My Honest Juice Fast Thoughts

My juice fast is over!!!!!!!!!!! If you could see me now, you would see a very happy lady drinking a cup of coffee for the first time in 11 days. My 10 day juice fast has been completed in full. I did not quit like I was so tempted to. And that my friends, is what I call success. I weighed this morning and lost .8 lbs so that brings my total weight loss in 10 days to 9.8 lbs. I absolutely cannot believe that I lost that much weight in such a short amount of time.

Before I get to my thoughts on this fast in hindsight, I want to just say.. I started this fast as a way to lose some weight, reset my body, to cleanse myself from the disgusting processed foods I've been gorging on, and to work on my food addiction issues. This was never intended to be a spiritual fast, but when you are a follower of Christ, you cannot ever fast without some sort of spiritual impact.  I definitely was able to finish this fast because of the help from my Comforter, the Holy Spirit. 

Now... on to my thoughts about juice fasting and the way I did things:

Going cold turkey into this type of fast is stupid. That's right. You heard me. I was stupid. My detox and withdrawal symptoms were horrible and it's simply because I didn't have the patience to make small changes over a month's time to prepare my body for this kind of thing. If you are thinking about doing a juice fast, I STRONGLY suggest you make small changes to eliminate things like sugar, caffeine, and processed foods out of your diet prior to juice fasting for a period of time. 

In my case, the weight loss was pretty incredible, but I also didn't drink the recommended amount of juice per day. Why? you ask... Because I hated drinking juice. I hated every minute of this fast. Every single minute. I would have quit but I just don't want to be known as a quitter. And I really wanted to give people an honest view of what this is really like. 

If you have acid reflux or GERD, prepare yourself because juices aggravate acid reflux symptoms at the beginning and you must stay away from citrus in your juices. If you have IBS, prepare yourself. This can cause poop issues. If I didn't have a work from home job, on this past Friday, I would have had to actually leave my job because of the poop issues. 

Now that you've heard the negative, I'll give you the positive. I lost a TON of weight. I feel cleaner. My stomach is flatter. I'm sleeping great at night. (all night without waking up even one time). I'm no longer addicted to caffeine. I am enjoying drinking water. I am craving the taste of fruits and vegetables. I've got a jump start to a more healthy lifestyle. 

So there you have it. That is my summary of my 10 day juice fast. I can't say I will ever do one of these again but I do intent to juice from time to time to help me get in more servings of fruits and veggies. If you have questions about this sort of fast and you want honest answers, comment below with your email and question and I'll get back to you. For those of you that have followed my blog, I appreciate it. It helped me stay on track and accountable. I may try to post updates on my "healthy diet" from time to time.

Adios. I'm off to eat some food.