Day 9

It's day 9 of my juice fast y'all!!!! I'm down a half lb so my weight loss total so far is 7.8 lbs in 8 full fast days. I was hoping to be down 9 lbs by the end of this thing but I think I probably won't hit that expectation.
Great news is I had no more bad bathroom experiences yesterday!!! I tried to take it easy with what I put in my juices. We stayed pretty busy as a family and that was good because it didn't give me time to think about how much I was still craving food. It made me realize that my battle with food cravings isn't going to just go away because I juice fasted. This is going to be a battle I fight every day. When this thing is over and I go back to eating and chewing food, I'm going to have to find the control over myself and the resolve to decide if I'm eating because I'm bored or sad or happy or if I really need food at that time. Eating when I'm hungry instead of eating because it's "time" for breakfast or lunch or dinner.  Listening to my body and responding when it tells me it's hungry. NOT when it tells me it wants the taste of food.

This morning I woke up with a headache so I took some ibuprofen. I really needed a fruit juice first thing this morning but I didn't have time because we go to the early service and I had to get myself and Jonah ready for church and juicing takes a lot of time. I did drink a bottle of water before we went to church to try to hydrate myself some, but I still was very aware of how weak my body felt during the service without juice in it.
We are home now and I'm drinking a yummy fruit juice while I type this blog.
I juiced:

2 oranges
2 green apples
a bowlful of red seedless grapes
2 carrots
4 small cucumbers

This yielded about 30 oz of juice in my Breville juicer.

I've learned I don't like the taste of celery in my fruit juices but it is delicious in my veggie juices.
I plan on having a veggie juice a little later and heating it up like "soup", which has become one of my favorites. It's a good idea to start the day with fruits and end the day with veggies.

Tomorrow is the LAST FULL DAY of this juice fast. I cannot believe it is finally here. My coach said I should keep going but my answer to that was NOOOOOO WAAAAAAAY.
I'll fill you guys in tomorrow on what my plans are diet wise after this juice fast is over.  So stay tuned.