Diary of a Dieter:
Sheryll’s Juice Fasting
Journey
Week 8
Day 50
Weight loss: None
Purified water with lime
consumed: 4 cups
Purified water consumed:
6 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot, apple
·
Apple, grape
Exercise: None, other
than moving boxes and other heavy items
Other: 4T flax oil; 1T
coconut oil
We finally got a truck,
but not until close to 1pm. The rental
place sent us to pick it up at a location that was closed on Sundays. They admitted to their error and sent us to
another location. We were to have it at
8am! We didn’t get to our new place
until 9:30pm. Thankfully, my
brother-in-law, my nephew, and two others from their church were able to help;
they left after midnight. I have to
admit I was getting cranky; who wouldn’t, after that mess? I’m glad I was able to still have my juice
and my water. I’m well over due for an
enema, though; this is the third day without one. I don’t even know where (or when) I will find
the enema kit.
Sorry; right now all I
can think of is going to bed. It’s after
3 in the morning, and the place looks like a bomb hit it. Welcome home!
Day 51
Weight loss: 2 pounds
Purified water with lime
consumed: 8 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot, apple
·
Cabbage, parsnip, cucumber, broccoli, red pepper,
celery, 3 garlic cloves
Exercise: None
Other: 4T flax oil; 1T
coconut oil; warm-water enema
That veggie juice just
about made me throw up huge! I took one
sip and I thought I was going to die. It
took me another minute before I could have more of it. I think when I have a drink that doesn’t have
carrots (I must get carrots TODAY!) but does have cabbage I should have another
kind of juice beforehand. I really want
to be kind to my stomach.
Gary and I managed to get
the kitchen and living room more or less sorted. Laundry was done, as well. The place started to look like home by the
end of the day.
The only annoyance was
that my asthma returned.
Day 52
Weight loss: 1 pound
Purified water with lime
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot, beet, apple
·
Carrot, broccoli, green pepper
·
Apple
Exercise: Two 20-minute
walks
Other: 4T flax oil; 1T
coconut oil; warm-water enema
The carrot, beet and
apple juice I bought this morning made me break out – my neck got very itchy
and it drove me crazy for a good hour.
Maybe the beets the juice place used weren’t washed very well.
I’m energetic and well
rested today! Only time will tell how I
will continue to manage the four-hour, 40-minute round-trip commute. All I know is I will have to make the juices
and have my shower the night before; otherwise, I will miss the 5:50am bus. It would also help if we had a working fridge
inside the house! I didn’t feel
like going out there to get anything so I didn’t bother to make any juice.
Day 53
Weight loss: 1 pound
Purified water with lime
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot, celery, green pepper, parsley
·
Apple
Exercise: 20-minute walk
Other: 4T flax oil; 1T
coconut oil; warm-water enema
I splurged a wee bit and
bought a shirt and pants in anticipation of my 100-pound weight loss
(tomorrow?) After all, I only have to
lose one more pound. It took me longer
than normal to make my decision; it’s been so long since I have worn a regular
size 15 (bottoms) that I wanted to make sure of the fit before buying. I was nervous, but excited.
I can’t wait until we get
the new fridge that actually works! It’s
crazy that we have to go to the garage to get food from the fridge in the
garage. I really don’t feel like going
out there to get anything; it’s not a far walk but it’s too cold for me to even
bother. Water with lime will just have
to do.
Day 54
Weight loss: 1 pound
Purified water with lime
consumed: 8 cups
Juices:
·
Apple, pear
·
Carrot, celery, parsnip, parsley, Swiss chard,
endive, red pepper, 2 garlic cloves
Exercise: 20-minute walk
Other: B&P shake; 4T
flax oil; 1T coconut oil; warm-water enema
WOO HOO! I have officially lost 100 pounds! 79 of those pounds I can attribute to juice
fasting. This round, I have lost 50
pounds, thus achieving one of my goals I had set for myself at the start of
this adventure. To celebrate this event,
I wore the outfit I bought yesterday, which generated favourable reactions from
my co-workers and Gary.
Gary and I picked up some
fruits and veggies, now that the new fridge has been delivered. It was a pain to go out to the garage (not
accessible from inside the house) to get what I needed from the fridge our
landlord provided for the interim. I was
out of carrots and celery and it was driving me crazy that I was limited in the
juice I could make. Carrots, in my
opinion, are essential for a great veggie juice. Their sweetness cuts the heavy alkalinity and
“green” taste of the green vegetables.
Tonight is the first
night I have made all of my juices for work since we moved on Sunday. Success!
Day 55
Weight GAIN: 1 pound
Purified water with lime
consumed: 10 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot, apple (2 servings)
·
Apple
·
Carrot, parsnip, celery, Swiss chard, broccoli,
red pepper, 2 garlic cloves
Exercise: 20-minute walk
Other: 5T flax oil; 1T
coconut oil; warm-water enema
In my case, you lose
some, you gain some. Yesterday, I wasn’t
going pee that often, given the amount of fluids I drink in the day. It’s definitely water retention. It will pass.
Remember the mood swings
I had periodically in the first 30 to 40 days?
They are now gone, for the most part.
It possibly had to do with all the events that were going on at the same
time: the pressure of the whole moving process, leaving my hometown for the
first time in 40+ years, the juice fasting, the deep cleansing my system was
doing as a result, missing
Someone asked me today if
I was going to have reconstructive surgery after the fasting. I told her that I never thought of it. Afterward, I reflected that it wouldn’t be
necessary. I can live with my little
belly; I’ve always had that, even as a kid.
In the mirror, it does look a bit wrinkly, though, like a lot of
cellulite. I took a closer look tonight:
the “wrinkles” are actually stretch marks.
I can live with those, too. It
will be tankinis for me; I’ve never worn a regular
bikini ever in life, nor can I imagine wearing one.
Not now, anyway…
I have heard of people
who have had such surgery to remove excess skin, particularly when they have
embarked on an accelerated weight-loss program.
Keeping clean with the extra folds or hanging skin can be challenging;
neglect can cause a number of irritations and odours. My research revealed that juice fasting,
because it doesn’t rob one’s body of nutrients, helps to repair all systems,
including the skin (the body’s largest organ, by the way). I don’t have the excess skin issue. My opinion: If one understands how their
bodies work, there will be no need for surgery of any kind related to this or
weight loss, in general. My goal is to
achieve optimum health and wellness by understanding how my body works and
accepting who I am at any given moment.
Day 56
Weight loss: 3 pounds
Purified water with lime
consumed: 8 cups
Juices:
·
Carrot, apple
·
Carrot, parsnip, celery, Swiss chard, red pepper,
hot Jamaican pepper, 2 garlic cloves
Exercise: Two 20-minute
walks
Other: B&P shake; 4T
flax oil; 1T coconut oil; warm-water enema
I knew it was water
retention. It couldn’t be anything else.
I walked to the nearest
grocery store (It seems that the nearest one is always the most expensive!),
which was a 20-minute walk from home. It
was also handy that the hairstylist, pet store and dollar store were in the
same complex, so I did what I had to do in each of those places, as well. The challenge was carrying four heavy grocery
bags home in the heat. Niiiiiiice. Great
exercise but I must get a two-wheel shopping cart!
What was also great
exercise was unpacking and organizing the master bedroom and one of the spare
rooms. I was so very tired
afterwards. Going out to do my errands
revived me. I know I am not to do too
much while juice fasting, but this had to be done!