Juice Fast - Day 5

Well folks, this is it. I've decided today will be my last day of juicing. Yeah, I know, I didn't make it to 10 days. But first of all, I don't feel fasting any longer will really give me any more health benefits (I could be wrong, of course). Secondly, I've lost 7 pounds in five days and I don't think I need to lose anymore. Drinking juice has lost its appeal. Also I think I have good enough self-control now...haha just kidding.

Today was great! I thought that it would be harder not to eat today because it's the weekend and I don't have work to occupy me from not eating. But I went out "frolicking" in the snow and that definitely distracted me from wanting to eat real food. I can't wait for tomorrow though! I've been told I shouldn't start off eating lots (especially unhealthy food) with a bang, because it will shock my body and undue whatever it is that this juice fasting did for me. But there are some things I'm really craving: pancakes, pasta & sauce (as mentioned earlier on Day 3), toast with butter and yeast flakes, pretty much anything savory at this point.

Juice Fast - Day 4

Jenn and I made different drinks for breakfast. She made cranberry, apple, lime juice. I drank some and it was really good!

For my own breakfast I made:
Grapefruit
Orange
Spinach (about a pound and it still doesn't make much juice)
Ginger
Broccoli stalks

This juice is really good! I love grapefruit juice and I can't taste the spinach or broccoli at all.

Juice Fast - Day 3

This morning Jennifer decided to only have vegetable juice, I wasn't quite as brave so I made my own juice with fruit in it. I'm scared I wouldn't be able to get just veggie juice down.

Breakfast:
Pears
Celery (5 stalks I think)
Little bit of ginger
1/2 a lemon
A bit of parsley
1/4 of an english cucumber
Carrots

It had little bits of pear pieces in it, maybe I didn't have the juicer on a high enough setting.

Juice Fast - Day 2

This morning I woke up late. Well actually Jenn woke me up as she was leaving for the school building. My roommate Ellen is gone, and she would make sure I am up if my alarm doesn't go off or something. Where's Ellen when I need her...  By the time I got down to the cafeteria Jenn had already made all the juice. What a sweetie.

Breakfast Juice
Ginger
1 Lemon
Carrots
Kale (put through the juicer this time)
Pears
Parsley

Juice Fast - Day 1

So I've decided to do a 10 day juice fast. Well I want to do a 10 day juice fast, but I think I'll go for 5 days first and see how I feel. Now don't think that I'm doing this to loose weight or anything and think I've gone crazy...no I'm simply doing it for the health benefits. Think of it as a kind of spring cleaning...or winter cleaning rather. I also want to do it to help overcome appetite and improve self-control.

The night before Day 1, Monday night, I decided I might as well eat a nice last supper. So I had chips, an orange, ramen, teff pudding & some raw chocolate desert balls, and some real chocolate. Yum. I'll have to hide that chocolate away now. =)

My juicing buddy is my housemate Jenn. Since pretty much everyone from Fountainview is gone on the California Christmas tour, we figured now was a good time to juice and there are no convenient cafeteria meals.

Crazy 60's Hair Day

Hair by Emma, Makeup by Alexandra, Photo by Ellen

Sinking at Seton

I huddled at the front of the speedboat, bouncing along with the waves of Seton Lake, head down against the wind and biting rain, when I heard a commotion at the back of the boat. Straightening up, I leaned back to see what was wrong. To my dismay water was rapidly beginning to cover the floor. Someone opened the engine compartment to find the engine engulfed in water and quickly filling higher! The engine began to bear down and Ellen revved it higher to maintain speed. The gravity of our situation began to sink in. Someone yelled to quickly get to shore! Although we were not in the middle of the lake, we weren't exactly by the edge either. Cliffs rose up sharply from the water's edge leaving little place to moor. A million scenarios rushed through my head, most included the boat sinking and us all frantically struggling through the frigid waters to what little shore we could find.

My thoughts drifted back to the idyllic beginning of the day, Saturday had dawned fresh and bright, blue skies and a few clouds outlined behind the mountain ranges outside my window foretold of a beautiful day. After church and lunch had been taken care of, I piled into the car with my three housemates to head out to the lake. My best friend Ellen had been asked to drive Mr. Lemon, Mr. Meservia and some other church members across nearby Seton Lake to a Bible study since she had her boater's license. The rest of us girls were just going along to keep Ellen company. It was her birthday after all and we didn't want her to be bored. We managed to get the speed boat off the trailer and we all piled in. There were more people than we had expected; eight in total, more than the speed boat was supposed to carry, but didn't we always carry lots of people? So we set off.

We were a couple miles down the lake when the wind started to pick up. The sky was now overcast and starting to darken. Rain drops began to pelt down, slowly seeping into our once dry clothes. It was then that we realized we were taking on a lot of water and was our boat starting to sink?!