Juice Journey - Day 22

Well, I haven't been very faithful about posting updates. The juice fast has gone exceptionally smooth this year. After the initial four days of kicking the caffeine habit and the over-eating habit, I've felt great! We were out on a walk a couple days back. As we walked by a local restaurant I suddenly had a craving for pizza. I didn't feel hungry, but it was a strong desire to go through the act of savoring solid food, of chewing and swallowing. It's Memorial day weekend. Yesterday we got together with two groups of friends. The afternoon was a cookout and the evening was Famous Dave's BBQ carryout. I was spared from the cravings of a couple days ago and free to really enjoy the smells and conversations of the day. 

Last week we had record heat in Minneapolis. Two days of mid-nineties in May! These were also the two days that Aimee and I spent outside landscaping our front yard, chopping down bushes and making planters with close to 60 large retaining wall blocks. It was really tiring work. Normally I would have really felt the heat. I hate hot weather. I'll take 45 and sunny over 90 and sweltering any day. But as we watched the evening news that first night I was surprised to hear of the record breaking temperatures we'd been working in. The only explanation I have is that we've both lost a bit of weight on this fast, so we have a thinner layer of insolation. I think I remember reading that the fasting process also lowers your body temperature... we have not located our "Detox Diet" book in our boxes yet, so I can't look up the exact quote.

Well, that's all for now. We've been enjoying some tropical fruit combos this past week. Freshly juiced mangos and strawberries make the brightest orange color I've seen. Another great discovery has been the addition of Trader Joe's light coconut milk (just coconut milk and water in a can) to almost any fruit juice.