Sunday, July 21, 2013

I ate the pizza.

Yep, half a piece with lunch and felt just fine about that.

Then we had dinner. Two half-pieces with my salad. I don't feel so fine about that. I didn't eat those for the right reasons.  I should have set it aside or at least stopped with the one half-piece. It's not that eating pizza is wrong. It's that I ate it because I couldn't resist. I am still in need of more strength and prayer to make these choices well. Sigh.

Today I started back on the Juice fast with David. Sweetly, he explained to me this weekend that he really feels it would be best for me to being doing the juice fast.  He is concerned about my health and wants to see me gain the biggest benefits in the shortest amount of time possible.  We talked some more and I hunted around for a way to do the juicing without the struggle of the taste.

I found a solution.  The foods we juice that are most offensive to my palate are the cucumbers and celery.  I can't stomach those taste sensations. I've replaced the cucumbers with zucchini and the celery with romaine or bok choy and I am a Happy Juicer now. :)

I brewed up some goodies today. This morning, for lunch I made up my own green juice. I think I'll call it Strawberry Surprise.

Kale
Romaine
Zucchini
2 green apples
1 pear
qt-ish of strawberries

Totally Yum. :)

For breakfast we had the Carrot Apple Lemon juice from the Reboot menu. Also acceptable to my taste buds. 

For our afternoon snack I played around with a red juice. 
1 beet
large bunch of grapes
ginger
swiss chard
4 carrots

Then I added a bit of salt. David has been craving some salt or at least a different taste than the sweet of the juices. He wasn't so sure he liked it. I did. Reminded me of when I salt my green apples. Of course, avoiding salt is what I'm supposed to be doing with the Nutritarian plan. But, I don't mind adding a bit if it helps make the juicing a little more enjoyable.

For dinner I put together another Green sensation called Green Ginger Ale (also from the Reboot with Joe website)

For David:
1 large cucumber
2 celery stalks
1 lime
2 green apples
ginger

For Me:
1 zucchini
4 pieces of bok choy
1 lime
2 green apples
ginger

I tried David's just to see the difference. I almost lost my juice right on the spot! Blech!!! But mine was delightful. :)

So, now we know. As long as I stay away from that celery and cucumber, I'm good.  I mean, I do miss eating actual food. And the juice still has that *juice* taste.  But it is not making me sick or crabby having to get it down. I'm looking forward to the week ahead, experimenting with different foods to juice.  I got some pineapple, kiwi, and grapefruit to try for me. I got some tomatoes for something different for David. Fun!

The last couple of days have been a struggle for David. He's been frustrated that the weight isn't coming off in the same increments as it was early in the week. He's really having cravings for flavors other than he's drinking. He's just dying to chew something.  Last night he gave in and had a plate of salad.  Today he sliced up a cucumber for himself at dinner time.  I'm not sure how long he's going to make it with this fast. He still hasn't set a number of days in his mind.  Praying that he'll develop a plan soon.

That means I'm not sure how long I'm going with the fast either.  For now, I'd like to go for the week and see how things are going for me.  I'll make a decision from there.