Juicing Forum

Anytime Amanda! Good luck and don't let their negativity get to you. Stick to it and you'll not only prove them wrong, but they'll probably be asking for your help in their own fasts.

@ Amanda, I didn't bother telling my in-laws about my fast ( they went on holiday while we stayed at their place). I'm not going to bother telling my neighbour either, he's a meat'n'two-veg and a beer man (which I am normally), and he's just rib me or think me weird. I'm happy doing this for me, my wife is tolerating it but won't join me, I wish she would, but she has her reasons

Day 3 was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I am juicing for my detox and my husband like to drink them just to get his veggies in, so I ran out of supplies. I ended up walking down to this vegan/organic store down the street from my work and grabbed kale and cucumbers and my afternoon juice. Based on the ingredients on this bottle, I know that I don't like mustard or collard greens in my juices! I should have added pepper to it. Wednesdays are busy nights for my family (dance for my daughter and work for my son) so we tend to eat out for dinner. They went to dinner and I sat there again, sipping my water. I did take a sip of my daughter's broth to ensure 1) it wasn't too hot and 2) that it wasn't too salty. Let me just tell you that this soup that I normally love, tasted way to salty to me. It's interesting how your tastebuds adapt to the juices. After they finished, since I was getting hungry, we headed down the street to Whole Foods to grab another juice (apples, kale, cucumbers, parsley & wayyy to sweet in my opinion).

I'm glad to say that I was just going to stop after the third day, but I'm continuing today. I'm not missing the coffee and especially am not missing the tightness of my clothes. I am loving the energy I'm feeling and suprisingly, am loving the juices. I wonder why I didn't start this sooner.

I've had a few people look askance at me when i said the last time i ate solids was 10 days ago at breakfast but they can see my skin clearing up, my waistline shrink and when i explain how I had come to dread eating because it felt like i had gravel in my stomach, all the time, they have begun to see the point. I don't have the stamina that i did but I feel SO much healthier. I can also see how i was over eating-emptying the girls packed lunches after school was a classic moment of mindless calorie intake, didn't even think to add that to the daily calories. I'm hoping to continue fortnightly 3 day juice cleanses to keep reminding me of how clean and healthy feels so getting me down to my preferred weight and relaxing my obviously over taxed digestion regularly. Apart from hummus I am not missing anything, any chance i can juice chickpeas with garlic and lemon i wonder!?

So, I'm on day 5 now, one thing I've noticed is the hit on the wallet, the amount of produce I'm getting through is phenomenal, to be honest I don't think I have the best juicer, sometimes the pulp is quite wet so I pass it through again. It seems every day I need to get something, whether its sweet juiceables such as berries, or the green veg, and cucumbers!! Wow I don't even like cucumber normally but I must be getting through about 3 a day!. I think I now have enough Kale, carrots to get through, will need some more berries, cucs obviously, apples, red cabbage, maybe some beets, celery. But it is all adding up!!

Yesterday the neighbours took our daughter for the day, and I actually got bored, but I got through it and had a long soak in the bath in the evening with a good book.

Today was quite a stressful day, we all got up at about 8.30-9.00 and decided to have a morning out then my wife could bake cakes in the afternoon for her shop on Sat (yes my wife has a cake shop http://www.mamapie.co.uk, she can make vegan, gluten-free and normal cakes. Sorry shouldn't advertise I know, especially cakes on detox fasting site...) and I would take littl'un out for the afternoon.

Well, we went to a local beauty site and big hill, just as we reached the top 20mins from the nearest anywhere our daughter tripped and skinned her elbow, cue lots of tears and a speedy piggy-back from me down the hill to the tea-shop where she was made better with wipes, a plaster and ice-lolly.

When we got home at about 1.30 I'd only had one juice and was certainly ready for another, just as I finished prepping it I checked my phone and had a message telling me my old friend, neighbour and surrogate-type grandfather of my youth had passed away. I know I'm a nurse and deal with this regularly, and I know he was in his late 80s and had suffered a long-time with cancer and it was his wish to have no intervention, but it still hit me like a train...

Anyway, my daughter still needs entertaining, and while my wife is at work tomorrow I have organised a day at the zoo for us both. I'm really going to have to get myself prepared, its about an hours drive, plus the day spent at the zoo, I have my thermos at the ready....

So... I just returned from the restroom for the umpteenth time today and when I looked in the mirror I noticed that I'm starting to break out on my face!! I'm 38 and even in my teen years, I never had acne issues. I hope that they do go away soon. I've read that this is normal, as my body is releasing toxins through my skin. Other than that and day 1, no major issues. I am glad to announce that while my husband isn't doing the full cleanse, I have managed to give him one for breakfast and one to take to work for lunch.

Well the big news is I broke my fast. Again it was a case of listening to my body. After spending the day at the zoo with my daughter I got home drained, despite taking juice and coconut water with me. Then my wife made a deliciously tempting prawn stir-fry. It was then I decided I was denying myself, with the prospect of three stressful night-shifts looming, so I gathered the ingredients I wanted in a juice and chopped them and made a broth with a little stock and spices, then roughly blended it and ate a small bowl.
Now in the morning I feel good, I've had a good sleep, my stomach is fine, and I'm looking forward to getting back to solid food gradually.
I don't know how much weight I've lost, that wasn't the modus operandi, but my belly is flatter, I feel brighter, now time will tell

Wow! Just finished those 3 night shifts I was dreading, and with good reason too! To be honest I don't think I could have completed them while fasting. Due to various factors beyond my control they have been among the most stressful night shifts I have done. Glad I listened to my body!