Five Day Juice Feast - Day 3

Wednesday, 01 December 2010

Day three finds me with much more energy. This is surprising, because I got very little sleep and was up and down all night with sick kids. Because of the lack of sleep, I decided to go easy on myself today, and worked out a little at home, met up to my juice-feasting friend for a pep-talk, and just hung out at home with the kids. Of course, even with no real agenda for the day, I still felt plenty busy with all the "domestic duties" of a mom, but it was a fairly relaxing day.

The juicing routine is going fine. I'm finding coconut water to be a good filler in this fast. I've been using two a day to add to my juices, which adds a little natural sugar and more liquid. I've also been getting in a ton of greens; mostly kale, dandelion greens, spinach, bok choy and lettuce. Today, I went and bought another $50 or so of organic produce from the grocery store to get me through the rest of the week; a couple pears, another eight cucumbers, three stalks of celery, some more greens and a couple papayas and avocados for Darren, who is being a great support to me this week.

So, today left me confident that I'll finish out the week without any problems. It's just a matter of juicing a few more times and then carefully breaking the fast on Saturday. But, there's still two more days to get through, with all the challenges of parenthood and life, so I'm sure a few more adventures and/or challenges await!