Tomorrow is the Day!

I've decided to blog about my 20 day juice fast. I feel this is huge for me. I will be really putting myself out there. I will tell you my thoughts, my struggles, my pains, side effects, triumphs, successes!

And here’s how it began….

Shortly after the New Year a friend of mine had liked a post on FB about someone who started a juice fast and had lost weight. (Check out Jenea's Juicing Journey, http://www.facebook.com/JeneasJuicingJourney?ref=ts&fref=ts)..... I liked her page and started to take notice of all her successes. 

I had to watch the documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.  I kept putting it off, thinking to myself, am I ready to make this change in my life?  I finally sat down and watched the movie.  If you have not seen it, I highly recommend watching it.  It made me think about the food I was putting into my body and how terrible I have been treating it.  My body works its ass off to process all the shit I have been eating.  I only get one body (in this life anyways!) and its time I start taking care of myself!

My juicer arrived last week and I’ve been testing some recipes.  I decided to jump right into things and try Joe Cross’s Mean Green Juice… It was interesting.  I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it.  I started drinking a green juice for breakfast every day.  I felt awesome afterwards and they started to taste delicious to me.

What happens after the 20 days you ask?  My whole diet will consist of only raw food for awhile.  I aim to eventually have a diet based on 50% plant, 25% lean protein and 25% grains.

So here I am the day before I start my 20 day fast.  I made a delicious juice this morning made of carrot, apple, celery, mango and lemon, yummy!  My fear of failure is consuming me, but I really think I CAN DO THIS!  The first 4 days of detoxing is really rough (especially days 3 and 4).  I suppose if I can make it through that the rest of this should be a breeze!