Day Nine January 10, 2014

Today is day 9 of 'My Big Fat Juice Cleanse'.  I know the way I start these entries is getting old...but, it's like a confessional.  This is my way of saying 'Bless me father for I have sinned', only difference is that I'm going to tell the truth here.  Here is the truth... this can be hard!  It's not that I'm hungry, or even craving anything.  It's the whole social, emotional aspect of eating.  I love to eat, and even more than that, I love to cook.  I show my love for people through food.  I enjoy cooking for large numbers of guests, I love to see their faces when they eat what I have prepared.  I don't really know how to express myself while on this cleanse.  I cook meals for my family that I have not tasted.  I watch them eat, but don't join them. This is all very strange to me.  Not 'bad' strange though.  It has made me aware that I need to learn other ways to express myself to them.  It is the same for them too.  My husband was going to drive our son to a friends tonight, as he was leaving, he asked "would you like me to pick up a bottle of wi....water".  I knew what he meant to say.  Wine... It's what we do...have some wine and snacks and talk.  Tonight will be different, date night over a bottle of water...hmmm, like I said...this can be hard.

I thought you might be interested in a sister update.  After all, she is part of how I'm doing this.  Solidarity and all that.  She is doing great!  She even has her husband on board.  This is the man that replied to my declining a cup of coffee because of the cleanse with "that's just stupid!".  Sister has lost over 10 lbs in the first week, and her husband has lost 7!  I know...incredible.

It makes me happy to see the interest people have in juicing.  I don't think everyone should do a cleanse, but I do think that everyone should juice.  There is a whole science to it that I won't go into, you can research that if your interested.  The real reason I think everyone should juice is because of how it makes you feel.  There is no way you can take in the amount of nutrition you get from juicing by eating veg and fruit.  Just adding it to your regular diet is like giving yourself a mega dose of vitamins.  Friends that are close to me are seeing the changes I'm experiencing.  Their previously sceptical opinions have been replaced with curiosity.  In fact the friend that sent me the attached picture as a joke, is now interested in juicing.  I told her I would make her some...I'll start with the lettuce...take a good look at where the lettuce is ;)