Tip of the Day: If at all possible stay in your home the first few days of the fast so the evil people in the world don't tempt you with food. If you go out you run the risk that any food, I mean any food, even the food you normally thing is just gross, will all of the sudden appear sooooo delicious. So do yourself a favor.. Start this on the weekend and stay home! ^^Story of Day One: We've completed day one! :-) Asah! (is a Korea way to say, Hoorah!) So happy! The day wasn't so bad. I didn't experience many detox symptoms, at one point of the day, I think my temperature was higher than normal, but not too much. I think the worst part for me was just the mental battles. Like at lunchtime there were all these delicious smells coming from our neighbor's house. That was painful.After our green breakfast juice, Juan got a nasty fever, and went back to bed for 4 hours to sleep it off. When he woke up, I was annoyingly cheery and energetic, and he asked me why I wasn't suffering like him. "Perhaps, I'm cleaner than you?" I said. But for some reason, he didn't seem to appreciate that conclusion so much. hehehe :-) But I really should practice more humility, because the detox will probably hit me in a couple of days and I need him to feel sorry for me when I'm sick in bed and he's jumping off the walls.Most of the day we relaxed, drank lots of juice and rested because the cornerstone of a juice fast is to clean and restore your body. Rest is an essential part of it. You can't heal properly if you're not allow it to rest. So we had a perfectly lazy day.The only hiccup in the day was when we went to church for a meeting and they were serving dinner. Chinese food!We arrived with our beautiful liter-jugs of green juice and Juan told me he had been craving jajamyeon (a Korean-Chinese food) for a long time, so this might be difficult. When we got to church and the food arrived, Juan started to say.., Oh that looks good!, oohh what did you order? Wow that smells good! and then finally Inge, why didn't we start tomorrow!?!Eventually he left the room with his green juice to maintain his sanity. He returned an hour later. hehehe.Luckily, I don't like Chinese food. So it wasn't so hard for me. Though in order not to feel deprived of chewing, I just imagined how gross and unhealthy and energy-sucking Chinese delivery food is and how terrible I would feel if I ate it, and how it would certainly make them all have to spend their days in the hospital for eating Chinese food. (Yes, I'm dramatic, I know, but I have to play mind games with myself, so I don't feel deprived.)We made it through the meetings, we were both really hungry and left as fast as possible so that we wouldn't eat someone's arm off. We made it home, no arms were injured, just a few fingers were munched. ;) At home we made our last juice of the day and ended the night in success. Only 14 more days to go :-)The conclusion of the day: Inge: So how does it feel to finish day one? Juan: Good, it wasn't so bad, I mean I don't feel good, but.... Me: What do you mean, how do you feel bad? Juan: I don't want to talk about it. (Ha! Well, the Chinese food must have been more traumatic than I thought. But we made it!)Stats of the Day: Inge: Drank about 3 - 3.5 liters of juice. And 1 - 1.5 liters of water. (tomorrow I want to drink more water).Juan: 5+ liters of juice, and 1 liter of water. Favorite Juice of the Day: Inge: Carrot, Apple and Ginger. (I'm learning that I like the simple juices, those that don't have too many ingredients. The taste is cleaner and more fresh.)Juan: Doesn't remember. (We had a big mix of different juices. So yesterday was a bit confusing.) Here are some Juicing Resources for you: Benefits of Juicing:http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/juicing/benefits/http://juicers-best.com/blogs/benefits-of-juicing Gerson Cancer TherapyJuicing and Health Documentaries:Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead The Beautiful Truth Dr. Young and the Juice Man Jay KordichRecipe Websites:http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/recipes/http://www.all-about-juicing.com/juicer-recipes.html Green Juice RecipesJuice Fasting Tips:How Much Juice A Day?http://www.justonjuice.com/juicing-tips/http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/juicing/how-to-prepare/Detox Info: Juicing Detox Symptoms - The TMI Video | Carla Douglin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8u-KCysN_4 Amazing Detox information. This lady is awesome :-)http://www.all-about-juicing.com/juice-fast-side-effects.htmlCoffee Enema Help:A detailed video ;) --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQjnnR-AJEY

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