They say that if your kid hates a certain food you should just keep serving it until the kid acquires a taste for it. I think there are even grown up foods like coffee, sushi, wine that you need to try several times until you get accustomed to the taste and then you can’t live without it.

I think that this held true for me with both the green juice and spicy lemonade.

The morning of day 3 I woke another 1/2 pound lighter making it a total of 3 lbs lost in 3 days. You can argue that it’s water weight but who cares…my Jeans fit better so it’s real to me. I now understand why celebs and those who have an event coming up do these crazy diets. They work…the question is how long will it last?

I remember a friend of mine who was always bone thin had a few pounds to lose after her baby. She got a stomach virus and off came her last 5 lbs in one week. A few months later I saw her and she looked amazing. I asked her if she ever gained those 5 lbs back after her virus and she said no. Every time one of our kids have a stomach bug we joke about coming over to catch it.

So my conclusion about Juicing is that it’s an excellent, albeit extreme way to
A) Kick start a diet
B) Lose a few pounds for a simcha or beach vacation
C) Rid yourself of cravings for bad things like sugar, bread, white flour, fried food etc.

After 3 days of eating only Juice and the occasional broccoli, string beans I now only have a craving for a big salad with grilled chicken. Not to say the next time I’m faced with a Nutella whipped cream banana pizza (which they serve at Upper Crust) I won’t be dying! It’s not something I’ll be doing forever, that’s for sure. But it’s something that I might do occasionally. Regardless, it’s taught me a lot about detoxing and how what I eat makes me feel. I have decided I’m going to start making myself some of these juices for myself and I’m going to start investigating the best supplements for women to help my body to detox occasionally. I guess keeping weight off (in your 30’s) really comes down to being hyper-aware of what you put in your mouth all the time.

Now, summary of my last day….

Slept great! No hunger at all. The Chunky Monkey really filled me up.
7am: Woke up with so much energy
I almost felt manic….I was talking faster, moving faster…felt like I chugged an energy drink but all I had was a bit of coffee and my green drink.
I actually didn’t mind the green drink. I’ve grown used to the taste and it kept me going till….

10am: I had done my bootcamp. I felt just as strong (or weak) as usual during bootcamp. It was time for my (ugh) lemonade which I discovered if you chug it down fast, like vodka, you barely taste the cayenne and it’s actually good.

I needed to chew on something so I had a bowl of roasted broccoli with pepper and garlic powder and lemon. It was Heaven. Right now broccoli is just as satisfying as a bowl of pasta. This is what it has come to…but that’s a good thing.

12pm: Had my green drink (the 2nd to last one I’m probably ever having unless I decide to Juice again) and it kept me full till

The smell of the challah baking in my oven nearly did me in.

but I survived till my 3pm drink which was my least fave because I hate beets. But if you like beets and pineapples…you would probably enjoy this.

Now I had made plans before I decided to Juice to see Evita and stay overnight in the city with my husband. We also had plans to go out for dinner at a fancy restaurant but I nixed that one. Instead we quickly stopped by Mr. Broadway to grab a quick bite before the show. And being that I am allowed egg whites and broccoli I gave myself permission to order that. (told waiter to hold the salt and oil)

It tasted bland.

My final green drink was a new twist..spinach and pineapple juice.
I couldn’t finish it since I was full from the eggs.
I couldn’t even finish the last almond date drink.

Evita was fun!

And that was the end of my 3 day juicing! 3 lbs lighter. Not missing bread, sugar or junkfood even a little…

The next morning I could have anything I please! I stopped by a coffe shop on my way back home from the hotel and whaddaya know…instead of the mocha frappacino with a nice yummy muffin I was craving for….

I got myself another juice.

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