Day 15

Day 15 and it's the official juice fast. No solids this week! And I'm feeling pretty good. Ran out of Silver Biotics so I'm taking HOST DEFENSE which is a natural immune system booster that's made of 17 activated mushrooms. You can buy it at Whole Foods. Not the cheapest thing out there but it does the job. No flu for me. KEEP DOING BIKRAM YOGA! This is key to the juicing. Diet is NOT enough. Stay busy. Stay active.

Now, I realize most of you won't be able to afford to do 3 weeks of juicing. Here's what I would do if I could only do 1 week.

I would take the first 3 days as my "Fruit Days." Do the 5 juices and whenever you feel hungry or shaky or headache-y then have some fruit. The key to this is NOT CHEATING. Don't sneak anything else. When you go to bed you are going to feel a little hungry. Don't worry about it. It's emotional. Just do a large glass of water with the juice of one fresh-squeezed lemon. Now if you can only afford to do 3 days, then this is fine. Fine? This is great! I guarantee you'll have de-pudged and de-puffed noticably. Just remember that the nighttime is the toughest time emotionally. That is when you'll want to cook something up. The feeling is only temporary. Have a piece of fruit. Have a banana. Or have a coconut water. That does the trick, too.

But here's the danger of doing the 3 days of Juice with the fruit: you won't want to stop. So you sign up for another 3 or 4 days. Now the goal of the "Juice Fast" is to give your digestive system a rest from breaking food down in your stomach. So the less solids you eat the better. Buy a couple cases of coconut water from Rainbow. You get a 10% discount when you buy them by the case and it's only $12. And make sure you drink your E3Live bluegreen algae. If you don't have E3Live then get yourself "Sun Chlorella" at whole foods. They're these little green superfood tablets that will keep you going with the added benefit of getting rid of any detoxing side-effects like headaches. And if you need to drink Yogi Green Tea as well. Just make sure you drink plenty of liquids along with the juices and have a 2oz wheatgrass shot a day. You're not starving your whole system here. You're just giving your digestive system a little holiday.

Have fun.