Day Three

Second day of fasting was full of temptations. Of course the one time my step-brother bakes the most delicious smelling chocolate chip cookies would be when I am on a juice diet. People who stick with any diet must have an unbelievable amount of self-control. Besides the side effects I felt yesterday, I also had absolutely no precision of focus and lacked my usual gusto I have when interacting with others. And once again, recognizing no benefits whatsoever. If my digestive system was “detoxified”, I have no way of confirming this claim. I certainly did not feel any different inside, besides being hungry all the time. However, I did weigh myself on a scale and I did lose about three pounds but nothing that made a considerable difference in physical appearance. Altmedicine.com's article about juice diets by Cathy Wong lists more side effects including acne, increased body odor and fainting. Thankfully I did not experience those but I did feel headaches, tiredness and dizziness which were also mentioned in the article.

And now as promised, I will share two of the recipes I made at home with a juicer. I found both of them from juice-diets.com. And because I was making these recipes for just me, I had to halve all the ingredients.

The first one is called Cucumber and Celery Cooler Recipe.

¼ peeled medium cucumber

½ peeled lemon

1 celery stalk

1 sliced apple

4 medium carrots

And this was not suggested but I added one cup of water to make the final product less chunky. The cucumber and celery cooler was definitely an experience I will never forget. It was my first time eating a homemade juice with both fruits and vegetables. It tasted like vegetable applesauce which I surprisingly did not find disgusting. But perhaps it was because I was eager to eat anything at that point.

The second recipe I tried was titled the Calcium Drink.

½ peeled lemon

½ cup of chopped broccoli

1 apple

Sprinklings of parsley

3 medium carrots

Then I also added a cup of water to give the recipe more of a “boost” in calcium. This drink actually did not taste awful either. It was a lot sweeter than I expected. It take me forever to eat though. Both of these smoothies took me over an hour to drink. Granted, I am a sipper but it was definitely not a convenient, on-the-go kind of juice.

My next blog post tomorrow will be devoted to a cost/benefit analysis on juice dieting and my final concluding thoughts.