Day Eighteen

I had a very busy day yesterday and completely forgot to post.  Which is not a big deal really, because there was nothing out of the ordinary to report.

Weight today is 63.6kg (140.2lb).  The weight is gradually going down, not in a big rush, which is a good thing.

So I spent yesterday doing my motherly duty, downtown with my daughter, who was shopping for clothes for the cooler weather.  I had a big green juice before we left, we walked downtown, the time flew, and my energy and mood didn't falter for a second.  Which, for me, is very unusual.  Normally a couple of hours trawling the shops is enough for me, and I had expected to need to catch the bus home.  But I was very bouncy and felt great.  Lovely daughter lunched in a cafe, and I sipped herbal tea with no feelings of envy (she cooperated by saying it was all terrible - a boldfaced lie), and on our way home later in the afternoon we stopped at a local coffee shop where they squeeze their juices before your very eyes, and I had a chilled grapefruit juice - delicious!

So overall I haven't found managing the juicing at all difficult.  But I must say I'm very very lucky to have the support of my husband and daughter, who don't care that the fridge is jammed with greens, and cheerfully eat their meals and don't care at all that I'm not joining them.  I do think that if I were living in a house of sceptics that I would have weakened by now.

With all of that said, I am having some reservations about the wisdom of the 90 day juice feast.  The reading I'm doing talks about the end of the 90 days and the need to eat probiotics to restore intestinal bacteria (very sensible) and other supplements to prevent the large intestine from weakening due to lack of activity.  If that is the case, I'm not sure that the extended juicing may be such a productive thing, and I worry that it may cause elimination problems when I eventually return to solid foods.

The other side of the coin is that I feel very well indeed right now, and joy of joys, I'm losing the weight.  I'm still undecided, but there's plenty of time to mull it all over.

Day 30 is my day to make a decision, and I still have twelve days to go.  I'll be watching myself to see if I feel better, or worse.

I think boredom is actually the biggest problem right now.  But lovely husband brought me some grapes yesterday, so I shall include them in the mix and see if I can get a new flavour going.

Yesterday I had two green juices, a small grapefruit juice and a 50/50 fruit and green mix.  So about a quart less than usual, because at the end of the day I just didn't feel like it.

Digestive-wise everything is moving along quite well and regularly.   I do feel as if I'm in a period of extra elimination, perhaps another few days of spring-cleaning.

That's it for today, and another weekend is upon us, bringing with it the usual challenges of being out and about.  I've learned not to worry about that so much.  I think we'll probably stay in the city this weekend, do some walking and maybe go to the movies.   I'd also like to visit the SF Zen Center.

More tomorrow.