Tuesday I broke my fast, after having just juices on Monday. I started out with an orange, had another one later that afternoon, then a grapefruit that night. I had a lot of juices -- tomato and citrus -- and felt pretty good.
Wednesday I started out with juices again, adding tea for a stupid cold I started getting symptoms for the _second_ I began eating. hmmm. Again, I had grapefruit and oranges as primary foods, then added about 5 baby carrots and 3 romaine lettuce leaves (protein!). I still felt pretty good, but I might have rushed through the chewing a bit. I had another grapefruit later on, and more tea and juice.
That evening I met with some friends for dinner, telling them way in advance I probably wouldn't be eating with them. Well, I ate anyway. I ordered a plain bed of lettuce with some avocado on top. Probably a mistake as my stomach was pretty stiff later that night. The fats in the avo must have been a tough thing for a fresh tummy to figure out.
Anyway, I'm still very much enamored with the idea of having guacamole, so I brought in a lime and tomatoes for lunch today, Thursday. We'll see how I feel later on. In the meantime, I've had some (more) juice, infused with Echinacea, and more tea for this #$%$*& cold I've gotten. I still haven't busted out with the foods this morning. I'll wait until I'm actually hungry. Oh, and I weighed in at 154 this morning, which is great! Even though I'm back on foods, I haven't gained back what I was pretty sure was water loss from the fast. Of course, I do fluctuate about 5 lbs. on any given day, so that number could as easily be 159. Still good for me!
Posted by nimango
at 9:05 AM EST
