Day 7.1

I made it thru the Wilderness.... LOL, Sorry Kari. you got me humming songs now about our juicing experience. :o) Made it to the end of day 7 - One full week of juicing/vitamix-ing

Today was good. I stepped on the scale and thought I had lost 8 lbs but my scale isn't the best so when at a friend's house saw that it was closer to 6. No matter. Some is better than none and on top of that I'm feeling pretty good. Can't say I'm 'great' and all that wonderful stuff. I still miss eating other foods despite how I know this is good for me. I still want my cheetos.... BUT....

Today I was offered a mamosa (orange juice and champagne). One of my favorite beverages. I told my friend I was juicing and couldn't. He even tried persuading me saying there was orange juice in it but told him no, the alcohol in it was a def no-no. He had his mamosa while I sat and had two cups of water. Felt pretty proud of myself for saying no :o)

I stayed on track today. Finished the fruits I had juiced yesterday. Yummmmmm. For lunch I had a salad made from yesterday. After trying to crunch and munch my way thru, I finally got up, threw it all into the vitamix, grabbed tomorrow's salad, threw that in and blended. Taste... not so good (no wonder why I didn't enjoy it as a salad!). Added two carrots and a red apple and wah-lah. Changed the taste to something much more palatable. Had a glass mid-afternoon. For dinner had a YUMMY bowl of the fresh veggie soup I had made yesterday. Can't tell you how bad I kinda wanted to sneak in a few crackers tho (or cheetos?!?). :o) But, it WAS really tasty. Could just taste the freshness of it. Yummmmmm. Am now sipping my hot tea and getting ready for my evening shower.

Have another headache today. It's been with me most of the afternoon/evening. Could be all reading I've been doing. I know yesterday was tough snow shoveling. Came inside with extremely stiff and achy shoulders and neck. I really, badly, desperately need a massage and a good chiro adjustment! But for now... that hot shower is calling me. Achy muscles, minor relief is coming soon.

Oh, and fingertip numbness. Still mildly numb, but NOT like those first few days. At this point am going to call them my chemo fingers for this is pretty much what I've dealt with for the past how many years. Am still hoping this juicing stuff will bring about healing for that as well.

Acid indigestion... That's been doing very well too. I get minor bouts with it (onions?) but NOTHING like my daily life before this! Every Single Day I'd suffer from acid reflux and it is NOT fun :o(  I also know my diet is the main reason for the awful suffering. But that's what Tums are for, right? I haven't taken one in seven days. For me, that's pretty awesome.

Time to say good night. Tomorrow makes 8 days and on this plan, that's called Hump Day. Hooray!!!! The downhill slide begins!! :o)