with my children (twins 1, and preschooler 3). They were not too afraid of the noise, and they were VERY impressed with the juice. (Note to self: Might have to give them a little taste of something a bit more "earthy" or I might find myself juicing around the clock for four!).

While the kids were napping I made a pot (3 cups) of broth with 3+ stalks of celery, about a third of a swede, and a couple of onions quartered. That was my very standard recipe from years ago. I remembered I always hated carrots in broth......to me they seem to develop a horrible "tinny" taste. (Carrots taste so wonderful juiced so I'm saving mine for that!)

I made juice from parsley, carrot, cucumber and celery for afternoon tea. I put icecubes in it and sat outside under the sun umbrella. Very nice!

Kids were up then, and somehow between their afternoon teas, and the family dinner I cooked I remembered to make myself another juice (vegetables again), drink several glasses of water and sip on a warm cup of broth.

....My one BIG reservation about doing a juice fast now was - how do I make this work when I'm already so busy catering for the family? How do I deal with preparing food if I'm hungry? In fact I was so busy looking after the little peoples requirements (bless them), as I always am in the early evening, that I didn't really notice not eating. So long as I remember to drink juice....crashed blood sugar levels at dinnertime is bad news. So I'm going to have to stay on top of it! DH pretty much got his own dinner, and he cleaned up after everybody so he helped to make day 1 relatively stress free...

I should mention, I'm taking psyllium and bentonite, twice per day, as part of a longer term cleanse. I'm also intending to take Floradix every day (I have a tendancy towards anemia), and some omega 3 fish oil. Burp. I hope that doesn't offend any juice-fasting-purists! ;o)

....I'm going to look into salt water flushing....but not on playgroup days.... or maybe enemas or something ...eeeeeeek. I'm not looking forward to the headaches that come with the inevitable toxin dumping and I don't have the luxury of being able to crash in bed anytime I need to like I did 'before kids'. There are still a whole lot of unknowns as far as how well I'll cope. I'm really encouraged reading blogs where people say they have more energy than if they weren't fasting!

I'll update tomorrow. Day 2!

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