Day 98

Juice f(e)asters say,  that with every day of fasting you go back 120 days in your life with the cleansing process. That means today I'm back to age 9. That clearly explains my craving: roasted duck a' la my grandmother. It used to be my favorite food in childhood and although I haven't eaten it for at least 25-30 years (since my grandma hadn't kept ducks anymore), today I have a very definite (and salivating-ly strong) craving for it. Oh, well, that's cleansing. By Christmas I'll crave baby food! :)

Day 91

Here are the after 90 days measurments:

                     At the start:    After 30 days:       After 60 days:    After 90 days:

Weight:         211.5 lbs               189 lbs.                 167.5 lbs              152.5 lbs
Bust:        115 cms (45.5")    110 cm (43 1/4")     102 cm (40 1/4") 100 cm (39 1/2)
Under breast: 96 cms (38")       93 cm (36 3/4")     87 cm (34 1/4")  85cm  (33 1/2)
Waist:         102 cms (40")       92 cm (36 1/4")     80 cm (31 1/2")   75 cm (29 1/2)
Hip:            113 cms (44.5")  108 cm (42 1/2")    100 cm (39 1/2")      99 cm (39")
Thigh:         60 cms (23.5")    57 cm (22 1/2")      51 cm (20 1/8")   49 cm (19 1/4")

Weight loss slowed down a bit, which is normal, obviously I don't need to lose that much weight anymore. I still want to lose over 10 lbs. though, so I have decided to extend the feast to 120 days, 'till Christmas.

Day 72 - Marathon day

Hey Guys!
I did it! After only 7 weeks of training, on the 72nd day of my juice fast, today I ran the NYC Marathon. And listen to this: I ran 31 minutes faster then last year, and I achieved my goal of breaking 5 hours (with 9 seconds to spare - it was a close call). I drank a litre of green juice of red leaf lettuce, kale, celery, zucchini, lime and green apple for breakfast, and drank grapefuit juice throughout the race as I needed and took only a spoonful of honey at mile 18. I'm very proud of myself. My energy level is very high. I am also 40 lbs less then I was at last year's race ( a total of 50 lbs weightloss on the fast as of today), which clearly helps to be faster, but I also know for sure I couldn't pull this marathon off on such a short training without the juice fast! Tomorrow I'll drink lots of kale juice, and I'm sure I'll have a fast recovery.
I just wish my running club mates would stop making negative comments about my fast and raw vegan eating habits. Even if I prove that one can have great achievments by changing dietary habits, they think I just got lucky. Oh well, I'm sure you guys know very well how skeptic "regular" folks are! :)

Day 61

Time for the 60 day measurments:

                        At the start:           After 30 days:              After 60 days:

Weight:               211.5 lbs                   189 lbs.                         167.5 lbs
Bust:               115 cms (45.5")          110 cm (43 1/4")           102 cm (40 1/4")
Under breast:     96 cms (38")              93 cm (36 3/4")            87 cm (34 1/4")
Waist:              102 cms (40")              92 cm (36 1/4")            80 cm (31 1/2")
Hip:                 113 cms (44.5")         108 cm (42 1/2")           100 cm (39 1/2")
Thigh:               60 cms (23.5")            57 cm (22 1/2")             51 cm (20 1/8")

That is some serious inch lost! :) I'm very happy.

Day 58

As of today: "Congratulations! Your healthy weight is well worth the effort. It reduces your risk of serious health conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and diabetes."

Yes, I've reached healthy weight...from obese to normal weight in 8 weeks (+ a day)! Yaaaayyyy!!!!

Day 53

I hate green juice! I want pizza!

I have pizza craving for days, today is the worst. I can't stop thinking about biting in a delicious, warm, guey-cheesy pizza!!!!!
This craving is probably related to my marathon training. Last year I ate 4 slices of pizza after every long run, and I ordered a large pie cheese pizza at 10 in he morning the day following the marathon. My recovery food was pizza and beer. (No wonder I gained 44 lbs. last year)
That must be now my atonement...probably my body is gettig rid off all the junk I consumed with those pizza.
(big sigh)

Day 51

Today is day 52, but I was supposed to write this blog yesterday hence the title. I'll be short as ususal, I just want to give a quick report on my progress as I passed the half-way mark.
I'm feeling great, my energy level is high, have been training for the marathon (ran a 16 miler on Saturday and felt great). I'm still consuming only 3 quarts of juice (instead of 4), which consists of 2 litres of greens and 1 litre of fruit juice.
In  the past 50 days I have lost 37 lbs (17.5% of my body weight),  9 cms from my boobs (3.5 "), 10 cms from my rib cage (4") 19 cms from my waist (7.5"), 11 cms from my hip (4.5") and 7 cms (2.75) from my thigh.
YAAAAAY! :) :) :)

DAY 41

Just a quick note: as of this morning 30 lbs. gone!!!! That makes it exactly 30 lbs. in 40 days. Not bad! I'm feeling good, exercising regurarly, and I keep continue my training for the marathon, which is only a month away.

