Day two and all is well.
When juicing up today's batch, I peeled the lemon this time...it made the juice MUCH more palatable!
You may find this a tad unbelievable, but I already feel a bit better today. While I'm not overweight by any means, my back injury over the summer caused me to pack on a few uncomfortable pounds that I've been very anxious to shed. After only one day on the fast, my clothes are actually a bit looser! Amazing! It will be interesting to see if I can fit more easily into my smaller summer sizes after a couple weeks of this. I'm also feeling less fatigued and cold...which is good news, indeed! I'm really counting on this juice to significantly reduce, or even eliminate completely, the inflammation that has been my bane for so many years.
To remain in my integrity, I will admit that I faltered a bit in completely fasting. I had a half cup of refried beans last night, along with the few last bites that remained from a dark chocolate candy bar a friend gave me for my birthday last week. It was just sitting there beckoning. I figured the best way to make it stop was to eat it. It worked! No more candy bar to tempt me.
I'm realizing a little bit of irony today. I began my fast impulsively, wi
thout a lot of planning time. I work better that way...on the fly. However, it dawned on me that today is Fat Tuesday in these parts, and with it come these amazing, extremely bad for you Polish pastries called Packzis. While part of me feels that it might have been better to start my fast tomorrow, when devoted Catholics everywhere begin their Lenten fasts, the better part of me sees how Divinely inspired my move to begin yesterday actually was. No chance for me to stuff myself with those jelly-filled doughnuts on steroids that will land in all the places I'd prefer them to miss.Yep. I'll just keep sucking down this green stuff and try not to think about it.
If you want the juice recipe, check out Mean Green Juice Detox: Day One in the menu to your left.
Until tomorrow, Peace out.
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