Diary of a
Dieter:
Sheryll’s
Juice Fasting Journey
Week
1
Day 1
Weight: 237 pounds
I have never been so glad
to be back in
I had figured that I
would be having nothing but spring water today. (I didn’t come across any juice
bars at the airport.) So far I have had
10 cups of water. I added the juice of
an organic lemon to four of those cups.
I had to get up twice during the flight to go pee, again in
Between the travel and
sleeping on the plane, there hasn’t been time to think about not eating. Let’s hope tomorrow is like that!
Day 2
Weight loss: 2 pounds
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Apple and grape
·
Celery, carrots, parsnips, green pepper, red
pepper, 2 small cucumbers, romaine lettuce, 3 cloves of garlic
I didn’t get a chance to
make my morning carrot-and-apple juice before going in to work. I slept through the alarm and had to make a
mad dash out the door. I managed to take
with me the apple-and-grape juice in a Mason jar. (It doesn’t allow any air
into the jar if it is filled right up, so it preserves all nutrients and
enzymes for up to 24 hours.) Toward the
end of the day, I started to get quite the headache, partly because I’m not
eating anything, but mostly because my system is starting to dump the
accumulation of toxins. I’m also getting
a wee bit of acne as further evidence of this toxin purge. It must be time for…
An enema!
There were many times
today I felt hungry. That’s when I
filled up with water and lemon. (It has to be filtered or spring water;
straight tap water still has stuff in it and consuming it defeats the purpose
of a cleanse.)
Why lemons? Lemons and limes have lots of calcium. It’s amazing how strong and white my nails
are!
I was also getting a bit
cranky, probably because I’m overtired and needed some nourishment. The veggie juice helped lots! The garlic in it was so nice. Trust me; no
self-respecting parasite will want to stay in my system after that drink! (
I think it’s time to go
pee for the umpteenth time today and get some sleep.
Day 3
Weight loss: 2 pounds
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Apple and grape
·
Celery, carrot, parsnip, cucumber, romaine
lettuce, green pepper, parsley, 2 cloves of garlic
·
Apple and spinach
Tea: Herbal blueberry;
laxative herbal tea
My knee started acting up
again. In early 2005, I was walking from
my office building to the car with
So why is this pain (a
fraction of the past intensity) appearing now?
The body has a great
memory for trauma, skin eruptions, aches and pains, and childhood
ailments. My eczema resurfaced last time
I did the cleanse and it never totally went away. Now it’s my knee. It will pass, just like the heel spur I
developed last week. It’s now gone. I’m glad for that. Most orthopaedic shoes are so not fashionable
to wear!
Thanks to last night’s coffee
enema, I felt great today: full of energy and very alert. No headaches or lethargy. My hunger came and went throughout the day,
so I drank some water or made a cup of blueberry tea to get rid of that feeling.
I’m glad I remembered to
take the laxative herbal tea tonight.
I’ll try to do that every other day and enemas on the alternate
days. Gotta
keep on going, if you know what I mean…
Just because I’m not eating solid foods doesn’t mean there’s nothing in
me to come out.
Now it’s time for my last
two cups of H2O with lemon, and off to bed I go!
Day 4
Weight loss: 3 pounds
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 8 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot and apple
·
Apple
·
Apple and spinach
Tea: Ginger
Talk about an energy
shift! It’s the polar opposite of
yesterday. I felt miserable, lethargic,
tired, and unsociable. I know I didn’t
have enough veggies. Veggie juices fill
me up and give me energy. I have to plan
better and get up earlier for work so I’m not rushing around and missing out on
the essentials for my health. I did have
a coffee enema when I got home, which made me feel a bit better.
I must get more
sleep! This is the only way my body will
get a chance to heal itself.
Day 5
Weight loss: 3 pounds
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Apple and cranberry
·
Carrot and apple
·
2 small cucumbers, celery, parsnip, radishes, red
pepper, alfalfa sprouts, parsley, 2 garlic cloves
Tea: Laxative herbal tea
I definitely felt better
than I did yesterday, though I still am very tired. I’m going to bed after this. I have to say it was nice to get home before
7pm!
It was so cold in the
office today, but that is expected because there isn’t the solid food to digest
that would create additional activity and warmth in the body. I had my apple-and-cranberry juice at work,
and drank not enough water while there.
I made up for it once I got home.
My clothes are getting
roomier. Losing 10 pounds in four days
will do that! It’s neat to be able to
pull on my jeans without having to unzip and unbutton them. I am extremely pleased about the weight loss
so far.
I don’t know what made me
have a teaspoonful of raw honey just now, though.
Anyway, it’s time for my
tea, then bedtime. All in all, a good
day.
Day 6
Weight loss: none
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 12 cups
Juices:
·
Apple
·
Carrot, broccoli, red pepper
·
Celery, radishes, green pepper, red pepper,
parsnip, spinach, romaine lettuce, cilantro, alfalfa sprouts, 2 garlic cloves
Now this was a
very good day. Other than feeling cold
at times, my energy levels were good. Not near manic like the other day. I have to always make sure I’m having enough
juices throughout the day so I don’t get that hungry feeling or become
lethargic. I wasn’t pleased about not
losing any more weight. I was a bit
surprised, and a bit annoyed. On the
other hand, I can put on and take off my jeans without undoing them! I can see and feel the difference. My body is probably adjusting to the change.
The pain in my knee is
gone – woo hoo!
I wonder what else will change.
Day 7
Weight loss: 2 pounds
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Apple and cranberry
·
Carrot and sweet potato
·
Carrots, celery, red pepper, parsnip, romaine
lettuce, cilantro, parsley, alfalfa sprouts, Swiss chard, 2 garlic cloves
What a difference 10
hours’ sleep makes! I think I was a
little ambitious, however, with the day’s activities because I fell asleep for
an hour early in the evening. I totally
cleaned out and rearranged my closet (throwing out a good number of clothes
that are too big or haven’t been worn in some time), exercised 45 minutes on my
recumbent bike, and walked for 30 minutes to the grocery store. (I took a cab home
since I bought what seems to be the entire produce section. It’s good to try a few new things to get some
variety.)
I decided to revise my
elimination schedule. I will try doing a
once-daily warm-water enema, a coffee enema once a week, and not take the
laxative herbal tea at all. Today’s
warm-water enema was very effective.
Since my last cleanse ended three months ago, I believe there are not as
many toxins in my system as before. I
may not need to be so aggressive with the coffee enemas. Let’s see what happens.
The combination of
veggies I had today (as with all the other days) was awesome! The garlic really kicks things up a
notch. When I have the garlic-laced
juice in the evening, all traces are gone by the next morning. At least I won’t offend the general public
during the day.