April 2010
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“Hey, what sort of fake meat would you like to see me juice?”
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Day twenty seven.
I pulled an all-nighter to finish this comic book for Stumptown. Drank about 8 ounces of coffee with soy milk and a lot of water. Ugh. Headachy and sore and really craving some comfort food. Breakfast carbs. Breakfast drink: two bananas, six strawberries, 1/3 cup of frozen blueberries, orange juice and soy milk. I’ve been adding more OJ and soy milk instead of ice — a little more...
Day twenty-six.
Andrea agreed with Melanie that I look waxy. And not skinny. Thanks a lot guys.
Breakfast drink: banana and a half, eight strawberries, OJ and soy milk. Snacks: the last of the pecans. Boo. Evening drink: two and a half red delicious and one gala apple, seven carrots, and a bunch of broccoli. I think this one is my jam, but I love broccoli in everything. And then, it was a long night. (cont.)
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WatchHa. Via Kim.
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Day twenty five.
Felt fine today. Worked okay throughout the day, still sleeping consistently 7-8 hours a night and waking up relatively easily in the morning. Knees are definitely feeling better, but this could be entirely coincidental. I want chocolate. Breakfast drink: big banana, 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries, some green leftover juice and orange juice. Not bad! Definitely something different, but I feel like...
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Day twenty-four.
One thing I haven’t covered so much here is the social stigma of this project. If people know I’m doing this, when they see me they expect me to be emaciated and faint. If they don’t know, they expect me to be able to act like a normal person. But you’re all wrong!!
Tonight I went to an event for my pals at Microcosm Publishing (plug who are putting out Nine Gallons #1-4...
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Day twenty-three.
I felt god-fucking-awful when I first got up this morning, like I was hungover — but how could I be? I had three sips of that noxious poison. Jesus, juicing, what have you done to my defenses? Maybe I just need to be drinking more water…
I think more than anything things are just getting fucking tedious. I’ve been eating more or less the same thing every day for the past three...
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“I think next I’m going to do 30 days of roids.”
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Day twenty-two.
I kind of fell off the wagon today. I’ve been super stressed out trying to finish this comic within the next week, so I was snacking a little throughout the day. Then Andrea came home around 11 and suggested we go out to a bar.
We went down to the Trappist in Oakland, where Andrea’s friend works, so we ended up getting two free beers even though I didn’t really want one. IPAs...
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Day twenty-one.
Three weeks! Holy crap! And I felt pretty great today, in fact — dare I say energetic? — even though once again I didn’t make the time to have my breakfast drink before leaving for census work, as I was so rushed and busy all morning. It was beautiful out, so I walked to and from work, about three miles total, stopping at Berkeley Bowl on the way home for two pounds of...
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Day twenty.
Felt pretty good today, even though I only had time to finish half my breakfast drink before heading off to work. I still think my problem, though, is not eating enough early in the day, and then trying to compensate later. I think I’ve finally gotten to the point where I am zen about the hunger more often than I am not, though; maybe that’s just a matter of muscle memory and...
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Day nineteen.
Totally distracted all day, didn’t feel all that great. No coffee headache though, at least. Maybe I’ll be more personally insightful tomorrow. Right now I just want so much chocolate ice cream.
Breakfast drink: one and a half bananas, about 2/3 cup of frozen blueberries, orange juice and soy milk over ice. I think I prefer the strawberries — they blend up better — but I...
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A juicing primer.
I’ve had some requests for some of the information I’m basing this juice fast on. I am aiming to get between 32 and 64 ounces of pure juice each day, not counting dilution with water or ice, with a mix of fruits and veg and at least 1/3 of it green. My breakfast and evening drinks are around 20-22 ounces each, so I think I’m good there. The thing about trying to get 1200 calories...
“So if I were a man doing this, would I still be getting the same shit from the...”
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Day eighteen.
I’m writing this at 8:06 p.m. and I haven’t had any snacks at all today. I had a meeting this morning and then a short shift this afternoon, and I think breaking up my day like that kept me on my toes and less likely to wander to the fridge that’s only 20 feet from my desk.
Bodily function check-in: that pain in my right shoulder seems to be back, though much less severe. Not...
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isn't it all kind of bullshit, friend? →
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nickdouglas:
My hippie friend Susie Cagle thinks juice cleanses are stupid. So she’s trying one for 30 days. So now I’m reading the only ever readable account of “juicing.”
This is interesting and all, but kind of bullshit. If you’re really doing a juice cleanse, you don’t eat peanut butter or avacados or a freaking bowl of cherrios. And you certainly don’t drink coffee every...
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Day seventeen.
I was explaining to Andrea today how everything I had read about juice fasts before starting this juice fast sounded completely fucking unbelievable to me, especially the descriptions of emotional responses. I’d heard of the heady raw food high from juicers and raw foodists, but what I really couldn’t believe was the cyclical bipolarity of it. One moment I feel like I could go another...
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Day sixteen.
I think when I finally did the math and counted how few calories I’m consuming daily, that really took a mental toll on me — that’s what lead to yesterday’s sandwich. But I guess the satisfaction of that one sandwich lasted. I’d also credit today’s lack of hunger with too much afternoon coffee. I’m guessing it was about 10 ounces. Yikes. I can’t...
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Day fifteen.
Bad day. Maybe because I didn’t have coffee. Distractable, lethargic. Aches and pains aren’t as pronounced as they have been, but I feel somewhat weaker, which I really hate. I’m constantly cold lately; I’m usually a little chilly, but this is like scarf and hat in the house kind of cold, which doesn’t seem right at all.
