Juice Diet Day 1 (November 14, 2021)

 For the next week (and maybe longer) I'm going to be doing a juice fast and only drinking water, coffee, juices that I make with the juicer or the Nutri-Bullet, and one pea protein shake a day to be sure I keep up my proteins.  My goal is to drop 10 pounds before or right at my birthday, which is literally in 8 days. I don't know if I can do that, or if it's even realistic, but I'm going to do the best I can. 

I thought what I would do is just sort of journal rather than blog. I'll jump on at the end of the day to give you an update about all the things you may encounter during the detox and/or cleanse, and that way you can come up with your own decisions as to whether or not it's a good thing for you to do. 

LET ME START OFF BY SAYING what everyone else feels compelled to say when they start talking about changing diets and exercising; TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR before doing something drastic that could potentially cause you problems. You just don't want to end up sick or injured (or dead) just because you wanted to shed a pound or two. For me, I'd like to lose a total of 20 pounds. I've lost 47 so far, and it's been a really long and slow process. I did that on purpose so I could keep the weight off. 

On August 3, 2020 I decided I was fat (you may not agree with me) and I wanted to do something about it. I was overweight and considered obese by the doctors. I found myself not riding my horse because I was still riding as if I was thin; and I was certainly not thin.  Today, (November 14, 2021) I am right at 169 pounds and that was NOT my goal. My goal was to be 145 pounds by now. I'm not upset with myself because I know I've worked the program, but I do have to say we need to take so many things into consideration when we set goals that include losing weight, exercising, dieting, changing our lifestyles, dropping people from our lives who try to detour us from our goals, and yes, that's a real thing.

  My goal for this particular blog entry is to talk about DAY 1 of the Juice Fast. I thought a little background information would be great. I don't want to get too far into that. I'm here to discuss the goings on of the day, the way I started the "fast" and what my plans are for it.  Basically, I'm hoping to stay focused and to keep my mind off of eating solid foods for at least 7 and maybe 10 days. If I can do it 7 I can do it 10. If I haven't met my goals I'll keep going until I do.

  I woke up at 8:20 a.m. and walked the dog. I made coffee, and I wrote in my journal. Since this is something I do every day I won't repeat myself every blog. I'll just say it was a normal morning. I decided for breakfast to make a really thick protein shake to start the day off right. I used:

    Powdered pea protein, a scoop of collagen peptides, an egg, silt from last night's juicing. I'll explain that later. I added Maca, papaya seed powder, and psyllium husk powder. I added chia seeds and a bit of honey. The silt was made of carrots, cranberries and spinach.  I added water instead of milk and realized really quickly that the psyllium powder forced the liquid to bulk really quickly. Quickly (have I made my point?) I added more water, split the drink in 1/2 and ended up with more than I expected. I do that.

   Lunch rolled around and I made a juice in the juicer, which makes silt to be used the next day in the morning shake.  I made a drink of zucchini, parsley, carrots, and an apple and I poured in about 3 ounces of Kombacha juice for the probiotics. I added ginger root, and it was sooooo awesome. I think I typically have about 16 ounces when I juice. I need to measure the tumbler.

    I had a "snack" at 3:15 p.m. of another Nutri-bullet drink. I use my spinach in it, as it doesn't seem to juice well in my juicer. I used spinach, silt from the earlier time, grapes, and ginger root.  I love my ginger root. The dinner juice, which I just made, and I'm allowing myself to drink after 8:00 p.m. for the fast, is from the juicer.  I used a yellow apple, several carrots, cranberries, parsley, and Kombacha. I love that Kombacha!  I love parsley too. It's amazing, and if you don't know why, you should go research that.

    OK, so this is my first night with the fast. I want to go to bed around 11:00 and wake up around 8:00 a.m. Since I'm not working I let my body wake up on its own. The dog usually has something to say about when that happens as well.  I'll let you know how I slept, and if there are reasons to alert you to anything that may or may not be happening. I'm sort of curious to see how the poop will be tomorrow. Yes, I'm going to tell you, so just prepare yourself. Poop is essential to good living, and you need to be doing it as often as you can!  It's all about the poop.

      Enjoy your evening. I'll catch you tomorrow. I don't want to write too early as I want to give the day it's fullness so I can report correctly on it. I won't weigh myself on a daily basis. I don't want to do that. I know what I weigh now, and I'll weigh on Sunday the 21st.

Bye!!

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