Day 35

I'm doing great. Training for the marathon. Did my first speed session this week and it felt great, although I'm pretty slow. I'm doing a 12 mile long run later today, as soon as the rain stops. I don't want to get my new running shoes all wet, before I figure out if they're really a good fit for me, in case I have to take them back. (Asics Gel Kayano 16)
I measured my resting heart rate this morning. Probably it's because of the cleanse, but it's down to 50 (a year ago after my first marathon it was 55). Pretty good for an overweight 40 yo. woman. Btw, I'm gonna turn 41 in 5 wks; and btw. I'm down to 186 lbs which means only 18 lbs. to go to reach the heahlty BMI upper limit for my height. Give me 4 more weeks!

This morning, and yesterday, too the MSM powder I had first thing in the morning flushed my body out. Just a few minutes after taking it it came out of me. It didn't cause problems before, and have no problems at night either. Maybe I shouldn't take it for an empty stomach.
Otherwise everything is good, I keep juicing and most of the time I enjoy it. OK, sometimes I get frustrated and wish I could have a large veggie lo-mein, but my weight loss inspires me to keep continue... :)

Day 31

I'm going through the motions, every day seems the same. Not complaining here, the novelty of my fasting wore off and now I'm settled in a new routine. Not a bad thing though.
I'm continuing my training for the marathon, I did my first long(ish) run on Friday, a 10 miler and it went well. Beside water I took some grapefruit/peach juice with me to re-fuel.

More interesting news. I'm over the first 30 days, and it's time for the stats:

                              At the start:                                     After 30 days:

Weight:                   211.5 lbs                                                 189 lbs.
Bust:                   115 cms (45.5")                                   110 cm (43 1/4")
Under breast:         96 cms (38")                                       93 cm (36 3/4")
Waist:                  102 cms (40")                                       92 cm (36 1/4")
Hip:                   113 cms (44.5")                                     108 cm (42 1/2")
Thigh:                  60 cms (23.5")                                       57 cm (22 1/2")

That means 22.5 lbs weight loss (10.64% of my body weight) in 30 days. Waist/hip ratio down from 0.9 to 0.85. Still high, but I'm getting there. (In case you haven't heard, waist/hip ratio can determine the likely hood to a heart attack and also can indicate carbohydrate digestion problems. If it's higher than 0.9 for men or 0.8 for women, it means the person has trouble with carbs.)

I'm really hoping to continue the weight loss with the same tempo... :)

Day 24

I'm totally lazy writing everyday and honestly I can't write much interesting. Every day is the same, I'm doing great, no major detox symptoms, drinking 2 litres of green and 1 litre fruit juice a day. A week ago on Sunday I kept a water fasting day and yesterday I didn't drink greens, only a litre of melon juice and a litre of tomato juice.

I haven't been doing Callanetics much, but I still bike to work as much as I can. Today I felt VERY energetic and I got to work in 52 minutes, a course record (ususally 55-60 min. ride). I was really fast! (Fast on fast). Then after work I biked home, drank some water, changed shoes and went for a run. I haven't been running for so long! I was slow, and only did 2.5 miles, but hey, I already biked 24 miles today!

Call me crazy, but today, 7 weeks (48 days) before the NYC Marathon I've decided to start training. I was supposed to start back in July, but I just didnt feel like running. I was planning to cancel and use my guarantied spot next year, but today at work I learnt, that although if I cancel next year I have to pay the enrty fee again. That's $140!!! I'm cheap! I won't waste that much money! I went online and I found a 7 or 8 week long (short) training plan what someone had done succesfully. I don't care if I have to do walk breaks, but I'll finish. And probably I'll be the first person who's done a marathon while juice fasting! :))

So that's the pan. Fasting, biking, running,  visulazing and finising the Marathon. Crazy, crazy chick!

Day 15

All is good. I really can't write much, every day is almost the same. I'm drinking my 2-3 litres of juices (never 4, it wold be just too much) and feeling good. No major detox symptoms beside having a coated tounge, I sleep like a baby and I go to bed early these days, around 11 (it's early for me). I have vivid dreams.

