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I have boldly decided to embark on a Juice Fast journey with my trusty Jack LaLanne juicer. Instead of verbally highlighting my everyday progress (or regress, let's hope not) to all my loved ones. Here lies a journal that will chronicle my everyday struggles and triumphs. Be inspired... or not.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Day 1 - 0 pounds lost

So, I saw this documentary, "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead", while I was painting my nails. What did I do the next day? I bought a juicer. I came home and told my significant other, "We're going on a juice fast." We officially started out juice fast the very next day. Note, he hasn't seen the documentary, but went along with it anyway, with some convincing, of course. I bought the necessary veggies for our detox juice and and jumped right in.

Recipe - About 12 fl. oz of juice with a Jack LaLanne Juicer
6 leaves of kale
4 celery stalks
2 golden delicious apples
1 cucumber
1/2 lemon with some pith, no skin
A piece of ginger, about the size of the lemon, peeled or not but leave some pith if you do peel it



It was tough the first day. I felt like a zombie and my mind was all in a fuzz. My partner slept for most of the day, as did I, and even complained about having a headache. I figured this was our withdrawal symptoms. We weren't necessarily hungry because surprisingly the juice helped curb our hunger as well as our appetite but that would only last for so long.

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