Juice reboot - Day 3

Today's been a mixed old day, accidentally snoozed the alarm for an extra 20 mins, so had a bit of a rush this morning. Made my green juice with melon substitute again and an orange brekkie juice and popped them in the fridge - I discovered fairly early on that they taste better when they're chilled!

Brekkie juice was devoured at work again, I wasn't looking forward to my mid morning coconut water, but its a different brand today and was loads more palatable, either that or my taste is changing. Like D's dinner and the stale bread last night, every normal food today smelled amazing, and I found myself drooling over a billboard for fish and chips. I'm seriously looking forward to solid food!

What I hadn't had issue with so far is my energy, mainly because I've been avoiding exercise. Today was yoga which was fine, a bit of lightheadedness when going from my forward bend to standing, but what suprised me was my short stomp up a hill, my pace was the same as usual but when I got to the top my heart was pounding. I chatted to our yoga teacher, who did a fruit detox while studying and said she was amazed by how little she was able to do when she was just eating fruit and how much better her practice was when she went back to normal food, so I'm hoping I'll be awesome at all my sports when I get back on solids.

Cold-wise, its still hanging on in there, still feeling all full of mucus in my lungs, which is unpleasant, still hoping that loading myself up with vit filled juice is at least shortening it! The best thing is my voice is coming back :)

So juices today were:
Apple, carrot, ginger with added orange for brekkie
Cucumber, melon, kale, apple, lemon and ginger for lunch and afternoon 'snack'
Cucumber, apple, spinach, lemon,parsley for dinner
Orange, melon, carrot, apple, lemon and blueberries for pud

Looking forward to bed so I know I can tick another day off, over halfway there! :)

Juice Reboot - End of Day 2

I was feeling really chuffed by the end of day 2, my headache had completely subsided, I was feeling a bit peckish but nothing compared to the end of day 1 and I was actually enjoying my juices. I did another green juice in the evening and managed to finish that with a straw no problem and nione of the nausea, and then did myself a delicious orange jucie with sweet potato, it was yummy.

I was starting to wonder how to adapt back to normal food after this. I brushed a bag of crusty olive bread while I was clearing the kitchen and it smelt like the most amazing thing in the world. Disturbingly I also watched Secret Eaters and the chap on that ate a meat and potato pie in a buttered white bap, and a part of me thought I could really go for that! Don't get me wrong I've got no cravings at all for cakes or biscuits which was really the aim of this, but without an idea of what I should be eatng I think the transition could completely undo all my good work, so I need to get researching :)

So after a more successful 2nd day, I went to bed later - around half ten, again I was really awake, but I read for a bit and was spark out as soon as the lights went out.

Juice Reboot - Day 2

So, into my second day and woke up feeling suprisingly 'with it' but my chest was really sore around the breastbone area. I had a good cough for a few minutes which was very productive, and pretty disgusting, and that eased the soreness. I've still been clearing my throat every minute or so, but the coughs not so bad. So I think we can definitively say it is a cold. Either that or the green juice is trying to escape via the medium of mucus (grim!).

So now it's lunchtime, I was a bit slack this morning with my lemon and ginger in hot water, I managed almost a cup before my stomach baulked at the idea of more liquids. This mornings breakfast juice was a bit late - after I got to work - but it was delicious, carrot, apple and ginger, with some bits of stray kale form lunch juice, yum! That went down well, so I was slightly gutted that it was gone so fast, especially since my next 4 meals would consist of either coconut water (yuck) or green juice. I modified the recipe for the green juice this morning, I really hate celery and the taste of it is so strong, I decided to add some melon I'd got in the fridge as a substitute, I just hope it doesn't make it too sickly. I forgot my straw as well which was going to be a necessity but I've discovered that everything tastes ok, as long as you wash it down with some lemon and ginger tea (the bag variety), so fingers crossed!

Headache level currently at a 2 out of 10 - dull ache, compared to yesterdays by bedtime was about a 7.
Energy levels currently - 8 out of 10
Concentration levels currently - 6 out of 10

Juice Reboot - end of Day 1

Ok, so after my afternoon snack I wasn't feeling amazing, still no issues with feeling shaky because of low sugar levels which suprised me, but feeling slightly nauseous and hungry. I was starting to get obsessed wth how empty my stomach felt, and thinking maybe I could supplement the juice with something solid - this is my sugar junkie mind playing tricks on me, so I ignored it.

I'd had what could be a cold or hayfever for about a week now, which has made me sound all husky, and given me a bit of a sore throat then achesty cough. By the end of the day I was having to clear my throat constantly and as a resulty ended up with a tickly sore throat.

I met up with JC for a catch up, and realsied how limiting the detox is when socialising, which for me always involves food. So i left early to go get my next juice. I made another green juice for dinner and really struggled with it, I found drinking it through a straw helped, but the smell and the amount of liquid in my stomach made me feel really nauseous. I made a carrot, apple and ginger for pudding but couldn't face all of it so I left it halfway through.

 My head by this point was agony, but I was positive that taking painkillers woulnd't be of benefit during my detox attempt, so I soldiered on :) I flaked out on the sofa, mainly because of my head, because weirdly my energy levels were fine - I think the headache was making doing anything or concentrating on anything really hard. So went for an early night at 10pm, no reading, was out like a light.

Juice Reboot Day 1

So, after watching the end of a film called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead about an Aussie guy called Joe, who was saved from premature death by a juice diet, I decided to give it a go. Not that I am fat, or nearly dead but having just been disganosed with IBS (is there even such a thing!) I thought it might be worth a shot. Docs are pretty quick to do the IBS diagnosis and I'm pretty sure it is just a symptom of something else, so the plan is to juice for 5 days and then reintroduce food back in gradually to see if it's an intolerance to something in particular.

For the week before the 'reboot' I've been going steady on dairy, meat and carbs as much as possible to wean my system off them and hope that I don't have a horrible 'hangover' from them all when I start on the juice. As of Sunday (1 day before the reboot) I was feeling really headachey and I'd had what seems like a cold for the past week. From my research this coud be to do with a breakdown of Candida, a yeast naturally occuring in the body, which can become overabundant given the right circumstances - i.e. in my case a high sugar diet, combined with the contraceptive pill, and many previous doses of antibiotics.

The side effects of Candida overgrowth are many and unpleasant, hence the juice diet.

So half way through day 1, I am not feeling any more tired, but I have got a banging headache - continuation of yesterdays I think, but otherwise feeling ok :) Have bailed on the run this eve, the thought of pounding the pavement with this head doesn't appeal.

So todays juices have been:

Breakfast - apple, carrot and lemon - very nice!
Lunch - kale, celery, cucumber, lemon, green apple - ok the first time round but by the afternoon snack I was finding it hard going.

So, bring on the end of Day 1 and Day 2!