9 days of juice fasting

Well, that certainly didn’t last long, lol. I went 9 whole days drinking my meals of fruits and vegetables only. I cannot believe how hard it was to actually give up chewing food, but it was.

So…what are the results? in 9 days i lost 16 pounds, 2 1/2″ off my belly and 1 1/2″ off my waist. Not bad I think. More importantly, I have had a juice every day since I ate my first meal. Im not ready to give that up yet. Work is picking up for me so I will be spending more time sitting down and as I’m writing this I have a juice right in front of me, keeping my appetite in check as I nurse it along.

I found that the craving that did me in, what I just HAD to have, was grilled salmon and broccoli. I couldn’t go any longer for some reason without having just that. It’s only been 6 days of eating and juicing combined, however, I have only put 2 pounds back on. Oddly, though, I have noticed my typical foods aren’t as satisfying as previously thought. I try not to eat fast food, but with two kids, sometimes ya gotta, and i have noticed that the food actually doesn’t taste good. Don’t get me wrong, there are moments of chewing up a hamburger that my taste buds say, ooooh, that bite was good, but over the course of the entire burger, it’s not satisfying nor is it (as a whole) very tasty. I have noticed this with most of the food that I typically eat.

So whats the plan now? another Juice fast.I feel like I know more of what to expect. My goal? I’m just going to beat 9 days, and then we’ll see where it goes. Oh, and the ole lady made it 7 days. We had talked about a “cheat day” and she took that as “WE ARE HAVING” a cheat day. She came home and asked me what i ate, and i said, my mean green twice today, why? She was feeling guilty after that, she really thought we agreed on something, lol.