Seriously! We cut out caffeine for two weeks! We're trying to eat healthier. With that we decided to do a juice fast to cleanse our systems of all the toxins and junk food. So for the next few days, we're eating super healthy to prepare for the juice fast. We'll do the juice-only fast for 3-5 days depending on doctor approval, and then we'll eat super healthy for a few days after that to ease our bodies back into a normal food routine.
As of this morning, we have cut out caffeine, alcohol, red meat, processed food, and all junk food for the next two weeks. What's left??? Fruit, veggies, chicken, turkey, yogurt, granola, pasta, dairy, and juicer-made juice. Both of us have been looking toward a more healthy diet anyway, and with the purchase of a Jack La Lanne juicer (http://www.powerjuicer.com/), we decided to boost the health food kick with juicing! We then watched Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead (a documentary about juicing - http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/). After that we decided to try a short juice fast.
Today is day one of NO CAFFEINE!!!!!! I already miss my morning coffee. I took some Advil this morning to lessen the caffeine headache... not looking forward to that! I will be missing my Diet Coke this afternoon as well. We will blog throughout the next few weeks to document our caffeine withdrawals and our successes!
I made juice for breakfast - about 1 cup of fresh cabbage, 2 handfuls of spinach, 2 celery stalks, about 7 carrots, 3 apples, and a handful of blackberries. This made two big glasses for Kevin and I. It takes more like veggies today than usual. If I add an orange in the mix, you can hardly taste the veggies. Bottoms up on the breakfast juice and goodbye to coffee for the next two weeks. More updates coming soon!
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