Juice Extravaganza!

Ever since I started learning about RAW foods, I've heard "juice feasting" tossed around in conversation. After doing some reading about it, I decided that I wanted to give it a try for a day. I looked online for a juice feast plan, and found this amazing website from a lady named Angela Stokes. She did a 92 day juice feast! Crazy! She has been RAW for something like 5 years now and has lost over a hundred pounds. Anyway, here's a link to the plan she had on her website for a 5-day juice feast. It's also some great information on WHY anyone would just drink juice. Angela's Juice Feast Information and Plan

So, Friday night I borrowed a juicer from a friend and started juicing early Saturday morning. The day started well. I had no idea how AMAZING fresh juice tasted! Orange juice and apple juice taste almost nothing like the store bought stuff.

By about 2pm, we had used: 5 lbs of oranges, 5 lbs of grapefruits, 3 lbs of carrots, 10 apples, 1 celery head, 1 kale bunch, and 2 bags of grapes. It all tasted amazing and felt good on the digestive tract.

But we were starving, and still had "dinner" to juice. Yay...

Then, Ron says God intervened. A friend called to talk about a job possibility and offered to buy us dinner. Now, who could turn that down? So...we juice feasted all day...and ate Culvers and ice cream for the evening. *sheepish grin*

I'm not sure when I'll try a 24-hour juice feast (or longer) again, but after yesterday's failure, I tried juicing again today. We had one cooked meal of cabbage/sausage soup, and have only had juice for the rest of the day. It feels really good and I haven't felt hungry at all. And I made the best discovery ever - honeydew juice! It's like...drinking sweet oxygen! I would drink a gallon of it a day if I could. Here's a picture. It almost looks like it's glowing!

Tomorrow, I have two bunches of kale, two bunches of spinach, 2 lbs of carrots, and a bunch of apples, oranges, and grapefruits to juice. So far, I'm really enjoying this "mostly juice feasting" option instead of the "ONLY juice" option. And it's way easier to grocery shop this way - only one section to visit! :-)