2100: Slept a ridiculous amount last night, but felt really good today. I still got very hungry at times, say 7-8 for a few minutes at a time, but it dissipated when I drank some juice. Things are going my way, too, generally in my day today. I'm looking forward to eating tomorrow. I'm planning on a banana when I wake up, then a vegetable juice before I leave the house. I'll be out for the whole morning but I plan to bring a nectarine with me, and then maybe have a salad when I get home. For the evening meal I'm making a raw Vegan Kale Ginger Soup which I found on the Low Fat Vegan Recipes blog: http://lowfatveganrecipes.com/raw-vegan-kale-ginger-soup/
My partner is really excited about having coffee tomorrow. I thought the coffee should wait at least another couple of days but he's ready for it now. I'm not sure. I think I may hold off a little longer. I'm shocked that he's the one who has missed coffee more. In fact, the whole time we've been doing this the bag of coffee has been sitting on the counter and I haven't had even the slightest temptation, even when I was considering drinking coffee to get rid of the withdrawal headache. I'm confused by this as I love coffee and really, really don't want to give it up. I guess I would love to remake my relationship with coffee so that instead of thinking of it as the best part of my morning, it could be just an occasional friend. I'm really not sure I can just be friends with coffee though...
Good night!
Showing posts with label juice fast. Show all posts
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Day 3: Evening: looks like I made it through
I'm stunned that I didn't have a headache all day today (but grateful!) Tonight has been up and down with the hungry. I definitely hit about 8 this afternoon and I'm at about a 6 now, but should be getting to sleep soon so I won't know! My partner made me a juice with red grapefruit, lime, and pineapple earlier that helped dislodge the sensory memory of the weird juice I made earlier. *shudder*
Although my stomach is still stubbornly rumbling, my mind feels sharper. My attention span seems to be increasing. I didn't go into full-on cleaning mode today as I had hoped, yet I got a tremendous amount of mental organizing and research done. I'll take it!
Although my stomach is still stubbornly rumbling, my mind feels sharper. My attention span seems to be increasing. I didn't go into full-on cleaning mode today as I had hoped, yet I got a tremendous amount of mental organizing and research done. I'll take it!
Day 3: Afternoon: Still hungry, but no headache!
1537: As the day has gone on I've been hungrier and hungrier. My partner called from work to say he was going to stop at home for a few minutes and could I please make a juice for him? He said he's having a hard time. He had a more difficult time with hunger than I did on the two raw days. He had to buy nuts to get through work on Thursday and Friday. His job is extremely physically demanding and he needs to do what's right for him.
I just realized that a few hours had gone by with no juice so I'm having some now. This is the first questionable-tasting juice I've had in the month that we've been juicing. It's a recipe from Superzumos and is made from lettuce, cabbage, carrot, apple, and broccoli. I think it's the cabbage that's putting me off. Whatever it is, it's got a most unusual flavor...but I'll drink it.
Energywise, I feel fine. I've been sporadically cleaning and making some headway around the house, but also taking some time to follow the blogs I was following on my old blog here in this one, and do some reading and exploring. The sun finally came back out and everything looks better!
Day 3: Morning: So far, so good
0958: We woke up at 7:30 today. NO HEADACHE. I think I can feel it hovering around in the back of my head but it hasn't set in. I'll take it!
I do feel hungry, but more than that, I feel the compulsion to eat. It's interesting that the second my partner left for work, a part of my brain said, "Okay, time to eat." WTF is that?
When I got up I made a juice with celery, parsley, cucumber, ginger, and carrots. Since we started juicing I've been fascinated with how good celery tastes, and also cucumber. I like the slight zing that the ginger adds too. Everything I read says parsley is important for energy, and it's also in a lot of the liver-support juice recipes, so I've been throwing it in. I love Italian parsley anyway, although it doesn't seem to add any flavor to the juice.
When my partner left for work and I started thinking about eating, I made a juice of canteloupe with lime. OMG. I did not expect it to taste so good! I hope that over the long term I will be drinking more vegetables juices than fruit juices but I'm trying to mix it up during the fast.
So, hungrywise, on a scale of 1-10 (10 is most hungry) I'm at about a 5. Yesterday and Thursday I was around a 9 or 10 much of the time. This is better. Of course, it's not even noon yet :-)
It has been pretty exciting to get caught up on the dishes and not have them reproduce as fast as I can wash them. Fasting bonus!
