Breaking the Juice Cleanse – Day 22
Today was a scary but exciting day. Scary in a way, that I felt so comfortable just living on juices, that I somehow couldn’t see myself giving it up. Exciting, because I was going to chew my first foods. So I started the day with a juice – Grapefruit-Orange-Lime-Mint-Apple (1 L/33.8 oz). Then I had to go see clients all day, so I brought my coconut water along and ended up drinking 2 kombucha drinks with the Passionflower flavor… just so yummy. Around 1 pm. I did a quick stopover in between meetings at Whole Foods… and this was where I had my first bite… a few slices of Sweet Tahitian Mango…. yum, that was delicious and then I had a taste of an olive, which was even better…. I got myself some nori sheets and had a couple of sheets of that. My body seemed to crave salty…so Nori sheets and olives was my preferred choice, but just a few, so I could see how my stomach would react after 21 days on juice only… everything was great. Later I had 5 almonds and when I came home in the evening, I made myself a blended green smoothie…. Mango-Banana-Orange-Romaine-Purified water (1 L/33.8 oz)…so incredible smooth and delicious…
I had a late dinner… a little miso soup and some hijiki. I am totally stuffed after eating all these foods. Stuffed and somehow lower in energy….I feel the impact of the stomach trying to get back to digesting again…. I had my Healthforce Cleanse Level III regime. I really enjoy the zeoforce powder, but dislike the intestinal drawing formula, but I guess I just have to go with the flow and get it over with
So a pretty smooth transition…I am excited to see how I react tomorrow. I have one more day to get accustomed to eating more foods again, and then I am headed off for the LongevityNow Conference in Costa Mesa for some exciting and educational days…. maybe I can live on elixir drinks for those days and have a few take aways from 118 Degrees (a top notch raw food restaurant)… And I will be reporting from the conference
The proof of the impact of fasting is not just in performance, every levels and happiness… you can see a major difference…. yes, I was tired on the first photo after a long drive back from Arizona to California, but the impact is obvious…. and I am thrilled to feel great again…..
BEFORE JUICE FASTING
AFTER 21 DAYS JUICE FASTING
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“Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.” – Og Mandino
Posted on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 10:38 PM. Filed under: Blog, Detox RSS 2.0 feed.
I’m SO loving following your transformation and progress, and am really inspired by your accomplishments. I’m curious, since I enjoy both Ayurveda and raw foods, how do you marry the two with a juice cleanse? Do you think you can get the same results with a smoothie cleanse? I really want to try a 21 day smoothie cleanse (my current schedule does not allow me the time to juice every day as I would like, and smoothies are really quick and easy for me with my Vita Mix), but struggle Ayurvedically knowing that raw and cold are not balanced for my dosha.
Namaste!
Shannon