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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Read The Juice Fast Series

1. Juice Fast Introduction2. Juice Fast Day 1 ~ Juicing Resources3. Juice Fast Day 2 ~ Special Guest4. Juice Fast Day 3 ~ Think Long Term5. Juice Fast Day 4 ~ $$$6. Juice Fast Day 5 ~Juice Your Greens7. Juice Fast Day 6 ~ Keep Going8. Juice Fast Day 7 ~ Give Your Veggies a Shower9. Juice Fast Day 8 - Coffee Enemas and Detox Dreams10. Juice Fast Day 9 ~ Lazy Saturdays and Honey Masks11. Juice Fast Day 10 ~ What To Do with Juice Pulp? 1 of 212. Juice Fast Day 11 ~ Juice Fast Challenge: Day 11 - What to do with Juice Pulp? 2 of 213. Juice Fast Day 12 ~ How Do you Start to Eat Again? Step One = Make a Plan14. Juice Fast Day 13 ~ Happy Days!15. Juice Fast Day 14 - Cranky Days! & Transition to Food16. Juice Fast Day 15 - Before and After Photos

Today it a grand day. Not only is it Juan and mine's 10-month anniversary. (Yes, we celebrate by the month, we're cheesy and proud of it). But what also makes today special is that we are embarking on a 15 -Day Juice Fast Challenge! Are we crazy? Yes, most certainly, but we're excited to start and decided to do it because we like pain.. Well not exactly..We actually got inspired to do a juice fast from our friend Mary, who's a juicing convert, and after watching the documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. Go watch it. It's amazing!What are the benefits of juice fasting or just drinking fresh juice with your meals?? How about --> better skin, more energy, better sleep, better digestion, improves mood, reduces pain in joints, healing of your body, some people claim it also can cure diseases and cancers.It almost sounds too good to be true, but what I like about it is that is logical., And I love logic. It make sense that if you're drinking pounds and pounds of vitamin-filled, micronutrient-rich vegetables every day, that has got to be good for you, right? It is better than pretty much any meal that you could eat.For example while I'm juicing, it is easy to drink a bag of spinach or lettuce, 3-4 large carrots, plus much more in a day. Even if you consider yourself a healthy person, You probably don't eat that many vegetables because who can really chew that much? Your jaw might fall off, and I like my jaw, thank-you very much! ^^Ok so are you intrigued? We are, so now we're going to try this hard-core. Even though adding juice to your diet is helpful, why not go hardcore and jump all the way in, and really get our bodies, squeaky clean? So we are, and we're drinking juice, juice, juice for the next 15 days without any solid foods. :-)Exciting! And hard.. Apparently the first 3-7 days will be difficult because your body is angry at you for feeding it nasty things so to pay you back it say "Let's detox!" And detox can mean....headaches, flu-like symptoms, body aches, diarrhea, constipations, bad moods, acne, and.. About anything. It just depends on how toxic you are. If you're really toxic then you may have many days of detox.But after the detox symptoms lessen and in return, your skin improves, you have incredible energy, your joints start to heal, you have better digestion. Basically your body goes into a process of full-body restoration. That's amazing and worth a few days of pain to try.Inge's hopes after 15 days:More energy, be more clean inside, better skin, and have the satisfaction of finishingJuan's hopes after 15 days:More energy, be more clean inside, loose weight, and have the satisfaction of finishing---> Are you curious how do it too? Here's a few BasicsHere are the Basics for Juicing or Juice Fasting.1) Drink 80% vegetable juice and 20% fruit.2) Greens, Greens, Greens, Greens, juice them! They are so good for you. Spinach, Romaine Lettuce, Kale, etc. Why? The chlorophyl in these plants are key elements to strengthen your blood and bones. Greens also give you lasting energy. They are like healthy espresso that lasts all day and don't give you nasty coffee breath and cheaper. ^^3) On a fast, drink as much juice as you want. (1-2 Gallons a day) Fill yourself up with fresh juice. You're not trying to loose weight, you're trying to restore the well-being of your body.4) Start your fast on a weekend so that you can rest in bed while detoxing, and protect your co-workers from your gorilla mood.5) Drink at least 2 Liters of water, the more the better this will clean you out AND reduce your detox effects6) Another away to reduce the effects of detox is to do coffee enemas to detox your liver.. Yes, it's true. The hose up your butt, thing. It supposedly does wonders. I can't vouch for it. I haven't done it yet. However, I may be coerced into doing....Next Post: Tomorrow, I'll give Juicing Resources - Juice Recipes, Juicing Tips, and for the adventurous out there Coffee Enemas help too. :-)With all of these greens we'll be able to fly by the end of the month ;)

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