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Dec 08

Juice Fasting or ‘Cleansing’ – I started mine yesterday

Yesterday I started a 40 day Juice Fast.  I’m putting myself through this suffering for a couple reasons.  1) To reset my metabolism, I plan to lose 30 pounds in the next 3 months (that’ll put me at 199) and this will not only put me on a diet but will help me burn calories better.  2) To get healthier – cleansing helps your body dump loads of toxins and gives the digestive system a chance to shut down and repair itself.  It also allows your body to go into an extensive repair mode while it’s not dedicating resources to digestion.  3) To end several addictions i.e. Soda, caffeine, sugar, etc.  By sending my body into a food shock, it will be much easier to drop these things.  By cleansing toxins and yeast from my body, most of the stimulus for those drugs will be removed.  4) To prove I have the will power to do it :)  This is going to be tough, getting through it will be a major accomplishment.  Here’s to not dropping out!

I’m doing a slightly modified plan.  For the first 20 days I’ll consume nothing but pulpless juice and water.  For the following 20 days, I’ll consume whole, raw vegetables and fruites and brown rice.  After 40 days I’ll begin introducing other foods.

Go ahead and tell me I’m crazy – I know this is a nutty thing to do :) I’ve always thought that about people doing this.  But, the more I looked into it and read about it, the more it made sense.  I’ll be journaling the process here daily.  I guess number 5 is that it gives me something to blog about everyday :)

Yesterday was pretty easy, until night time.  I drank only juice all day but at night I started having major blood sugar levels.  In order to keep myself from passing out, I had a plain baked potato (insides only) – that settled things down with my blood sugar.  I sampled lots of different juices yesterday and found a few I liked, carrot juice, celery juice and cucumber juice are pretty good.  Mixed together they taste like crap though :)

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  1. Gary

    I’m all for healthy weight loss, even if I’m not doing nearly as well at it as I was a year ago. But I wonder about the safety of the whole juice fast thing.

    Any good sources on how to do it and why (or if) it’s safe?

  2. Jordy

    This is the first time I’ve heard anyone that wasn’t me say they like celery juice. I’m a big fan.

  3. 2009 Toyota Corolla

    aren’t you being too harsh on urself? 3 months on juice! u will have to pont a gun at my hed to make me do that. all d best.

  4. Dani

    I’ve always wanted to try a juice fast, but just can’t put myself through the torture yet! I swear if I go only 5 hours without food I can barely function.

    They say that it gets better after the first couple of days so I’m anxious to see how you are feeling at that point.

  5. Sara

    I’m on a 40-Day Juice Cleanse. It’s the best way to cleanse without losing vitamins, nutrients, minerals all while regaining strength and purifying your body and organs. It’s funny when people say “I wonder about the safety of the whole juice fast thing.” Ummm, how is eating overly cooked, dead food healthy? How is drinking alcohol, smoking or drinking soda okay? How is it that we live in a world where we would even question all the amazing vegetables and fruits out there that Mother Nature created for us to live off of??? The detox effects are from ALL the foods and toxins we’ve consumed over the years, what comes up on the other end is what good health is… and it’s worth it!

    GOOD LUCK!! Hope it’s going well!

  6. KDL-46XBR8 TV Store

    Good luck on your diet. I tried a juice fast and the master cleansing but I could not last a week on either one. You only need to do the master cleanse for 10 days and I cant imaging just juice for 40 days. If you have will power to do it good luck.

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