Last summer, I worked with some of the most health-conscious people I have ever met (Who knew camp counselors were so healthy?). They were always talking the latest diet, and at lunch, they would bring these crazy smoothies for their meal. Ever since, I have wanted to go on a juice fast. They told me about the benefits: weight loss, purification of chemicals, clear skin. And so, recently, when I had a big event coming up and was experiencing some intense stomach pains caused by all the junk food I was eating, I decided to go on a juice fast with my friend Kayla.
Here are the recipes I used:
Breakfast:
- 2 apples
- 1 orange
- 1 cucumber
- 1/4 lemon
- 4 kale leaves
Lunch:
- 1 cucumber
- 4 celery stalks
- 4-6 kale leaves
- 1/4 lemon
Dinner:
- 2 celery stalks
- 6 kale leaves
- 1 lemon
- 6 romaine lettuce leaves
I woke up at 6:30am. Upon taking my first sip of the breakfast smoothie, I gagged. I had to force the rest of the drink down, gagging the entire time (I'm surprised I didn't throw up actually). It was chunky, bitter, putrid, and just completely revolting. After, I drank water by the gallon, as directed, but for hours, the hunger in my stomach was all-consuming. I couldn't think about anything else other than how much I wanted to eat. At lunchtime, I attempted to drink the second smoothie. After the first sip, I was done; I couldn't do it anymore. The taste of the first drink was still fresh in mouth.
I've gone a day without eating -- mostly out of laziness (my mom wasn't home to make food for me). However, starving myself so consciously and drinking such horrible concoctions was unbearable. And so by 4pm, when I walked by a McDonald's, I couldn't help myself: I went in for a large bag of fries. By the end of it, I still wasn't satisfied, eventually going for some Korean barbeque. Needless to say, my juice fast wasn't successful. Nevertheless, I'm glad I tried it; now, I know to never ever do it again.
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