7:32 a.m. Today is a do-over since I was sick yesterday. I slept for almost 12 hours (with just a brief interruption when my husband woke me up at midnight to help find the baby's nasal sucker thing.. don't know what they are called). I feel better, more like a bad cold today and my fever broke sometime early this morning. SO I am going to try fasting again today. I am pretty hungry at the moment, but I expect that is normal after eating next to nothing yesterday and vomiting several times. My mom bought me a juicer so I will be able to make my own fresh starting tomorrow after I go grocery shopping for veggies. In the meantime I am off to have a glass of carrot/butternut squash/mango juice.
11:23 a.m. Well I am hungry but not nearly as much as this morning. My headache from yesterday hasn't come back yet, but because of the flu I am achy. So I am just at home doing housework and listening to the baby attempt to take a nap (I am attempting, she is not). I have had 2 glasses of juice and some water this morning. Anyway, more updates later. P.s. still peeing ALOT
3.24.2009
3.23.2009
Juice Fast - Day 1
I will be posting and updating my thoughts and the effects of the first day of fast here throughout the day.
7:58 a.m. I have been up for about an hour with my little girl, and when I woke up I was shocked to discover the very first thing I thought was "what should I have for breakfast?". I don't know if this was because I knew I was starting my fast today, so food was on my mind, or if that is truly what my thought is every morning. I am actually not hungry at all yet, but drank a 1/2 glass of Organic Cranberry juice slowly over the last 15 minutes (let me note here - I intend to get a juicer to make all my own juices, but unfortunately that has to wait until next payday.... I guess 100% organic is the next best way to go, so that is what I am doing). I do have to work for 5 hours today, through the lunch shift at a restaurant :-S. The manager knows I am doing a fast, and also knows that the first week will be the hardest for me, so I am leaving early today and I have the rest of the week off.
To prepare for this fast I invested in several types of Organic juice, a giant thing of mouthwash and toothpaste (as I have heard that the breath that comes with a fast is something straight from the depths of hell itself ;)), and lots of easy to make boxed and frozen dinners for my husband since I won't want to be cooking (especially over the next few days)... needless to say, he is thrilled that he gets to just eat "junk food" for the next week. More in a few hours!
9:45 a.m. time to go get ready for work. I have started feeling a little hungry so I am working on a glass of water and ice. Discovering this morning I may be getting a cold... my throat hurts. Yuck. Anyway.. wish me best of luck as I go to work and smell allll the yummy foods my customers will be ordering. I am taking a water jug to work that has diluted juice in it (1/2 water, 1/2 juice) so that I don't drink all the sugary juices they have at work.
2:30 p.m. My manager let me leave work early because we were completely dead today. I think it was a good thing I am not there as they were having a Prime Rib and Potatoes special for lunch! I am starting to get a headache, but I haven't been as hungry as expected. I think if I go home with my daughter and take a nap I will feel much better (I had to stop at my mom's to pick her up). We'll see how the rest of the day goes. Oh, and I have noticed that I am peeing a lot more today, but that is to be expected as I am consuming a lot of liquids
Evening sometime I discovered that my sore throat was an indicator of the flu... oh how fun. My daughter is sick as well... low fevers, vomiting, achy, and the poor baby can't breathe laying down so I need to figure out a way to prop her up while sleeping. I had to eat a piece of toast because I was getting so dizzy after throwing up, so I guess I am trying to restart my fast in the morning if I am feeling up for it. I am off to bed now though as my husband is home and can take over with our little one.
7:58 a.m. I have been up for about an hour with my little girl, and when I woke up I was shocked to discover the very first thing I thought was "what should I have for breakfast?". I don't know if this was because I knew I was starting my fast today, so food was on my mind, or if that is truly what my thought is every morning. I am actually not hungry at all yet, but drank a 1/2 glass of Organic Cranberry juice slowly over the last 15 minutes (let me note here - I intend to get a juicer to make all my own juices, but unfortunately that has to wait until next payday.... I guess 100% organic is the next best way to go, so that is what I am doing). I do have to work for 5 hours today, through the lunch shift at a restaurant :-S. The manager knows I am doing a fast, and also knows that the first week will be the hardest for me, so I am leaving early today and I have the rest of the week off.
To prepare for this fast I invested in several types of Organic juice, a giant thing of mouthwash and toothpaste (as I have heard that the breath that comes with a fast is something straight from the depths of hell itself ;)), and lots of easy to make boxed and frozen dinners for my husband since I won't want to be cooking (especially over the next few days)... needless to say, he is thrilled that he gets to just eat "junk food" for the next week. More in a few hours!
