juice fast journal entry #1

well, i started my juice fast thursday night at 10pm.
i was not going to proceed with the plan because i was cast in a feature film reading which rehearsed last night and performs tonight, and i was concerned about my performance. but i thought i'd see and last night went well so i am going to go ahead with it. if i start to feel terrible before tonight's performance i will eat something small and raw, like maybe a banana to tide me over, but i hope not to since it'll be like starting all over.

anyway, on to the fast....
yesterday was actually not so bad. i thought i would be going crazy for some food. but unless i allowed my brain to go off on little food dream tangents, it wasn't really a big deal.
when you do a true juice fast you use freshly extracted juices, not store bought or v8 or whatever. and let me tell you the difference in taste is pretty amazing. i suppose freshly squeezed o.j. is an example since most people have had it.
the other thing is, NO PULP allowed. that's like eating part of a fruit or veggie or whatever you extracted, so it is all strained out on a juice fast.
then you can also drink herb tea and water. and you can have as much of those 3 things as you want (some people even do broth too, but i haven't felt a need for that) so that you don't feel wanting.
i got tired yesterday afternoon and took a nap before rehearsal. had a little difficulty getting up and going after that, but i managed. and once i got moving and had a veggie juice drink i was good. a bit impatient, but that's pretty normal for me....lol.

my menu?

• morning: peppermint tea, water
• afternoon: fruit juice--watermelon, orange, apple, water
• dinner: veggie juice--spinach, tomato, collard greens, carrot (i cut this 50/50 with water--it was intense!)
• post-dinner: water, peppermint tea

that's it! i went to bed early (for me--midnight) and work up at 7am. not happy about that so i went back to bed for a while, mostly just lazing.
i feel good today. not really anything out of the ordinary. so cross your fingers it stays that way!