8 Days

I just recently finished 8 days of juice (liquid) fasting! The picture above is from day 8's morning juice setup. Included are apple, carrots, blackberries, lemon, ginger, watermelon and grapes. Yummy. The wine didn't make it into any morning juice combos, but did find its way into most evenings. I like to do communion every nite.

I pretty much made too much of a juice every morning, and had at least 1 very large one every day. Cathy shared on the weekend. Then a couple evenings of green/veggie juices, otherwise homemade veggie broth. Lots of water, herb tea, and a few cocktails. All but one day, I stopped by the local Booster Juice and got a double shot of Wheatgrass juice.

I got most of my education and inspiration from this book (click on picture for link) which I've had for several years. I've been waiting to be nicotine free to do a real fast, and the time finally showed up!

I also had three colonics here. The last and only other time I had one was with my girlfriend Marlene somewhere in the desert near Tucson in the early 80s. That's surely worthy of its own story someday. Believe me, there's a few stories waiting to be told from around those times. My most recent colonist is about 24 years old, and cute like a 24 year old therapist should be. It's a bit difficult letting it all go when you're practically naked, a tube stuck in the right place, and well, you know. I'll leave it at that. I would include colonics again once a year or so perhaps, more than that seems a bit too corrective for your bobJuan. Some of my closest friends have already figured out where the weight loss from this fast came from.

My reasons for doing the fast were primarily cleansing. I am so happy to be done with nicotine/smoking. So, I figured let's get it on and get some of that outta here. I lost almost 10 pounds. I could drop a few more. I had things set up where for the most part I could stay calm and inactive, hell, you know me, that's my MO. Remember, do nothing, and achieve all things!

Some obversations/lessons:

• When you're fasting, if there's plates and forks/spoons in the sink, they're not yours.
• I normally eat a LOT of food every day
• After a few days, it's easy to not eat
• It's nice not to have to think about eating for a few days
• Don't go to 3 grocery stores in a row, on the same day, while you're fasting
• You don't have to be nervous, it works out pretty easy to do this, besides you can quit anytime!
• It's mostly education and attitude
• While you're juice fasting you can save on dental floss!

I am very pleased with the experience. I expect to make fasting a regular part of my life after doing this. Maybe once a month for a few days, or once a week for a day, something like that, I imagine. My friend Maria recently did 10 days of the Master Cleanse. I think I may try that someday too, though it seems more radical than what I just did.

Since I quit smoking, I'm liable to try anything!