Juice Feast-Day 48

Happy 4th of July!

This is a picture from tonight's fireworks display where I live. Lovely, eh? (photo by Clint Austin, Duluth News Tribune) The bridge in the foreground is an aerial liftbridge where ships come in and out of our port. Fortuntely, I can see everything perfectly from a second floor bedroom here at home so no need to fight the traffic...:) The dog wasn't particularly impressed (nor the cats) but I was...

I was on deadline today, so in typical manic style, I shorted myself juice and water again today. It worked out fine, though. It's always a cake-walk when there is something else to focus on. Tomorrow is our local farmer's market so I intend to swing by and peruse their offerings before heading over to co-op to restock my juicy supplies. I'm so excited to get some new and different fruits and greens! Hmm...and maybe some more coconuts. I'm quite taken with drinking the water lately, just wish they weren't so darn expensive.

On that note ($$$$), I've been saving all of my juicy receipts. It's not going to be pretty, but I think the final talley could be intersting for those who are considering feasting in the future. I won't count what I spent on juicers. That would surely push things over a cliff.

The Feasting Spectrum of Emotions

It's quite remarkable, really. I think I've experienced all of these emotions and then some. One day I'm up, the next I'm down. Sometimes I have several days inbetween where nothing much seems to be happening. If there is one thing that I have learned while juice feasting (from my own experience as well as the experience of others), it's that a day can make all the difference in the world. If one day you think you've got it all figured out...tomorrow will prove you don't. And if on another day you think you just can't continue... wait until tomorrow. You'll be so full of resolve you wouldn't dream of quitting. What a difference a day makes! Good, bad, or indifferent, a good motto to feast by is, "This Too Shall Pass."

Juicey Diary-Day 48

(Today's Juices & Supplements...short but sweet)

64 oz water

47 oz watermelon/cherry juice

Total Juice = 47 oz (0.37 gallons) OUCH!

Total Water = 64 oz (0.50 gallons)

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Sleep & dreams: 10 hrs (B-l-i-s-s!!!) I had some more detox dreams last night, although they were not quite as intense as they have been. Can't quite remember the content at this point.

Exercise: 2 mile hike with dog

Sauna: nope

Energy: Excellent despite being way down on my juice and water intake. Have had a few "light-headed" spells today after getting up too quickly. "whoa nellie"

Comments: Still sporting a rash on my belly button. Don't have a clue as to what that is all about. My period (the first real one in years) is finally wrapping up today. I have zits almost large enough to qualify for thier own zip code on my chin and I'm sneezing a lot today. I was hoping a day of straight fruit juice would encourage a poop. No dice. Might have to resort to the enema bag tomorrow.