Juice Feast-Day 70

The Juicy Blahs

(<--I'm sure these cupcakes are 100% raw ) So here it is....day 70...ummm...about all I can say is...big whoop. I've arrived at this milestone on my feast only to find that I've got a good case of the juicy blahs today. I'm feeling quite bored with juice at the moment, and much more interested in eating solid foods. ANY solid foods at all. The mere sound of chewing seemed to send me over the edge today. I even found myself giving the dog and cats the stink-eye tonight while they crunched on their kibble.

Oh, don't worry. I haven't come this far to hop off the bus while it's still moving. I've only got 22 more days to go for goodness sakes. I'm simply feeling flat. Humdrum. Bored silly. In short, I am not all that fired-up about juice feasting right now. The thrill has gone.

Tomorrow starts week 11. And since it's a new week, I'll be stepping on the scale again in hopes that it will provide me with some much needed motivation. I'm not looking for massive weight loss. Any weight loss at all would suffice. In my mind, weight loss = detox. I'm clearly detoxing through my skin and tongue at the moment, but additional weight loss would signal that even greater detox is still happening. As long as I know that things are being cleared out, it's easy for me to mentally justify pressing on.

My Pepper-ache

Part of the reason I've felt so uninspired today, is that I finally reached my pepper threshold. Yes, it's true. Apparently, even I can over do it on the peppers. (blasphemy!)

Today (like every other day) I added green bell pepper, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, cayenne pepper, and assorted hot peppers (ancho, chili, Anaheim, etc.) to my green juice. It was HOT! HOT! HOT! Almost immediately my tummy said, NOT! NOT! NOT! I had a pretty good stomach ache going that tormented me all day long (that's should to be a real pleasure during my Sunday morning enema). I THINK it was the peppers that did it (for a moment the salmonella jalapeno scare crossed my mind), although it could have also been the extra hunk of red onion, or the extra 1/2 dozen cloves of garlic I threw in. What can I say? Oops.

Juicy Diary-Day 70

(Today's juices & supplements)

24 oz rooibos tea + 2 Tbsp raw honey

2 oz water + chanca peidra

32 oz water + MSM+ B12+parastroy

18 oz watermelon/blueberry

60 oz green juice (kale, spinach, red lettuce, dandelion greens, cilantro, Spanish radish, carrots, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, jalapeno, assorted hot peppers, garlic, red onion) + parastroy

25 oz pineapple/Rainier cherry

Rainier cherries were are real treat for me today. They are so sweet and their pale yellow flesh was a departure from the usual line up. Usually these cherries (which were bred by crossing Bing and Van cultivars) are more expensive than dark cherries. That is because getting them from the tree to the grocery store isn't easy. They are ultra sensative to changes in weather and nearly 1/3 of the crop is lost to birds each year.

32 oz water

Total Juice =103 ounces (0.80 gallons)

Total Water =90 ounces (0.70 gallons)

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Sleep & dreams: 8 hrs. No dream recall.

Energy and Mood: Feeling pretty blah and sad (sadness related to my Mom's illness), but I have good energy-especially compared to Thursday and Friday after coming off that 3-day water fast.

Exercise: 2 mile hike with dog.

Sauna: 20 minutes

Physical Observations: Yay! I had a lovely poop today! My skin is still sporting little 1/2 dozen mini volcanic eruptions on my chest, thighs, hips, and sides. Very odd indeed. Rather disappointing is the fact that my tongue still has cracks in it that I would have expected to heal after ingesting all of these wonderful nutrients for 70 days. My tongue is still sporting a white stripe down the middle, too. Perhaps things will look differently by day 92. Maybe I'll even turn back the clock on a few of my grays...