Liquid Euphoria

Though I haven't exactly found euphoria yet after being on this juice diet for two days now, I do feel some changes:

1. Wednesday and Thursday I was feeling like crap. Sore throat, body aches, mild headaches. Since being on the juice diet. . . I feel much better. Yay. BUT-- was the change in health due to caffeine withdrawls? Perhaps.

2. And, like the book said, I have a strong desire to organize. Yesterday I took down all the Halloween decorations (and there were a lot-- 10 boxes, almost tops Christmas at 13), drug the 16-foot stage I built a few weeks ago all the way into the garage, then rearranged all the boxes to sit on top of it.

3. I have lost weight. I think 5 pounds in four days. And I'm certain that if I stick with the liquid diet I'll peek at 120, a number I haven't seen on the scale since college.

BUT..... I am starving. Cranky. Irritable. My skin itches. My stomach growls. I do not LIKE this 3-day cleanse at all. The juices are pretty yummy, with the exception of today's strawberry-grapefruit-mint concoction (I think there may have been too much grapefruit).

Then, there's the cost of all this, which isn't euphoric at all, but it does leave my head spinning. For example, my strawberry-grapefruit-mint juice cost me about $8.50. I, of course, used organic strawberries, at $6.99/pound, because if I'm detoxing, I don't want pesticides in my system, right? Sure. Whatever. But the "other" strawberries are friendlier with my wallet. And really, to waste all that produce on a drink I didn't even enjoy...

To eat at In-N-Out would cost about $5. Yuuuuuuum.

Liquid Euphoria. Hmmmmm.... I'll give it another day or two, until the heaps of greens in my refrigerator drawers run out. Then I'll replace them ... perhaps with BEER (my other kind of LIQUID EUPHORIA)!!!!

NO-vember

I am starting out the month with a detoxifying, three-day, juice-only cleanse. So far so good. No sugar, no alcohol, no caffeine, no processed foods. . .

Welcome to NO-vember.

I'm not doing it to lose weight, though shedding the bike tire stuck around my waist would be nice. I'm doing it to "start over"--rid my body of all toxins and just, well... see how I feel! Supposedly I'll feel more energetic, have better skin, and even gain a sense of euphoria.

Imagine that. . . a sense of euphoria. Without chardonnay? I'll have to wait and see.

I bought a juicer and have been in Whole Foods every day buying fresh veggies and fruits. The grocery bills are soaring. And for the heaping amounts of fruits and veggies I put into that machine (very expensive, organic-nly, might I add), only a few precious ounces come out at the other end. I gulp down the green goodness like I've just stepped off the set of Survivor. Tons of foliage equals sippy cup results.

But the book says it's cheaper than eating unhealthy and drinking alcohol. Maybe. But the latter is a hell of a lot more fun.