9:45 a.m. time to go get ready for work. I have started feeling a little hungry so I am working on a glass of water and ice. Discovering this morning I may be getting a cold... my throat hurts. Yuck. Anyway.. wish me best of luck as I go to work and smell allll the yummy foods my customers will be ordering. I am taking a water jug to work that has diluted juice in it (1/2 water, 1/2 juice) so that I don't drink all the sugary juices they have at work.
2:30 p.m. My manager let me leave work early because we were completely dead today. I think it was a good thing I am not there as they were having a Prime Rib and Potatoes special for lunch! I am starting to get a headache, but I haven't been as hungry as expected. I think if I go home with my daughter and take a nap I will feel much better (I had to stop at my mom's to pick her up). We'll see how the rest of the day goes. Oh, and I have noticed that I am peeing a lot more today, but that is to be expected as I am consuming a lot of liquids
Evening sometime I discovered that my sore throat was an indicator of the flu... oh how fun. My daughter is sick as well... low fevers, vomiting, achy, and the poor baby can't breathe laying down so I need to figure out a way to prop her up while sleeping. I had to eat a piece of toast because I was getting so dizzy after throwing up, so I guess I am trying to restart my fast in the morning if I am feeling up for it. I am off to bed now though as my husband is home and can take over with our little one.
Intro to me and what I am doing
I am Krista, the 24 year old first time mom to a baby girl named Adeline Michele, who was born 09.12.08. The moment I set eyes on her I realized that I needed to change my life and start taking better care of myself. I had been slacking for years on my physical health, spiritual health, and even emotional health, and could see the results of being so lazy. After losing the weight I had gained during my pregnancy I was still 215 pounds, and at 5'4 that is considered obese. I had quit smoking during my pregnancy, but planned to start again as soon as I had the baby. I hadn't taken a serious interest in church or religion for years, even though I had been raised in a Protestant Christian home, and I realized that my lack of religion had rubbed off on my new husband who was caring less and less about our spiritual life and the effect it was having on our marriage.
It's been six months since her birth, and I have managed to lose 10 pounds, bringing me down to 205. I used Weight Watchers to accomplish this, but my weight has plateaud and I need some more help. I DID quit smoking completely, and have managed to not have a cigarette in 15 months. As for religion, well, my husband and I have taken a renewed intrest in Christianity and began attending a small in home church. A young couple that attend with us have known my husband for years, and recently asked us to pray about moving to India with them to do missions work, such as working with women and orphans in rural areas to provide medical and food relief, and teach English. More about that later though.
So in order to bring myself back to a physically, spiritually, and emotionally healthy place, I have decided to do a 30 day juice fast in order to completely cleanse myself. This will be a time spent in as much silence as possible (with a 6 month old I think most of my silence will be during nap times), as much prayer as possible, and of course - no food. I will be journaling my experience here and how it changes my life. Following the 30 day fast I intend to complete a 15 day raw food "fast" to wean myself back into food. I know it won't be easy but I am praying that with the Lord's help and the support of my family and a few friends, I will be able to complete this. I want my daughter to know me as a well balanced and completely healthy woman, and this is the best way I can think of to start my journey to achieving that.
It's been six months since her birth, and I have managed to lose 10 pounds, bringing me down to 205. I used Weight Watchers to accomplish this, but my weight has plateaud and I need some more help. I DID quit smoking completely, and have managed to not have a cigarette in 15 months. As for religion, well, my husband and I have taken a renewed intrest in Christianity and began attending a small in home church. A young couple that attend with us have known my husband for years, and recently asked us to pray about moving to India with them to do missions work, such as working with women and orphans in rural areas to provide medical and food relief, and teach English. More about that later though.
So in order to bring myself back to a physically, spiritually, and emotionally healthy place, I have decided to do a 30 day juice fast in order to completely cleanse myself. This will be a time spent in as much silence as possible (with a 6 month old I think most of my silence will be during nap times), as much prayer as possible, and of course - no food. I will be journaling my experience here and how it changes my life. Following the 30 day fast I intend to complete a 15 day raw food "fast" to wean myself back into food. I know it won't be easy but I am praying that with the Lord's help and the support of my family and a few friends, I will be able to complete this. I want my daughter to know me as a well balanced and completely healthy woman, and this is the best way I can think of to start my journey to achieving that.
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