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I have come across a few things that annoy me on this juice fast. But first, the reason I am doing this juice fast is two-fold: to be healthier and to shed excess weight. I have some genetic disorders and autoimmune issues that cause pain, digestive issues, fatigue, and a whole lot of other symptoms. It also has made losing weight an extremely difficult challenge, despite the fact that I'm a gluten-free, grain-free vegan who trys to eat at least 50% raw and goes on all-raw diets for 30 days at a time. And I do green smoothies. And I juice. So since both conventional and holistic medicine have not been able to help me, I'm on a journey to try to heal myself as many others have done before me with this type of juice cleanse.
That being said, I'm really tired of my family trying to sabotage me! Now, some family members support me and cheer me on; some don't understand, express their worry, and let me go about my business; but a select few family members deliberately try to sabotage me no matter how I eat! I suspect they don't believe I should be a vegetarian, let alone a vegan. And going on a juice fast and not eating food for days at a time goes beyond comprehension as something healthy to do. (Despite the fact that this person seriously considered going on an all-liquid, non-natural cleanse because the Western doctor recommended it.) It annoys me that when I say this is what I'm doing and here's why, this person goes and makes stuff for me that I choose not to eat at the moment and then asks me to come eat it! Supposedly it's done out of love, but where's the support? Sadly, this is common among vegetarians, vegans, and raw foodists and their family members.
The second thing that's annoying me is that I bought this "state-of-the-art" juicer and it definitely has downfalls! As I mentioned previously, the prep takes forever because you have to cut all the food in small portions. It does wonderful for greens and hard vegetables and fruits, but doesn't do so well with soft fruits. While I was juicing today I had to stop, disassemble, and clear out the machine on many occasions just to get through the juicing session. It's extremely annoying.
The third thing that's annoying is the expense of juicing! Today I decided to make a red, white, and blue juice in honor of 4th of July. I used blueberries, raspberries, jicama, and rosemary to make sure I got some greens in. The cost for this one-serving juice drink was $8. If you go out to a restaurant, that is what you'd pay, but that's a pretty big expense for one meal when you add it up! And if you screw it up and it doesn't taste good, you can either add more to it or just drink it down, because it's too expensive to throw out.
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So enough about the negative and onto the positive! My taste buds have definitely changed. I was getting hungry on just the green juice so I decided to do a quick watermelon juice (with the rind) to shake things up. It was too sweet! I used to be able to eat almost a quarter watermelon as a meal before with no issues! So I ended up adding spinach to tone it down, although it was still a little too sweet.
I am a little disappointed that the weight loss has plateaued for now - hopefully there will be a breakthrough soon!
So on the menu for today:
Green juice - cucumber, celery, ginger
Watermelon cooler - watermelon with rind, spinach, ginger
Red, white, & blue juice - blueberries, raspberries, jicama, rosemary
I went to the grocery story yesterday and have all the produce purchased and planned for tomorrow's drinks, but I will have to go back to the store tomorrow to buy the produce for the next day.
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If anyone wants to try juicing but is afraid to do it on their own, I will be joining a doctor-led juice cleanse starting July 15. The deadline to sign up is this Sat, July 7.
Here's the link to the Be Juicy 10-Day Juice Cleanse.
Wishing you peas and good health,
VeggiePatti
Happy Fourth of July!
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