{"id":205,"date":"2012-04-09T18:42:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T18:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayawellness.com\/?p=205"},"modified":"2015-06-06T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T20:45:59","slug":"my-los-angeles-juicing-confessions-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayawellness.com\/my-los-angeles-juicing-confessions-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"My Los Angeles Juicing Confessions \u2013 Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

This juice fast was only supposed to be a one day experiment,<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0because I wanted to try fun California food and new places to eat while I was on the West Coast. Moira talked me into keeping the juicing momentum going and trying it for a bit more.\u00a0I agreed, knowing I had\u00a0dinner plans at Andrew Weil\u2019s True Food Kitchen in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n

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True Food Kitchen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I began the morning of Day 2 with breakfast of raw sauerkraut and raw chocolate.\u00a0 Not exactly a true juice fast, but apparently I am making up my own rules now.<\/p>\n

Why sauerkraut?\u00a0 Because that\u2019s what I had in the refrigerator to help continue to populate my digestive tract with probiotic flora. \u00a0 If I did this over again and for long term, I would be prepared with kombucha or kefired coconut water to drink along with my juices to keep my gut healthy.\u00a0 But since I didn\u2019t prepare for a second day, I picked kraut.Okay, why the raw chocolate?\u00a0 First, raw chocolate is super high in anti-oxidants.\u00a0 Second, I needed a pick me up after the kraut first thing in the morning and again since that is what I found acceptable in the refrigerator until we made it to Whole Foods for the juice bar., that\u2019s what I was going to have.\u00a0 Plus, I like to experiment and see how much I can get away with. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Green Cleansing Juice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 10:15 am, Moira and I got a shot of ginger, lemon, and apple.\u00a0 Then we nursed Juice #1 (same concoction as yesterday).\u00a0 It tasted so sweet after the ginger!<\/p>\n

What I find amazing is how relative everything is \u2013 how much our perception of almost identical experiences changes when our perspective shifts.<\/p>\n

Back to the cafe for more writing and chronicling this experience to share with you.\u00a0 1:15 pm and Juice #1 is finished.\u00a0 I have also been sipping white vanilla tea (mostly hot water with a tinge of color).\u00a0 Onto Juice #2 \u2013 so far so good.\u00a0 A few hours more and I might actually make it till dinner time.<\/p>\n

Thank you Moira for hosting, taking me dancing, pushing my mental, emotional, and physical limitations and attachments around food.\u00a0 It is extremely uncomfortable and painful to have one\u2019s weaknesses exposed.\u00a0 I am learning a lot about myself.\u00a0 Ah\u2026 a constant journey, life is.<\/p>\n

It also is helping to understand how much food can mean to some of us and depending on our upbringing how many attachments we actually can have to food and what else can be wrapped up around it.\u00a0 This brief experiment has exposed to me how much of an emotional eater I actually am and how much I actually overeat \u2013 healthy food, bu<\/p>\n

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t overeat.\u00a0 It is amazing and mind blowing, but not really.\u00a0 When the realization occurs it is very clear, just very, very uncomfortable to look at your self and shine the light in places where it is so dark;\u00a0 to open the doors to rooms that have been shut and to discover all the dust that has collected.\u00a0 Just the mere act of opening the door to that dark room and getting air circulating in it will stir up the dust particles and make you cough.\u00a0 So it\u2019s okay to cough, it\u2019s okay to shed a tear or two.\u00a0 I did.\u00a0 Twice today.\u00a0 This is part of the detox.\u00a0 I might leave the door to that dark room ajar to remind myself to go back there and begin to clear it out, but not all at once, baby steps\u2026 baby steps.\u00a0 But I am certainly not slamming it shut.\u00a0 Emotional cobwebs of my soul are inside that dusty room and they will need some love.<\/p>\n

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At 6:30pm I finished juice #3.\u00a0 That\u2019s the end of my juice fast.\u00a0 Ironically enough, when I got to True Food Kitchen for dinner to break my juice fast I ordered a fresh squeezed juice:\u00a0 the Hangover<\/strong> (which consisted of coconut water, pineapple and orange juice).\u00a0 Funny!<\/p>\n

Lessons I learned for myself:<\/p>\n

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  1. Maintain blood sugar levels even by drinking throughout the day and not letting myself get out of control hungry.<\/li>\n
  2. Keep up on the probiotics to help keep a healthy gut.<\/li>\n
  3. Make sure you are not juicing just sweet fruits and veggies, add lots and lots of greens to alkalize the blood.<\/li>\n
  4. Be prepared for detox symptoms of many kinds: emotional, physical, etc. \u00a0Give your self space and time to do what your body is asking of you. \u00a0That means build in the time before hand, anticipating needing it.<\/li>\n
  5. Slowly and gently reintroduce food back into your system.\u00a0 Start with raw foods and small quantities and give your digestive system time to relearn how to work again.\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Most importantly, don\u2019t start dancing immediately after eating solid food for the first time in 2 days.\u00a0 I lost a bit of my pizza toppings, poor kale going to waste.\u00a0 I had to stop dancing; let my food settle down a bit lower in my digestive tract.\u00a0 Drank water and 10 minutes later was perfect and ready to dance again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    All in all a fantastic night!\u00a0 At midnight I crashed into\u00a0bed. \u00a0LA \u2013 I miss you, all the fresh fruits and veggies, awesome dancing, and the sunshine.\u00a0 But I will be back!<\/p>\n

    So, as I mentioned in p<\/a>art<\/a> 1<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>of this post, I still do not have a juicer at home.\u00a0 I am doing some reasearch and will soon pick one and test it out at home.\u00a0 Promise to tell you all about it.<\/p>\n

    Currently, I am making smoothies almost every morning.\u00a0 It is a great way to start the day.<\/p>\n

    A number of you have written to me and asked for recommendations on what to use to make smoothies?<\/p>\n

    Here is my answer:\u00a0 use whatever blender you already have in your kitchen, just as long as it works \u00a0But if you don\u2019t have one and have a little cash to spare, the one I have had in my kitchen for 7 years is the\u00a0Vitamix.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>It has been worth every penny. \u00a0Not only does it make smoothies, but it can make nut butters, raw ice cream, and soup!\u00a0 Mostly, I love making morning shakes in it.\u00a0 It does a fantastic job of breaking down everything I ask of it.\u00a0 I also like to make my own dressings in it. \u00a0Happy to answer any questions. Happy Blending and Happy Spring! \u00a0If you have a favorite recipe for a shake enter it in the comments below and share with the community. \u00a0Or any other experiences related to juicing or emotional eating for that matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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