I picked up knitting again. I have a project I've started a year and half ago, hopefully this time I'll fininsh it. It's a scarf. It's a scraf, because that's the easiest to make. I'm really not good at knitting and it doesn't look nice, but I don't mind. It's relaxing.

I stepped on the scale today, I'm down to 199 lbs. I always have very high expectations, so while it's not bad of a weight loss in 2 weeks, I was hoping hoping for something grander. Yup, that's just me. :)
I'm rligiously listening to the sumlminal weightloss CD as well as Jon Gabriel's weightloss meditation CD. I should do meditations on my own, too. I keep postponing. (Yup, thta's me again)

Did I mention yet how expensive this is? The first week I've spent $175, this week $170 on food. And I only drink 2-3 litres of juices! Oops!

Anway, all is good. Mood is good. Energy level is good.
Later gator!

Day 12

No more Cascara Sagrada for me. I don't care if I were supposed to take it 'til day 40. I had a very bad case of diarrhea yesterday, the same way like in the first 2 days.
And if coming out everything too fast wasn't enough, my 1 litre of plum juice was so terrible tart, i doubt it had much sugar in it. So I was hungry a lot. On my way home I bought some fresh orange juice (tasted way too sweet) but it helped a lot.

Today I made my fruit juice form pears, so I don't have to worry about sufficient calorie intake.
I bike today to work. It take me at least 10 minutes longer than usual and felt like a constant uphill tanks to the strong headwind. I hope this wind will help on my way home, but usually it changes direction as the sun goes down (which means I'll have headwind again)

Today is the 2nd and last work day of the week. Hallelujah! I'll have a 4 day weekend (I deserve it). Time to sleep, rest, knit, meditate, bike, exercise and of course juice!

Day 11

I didn't feel like writing in the last few days, so here is the holiday weekend in a nutshell: I did step on the scale last Saturday. I tried not to, but the scale and my curiosity won. I've lost 9 lbs in the first week. That's good!
On Sunday I biked 30 miles. That's good, too. Besides that, weekend and Labor day was uneventful up until last night, when I couldn't sleep although I was tired at 10.45 when I went to bed. At midnight I was really hungry, drank a half glass of beet root juice and almost throw up. I can't even think of beets anymore. I poured the left over half glass in the sink this morning.

I'm ok now,  I still have a bit of an upset stomach and had actually yesterday morning, too. (No, I'm not pregnant) Otherwise I'm good. Little cranky. Sleepy, hardly slept enough, but thanks god this week is just 2 days (jewish holiday).

Day 8

Yesterday was the first day when I felt, that I'm fasting and I'm hungry. I guess during the first 6 days my body was just glad that there is no more binging in lo mein, not it started to give signals that it needs more. At least I will finally be able to drink 4 litre of juice. The only problem is that it's really expensive. On my first week (with only 3 litre of juice a day) I spent $ 175. In a week!!! Ouch!

Although I have cravings I feel good today, too. So far I had a litre of green juice from spinach, celery and lemon and some fruit juice from peaches. I'm just about to juice some cucumber/zucchini/apple and to watch a movie on Netflix (Seven years in Tibet). I just wish the guys turned down the music and wouldn't party front of my house so I could actually hear to film! Grrrrrrrrrrr! I wanna move out of NYC! It's not just insanely expensive it's also crowded, stinky, dirty and a noise level drives me crazy!

Day 7

I feel sooo good! I can't stop smiling. I also feel very slender today. It has nothing to do with my reflection in the mirror or with the scale (which I refuse to step on), this feeling isn't only physicial, it comes from inside. And that's the best! I strongly believe that we become our thoughts and feelings. I am already a healthy and slender person, even if the manifestation will take time. I LOVE LIFE! :) :) :)

Day 6

Long day...I haven't had the chance to write up until now. Last night insomnia kicked in again, quite intensely this time. I went to sleep around 11 pm, I felt tried. Fell asleep relatively fast but not too deep yet, when after about 30-40 minutes I woke up for some noise from the street...and was up 'til 3 am!!! I've got up numerous time, went to bathroom, put on some relaxing music, put my blind fold on with lavender, but nothing helped. A 1:45am I found myself in the kitchen hand-squeezing some water melon... :)

