The reboot is going well, I have not craved any tea even though we have had some chilly evenings, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I had only regained just over one kilo after the birthday party and the other treats (low carb muesli slice) I had consumed, Oh did I mention that I also had a few alcoholic drinks at my daughter's birthday party? well I did and this is my main concern when coming off a juice fast that the alcohol will put me back to square one, but I did do some homework on the subject long ago to find that the sugars in alcohol do in fact digest differently in the body and don't contain very much of the deadly "fructose" so as long as I don't go on an alcoholic binge my blood sugars shouldn't be upset too much, although it is advised if you are a diabetic that you shouldn't drink, but that is just sad, but then again the whole diabetic disease is sad even when it is controlled like mine is now, you always have to be aware, you are not cured you have just locked it up and as I say, you hold the key! anyway back to my recent/current reboot, I am on day 5 and have already lost the weight I gained also my blood sugars are 5.6 at the moment, so that is in the normal range so I am happy with that, it is very easy to do juice only in the summer months, but we all crave something warm in our bellies when it is cold, hence why I started drinking tea again last time but not wanting to backslide into the Sugarine addiction again I have been supplementing the vegetable juices with vegetable soups, home made of course I would never buy or consume processed soup, beside the additives in processes soup and all the sugar and salt, the vege is cooked at such high temps that there isn't any goodness left, I was never much of a soup person to start with but after juicing my palate has changed, now one of my favourite soups is, parsnip soup, I use to make this with bacon which is also very nice, but because I am fasting and only consuming protein from vegetables, I omit the bacon and just have parsnip, onion and garlic with a sprinkle of pepper and turmeric, it really does warm you up on a cold night and is really satisfying, so that is what I will be making tonight and maybe a cauliflower and sweet potato on the weekend, one of the hardest things about juice fasting for me now is seeing all the recipes that are low carb and sugar free that I want to try, but of course if I cook them I will want to eat the goods, so I put them on the to do list for when I am off the fast, I haven't really committed to an end date this reboot, but want to go at least another 5 days, and I am sure that wont be hard, I am becoming a rebooting ninja, my body just accepts that solids have become a sometimes food, and I no longer have the side effects of the fasting that you may get on your first 3 days of your very first fast, if you can get past day 3 you can go as long as you want. Well I am off to make my parsnip soup! Keep Calm and Juice!
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Wendy MeersI am a mother of two grown daughters, 3 beautiful grand-babies. Retired freelance Web Designer and a Sugar Free - Juicing Crusader& Keto supporter Archives
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