Well we thought it was AMAZING, so much so - that we decided to do it as well. Unfortunately hunting down the juicer we wanted was darn near impossible - so we got one a step up from what we originally thought we were going to get. But - it's amazing. You seriously can throw almost anything in that thing - unpeeled and it juices it :)
I'm on day 11, and at day 11, I have more energy than I have had since I was in my 20s, and I've lost 10 lbs so far. A lot of thought has been put into what we are going to do after we complete the fast, and after watching the documentary Forks over Knives, I truly believe that we're going to try to stay away from Meat & Dairy after we come off the fast. So - as we go to the grocery store buying produce and more produce to feed the Breville we look at the offerings of whole foods. We don't have a lot of "Farmer's Markets" down here in the Dallas / Ft Worth area, but Sprouts is one of our favorite places to shop. And, we do have Central Markets in the DFW area, and Whole Foods Market. And, in a pinch - our Krogers has a great variety of organic foods. We mostly buy staples from Krogers, like Kale & Chard - the rest of the items we've been purchasing at Sprouts, because it was cheaper there than any other market for fresh produce.
I tried my best to limit my caffeine before going on the juice feast, however I found out that I didn't limit it enough - because days 1-4 I got to go through some pretty major headaches, and general feelings of BLAH - before I started waking up on day 5 feeling MUCH more enthusiastic. I'm not hungry, I don't think I've ever felt REALLY hungry - I found a great site for Juice Recipes, which my favorite at this time is the Apple-Cantaloupe-Honeydew-Kale-Swiss Chard juice. That juice served me VERY well from day 2-11, however my hubby just made up a more veggie V8 type juice that is REALLY tasty, that I will be drinking the majority of the time now, wanting to move away from the fruits and more into the just veggie drinks. I'll still supplement a daily juice with my honeydew goodness, but I want to start moving away from the sweet stuff more.
My hubby and I have started walking, we have a gym membership - but honestly - I don't want my body to concentrate on rebuilding muscles that are torn down during massive work outs - so I'm keeping the work outs to cardio only. Treadmill, swimming, etc... would be ok I think - but we can accomplish a lot by walking as well.
I do have to say though - when we get home from a long walk, I'm not winded - I feel very energetic for the entire walk!! It's a great feeling!!
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