Juice Fast Challenge : Day 13 - Happy Days!

July 25, 2013 ingekathleen

Story of the Day:

I'm Happy! Why? Not only is it day 13 but.... Guess What? I found in E-mart today? CILANTRO!!! What is the big deal? You don’t know!?! Oh that’s right, you probably don’t live in South Korea. Do you know that I’ve been looking for cilantro for the past 3 years in Korea, and the only place I could find it was in Army Bases and remote International markets?..But now Korea is finally Mexicanizing or Thailandizing themselves! Finally.. Wow! Even though it is 3x as expensive as the USA. I was so happy that I almost bought all. YUM! If you’ve ever lived in South Korea, you’ll understand my exuberance for finding cilantro in a grocery store here. It’s unheard of, but now the truth of Cilantro is spreading.. Now this made my day! Look isn't it beautiful..? © www.ingekathleen.com/blog, juice fast, juicing in Korea, Cilantro, vegetables Today hasn't been quite been as exciting for Juan... it has been a rough one actually, and I’m hoping that it all will speed up. Today, I have good energy, but it wasn’t the same for Juan. He’s not experiencing as easy of a ride. He really misses food and CHICKEN! Like I said yesterday, we’re thinking that perhaps that we might need to switch it up as far as the greens go, because he doesn’t feel the energy and he can’t focus. There is a green that I got recommended today called Angelica, but upon further research, I’ve found that this herb can be very good for your health but also have very dangerous side-affects. So I’ll skip buying that one. Thank-you!We had our Bible study in our house it was good, Chan Mi cooked an amazing-looking chicken curry and we smelled and watched everyone eat it as we nursed our juice. Live is hard, eh? But it is better with cilantro. That is for sure :-)

Stats of the Day:

Juan:Juice: 2 Liters / Water: 1 liter Food: Vegetable Soup for lunch and a salad for dinner Weight: 6 kg less than the start Energy: Up and Down Mood: Not Good Hunger: A lot today Detox Symptoms: achy, sore throat, fever, tired....But his skin is glowing :) Cheats: None Cravings: Pollo (Chicken), PizzaIngeJuice: 1.5 liter Liters / Water: 1.5 liters Weight: 3-4 kg less than the start Energy: Really good. Quite happy that it has returned and feels really constant no afternoon lull Mood: Good. Hunger: Yup, hungry at times, but not too bad, and cleaning the juicer again doesn’t sound appealing Detox Symptoms: None really Cheats: Nothing Cravings: Salad that is not in a cup and chocolate

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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

