Day 6

I discovered that drinking freshly extracted juices is an excellent change from the dead juices from the store that I have been drinking. Maybe dead is too strong a word, but pasteurized juices are low in natural enzymes and vitamins except those that are added during the processing like ascorbic acid. I intend to keep using the store bought juice but when I get the chance to juice the fresh stuff I will.

Today I juiced pears, oranges and carrots. What an excellent combination! Really heavy on the fiber but I think in my circumstances this is going to be okay. We will see what the consequences are at the end of the week weight check. Drinking smoothies, and high fiber fresh drinks were the recommended liquids when I was first learning to fast.

My first long fast was a supervised 17 day regimen. The permitted beverages were smoothies, fruit juices, V-8 juice, and tomato juice. No coffee, tea, alcohol, or animal based broths, were allowed. I weighed myself every day and lost about a pound a day for 17 days. I regained five pounds in colon waste upon the resumption of eating but otherwise lost twelve pounds. I had no problems on this fast other than the boredom of only drinking and not eating.

I managed to get down to 240 from 268 within a few months through this fast and by eating responsibly. Then my love died of kidney cancer and I just didn’t care anymore. Over the next year and a half I gained it all back and more going to 271. Her death crushed me; I didn’t handle it well at all.