Whew! I am eating food again! Scott and I juice fasted from Friday until Sunday night...when Scott decided he could not do it all week long. We both did OK over the weekend, but Scott was feeling weak and had a headache and just didn't feel like he could work a regular shift of physical labor on so few calories. That kinda took the wind out of my sails. I felt like giving up. However, Scott then said, he wanted to commit to plant based meals for the rest of the week as well as still drinking the mean green juice. Monday morning I received a text from Scott...."Don't quit". It was perfect. I decided to continue juicing all day and have a light dinner each night with the family. That was the perfect compromise. I did have some troubles anyway on Monday morning I felt very lightheaded and broke out in a rash, after a call to my doctor she recommended I add in a bit of food each day. Perfect! We have also decided we would eat chicken for the sabbath. We have not had any meat of any kind for nearly two weeks. So....what will erev shabbat dinner be? I don't know, but I am looking forward to it!
I am glad we tried the juice fast and thankful for friends who did it with us...however they were way more successful than we were. They made it the full 10 day goal we had set. I am really proud of them, they did fantastic!
I will say that I find I have more energy, I wake up much easier and I no longer find I am slumping from 3-4 in the afternoon. I also have energy at night after dinner, which is fantastic! I plan to incorporate green smoothies into my regular diet, as well as many more plant based meals and less meats. The big change will be less sugar, which I apparently have a terrible addiction to. I will have to learn to save those treats for sabbath and no more than that. I am currently looking into recipes and blogs that will help me with this new goal.
oh...did I mention I lost 4 pounds in the last few days? Wahoo! :)
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