Although I felt sleepy in the morning and snoozed off on the subway I was in a great spirit when I got in to the office. Had a busy morning (and day) but I found a minute to log in here and I noticed that 3 days ago someone left a comment on my blog [ Hi Erin! :) ] What a great surprise! I didn't think that anyone reads it. I felt really grateful that I  might inspire someone.
Right after that discovery entered to my office the Fedex delivery person, who is a Muslim lady. Every time I ask her how she is, she answers "Thank you, I am blessed" I told her ow much I love that she says that every time. She said we forget so easily how blessed we are. We have a job, roof above our head and food on our table (or juice in my jar). And I truly felt blessed and happy.  Altough my day was busy, long and stressful in the office my good mood stayed with me most of the day and I was smiling a lot. It's only my 6th day in the fast and I already feel peaceful, like I haven't been for long. (Just as I write this I can't stop smiling)

A little about my juices today: Lots of yumminess! I made 1 litre (and some) green juice today, using only 2 lbs. of red leaf lettuce, 2 medium heads of celery and a lime. The best one so far! I think I've been putting too many things in it before. To keep it simple made it more tasteful and I really enjoyed drinking it. The 2nd litre juice was made of beetroots and carrots. Beautiful color, lot of antioxidant, great taste! It was probably a bit unbalancing though...as soon as I drank a glass of it my stomach started to growl, I got bloated and even a bit of diarrhea (which could have been the result of Cascara Sagrada, too., I took 2 capsules last night) I have to experience what works for me.
My fruit juice for the day was made of apple-pear-pineapple. Delish! I was thinking that after the fast I would blend these fruits together and then freeze it for popsicles. Great summer treat.

I didn't get out the office 'til 7.45 tonight and I still had to do go shopping for some organic coffee and also to Container Store for Mason jars (I've been using PBA free plastic water bottles). Seems like the Universe is working with me, I interacted a half-dozen sales clerks and all of them was super friendly and helpful. A very pleasant shopping experience.

So overall I had a great day again. I am blessed, I am grateful.
And very sleepy, too.... Good night! :)

Day 5

I'm glad to report that I'm doing great. No major detox symptoms so far, this juice fast is easier that I thought. I still have problem to drink 4 quart of juice, I'm glad if I drink 3. I know I should have more but I'm just not hungry. I think my body got so fed up with the terrible binge eating I've done on and off in the last few months that it really needs a big break and doesn't want more calories that it's getting now.

This morning I biked to work and it took me only about 56-57 minutes (that's quite fast). I also did callanetics last night, so I guess today I'll have a bit more appetite.

Today's green juice is made from 2 heads of romaine lettuce, 1 bunch of parsley, 1 bunch of dandelion, 2 medium heads of celery, 2 large cucumber, 2 apples, a lime and some ginger. First it seemed too bitter when I tasted it, but now as I'm drinking it it kind of tastes like a green lemonade. It's pretty good!
For fruit juice I have apple-pear juice form 6 apples and 5 pears. Very very tasty, although maybe a bit too sweet. I'm going to drink it between green juices hoping it won't be too unbalancing.

Last night I started to take Cascara Sagrada, because I haven't had bowel movement. The first 2 days I went to the bathroom so many times, then it just stopped. (Of course I'm doing the morning enema, every day for the first week, than less frequently)

Yesterday I did some more food shopping in Whole Foods and bought some organic watermelon. It was 2 for $6 (this small "personal" melons, about a size of a human head) The cashier charged  $7.98 though. When I went to costumer service to complain, they only made me pay for one to compensate their mistake, so at the end I got 2 melons for 3 bucks. Really good price! Unfortunately I was on my way home when I noticed that it's seedless. :( Well, I'm sure it won't do any damage to me, but I'm not happy about it. How they can label a genetically engineered produce as organic??? That's just beyond me!

Day 4

Good morning sunshine! I'm in a great mood today! The pain finally subsided after my wisdom tooth extraction (thanks for the salt water). I'm also a bit hungry, too, which isn't a surprise, yesterday I hardly was able to finish my juices.

I'm very proud of myself that I'm not addicted to the scale. I tend to weight myself daily during diets, but since I'm not dieting this time, but cleansing my body, I don't have the urge to step on the scale. I just know that the weight will fall off and I'll be at least 70 lbs lighter at the end of this journey. That's really good, finally I'm getting rid of my scale obsession!

