Juice Fast Day 2

Day 2 was much harder than Day 1. I woke up and felt pretty good, did my morning routine, and had an amazing morning juice:

Several carrots

1 apple

1 lemon (yellow peel cut off, but not white pith)

1 cucumber (not peeled)

Ginger (not fresh, just ground)

I juiced everything, put it in a mason jar, added ginger and shook until combined. It was a beautiful orange color, and was one of the best juices I've ever had! I feel like I could drink this all day! This took me a couple hours to consume.

Just a little while later I was hungry, so I made my normal green smoothie (see Day 1). This also took me a little while to drink, but it didn't satisfy like normal. I was hungry.

Since it's Tyler and my only day off together we like to be just together and hang out. Today was the first time we haven't really had anything planned, so we walked around downtown, got Ty some breakfast (I had the tiniest bite of his bagel, seriously could barely taste it). This was probably a mistake. There are restaurants everywhere! Wherever we walked it smelled good! I started to get very hungry, lightheaded, irritated. I woke up with sinus pressure and that turned into a runny nose (which I also had the day before, a sign of detoxing). We finally went home, where I got my leftover gazpacho out, and added about 2 cups of sun dried tomatoes. It was amazing. I ate slowly and followed that with a cup of herbal tea.

We hung around the house for awhile, I was still hungry, so I made the same chocolate smoothie as the day before. We went back out and did more errands, and I was again very hungry when returning home. I caved and ate half a yellow bell pepper and a tiny piece of pineapple. I felt a little better, but what I really wanted was one of Tyler's sandwiches he kept eating.

Finally I called the doctor, desperate and starving. She said she thought we probably went on too severe a fast for keeping up with normal life. She said we should have a salad, adding whatever greens, and even an avocado if we needed it. It was wonderful to have her support and understanding, as she was experiencing the same symptoms I was.

This is a good example to show you probably do not want to embark on a cleanse or fast before consulting with a doctor (preferably a naturopath (ND) who has done this before). I'm very excited to be eating veggies again! I ate one and a half carrots before bed, and it felt wonderful.