I woke up at 8:30am thinking about System 44, which I'm giving a presentation on in a few weeks. I tried to go back to sleep but I was hyperfocused. I laid in bed until 9:00am thinking about how I wanted to present the information until I finally gave up trying to sleep late and had breakfast before getting to work on this project. I blame the juice.
For breakfast I had a berry juice - blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. I got virtually no juice out of the blueberries and the raspberries and they were the most expensive items at the Farmer's Market so I'm thinking I won't buy them again unless I really want them for a specific reason. I had to add an orange to get enough juice for a meal. For lunch, I made myself a special treat: a sparkling lemon-lime gingerale. I took the recipe from
this website. It calls for 1/4 a lemon, 1/2 a lime, 1/2 inch piece of ginger, an apple, and a handful of grapes - then fill the rest of the cup with sparkling water. It tastes like 7-Up. Finally, for dinner I had a veggie juice with 2 cloves of garlic, celery, broccoli, carrots, green bell pepper, and an apple for sweetness. The garlic made the drink almost enjoyable!
I feel great today. I feel like I have a lot of energy. I've been drinking about 2 cups of juice per meal (16 ounces, about as much as a red solo-cup). Tonight, I actually felt full after dinner. Almost too full. I got a lot of work done today and I'm ready to go back to work tomorrow.
I'm nervous about how this juice-fast will translate to real life. I have everything ready to go: clean juicer, two thermoses, and I'm picking out the recipes for tomorrow morning. If I make it through tomorrow, I'll feel a lot more confident.
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