Day 2 - Morning

Last night was terrible. I was starving, and it was really hard not to just eat something. I really, really wanted to, but I kept thinking to myself that if I could just get through the first day, it would get easier. I drank some juice and water and felt just a little better.

I got home around 7:30pm and was starting to get a headache and same waves of nausea. I laid down on the couch to watch some tv, because I had no energy to do anything else. I ended up falling asleep almost immediately. Eventually I moved to my bed. I woke up around 3am with an absolutely horrible migraine, one of the worst I've ever had. In the past, ones that were that bad have sent me to the hospital. I knew what was causing this one though, so I crawled to the bathroom, took a couple of ibuprofen and then hid under the covers in bed. The ibuprofen didn't eliminate the pain, but it did take the edge off enough that I was able to fall asleep. It worked pretty quickly since I had no food in my system.

I feel a lot better this morning. The coffee smells soooo good, I really want some, but I'm not going to. I'm hungry, but its not as bad as last night, and I only have a little bit of a headache. I've been sneezing constantly and have a lot of sinus congestion, I don't know if it has anything to do with the fast or not. Maybe my sinuses are cleaning themselves out? I'll have to wait and see what happens. I need to get back to work now!

Day 1 - Lunchtime

My stomach is growling. I'm starving. Everyone around me is going out to lunch or bringing lunch back here to eat, and it all smells and looks so good. Some of them got breakfast in the cafe too. The first couple of days are the hardest, right? I hope so - I hope it gets easier in a couple of days.

A friend of mine at work made 30 quarts of juice last week, which is part of what inspired me to do this. I'd been thinking about it for a while, and then one day he shows up at work with a bottle of juice for me to try. It was awesome! Apparently he and his wife got up really early in the morning and juiced like a bushel of apples, bunches of carrots, spinach, celery, broccoli, strawberries, and some other things and ended up with the 30 quarts. They do this every few weeks. So, today he brought me in like 8 bottles of juice. I also have a few bottles of V8 Fusion 100% fruit and vegetable juice at home, just in case I need it.

I can't depend on this guy to supply me with juice long term though, so at lunch time I went to the store and bought my very own juicer. I think its made by Hamilton Beach. Anyway, I'll try it out when I get home, because I have some extra apples and carrots that need to be used up. Assuming the juicer works as expected, I'll go to the store and stock up on fruits and veggies this weekend, and make and freeze a bunch of juice.

Buying the juicer also had the added benefit of distracting me for my lunch hour.

Preparing for tomorrow's beginning

I've never really fasted before. I've considered it, thought about it, read about it, etc. I have lots of reasons I want to try it. For years I've struggled with feelings of extreme fatigue, sluggishness and just plain not feeling well. I know my diet is bad, a "typical American diet". I drink caffeine by the boatload, including diet soda and coffee. I use artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose in my coffee and in my water (Crystal Light). I eat too much junk food and probably not enough fruits and vegetables. I do usually use whole grains for bread, but not for pasta. I was a vegetarian for a couple of years, and its definitely something I'm considering going back to.


I'm hoping that a juice fast will help me accomplish a number of things. First will be a physical detox and cleansing of my body, allowing me to feel better, more energetic, and just plain healthier. A side effect of this, I hope, will be a loss of some of the extra weight I'm carrying around. I currently weigh around 236 pounds, which is about 100 pounds too many for my 5'3" frame.


However, the main benefit I hope to experience through this will be a feeling of spirituality. I am a Christian, and I desire the spiritual feeling and closeness with God that I felt a couple of years ago. I'm not sure how or why it happened, but I no longer feel close to God, and I feel little spirituality at all most of the time. I feel like that part of my life is missing, is lacking something.


So, those are my goals, and my plans. I will start out juice fasting, hopefully for at least a week or two, and then maybe transition to a raw diet, followed by a vegetarian diet when Lent is over. My plans may change or be revised as time goes on, but for now, this is what I feel compelled to do. :)