As a compulsive over eater it's liberating to take a break of the constant thinking of  "what I'm gonna eat, when I'm gonna eat, how much weight I'm gonna gain". It's a vicious cycle, and it's utterly good that I don't have to worry about it. I finally letting things go. In the next 3 + months I'm safe. :)

Did I mention yet how much I enjoy skin brushing? Well, not actually the brushing itself, it can a bit painful, but the after feeling, the tingling sensation of my skin. Actually brushing my back feels great, it takes care of the spots I never could scratch well. Thinking of smooth, tight, radiant skin inspires me to this 5-10 minutes routine every morning.

I didn't exercise yesterday (for obvious reasons) and I can't wait to do Callanetics tonight. That's the fastest working exercise I've ever done. By December I'll have a tight, strong body! Yay! I'm planning to do some runing again, I just wish the weather would improve finally. It's 95 degrees on the last day of August! It's crazy. I'm really looking forward to autumn.

I've read it somewhere that it's great to write down every day a few things that you're grateful for or little things that made your day. Here is one: this morning at the bank the teller wrote  by hand "Happy Tuesday" on my receipt. That put an even bigger smile on my face! Isn't it nice? :) :) :)

Well, happy Tuesday!

Day 3

I started my date at the dentist with an emergency wisdom tooth extraction. Yay! :(
Still numb, but it started to wear out because I'm feeling pain, too. Sitting at work, typing and icing while I  intensely feel sorry for myself.

Yesterday I did my first exercise (under the fasting regime): one hour Callanetics. Remember the deep muscle exercise tape from the 80's? It's still around, came out on DVD,  and I swear on it. I have sore muscles from yesterday in my tights and my under arms (great against bingo wings!)
Despite the exercise I didn't sleep well at night, I was up a lot, but insomnia can be detox symptoms, so I didn't worry. Plus I felt energized at 6 am when my alarm went off to start my usual routine: skin brushing, coffee enema, shower, MSM lotion, MSM supplement and then juicing. Today I made 2 litres of green juice using 2 lbs of kale, 2 lbs of celery, 3 zucchini, an apple, a lime and piece of ginger. Yummy! I also made a litre of fruit juice from nectarine (6 large ones) and 2 cucumbers. I prefer it not too sweet, plus I don't want it to be too unbalancing and get a sugar rush when I drink it.

Yesterday my stomach or more likely my intestines were growling a lot. I'm not sure if it's because of the plum juice or the juices general, but let me tell you it wasn't pleasant. I had several trips to the bathroom.
Oh, and I had several trips to different drug stores, too. I can't find reusable enema bags anywhere! At one store I asked the sales person, a 19 yo. young boy. He had no idea what's an enema was for. He actually asked me if it was for cold. (???) Then he asked a much older sales clerk, who asked me if I can explain what's it for. At that point I lost my patient and told him: "Sir, you work in a drug store. If you don't know what's an enema bag and you're asking a costumer to explain it for you, you are way out of line, and it's really, really wrong", then I left. Ridiculous!

Anyway. I'm taking it easy today, the pain is getting intense. (Btw, I refused the prescription for pain killers, I'm cleansing my body, there's no way I take drugs, the Lidocain was enough poison for one day)

Wish me well!

Day 2

Hello All,

First let me start by telling what else happened on Day 1 after I signed off. I chose peach for my fruit juice. Although peaches are on the list of Angela Stokes's (big raw vegan and juicing guru) list, I found it too pulpy.The result wasn't a light juice, but more likely a thick cider like VERY YUMMY drink. I even squeezed it through my nut cheese bag, but it remained very thick. Since the reason of a juice fast is to eliminate fibre I'm not sure, that peaches are the best choice. Not to mention, that I paid 4 bucks/lb, and I only got 1 litre/quart of juice out 4 lbs. of peaches. Crap, that's like a $16/litre!!!
Yesterday I consumed 2 litres of green juice and a litre of fruit juice. That's a bit less than I supposed to, I have to increase that to ensure, that my metabolism doesn't slow down.
In a few days I have to start to take Cascara Sagrada, which helps digestion and bowel movements. It's hard to imagine, that I'll need that, yesterday I had diarrhea like actions in the bathroom quite a few times. What went in as liquid, came out of the same way!
I spent the night sleeping in a full body compression suit. This is something what used after plastic surgery and increases the blood circulation therefore helps the skin to shrink. That was quite a picture when I squeezed myself in it. Oh, what could I do for a pretty, tight body! :) I can't say that it was very comfortable, but I have to admit, it held my shoulders and this morning my shoulder pain was much less intense than usual.

This morning I started out with skin brushing, coffee enema, hot/cold/hot/cold shower and the juicing of 2 lbs of red lettuce, a huge head of celery and  a zucchini. I used ginger and lime again to make it more palatable. I'm drinking it slowly, "chewing" every gulp as I type. Refreshing!

