Juice Day 15: 9/30

Posted by Brandon Lagao | Posted in | Posted on 9/30/2012 09:59:00 AM

So i've officially been doing this juice fast for 2 weeks now!  It feels like longer than that, but at the same time it has been a great experience so far.  I stopped writing posts everyday because:

  1. Some juicing days are just boring.
  2. Counting down the days feels like torture.  It's like running for me; if I think about what i'm doing and how far i'm going the whole time, I get in my own head and make it that much more difficult for myself.  But when I just listen to music and enjoy everything around me, I feel like I can run forever.
Still the most difficult part of this whole thing is the lack of social life.  You never realize how much life revolves around food and drinks until you no longer can participate.  "Breaking Bread" literally means the act of breaking bread or in other words sharing a meal with those close to you.  Being left out of that or separating yourself from that is time that you're missing out on fellowship.  I missed out on my little brother's birthday dinner at Phil's BBQ.  And I always have to pass on going out for drinks or just out for the night.  That's tough.

On the flip-side, the most rewarding part of this whole thing so far is using that time to fellowship with God instead.  Being in the Word and in prayer feels much more rewarding to me than going out for the night and getting broiled.  I'm not going to sit here and preach through my blog post, I just wanted to point out that positive aspect of this journey for me.

One funny thing I do and I wonder if anyone who has done this before can relate, but when I start running out of produce, I start inventing my own juice recipes with whatever I have left in the fridge.  Haha, I haven't done anything too crazy yet, but i'm sure over the next 4 weeks I'll come up with some crazy concoction.

Juice Recipe of the Day: "Need to Go Grocery Shopping Breakfast Juice"
  • 1 Whole Pineapple (trimmed)
  • Bunch of Spinach
  • Celery (as much as you need to fill up the rest of your pitcher)

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