Breakfast drink: out of bananas, need to go to...
“I have just about had it with this juice fast bullshit. My roommate made french...”
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Day fourteen.
Two weeks! I can’t believe it! I keep waffling between feeling prepared for the next two(+) weeks and feeling like I’ve accomplished enough to warrant at least a cookie or a garlic seitan wing from that place around the corner on Shattuck.
This was another day where I wasn’t hungry in the morning so put off eating, and then became more and more hungry later in the day. I need to...
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Day thirteen.
I was still pretty out of it today, so again, tough to tell how much of my muscle fatigue and general tiredness was due to staying up all night Tuesday/Wednesday or the fact that I’ve only been consuming about 600-800 calories a day for the last nearly two weeks… Oh well!
I’ve been diluting my juices with water less and drinking more water on its own. Today I’ve been...
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Day twelve.
A good day! I mean, considering. After getting back around 5 a.m. from work, I slept a few hours but was still kind of out of it for the rest of the day, and took a nap in the evening. I couldn’t tell how much of my muscle soreness and general fatigue were due to juice fasting and how much was by virtue of feeling overworked.
You might notice that I really haven’t been juicing enough....
March 2010
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Day eleven.
I wonder if those potatoes really did the trick. Andrea was convinced they’d just make me more hungry, but they were really satisfying, and didn’t seem to make me feel any different today.
I keep having this situations come up with work where there will be free food, or group meetings at restaurants or such, and I have to find a way to explain why I’m not eating. If you know me,...
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Day ten.
Still thinking about food a lot today, but started off strong. There was free food at work, though, and I am a sucker for free stuff — I really thought I might give in. But I didn’t! I gave in later…
So okay, on the topic of weight loss: I mean, I figure I have lost some, and my pants are a little bit looser, but it doesn’t seem like a significant change. I can’t...
“This is not about weight loss, I assure you. Please, do not fear for my mental...”
The insanity. →
mrpenguino:
Kind of sluggish and tired today, more food fantasies — especially pastries. Sugar and bread, sugar and bread… Ugh. What is wrong with me? Why did this only hit yesterday? I think it’s 99% mental. I really do love food and I just miss the flavors and textures of some of my favorites. (You’ll…
Susie! You’re starving! Your brain and body are trying to make you eat! You should read,...
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Day nine.
Kind of sluggish and tired today, more food fantasies — especially pastries. Sugar and bread, sugar and bread… Ugh. What is wrong with me? Why did this only hit yesterday? I think it’s 99% mental. I really do love food and I just miss the flavors and textures of some of my favorites. (You’ll notice below I have yet to give up on coffee for reals, though you’ll also...
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Day eight.
I can’t believe I started this last Saturday. It feels like it’s been 30 days already. Wishful thinking. I had a craving for cereal when I woke up this morning. Shoulder still hurts. No coffee…
Breakfast drink: one banana ($.25) + 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries ($.50?) blended, combined with one granny apple ($.60), juiced, mixed with soy milk, over ice. Delicious. I juiced...
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Day seven.
I started the day out even less hungry than yesterday. My shoulder is still in a lot of pain, it doesn’t seem to be getting any better no matter how much I stretch. I might try a heat pack. I hope my immune system isn’t breaking down on the whole… Otherwise, I am feeling generally lightheaded and kind of giddy, but the fast doesn’t seem to be affecting my competence —...
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Day six.
Going strong, and much less hungry today. Made a point to drink more water throughout the day, especially in the heated Federal building. I’m finding that my limbs are falling asleep randomly. This is really, really disturbing. My carpal tunnel is acting up, and my weird shoulder pain is about the same as yesterday — nagging, consistent, but not terrible. Also, more muscle spasms. In...
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Day five.
Surprisingly, best day yet. It’s 8:33 pm right now and I’m only just getting hungry for my evening drink. Today I started a three-day stint of training for my new job as a Census enumerator, so I was nervous about how things would go, food-wise. This is the first time I’m genuinely feeling less hungry. I brought an apple with me today and didn’t even want it. (Though I...
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Day four.
I read the hunger was supposed to stop yesterday. Bullshit. I usually don’t get hungry until about noon, which is when I have my breakfast drink — then I try to hold off for dinner drink until about 7, though around 4 (which is when I am writing this), I get really, really hungry, and find myself going to the kitchen for no reason at all. I should probably try to drink more water....
“I think the worst part of a juice fast is washing the juicer multiple times per...”
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Day three.
Woke up starving. It subsided after about a half hour, though, so I held off on my first juice and instead had about 5 ounces of coffee plus soy milk I’d saved from yesterday. I’m going to be a fucking wreck when I come off the coffee tomorrow. It’s been hard enough focusing on work today — drawing is suffering just for lack of focus. I still have white tongue and random...
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Day two.
Ugh. I’ve got some of the typical “detox”/starvation effects today, including the nasty white-coated tongue, some random aches and pains and general wooziness, but nothing too intense. Been drawing all day, and can’t seem to focus for too long at a time — though what’s really new there? At least I kept coming back to the drawing table all day and ended up doing...
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Day one.
So it begins. My roommate Andrea and I also went to the Lakeshore farmer’s market and I stocked up on about $12 of tasty produce: apples, carrots, cucumbers, kale, and strawberries. I don’t care what they say, but I’m not juicing those strawberries — I’ll probably just mash them into a drink, like I would with a banana. No use in wasting all that delicious berry...