Diary of a Dieter:
Sheryll’s Juice Fasting
Journey
Week 5
Day 29
Weight loss: none
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot, apple, ginger
·
Apple, pear, grape
·
Carrot, parsnip, beet, parsley, 2 garlic cloves
Exercise: 10 minutes on
rebounder
Other: B&P shake;
coffee enema; warm-water enema
I was craving French
fries this afternoon. It didn’t help
that I watched the history of the French fry on the food channel. All kinds were featured: the world-famous crinkle fries in
I felt a bit nauseous
around “dinnertime”. After having the
coffee enema, I felt much better. I
still have to do the warm-water one.
While I was on the
rebounder I watched part of a program I had previously taped. On the show, four super-morbidly obese people
were interviewed about their addiction to food.
I know what these people are going through; I’ve been there before on a
few occasions. I particularly understand
the British woman’s despair. She doesn’t
know how to stop eating the large quantities of food she has been
consuming. I would like to help these
people and others like them. I’m not
sure how; perhaps my story will make its way to them. It would be my way of reaching out to them and
letting them know I am there for them.
Maybe I’ll get to bed
early tonight. It would be a nice change
from the
Why do I insist on
staying up late? What do I think I’ll
miss by going to bed?
Day 30
Weight GAIN: 1 pound
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 12 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot, apple, ginger
·
Carrot and sweet potato
·
Strawberry and apple
·
Carrot, parsnip, cucumber, green pepper,
broccoli, lettuce, beet, Jamaican hot pepper, 2 garlic cloves
Exercise: 20-minute walk;
30-minute walk
Other: Warm-water enema
I think I gained the one
pound because I only had 3.5 hours’ sleep (barely). So much for going to bed early last night; it
was
The nauseous feeling
returned with a vengeance this morning.
I know my body is now in deep-cleansing mode. All the little parasites that called my
intestinal tract home have nothing to live on and are dying, releasing their
nasty waste. Lovely. I thought having some ginger with my
carrot-and-apple juice would have helped.
The garlic (and a quarter of a Jamaican hot pepper) in my evening veggie
juice actually did the trick. I think
I’ll resume taking the oil of oregano in the mornings before I leave for work;
it kills off those critters as well.
30 days down; 30 to go.
Day 31
Weight loss: 1 pound
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Apple
·
Carrot, apple, ginger
Exercise: None
Other: Warm-water enema
I’m going out of my
mind. You have no idea how much I want to eat something! I
don’t know if I can do any more of this juice fasting. This is
nuts! I really could go for some sushi. Even if I gave in now, I
couldn’t have it because my body has been 30 days without any solid
foods. ARRRRRGH! My friend at work said that I can do a cleanse
without juice fasting. NOW he tells me! I believe, though, that I
had to do this because there were so many toxins in my system. However, I
should have waited for a while longer to start this cleanse since I ended the
last one on 23 December and started this one on 11 March.
No wonder I’m going
crazy!
Going through the food
court at the mall two blocks away during lunch hour didn’t help, either. All those smells: McDonald’s; Bento Box;
Wrapworks. Solid food would be very nice
about now!
I must do more research
on juice fasting and what to do when I’m about to break down.
Day 32
Weight loss: 3 pounds
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Spinach and apple
·
Carrot, parsnip, beet, alfalfa sprouts
·
Carrot, parsnip, celery, cucumber, broccoli,
green pepper, Jamaican hot pepper, 2 garlic cloves
Exercise: 30-minute walk
Other: Warm-water enema
Three pounds gone! Woo hoo!
Three pounds away from breaking free of the 200s. And I can officially put my last link on my
Italian charm bracelet. Each link,
except the three that represent my initials, represents a five-pound weight
loss. So a grand total of 85 pounds have
been lost since I started my weight loss efforts early last year, and 35 since
I started this round of juice fasting.
Feeling good? You bet!
I was disappointed in the
root vegetable and alfalfa sprout juice, though. The sprouts completely overpowered the taste
of the parsnips. Better for me to use
parsley, like last time.
As for yesterday? All those urges passed. I didn’t want to juice anything when I came
home because I was a bit depressed, so I went to bed, though it wasn’t an early
bedtime.
Day 33
Weight loss: 1 pound
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Apple
·
Carrot and sweet potato
·
Carrot, parsnip, celery, lettuce, green pepper, spinach,
Jamaican hot pepper, 2 garlic cloves
Exercise: None
Other: B&P shake;
warm-water enema
The up-and-down of my
moods is annoying. I believe the deep
cleansing is still going on. I was
feverish this morning and once again got nauseous. I’m also overwhelmed with the things I still
have to do. I wish
Day 34
Weight loss: None
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Apple
·
Carrot, parsnip, beet, green pepper, spinach, 2
garlic cloves
Exercise: None
Other: Warm-water enema
The fever is gone, but my
mood is still low. I went to the doctor
to get things checked out. Apparently, I’m
depressed and exhausted (no kidding!).
The doctor sent me for some blood work; I know nothing will show
up. I’m just not getting enough sleep
and if I’m not careful, I will collapse.
It’s funny how I keep telling myself that I must take better care and
yet I sabotage myself by laying down on the couch and covering myself with a
blanket; within seconds I’m asleep and I know better than to do that! I’m just glad that
Day 35
Weight loss: 1 pound
Purified water with lemon
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot, apple
·
Watermelon
·
Apple, spinach
Exercise: None
Other: Warm-water enema
It was nice to get out
for awhile. The sun was shining for the
first time in what seems like ages! What
a difference the weather can make! I
picked up my usual groceries, along with some healthier snack choices for
I really like watching
the food channel. There are some really
fascinating recipes that are not too complicated or time consuming for me to
try once I am able to eat again. It will
take some time before I can have solid food; I have to ease my way back into a
full range of healthy food choices.
Man, I can’t wait until
17 May; I will definitely have my sushi pizza that day!