I do feel hungry, but more than that, I feel the compulsion to eat. It's interesting that the second my partner left for work, a part of my brain said, "Okay, time to eat." WTF is that?
When I got up I made a juice with celery, parsley, cucumber, ginger, and carrots. Since we started juicing I've been fascinated with how good celery tastes, and also cucumber. I like the slight zing that the ginger adds too. Everything I read says parsley is important for energy, and it's also in a lot of the liver-support juice recipes, so I've been throwing it in. I love Italian parsley anyway, although it doesn't seem to add any flavor to the juice.
When my partner left for work and I started thinking about eating, I made a juice of canteloupe with lime. OMG. I did not expect it to taste so good! I hope that over the long term I will be drinking more vegetables juices than fruit juices but I'm trying to mix it up during the fast.
So, hungrywise, on a scale of 1-10 (10 is most hungry) I'm at about a 5. Yesterday and Thursday I was around a 9 or 10 much of the time. This is better. Of course, it's not even noon yet :-)
It has been pretty exciting to get caught up on the dishes and not have them reproduce as fast as I can wash them. Fasting bonus!
Friday, August 20, 2010
Day 2: Hungry but distracted by headache
1345: I felt a lot better when I woke up this morning. I ate a banana and a little later drank some carrot/beet/kale/celery juice and then headed out. I'm still out and I'm really hungry now. I haven't had anything except some water since 9am. I know today the plan was to eat raw fruits and veggies but after last night I was really nervous about eating. I didn't feel hungry at all in the morning so I figured I'd be okay without bringing anything with me. Forgot I wouldn't be able to get home between appointments today! Either way, tomorrow is juice, water and herbal tea only and since I'm able to stay home tomorrow, it should actually be easier than today. I think I'll eat some raisins when I get home. I'm pretty sure that's considered a raw fruit. I'm still feeling anxiety around eating more raw veggies but I'll be sure to super-wash them and hope for the best.
The caffeine withdrawal headache is definitely drowning out most of the hunger symptoms though! I'm going to take this one day at a time, or one hour maybe (!) but I'm still leaving the door open to adding back a half-cup of coffee if the headache seems to be debilitating. I had plans to detox parts of my living space while my body was cleaning house too, and if I can't enjoy the clearheaded part of fasting I wonder if I might be better off killing the headache. But that's not this hour anyway. *rumble*
The caffeine withdrawal headache is definitely drowning out most of the hunger symptoms though! I'm going to take this one day at a time, or one hour maybe (!) but I'm still leaving the door open to adding back a half-cup of coffee if the headache seems to be debilitating. I had plans to detox parts of my living space while my body was cleaning house too, and if I can't enjoy the clearheaded part of fasting I wonder if I might be better off killing the headache. But that's not this hour anyway. *rumble*
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Day 1: Decaffeinated and more
I may not have mentioned last night that what I foresaw as my biggest challenge during this detox would be kicking caffeine. It's only 1230 and my head feels like it got hit by a rock. Urrrrgggh.
UPDATE:
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Just finished upchucking after about four hours of stomach discomfort punctuated by intervals of stomach pain. Some of this was normal discomfort that I've experienced on a somewhat regular basis, but that usually only happens in the morning and DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorince) has always been helpful. Not today though.
I was so happy to get in bed at 1830 because although I wanted to eat I realized my *body* wanted to sleep. I stayed up way too late two nights in a row, and then today went cold turkey off the caffeine. It's not my plan to quit caffeine; I'm already lusting after a cup when this fast is done. It's just that I don't think I'm giving my liver or the rest of my organs a break if I use caffeine while fasting.
Anyway, I couldn't stay in bed because my upper back and stomach were in too much discomfort and things went rather downhill from there. My partner suggested Pepto and I said I didn't want to put something in my body to plug it up when I'm trying to detox it, but a few hours later I broke down and tried it. I couldn't find a comfortable position, and all the burping in the world didn't make the discomfort go away. It was getting worse and I was starting to get a little panicky that this might be an all-night thing.
Tack the caffeine withdrawal headache on and understand how much I wanted to get into bed and sleep so I could get a break from the headache, yet lying down made the stomach thing unbearable. I was also having intermittent chills and considering whether I had actually washed all the fruits and vegetables I ate today...
