Day (ONE) is done

Day is done, day is done, day is done. Gone the sun , gone the sun, gone the sun...

So the sun has set on Fasting Day One of Thirty. And today was dang near uneventful, to be honest. But, I learned a couple of things...

1. Like I mentioned previously, prepping the veggies and fruit ahead of time or after the kiddos head to bed will likely make for smoother juicing.

2. Beets. No matter how small. Taste. Like. DIRT. I put a 1/4 beet in juice earlier, and I swear I am still tasting the durn-thang. I am not going to put the kibosh on beets, but I do want to find things that will drown their taste out!

3. adding savory spices to a predominantly vegetable juice concoction, and then heating it on the stove, gives the juice a more substantial meal feel...put it in a bowl and eat with a spoon--wah-lah "soup"!

I did not experience much by way of headaches today... I am crediting the fact that a few weeks ago I began cutting calories, adding more veggies and fruit for meals (i.e. apple for breakfast, steamed broccoli for lunch) and then capping the night off with a dinner of some sort--thoughnot always as healthy as the meals during the day.Currently, I do have a somewhat dull ache, like a "hey i am a bit hungry here" right now. I am guessing that's because about now is the time my body is used to the dinner portion of the day. So I am sipping on my "soup" and drinking like the hundredth glass of water for the day.

I tried a few juices today that I am sure I will drink again.

1. this morning I had the cantaloupe, sweet potato, and pear--yum...and best of the day.

2. lunch time I juiced up about 5 apples, and 8 bulk sized carrots...decent...definitely could drink these often this made about 20 ounces.

3. around mid-afternoon I tried 5 pieces of celery, a large sweet potato and about a bag of cuties (oranges) that my mom brought over that needed to be used up. I was surprised at the strong taste of the celery. The fresh orange juice was loved by my daughter, but she wouldn't try it all mixed together...my two year old son on the other hand...lets just say i didn't get to finish this snack because he ran off with it!

4. and now, dinner time, I am spooning hot juice from a bowl acting like the delicious thanksgiving left overs in the fridge don't even exist. tonight's soup special is a tsp of garlic, lemon pepper, and black pepper with a dash or two of Worcestershire sauce added two one small bell pepper from the hubby's garden, a few handfuls of grape tomatoes, one piece of celery and 3/4 of a Gala apple. Good but nothing to blog home about...I am sure if my hubby were to read this he would be surprised that I chose the savory veggie juice to wind up the day, he knows I am a sucker for sweets at night. I read on a blog Juicing For Jesus ( similarities in blog name are a coincidence, althoughIi like this gals style! She did a 70 day juice fast and lost 46 pounds or something crazy like that--wowzer go girl!)

I totally took a bunch of selfies today...you know the classics with the sports bra and yoga pants. I even took a few with a sports bra and bikini bottom--gotta get the full affect of the thigh girth ya know... I am thinking I will keep you all in suspense and wait until the end of the fast to unveil today's photo shoot. This way, you can see a side by side of where I started and where I ended-- I am super anxious to see the changes God is going to put my body through. we all should strive to keep our bodies healthy and pure, since that honors He who gave us said bodies...Even though I know no matter what I look like, He adores me, His word says so in 1Samuel:16:7 " For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."