Juice-only Detox

Brief recap… My husband and I decided to try a three-day juice-only diet. I’m following a long weekend detox, and my husband is following regular juicing recipes; there is some overlap in the recipes. So, last night I went to Whole Foods and a local supermarket to stock up for the next three days. Our total was $175.

Well we’re almost through our first day. How’s it going? Yeah, it sort of sucks. We’re both craving some real food right now; even just a simple salad at this point sounds delicious. We’re both suffering from some mild headaches, and my husband is a little moody. He’s also done for the day even though he has one juice left. I’m actually drinking the second half of his juice because it made so much, and I’m lazy to juice again. My schedule called for 5 juices, and my husband’s called for 4.

Our first juices of the day weren’t bad, and were rather small. The next two were okay and more filling. Then. came. lunch. Alan’s juice had a lot of fruits and veggies. I was in the kitchen for an hour washing, juicing, and washing up.  Alan’s juice probably made about 50-60 ounces of juice! He wasn’t a big fan of the taste either, so he didn’t even finish half of it. My juice on the other hand was h.o.r.r.i.b.l.e. It tasted like rotten salsa. We both had to choke them down. After those we sort of needed a break, which is why Alan said he was done for the night. “I can’t even take the smell in the kitchen right now.”

  

I technically have 2 more juices to do for the night, but it’s already 8 o’clock and I’m tired. Not sure if I’m tired because of the lack of solid food, or if its just my usual end-of-day tired. So I’m typing while drinking the rest of Alan’s juice. It tastes so much better than mine did – all I can taste is pear. Alan thinks it was the beet. Oh, by the way, Alan lost 1.4 pounds today so far. I’m about the same.

I offered Alan to break the detox, but he’s sticking with it… for now. Just hoping tomorrow goes a little better. I figured day 1 would suck. And tv isn’t helping either because everyone is eating, and every other commercial is a food commercial. We’re looking forward to day 4 when we’re off the cleanse. We’ll be eating out for dinner, but even that makes me nervous because my detox says to take it easy when going back to solid food. So we’ll see if our cravings are the same when that day finally comes. 

Oh! How could I forget to address any bathroom issues? None… so far.  Just lots of peeing! It surprisingly comes out clear.

If you're at all curious about this whole juicing nonsense, go check out www.rebootwithjoe.com. (its currently down right this second however) I love reading the success stories - they're so inspiring.