Juice Feast-Day 27

The Sun Shines Again!

Today was a good day...SOOO much better then yesterday! The sun is shining and so are my spirits! My green star has yet to arrive, so I've been limping along with the one-armed bandit. A mountain of produce and 1/2 day later, I have 1/2 the juice I need for the day. Then to make matters worse, I found out today that the green star may take a long as two weeks to get here ( I misread he shipping info). Wahhhhhhhhh! I'm going to need more duct tape. Oh well, I'm grateful not to have to juice by hand :)

I'm trying to drink 3/4 of a gallon of juice each day (at least until the green star gets here-then I'll drink more). Two thirds of that is green (tastes nasty lately) and one third fruit. I'm drinking equally as much in water. The past few days my juice and water intake have been down. I've been paying for it in hunger pangs, food cravings, and yellow pee (a sure sign of not being hydrated). Feeing back in the "clear" today.

Had I been raw for a while before going into this, I might trust my body to guide me a bit more in terms of my juice and water intake. I experimented with that somewhat over the past few days, and found that it didn't work so well. My body was pretty addicted to S.A.D. foods before starting this feast, and when left to its own devices, it doesn't seem to ask me for any fluids at all right now (probably still confused by all of the juicy nutrients it's getting). For now, I'm going to have to play the role of, "Ellen knows best." Once I feel like it has had enough time to sufficiently heal (especially now that I've released so much mucoid plaque), I plan to take a step back and trust it to guide me.

Juicy Diary-Day 27

(today's juices & supplements)

32 oz water+3 MSM cap+2 cascara sagrada+2 0z orange juice

8 oz watermelon/lime juice

32 oz water

54 oz green juice (beets, kale, celery, cucumber, cilantro, parsley, dandelion greens, zucchini, carrots, green bell pepper, onion, garlic, jalapeno)

32 oz water

34 oz watermelon/blueberry

Total juice = 96 oz (0.75 gallons)

Total water = 96 ox (0.75 gallons)

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Sleep & dreams: 8.5 hrs (Got new curtains. They block out ALL the light). No dream recall.

Exercise: 1 mile hike with dog

Sauna: 30 minutes

Energy: Good.

Comments: I felt oddly light-headed today--especially after taking a sauna. I think it was the combination of the beets I added to my juice, waiting until late in the day before I started drinking juice, and a bit of detox happening. Taking a sauna drops your blood pressure, and I took mine today right after drinking a lot of green juice. I think the combination nearly caused me to keel over. Won't do that again! It's going to feel like Christmas when that green star gets here.