Day 2 & 3

Day 2 was not too bad, I made drinks that consisted of the same ingredients that I posted on day 1. My whole day and night went pretty smoothly. My co-worker was very supportive of me and even ate her dinner outside of the office we were sharing. My energy levels were good and no headaches, I felt pretty comfortable overall but I did continue to crave salty foods.


Day 3 has been MUCH more interesting!

I had forgotten that I had to work 1st shift today and did not have enough time to juice enough fruit and veggies for my 8 hour shift. I also was not able to juice when I returned home from work last night at 12:30 because it would have been too noisy. After only getting 5 hours of sleep before waking up at 6:00am I had no other choice but to supplement my day time drinks with store bought Bare Naked drinks. It was the purest juice I could find and it claimed to have no added sugar or preservatives in it but who really knows. I thought they tasted pretty good, and similar to the drinks I have been making myself which gave me some indication that they may have been as pure as they claimed. I expected to struggle through the day with relentless exhaustion as I usually do when I have to report to work for a 1st shift after completing a 2nd shift the night before. I even brought some green tea bags with me thinking it may be an acceptable desperate alternative to relapsing on sugary coffee. However, not only did I not need the green tea but my energy levels were completely adequate! I choose the word adequate because I didn't feel invigorated or super energetic, but I did have plenty of energy for the day, and did not yawn once! On days like today I am usually sucking down coffee, energy drinks, sugary snacks, and soda just to stay awake long enough to make it home at 4:30 where I then collapse into my bed for a long nap. I am still shocked that I have gotten through this day without any caffeine. I am truly beginning to understand the power of fruit and vegetables and how badly my body needed this detox.

So, my day went great but my night has been a little less smooth. I came home and made my last evening meal in my juicer which consisted of:
8 grapes
8 black berries
8 grape tomatoes
4 celery ribs
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
1 yellow squash
and right when I went to add my 1 apircot...BOOM, I hear a loud awful noise, and immediately begin to smell something akin to burning rubber. I quickly turn off the juicer, wait until the blades stop spinning, and remove the top only to discover that a huge chunk of the plastic shoot had broken off and was starting to grind up in the blades! 3 days of hardcore juicing and the thing broke on me! I was still able to consume my drink....thank goodness. Afterward, I washed the machine, packed everything up, and went to Best Buy to return it. They gave me a hard time despite having purchased the product replacement plan, which supposedly does not include "accidental damage". After speaking with 3 different employees I was finally able to get them to replace it but was not allowed to just completely return it.

I will definitely not be recommending the juicer that I have now to anyone I know, clearly it is not capable of handling any juicing challenge, but I am stuck with it for the time being. You know who is capable of handling juicing challenge? ME! I am proud of myself for overcoming the obsticles I faced today and sticking with the challenge. When I realized I didn't have enough time to prepare drinks for my shift at work today I thought about stopping for an egg and cheese on an english muffin at dunkin donuts for breakfast, and ordering cheese pizza at lunch with my co-workers. When the machine first broke, I thought to myself..."F it, let me just go get some fries". Both times though, I stopped myself and told myself I had already come too far. I refuse to be somebody who stops when the going gets tough, I am the one who keeps going dammit! I am a resourceful and resilient women, who will stop at nothing to get to day 4!