Juice Fast Challenge: Day 3 - Think Long Term

July 15, 2013 ingekathleen

© www.ingekathleen.com/blog, health in Korea, juicing, juice fast, fun, vegetables, fruit © ingekathleen.com/blog, health in Korea, juicing, juice fast, fun, vegetables, fruit Tip of the Day: Ok so Day 3 isn't so easy. You're hungry, tired, achy and you feel like a fish in vat of green juice. What's worse is that there are 12 days to go and that seems discouraging,. This is exactly when you need to think long term. Fifteen days is nothing. Fifteen days is only 1/2 of a month and 4.16% of a year. You're just taking 4.16% of one year to clean the insides of your body. Not so bad, right? How much time do you spend cleaning your house? or your car? Probably a lot more time, and what is more important your house or your body? Also, think, What benefits will you gain from cleansing? Many things but let's pick one: --> More energy. And more energy means that you will have more energy to be amazing parent to your kids, to be a good boss and a better person. Because when you're tired and worn out, it is quite hard to really love people well. Remember 15 days is nothing, for you, your health and the people around you.Story of Day Two: From what people say Day 2 and 3 are the hardest of days of the fast. I think Day 2 wins in evilness for me. I had all sorts of cravings for anything and everything dry and salty. Mostly crackers and Pizza too. Day 3 was a bit easier. I woke up early, was immediately hungry, so I drank hot lemon water to detox, cleaned a bit and read the Bible, and then made a pumpkin green pepper juice. It was amazing! But I used almost a whole pumpkin, and I only was rewarded with maybe, 12 ounces of juice. Apparently pumpkins don't have too much water, but the juice was amazing so I didn't care. Though I had to make a Mean Green Juice to make up for the meager returns on my Pumpkin juice.Simple Pumpkin Green Pepper Juice Sweet Green Pumpkin - 3/4 of a medium pumpkinGreen Pepper - 2 whole peppersBut back to today.... It was a Sunday so after juicing and daily chores. Juan and I went to church armed with our green juice.Another tip: When you go out, try to bring a juice with you so that you're not tempted by all the yummy food around you.We made it through church without committing any sins, i.e. eating someone's arm. We were angels, and it was great. The pastor talked about as Christians how we should love both God and People. They go hand-in-hand. You can't love God without loving people. Loving and investing in people is more important than a good career, money or going to church everyday. Jesus died for people. He didn't die for money, a career, or pretty church building. He died for people.Here was the pastor's killer question: What are you investing in, things or people? Zing! ::cough, cough:: Furthermore, he said... How can you do better to invest in people this week and in your life? Something, I want to think about.After church we rushed home to eat our juice, then crashed for a nice 2.5 hour Sunday nap. It was amazing and highly needed.After we wiped the drool from our faces, we went to a going away party, but we arrived 2 hours late so that we could avoid watching people eat delicious, chewable food. Our evil plan worked. Very little masticable food was in sight when arrived. Then we started evangelizing our friends on the amazing benefits of juicing. I think we have a few more converts. Go us! We came home, and I crashed around 12, but Juan was too hungry to sleep and had a few flu-like symptoms thanks to the detox.. He finally went to lalaland at 3 or 4 am.Juan's Opinion of Day 3 : "I just feel hungry. I don't feel any improvement at all."Inge's Opinion of Day 3: "Don't be so dramatic, baby. ^^"Stats of the Day: Inge Stats --- Juice: 2.5 Liters / Water: 1.5 liters ^^ Weight: 1.2 pounds less than the start Energy: Medium, but pretty consistent, but I got tired in the late afternoon and around 10pm. Once or twice I felt a little light headed when I got up too quickly Mood: Mostly good Hunger: It wasn't too bad today. I think I'm used to it. Though I probably should drink juice more often when I'm hungry. Sometimes I get stubborn and prefer hunger to drinking more. Detox Symptoms: None, except weird dreams, more about that later. Cravings: I wanted to chew something, especially watermelon or apples. Cheats: A couple TBS of farm honey again. It's just so delicious, and it doesn't seem to be so evil, right? Raw, Farm honey..Juan's Stats --- Juice: 4 Liters Water: .5 liters or less Weight: 2.4 pounds less than start Energy: Good Mood: Good Hunger: It was hard, especially at night, it made it hard to sleep. Couldn't sleep until 3 am Detox Symptoms: Sneezy, Flu-Like Symptoms Cravings: Pasta Cheats: A couple of Midnight Peaches again. :-)Favorite Juice(s) of the Day: The Pumpkin Juice was again the favorite. I only got about 12 ounces of juice, but it was a delicious break from our regular green juice menu. :-)Our Improvements So Far: More consistent energy. My energy isn't super high yet, but it is more consistent, and I have less cravings. Before I started juicing, I had almost always want to drink coffee after breakfast or after lunch to boost my energy, but when I drink green juice it gives me a much more steady, healthy energy than coffee. Also we unexpectedly have sweeter breath. Instead of garlic-kimchi breath, we have carrot/apple breath, I'd say that's a nice surprise.

