So, I started out with very good intentions to try this juice fast thing.
I went to a good morning yoga class.
I picked up the six juices and lugged them to work.
I chugged the orange and grapefruit juice, appreciating the kick that the ginger added but not loving it.
And then a couple of hours later I sipped the light green vegetable and apple juice, marveling that the juice tasted so much better than it looked.
And then by noon, as I fought yawns in my Mandarin class as we talked about the latest bouts of corruption and deception in mainland China... I thought... I have to do this for two more days?!
Oh hell no.
It's just not going to work out between me and you, nood food.
My conclusion: the juices were very well prepared and very tasty - even the scary looking light green one and the even scarier looking dark green/black one. By a little after noon they were already doing weird things to my insides ("cleansing" maybe? but it also could have been entirely in my head), and I was yawning a lot. And I was hungry. And sleepy. And cold.
I think I was really not meant to go hungry.
Plus, this cleansing or detoxifying stuff surely has to mess up your metabolism. And I am pretty okay with my metabolism right now.
So I decided to ignore my biological imperative no longer. Less than 12 hours into my attempt I was done.
I went and bought a mixed salad and coffee (with milk AND sugar).
OH Hallelujah, caffeine, I love you.
I went to a good morning yoga class.
I picked up the six juices and lugged them to work.
I chugged the orange and grapefruit juice, appreciating the kick that the ginger added but not loving it.
And then a couple of hours later I sipped the light green vegetable and apple juice, marveling that the juice tasted so much better than it looked.
And then by noon, as I fought yawns in my Mandarin class as we talked about the latest bouts of corruption and deception in mainland China... I thought... I have to do this for two more days?!
Oh hell no.
It's just not going to work out between me and you, nood food.
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| The juices, to be drunk in order from right to left. They get gold marks for very pretty colors! |
I think I was really not meant to go hungry.
Plus, this cleansing or detoxifying stuff surely has to mess up your metabolism. And I am pretty okay with my metabolism right now.
So I decided to ignore my biological imperative no longer. Less than 12 hours into my attempt I was done.
I went and bought a mixed salad and coffee (with milk AND sugar).
OH Hallelujah, caffeine, I love you.