Day 1

Hey all,

So I'm starting a 15 day juice fast, inspired by the documentary Fat, Sick, And Nearly Dead.  I highly recommend it! It's about a man who only drinks juice from veggies and fruits for 60 days. His health dramatically improves, and he inspires others on his journey to a healthier lifestyle. I found this film on Netflix, but you can buy the DVD for around $10.00USD.

I was so inspired after watching this film, that I decided I'd start a juicing fast too. I wasn't going to do it for 60 days though, just 15! I usually eat healthy, and consider myself a pescitarian. I eat veggies, fruits, and fish. However, this past weekend consisted of a trip to the renaissance fair, and a surprise party, where I did nothing but stuff my face with fried and junk foods. So because of that, I decided to start the juice fast today.

The juicer I bought for this fast is the same one in the documentary, the Breville JE98XL 850 watt juicer. It's got a high and low setting for juicing soft and hard veggies and fruits. Great for cutting through hard fruits like apples, and veggies like cucumbers.

I'm also following the Joe Cross reboot plan for 15 days. You can get it here: http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/rebooting/plans/ I'm modifying mine a little. I don't need the first 5 days of easing into the fast, I'm just going for it. So, I started out on day 6. I'm just going to repeat cycle 6-10 for the last 5 days of my fast.

So the first day is hot lemon water as soon as you wake up. Actually, everyday is hot lemon water as soon as you wake up. I always usually order a water with lemon when I go out to eat, and I enjoy it every time. But hot water with lemon is different. I boiled 1/4 of a lemon in water and drank that when I got up this morning. It doesn't taste great, actually I didn't like it at all! It smelled worse than it tasted though, I'll give it that much. Drank all of that, and then I headed off to the store.

Now, because I had just thrown a party, my fridge was packed full of leftover food from the day before. I didn't have a lot of fridge room, so I decided to only shop for two days worth of produce. Glad I did, because when I got back home, it was hard cramming everything into the fridge!

I got to work on juicing, and I made my first juice, the Carrot-Apple-Ginger juice.


 

 

I sliced up all the produce, and snapped a quick picture. It was a lot of stuff! I didn't think it was going to make two servings worth though, but I gave it a try. I juiced up all the produce, and decided I wanted to add a little more ginger, because I didn't think it was enough. I did, and WOW! I was wrong. It only needed a little! Note for next time! Also, it made a lot of juice, so I poured half of it into a glass, and the other half into a glass bottle for later. The juice was pretty good, besides having way too much ginger! There was also a bunch of foam on the top of the juice, which I tried to drink as well. That was the worst part of the ginger taste!

I then made the rest of the day's worth of juices. Joe's Mean Green, and Peach Delight! (I really can't wait for the peach delight!)

The bottles I'm using are from Aquasana. They're 18oz bottles.


I've made an appointment with my doctor today, and I'd like to do a checkup before and after this fast. I'd like to see how much I weigh before and after as well. Also, I'm posting before and after photos to see the changes. But, I just had my first juice, and I enjoyed it. I feel my stomach starting to get upset though, which I've read is normal the first couple of days. I'll be updating every single day to let you guys know how I feel!

I'm off to a healthier lifestyle!

Starting photos:

Let's see how this goes!