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Juice Fast Challenge: Day 2 - Special Juicing Visitor:

July 14, 2013 ingekathleen

Day 2 ~ Special Juicing Visitor:Our dear friend and first Brazilian juicing convert came over today to make her first juice. She lives in the university dormitory, so we told her to buy fruits and vegetables and come to our house everyday to make a juice for breakfast. She listened to our preaching. She is our 2nd juicing-convert, we have another one from Guatemala and we're working on winning a few more from Korea and the Dominican Republic.Let me allow her to properly introduce herself,"Hello I'm Chan Mi Michelle Lee, I'm from Brazil, but my parents are Korean. So that is why my face looks like this."Chan Mi made a delicious juice. Try it out.Chan Mi Special Juice Recipe2 cucumbers2 green peppers5-6 leaves of lettuce1 big apple2 medium/large tomatoes

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Tip of the Day: Day 2 is hard, mentally. So stay far away from temptations and think about all the beautiful benefits you will get when you complete the fast. i.e. more energy=lower Starbucks bill, baby-butt skin, silky hair, better digestion, less joint pain, better health = lower doctor's bills = longer life :-) So don't cave in today, tomorrow will be better.Story of Day Two: So day two wasn't so easy. I was expecting that I would have all of these terrible detox symptoms, and that I'd be laid-out in bed, with a snotty nose, fever or a headache, and sleeping all day as my body was detoxing.. But no, not even one symptom! I had full energy today. What is so terrible about that, you ask?You see, I wanted to feel the pains of detox, so that I could feel like, "Oh yes, I feel detox pain, I embrace the pain, the toxins are leaving my body! Mwhahahaha!" But unfortunately, this has not been my detox struggle. It has been worse for me. God has chosen me to fight the mental battle. Darn.Today, I felt fine. Just hungry and I didn't want to drink anything. It didn't feel appetizing. In general, I don't like drinking beverages that much. I never drink anything with meals, and I have to force myself to drink water. I usually get my liquids through eating lots of fruits and vegetables. I am realized that just drinking liquids all day isn't that appealing to me. But who care? I'm still going to finish the 15-days.Also I usually crave fresh foods, like fruits and vegetables, but instead today I started to crave dry foods. I was thinking, oh man, wouldn't a nice salty, dry cracker be amazing right now? A couple of days ago, Juan dreamt about a picture of pizza. Not even an actually pizza, but a photograph of it.. hahaha.. It was as if it was taunting him.. Look, look, look what you can have. I think our brains are cruel.I also wanted pizza today. Cheese Pizza. Yum. :-)Moving on....At points today, I was really hungry, but I preferred to be hungry and not to drink anything, than to quench my hunger. I don't like to be hungry. I rarely, rarely miss a meal. But I must dislike drinking lots of liquids more than hunger... Even still, I tried to drink juice even when I had no desire for it. I kept reminding myself that I needed the nutrients. I did, ok., but I failed terribly drinking water.. I think that I drank 8 ounces.. My excuse? In Korea you have to drink bottled water, so there was no water in the house and I didn't feel like leaving the house to walk 5 mins down the hill to buy water. Especially when I felt like I was a drowning fish in an ocean of juice, but don't worry tomorrow is Sunday and I'll do better!Stats of the Day: Inge Stats --- Juice: 2.5 Liters / Water: 8-12 oz (I failed miserably on drinking more water) But tomorrow, I'll drink so much that I'll be a fish! ^^ Weight: 50kg Energy: Good Mood: Up and Down Hunger: A lot - Because I was tired of drinking Detox Symptoms: None really Cravings: Crackers and Pizza Cheats: A couple of TBS of farm honey (I'm not sure if that is a cheat or legal?)Juan's Stats --- Juice: 4 Liters Water: A Little Bit Weight: 86 kg Energy: Better than Yesterday Mood: Good Hunger: Sometimes, but not that much Detox Symptoms: None Cravings: Dominican Chicken Cheats: A couple of PeachesInge's Favorite Juice(s) of the Day: Pumpkin & Green Pepper.. Sounds odd, but it was good. I'm going to experiement more with Pumpkin :-) and Chan Mi's Special JuiceJuan's Favorite Juice(s) of the Day: Carrot/Ginger/Watermelon JuiceThe conclusion of the day: We watched the Motorcycle Diaries while drinking our Green Juice dinner on a Saturday night. Happy that day 2 is over. Finished! We're more than 10% done, and looking forward to day 4 and 5 when people say that it starts to get easy.

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