Day 7

Day 7 of my juice fast is here! I am getting closer and closer to the end and I'm finally officially over halfway finished. Yesterday was a really great day. I had a lot of energy for the first time in this fast. I was able to actually do my housework that had been piling up. I crashed about 6 pm last night and thought I was going to fall asleep for the night but I rallied and made it til 10pm before I was asleep.

I had some massive bloating happen yesterday with some stomach discomfort but it was just part of the process. When I woke up this morning, my stomach was so flat I was in shock. My pants are actually falling off  me today and I am down 1 more lb!!! 7.2 lbs down in my first 6 full fast days. That's pretty insane. Of course, when your intestines have NO FOOD IN THEM, there's nothing to bulk up your abdomen I guess.

Also, I'm not hungry at all. I had to make myself drink my juice yesterday and I probably didn't drink as much as I should have nutritionally, but my coach told me before I started to listen to my body. Drink when I'm hungry and if I feel like I don't want it, I don't have to have it. This fast really does teach you how to listen to your body. I feel much  more in tune with what it's telling me and I really want to keep that practice up even when I finish this fast.

I'm feeling motivated to continue healthy practices and I've been stalking pinterest and pinning tons of healthy ideas. It's kind of amazing how time consuming juicing is if you juice for every meal like I do. The whole process takes about 20 minutes every time I juice. There is the cutting up the fruit and vegetables and peeling what needs to be peeled. Then the juicing process. Then you have to clean your juicer every time, obviously. So, because of that, it really has shown me that I have time to cook during the day since I have had time to juice. That means more fresh foods in my diet instead of the processed junk I've been consuming for years.

Juicing is not for forever. It's a springboard for a healthy lifestyle and this is where I've struggled in the past. I can get through my fast or cleanse but I can't stick with making good food decisions afterwards. I'm praying for a real deliverance in my life in this area and I know that this is going to be a year of change for me in this area.

So I've rambled on long enough in this blog today, but I'm looking forward to what the last few days are going to bring.  Stay tuned.........