Day 4: and a slip and slide

Woke up at 6am. Got up at 6.30 am. Went to work from 7am to 6pm. I packed up my juicer to take to work but never had time to juice. Got a the start of a dizzy spell and a headache around 2.30 pm. Managed to hand squeeze 2 oranges and 2 lemons for a quick pick me up. They only yielded about 4 oz of juice. Throughout the day I was never really tempted to eat. The sheer abundance of food surrounding me was a repressive in itself.

Didn't have a movement today. Worrisome but probably due to lack of solids yesterday and very little juice to aid the voiding process.

Came home and immediately juiced the other half of the large cantaloupe. It's the same yield as yesterday so no picture necessary. It was delicious and refreshing! Then my family ate. I had no desire to eat the very heavy looking steaks but I was enticed by the lovely Greek salad. In the end I had a portion of that and it was really flavorful. I notice that my sense of smell (despite the smoking) and taste are adapting to juicing again. As I remove all of those overly flavored foods from my diet I am getting a better appreciation for what would have been subtle flavors. The cantaloupe juice for instance was so sweet! I am aware, especially in the restaurant, of a heavy smell coming off of fried and overly sauced foods. It is definitely becoming easier to go without.

Perhaps now I can focus on the cigarettes. I had 7 cigarettes today. I weigh in at 180 lbs. On the matter of weight, I fully expect to lose 10 lbs within the first week and half of full juicing. This will be due to no extra effort on my part. It is simply a consequence of having nothing in my alimentary canal. The average person carries around about 10 lbs of waste in their body. Once I return to solids this weight will quickly return within days.

I got my period today. This should mean that I'm safe from the crazy animal cravings and can expect to battle the fast on its own terms. I keep thinking about parasites parasites parasites and the fixes or cleanses that are being advertised on the obligatory google ads on this blog. I think for now I will stick to just the juice and in my next fast I will try some of the cleanses.

So it looks like I am weakest at home where I am relaxed. I'll have to keep myself busy when I'm home.