I used this morning to figure out how early I have to get up on workdays to get ready with everything. If I brew 2 butches of coffee the night before to save time, I still need at least 2 hours+ to get ready. So my new weak up time will 6 am. Ugh!

I have a slight headache. I know it's normal, so I don't worry about it. I might will take a nap later. But for now I have to go shopping and by a new enema bag (yesterday I tried in 3 diff. places and couldn't find one) and some glass jars for carrying my juices.

Off for now! Ta-ta!

Day 1

Alrighty. So here I am, starting a 100 day juice fast today. (Btw, today is August 28, 2010 and it's coincidentally the 23rd anniversary of losing my virginity...hehehe) This is more likely a feast than a fast, since my calorie intake will be around 1500 a day and by consuming only freshly juiced organic green leaves, vegetables and fruits I give myself a gazillion times more nutrition than an average American. I still prefer to use the word fast, it makes me feel like I'm a super human. :) And I am. I've just made a commitment to NOT have any solid food until December 7. How Superman-like is this!
To compliment my fast I will take MSM (organic sulfur) which helps the skin to regain its elasticity (along with a bunch of other benefits), I will brush my skin (more on that later), use MSM externally so my skin will shrink nicely. Uhm... skin shrinking...yes, it's time to tell the reasons of this fast. Let's face it, along with all the goodies I'll get out of this experience the first one is to lose weight. Of course its not just about vanity, but my health. I'm 5'9 tall (175 cms) and as of this morning 211.5 lbs. (96 kgs), which gives the BMI index of 31.2 (obese). I'm carrying about 70 lbs of fat on me. I still would like to believe that I'm fit despite my weight, since I ran a marathon 9 months ago and I bike commute to work (50-100 miles/wk), but who am I kidding? Fat is fat! (Stupid ice cream)

But enough crying! I'll use these 100 days to also reconnect with myself (or with my inner being and/or with the Universe - pick your choice). I'll do that thru meditation...and guess what else with? Fasting! Yes, when you stop putting crap in your mouth and as you cleanse your body of all the toxins your mind clears up, too and you find out who you are. This is something I'm really looking forward to! In the last few months I didn't feel happy and light hearted enough, I was sometimes mean and impatient (try to bike in Manhattan without yelling anything nasty at cab drivers!) But today is everything different already. I am really excited about this whole process! Beside solid foods I'm also cutting out mental crap. No TV, no Facebook in the next 100 days and I'll limit my internet usage, too. (OK, I don't count blogging as internet usage, it's just writing a journal and its happened to be on the world wide web) I will read more instead (non-fictions as usual, I have a half dozen books waiting for me) and I'll meditate a lot. Dynamic meditation (visualization) will help along my weight loss and achieving my ideal body and other goals.
Oh, I'm cutting out something else, too. And it's sex. Sex is a lot of energy and I need this extra energy now to heal my body. Abstinence supposed to help to achieve spiritual clarity as well. Not having sex won't be so hard since I'm utterly single, and my casual lover is very casual (although I'm kinda in love with him I guess). Not practicing DIY sex either probably will be challenging though. I've tried that before but I always failed at around day 10! :)

On my first day I started out with a coffee enema. 8 cups of freshly brewed organic coffee (at room temperature) what I did NOT drink. I won't tell you details on that one (unless you beg me).
Then I juiced 2 lbs of spinach (organic), approx. half a pound of left over arugula and spring mix lettuce, a huge head of celery, 2 medium cucumbers, a lime (with zest) and little ginger together. The result is about 2 liters/quart of dark green juice with a surprisingly nice flavor. The lime and ginger give it an awesome kick.
I will also drink another 2 litres of fruit juices, probably mixed with some veggies. Yesterday I bought peaches, nectarines, plums, pears, pineapple, zucchinis, carrots, red bell peppers and beets, so I have a nice choice to chose from (All is organic and friggin' expensive!!!! I blame Monsato for the price.)

Anyway, here are the stats (as of 08/28/10):

Height: 5'9
Weight: 211.5 lbs
Bust: 115 cms (45.5")
Under beast: 96 cms (38")
Waist: 102 cms (40")
Hip: 113 cms (44.5")
Thigh: 60 cms (23.5")

40" waist. Brutal! I took pictures of myself in a bikini, so I'll have before/after photos. It would be a crime against all humanity to post them, though. Trust me! :))

That's it for now. I'm off to take a nap. Ta-ta!