Day 9 of Juice fast

Day 9, in just a few hours I will have made it 10 days HOORAY!!!

It definatly has been rough I am still wanting to eat my veggies instead of juice them but I know this will all be worth it. If anything is bothering me it is the muscles in my back between my shoulders because of all the pressure I am having to put down on the plunger into my juicer. That is a pain in my..well.. shoulders. Hubby tried to convince me I need to stop juiceing because juiceing was causing me pain. I had to throw him the look. :) He has made it to day 10 and now is going to start weaning on to actual food, but he will be still juicing for his dinner. He is having a hard time continuing this at work especaily since he has 11-12hour days. So in order to make this something he can accomplish we are having to modify. He is having a smoothie for breakfast, big salads or other veggie mix for lunch and juice for dinner. This way he is still detoxing, he will just be doing it at a slower pace.

I am waking up unfortunately so flipping early in the morning now. I am now up around 6ish on my own which never in my life have i ever done consistantly. I am NOT a morning person. AT ALL! But now I find once I wake up I cant go back to sleep so I just get up, which in turn has lead me to have a slightly cleaner house. So I guess that is good. I always haveintentions of going back to bed, but the kids wont let me, I cant anyway, and when they go down for a nap I say I am too but instead I have been cleaning. BLAHH, whatg is going on here?!? Lol I am happy that I am doing something with this energy. Since I have gotten huge projects cleaned and taken care of this has allowed me to do more things with my kids though, and know that my kitchen doesnt look like a war zone my son has been able to come into the kitchen to help me cook. He just turned 21 months yesterday and he has just made his first egg scramble, with spinach, fontina and smoked gouda, minced onion and sliced he own bananas and strawberries to put on top of his homemade greek yogurt, nut butter and honey :) He was soo proud of himself and ate everything.

Oh I will have to remember tommorow to post a recipe I made with my leftover carrot pulp for Dax. It was reduced milk, like cooked it down to have with some swerve (erythritol) and some cardamom, baking spices (cinnamon, nutmeg anise, ect...) and vanilla powder. Cooked it till it got thick and chilled it to cut into shapes. He is eating it almost faster than I can make pulp which makes me happy!!!

Anyway, I am going to be jumping off here but I was planning on posting my thoughts on how long I saw this journey lasting. If I planned on doing the entire 40 days as a juice fast, or planned to alter it in anyway like I am doing for hubby. I think my big concern is going to be when it comes to cooking for him while on the fast. it is much easier when I am only making food for my son. But to have to cook a meal for hubby as well I am worried will put me over the edge if he gets there before I finish. So look forward to updating tommorow. NITE ALL!