A Few Pictures

LAUREN
Thought I'd share a few pictures to show the whole juicing extravaganza.  I spent an hour and a half last night prepping/cutting/juicing/cleaning. It's an intense process.  I was exhausted afterwards and passed the fuck out around 7:30/8.  With drinking the juice and so much water, I have to pee constantly. So I woke up about 3 times last night, pissed, and fell right back to sleep.  At work, I've probably taken 5 bathroom breaks. It's a little ridiculous, but I keep reminding myself that it's through this process that I'm getting rid of my fat. Disgusting miracle, the body. I love it.

Anyway... Here's a picture of the prep process with some of the veggies laid out on our kitchen table:

 And here is an in the midst of the crazy messy juicing picture:

This was the mean green I was drinking a few days ago. Yummmmm. It really isn't bad.

As you can tell, I am a big Lee Child fan. Jack Reacher is the man.

Today I worked 2 hours of overtime at the ol' job.  That place is the worst. Makes my days feel like 5 times as long as they really are.  A coworker asked me if I miss food.  What's weird is that I obviously do miss eating, but once you completely commit to this thing, to not eating, to only juicing for a long period of time, you're not constantly thinking of food.  I was trying to imagine how often I usually think of food in a day. What am I going to eat, what is it going to cost, where should I go, should I cook, should I eat healthy, should I eat at all?  Seriously. How many damn times do I think about food in a day.  On the juice fast, I get sporadic cravings just like I do for cigarettes. But they're fleeting and fade within a couple minutes.  Taking food completely out of the equation is actually quite liberating.

Cheers to day 8. Feeling pretty great.