Day 56

I'm starting to get nervous about coming off the fast. The best resource I found for breaking a fast was this website. A lot of people who come off the fast the wrong way experience pain because the lining of the stomach is too thin to digest food normally. They say it takes about 5 days to get back to normal. It's recommended to eat fruits or veggies high in water content in addition to juice for the first week. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I'm planning on juicing while grazing on raw fruits and veggies - they say watermelon is the best. And then I'll add a raw meal for dinner that Monday. Luckily, I have a doctor's appointment scheduled on Thursday night - so I'll find out from her exactly what's going to happen with my digestion!

In juice news, I'm down to 222 - which is 3 pounds lost this week and 38 pounds overall. I'm making a treat tonight - an apple pie juice. (3 apples and a spoonful of cinnamon) - But I'm also adding a bunch of spinach since it's technically my dinner. This is how we splurge on a juice fast!

The recipe came from the book Mom gave me - The Everything Juicing Book.

And a highlight of the day: I can do things in yoga I used to have to modify. I can cross my ankle over my thigh and put my foot flat on the ground and from downward dog, I can walk my feet all the way up to my hands. Woohoo!

Namaste, juice fasters!