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Juice Feast/Fast Day 10

I am proud to announce another successful day.

I ran out of the house today without my lemon juice. Ugh!  However, I am staying on top of the water intake.  If you have noticed, I have been drinking my distilled water at room temperature.  During your juicing fast cold water could cause trouble with your digestive system. Distilled water is suppose to be best for our purifying experience.

Again, I did not make the time to juice.  Shame on me.  I really need to get out of my rut, get up in the morning and just do it.  I have been too busy the past few nights, otherwise, I would have juiced for the following day.

Note:  Juice will keep fresh up to 24 hours when stored in the refrigerator.  I bought Mason jars at Cub Foods for a reasonable price and can make single servings for travel.

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As you know, I am not letting the lack of running the juicer stand in the way of my goal.  I opted for the Naked Green Machine and the Berry Veggie. 

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My dinner plans for the evening revolves around tomato soup while the family devours the steak and potatoes I am making.  Really need to rely on my will power tonight.

It is recommended that you continue drinking green juices to melt the fats.  When the fat melts we may experience skin breakouts as the oils in the body are looking for an outlet and comes through the skin, causing pimples, acne, rashes or eczema.  

As I mentioned yesterday I am starting to get acne.  I have noted that it starts at my cheek bone, along my jaw line and my cheeks.  This is a really good thing; serious detoxification going on. 

In the first week your body will be ready to get rid of poisoning by toxic agents, an old illness, a disease, a surgery or a trauma that had not healed properly before.  The nutrients from the fresh juices begin to stir up old toxins in old scarred tissues.  These toxins are being dumped into the bloodstream to be eliminated.  They register as irritants that cause the same pains that you had when that injury first happened; need to drink plenty of water to aid with the elimination.  Another enema is recommended to relieve the pains quicker.

Yes, I have some serious joint aches going on.  At first I thought it had something to do with the change of weather until I read my notes.  Although I am on my 10th day of juicing, only 3 days of complete faithfulness and will power.  I am going to Walgreens tonight to pick up a colon cleansing kit.  I will begin the process tomorrow.  I already planned to stay around the house on Saturday.  

Just an FYI for those that have never done a colon cleanse, you really need to plan your schedule because the final days is a serious cleanse of your colong, whereby, you will spend a lot of time in the bathroom.  Before beginning a cleanse, you need to eat soft foods during the first few days - in this case, juicing.  Your final day consists of 64 ounces of Gatorade with a special mixture, drinking one glass in 15 minutes until the Gatorade is all gone.  The following day you will still have some spasms and will still need to use the restroom for have the day, but not as frequently.

My will power did not get fully put to the test.  Instead of cooking a steak dinner, I ordered one from Applebees.  I did get 7 small grilled shrimp for myself.  So, dinner consisted of the well-chewed shrimp and tomato soup.

Has anyone started their juice fast yet?

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