Mind you, this is exactly how I spent my 40th birthday also. Woke up in the wee hours with stomach pain and some hours later ended up with my head in the toilet. I cannot believe I've puked again already. I am not sure I even threw up once in 2009, maybe not even in 2008, yet twice in four months in 2010 with very similar accompanying symptoms. Further illustration that I needed to reboot, I guess.
What's different than my birthday is that this time I felt some immediate relief from throwing up. The headache backed off by about 60% - and I mean immediately. Before I even stopped shaking and got off the bathroom floor, the headache was retreating. Stomach is not okay, but considerably better than before and I don't feel nausea anymore. I'm going to try going to bed again here in a few minutes.
Wheee! I was completed blindsided by whatever is happening here. I fully expected the headache. I didn't anticipate debilitating stomach issues from one day of only eating raw fruits and veggies. I didn't expect any issues, really, on the digestive side; I expected to run into some unpleasant symptoms a few days into this, once we're only drinking juices; effects of detox.
It seems more likely that I just didn't wash something that I ate and I picked up some nasty bacteria. Hopefully I'll see some improvement. If not, tomorrow's going to be epic. I've got long jobs that will keep me away from the house most of the day, so I have to keep it together!
I may be underestimating how bad detox may feel, also. Since I've been vegan for a little over 3 years now and I do eat fruits and vegetables daily, and don't use processed faux meats all the time, I figured I wouldn't be in too much pain. I believe I figured the people who get the really evil symptoms during a fast are those who have a bunch of rotting animal flesh in their intestines and growth hormones in their fat stores. It may not be that simple!
UPDATE:
2154
Just finished upchucking after about four hours of stomach discomfort punctuated by intervals of stomach pain. Some of this was normal discomfort that I've experienced on a somewhat regular basis, but that usually only happens in the morning and DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorince) has always been helpful. Not today though.
I was so happy to get in bed at 1830 because although I wanted to eat I realized my *body* wanted to sleep. I stayed up way too late two nights in a row, and then today went cold turkey off the caffeine. It's not my plan to quit caffeine; I'm already lusting after a cup when this fast is done. It's just that I don't think I'm giving my liver or the rest of my organs a break if I use caffeine while fasting.
Anyway, I couldn't stay in bed because my upper back and stomach were in too much discomfort and things went rather downhill from there. My partner suggested Pepto and I said I didn't want to put something in my body to plug it up when I'm trying to detox it, but a few hours later I broke down and tried it. I couldn't find a comfortable position, and all the burping in the world didn't make the discomfort go away. It was getting worse and I was starting to get a little panicky that this might be an all-night thing.
Tack the caffeine withdrawal headache on and understand how much I wanted to get into bed and sleep so I could get a break from the headache, yet lying down made the stomach thing unbearable. I was also having intermittent chills and considering whether I had actually washed all the fruits and vegetables I ate today...
Mind you, this is exactly how I spent my 40th birthday also. Woke up in the wee hours with stomach pain and some hours later ended up with my head in the toilet. I cannot believe I've puked again already. I am not sure I even threw up once in 2009, maybe not even in 2008, yet twice in four months in 2010 with very similar accompanying symptoms. Further illustration that I needed to reboot, I guess.
What's different than my birthday is that this time I felt some immediate relief from throwing up. The headache backed off by about 60% - and I mean immediately. Before I even stopped shaking and got off the bathroom floor, the headache was retreating. Stomach is not okay, but considerably better than before and I don't feel nausea anymore. I'm going to try going to bed again here in a few minutes.
Wheee! I was completed blindsided by whatever is happening here. I fully expected the headache. I didn't anticipate debilitating stomach issues from one day of only eating raw fruits and veggies. I didn't expect any issues, really, on the digestive side; I expected to run into some unpleasant symptoms a few days into this, once we're only drinking juices; effects of detox.
It seems more likely that I just didn't wash something that I ate and I picked up some nasty bacteria. Hopefully I'll see some improvement. If not, tomorrow's going to be epic. I've got long jobs that will keep me away from the house most of the day, so I have to keep it together!
I may be underestimating how bad detox may feel, also. Since I've been vegan for a little over 3 years now and I do eat fruits and vegetables daily, and don't use processed faux meats all the time, I figured I wouldn't be in too much pain. I believe I figured the people who get the really evil symptoms during a fast are those who have a bunch of rotting animal flesh in their intestines and growth hormones in their fat stores. It may not be that simple!
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