broke my fast

Broke my fast after 9 days but continuing parts of it and will do 3 to 4 day juice fasts until the forty days is complete. 

Forgot to add to the last blog... dealing with bad skin right now... heard it is common for the detox phase so for now my skin is itchy and have some outbreaks here and there on my arms, face, back, and chest.  Not a lot but a few. 

Okay one of my tough days!  Day 7 of the fast was made harder by having taken some allergy pills the night before.  I was wickedly hungry late last night and ate my sugar free jello, drank juice and had some chicken boullion but still had to sleep very hungry.  Today I had loads of energy but was distracted a lot with thoughts of hamburgers.  lol  I don't want to quit because I am enjoying this great energy and my liver behaving well. 

Excited about having the energy now to finish projects I wanted to compete this summer such as painting and re-decorating the main bathroom at Trevor.  Also wanting to get scrapbooking done and upload some older family pictures to my facebook page.  The boys are gung ho about making the garage a fun place to hang out and play rock band so that is on my agenda.  OH and planning a trip with friends to Maggie Valley in August so it would be nice to have energy and having lost some weight.  Lots of reasons to not give up. 

Day four of the fast and think I'm through the worst of the detox.  No headache or body aches so far today.  I'm drinking far less juice, too.  I feel a little light headed at times but that is no big deal.  All that I'm feeling even at my worst does not come close to those days when I've been able to tell I was having symptoms related to chronic liver troubles.  This is a far cry from that and I'm really hoping this fast will give my liver a time to heal. 

Day three... hanging in there.  Had sugar free breath mints and I think they made today worse for me.  Very sick to my stomach but not near as hungry as yesterday.  Drinking much less juice today.  Making sure to get in the mean green but craving more a tomato cucumber combination.  Bought some premade stuff because not feeling great but was able to make my own juice anyhow. 

Short record to keep track; started a juice fast today.  The goal is 40 days but I just want to take it one day at a time for now, of course.  I feel pretty good and am trying not to let this occupy my thinking non-stop but it can be hard at times.  Not much else to report.  Took a nap because I was feeling tired.  I expect the first 2 to 5 days to be the toughest.  Hoping this will give my body some much needed healing time.