Day 14 of 60 Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead Juice Fast/ Feast
Hello my friends! How is the day treating you all so far? Well, mine is off to a pretty good start. Thanks for asking haha!
I woke up early this morning thanking God for another day. My grandma use to say, "I woke up early this morning thanking God that he woke me in my right mind"! I love my Grandma. I worked out first thing again on the wii! Loving it!
But I know today like most others will be filled with challenges. What challenges you ask? Oh the usual internal fighting with: Should I exercise, how can I make juicing faster, how can I make a healthy meal for my family without sampling it, and praying I don't push back starting my Graduate degree in Nutrition. Those things. Things that take effort. lol at least for me they do.
Perhaps so you understand more clearly, the reason I stated that is because it has come time for you all to know my secret. Well, I have a Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). As a child I thought it was that I didn't like sharing, or maybe it was because I wanted to be neat. I would line the shampoo, chips, shoes, clothes, and anything else up and count them, place them just so. Then I would take inventory that happened from elementary til I joined the Air Force. But it got worse while in the Air Force that is another story for a later day. But those examples are just the tip of the iceberg. Bottom line is I needed and wanted control over everything in "my world". Everything was my and mine. That is it!
I love my family so much. My daughter I believe was sent straight from Heaven, I just love her to pieces. We share the same Birthday and will always be the best Birthday present I ever received. She is now 15 and she obtained her learners almost 2 weeks ago. Which is 2 days after I began my FSND juice fast. Anyway, as she grew up I was so concerned about germs, ensuring she was overly clean, kind to others, and protected at all times.
After almost 17 years of marriage, I have eased up with my husbands help. But he says one small task is still sometimes too much. So that leads me to the reason why I told you all that. One act might not seem like a big deal to someone else, but to me it has to be done correctly and often times than not over and over until I am satisfied. As you can tell in my videos I hate editing so I redo the video until I get it "right".
So anything involving food is a chore for me. I love to cook; however, when I do I use gloves when I have to touch meat for my family. Touching meat makes me ill and I want to run away. But I do it for my family and it has been that way since I was a young girl. My Mother says, "I never liked meat, but I loved fish but not seeing the bones." So, some ask, "why are you juicing so on so forth." Well, all I can say is "eating meat, juicing, detoxing, and/or fasting is not for everyone. I want to be healthier."
So one would think, juicing is a cinch for me right? Well, no... I love my jack lalanne juicer though, but you know that already. Here is my steps for juicing. First and foremost there must be order. What is order? Juice like vegetables and fruits at one time, categorized, and in order by texture.
Carrots, apples, celery, tomato, ginger are the ingredients I juiced for today. First, put everything on the counter. Next take each item out and soak them in water for 5 minutes. Take the easiest items that require less preparation and move them to the next bowl. Next, take the carrots, celeray, and apples to the side. Rub them down while water is running over each separate group for 5 minutes. While I do this I tell myself, "Gloria make sure the water is ice cold".
Why ice old? Some might think hot. Nope not me I am worried about Germs multiplying under heat. So in my mind cold water makes the germs and dirt slide off when it comes to my food. Weird I know, again I have OCD. Next take the slicer and peel all the skin of the apples and decore the apple. Why? Because I dont want bugs to be in the core to be juiced with my ingredients. Some would say you would know if bugs were in there if you inspect the apple. Well, I would say, " I cant see the core til its in my hands". Next wipe down the carrots and celery to get them free of water. Oh look how squeaky clean they are! Next, I chop the head and tail of the carrots off, then take the skin off with the peeler. I do the same with the celery. Then begin to juice.
Now you see why this is a challenge. Instead of taking 15 minutes to juice, drink, and clean up. It takes me just minutes shy of an hour. Why? Because of the meticulous cleaning I do every step? So each day I have to say to myself I can do it. I love juice, I just hate juicing! Now you all know why I wrote that in an earlier post. If I could have purchased those "naked juices" from walmart I would have. But, I will continue this the rest of my life, but I have grown to know there are worse things in life I can have. So OCD is alright, because it is not as debilitating as some other peoples that I know of.
So this day I am thankful for it and all the challenges it holds. I am very happy to have let you all in on my secret and I pray you wont judge me for speaking my truth. Please give yourselves a hug for me and know that I care about you all and I pray you all are having a nice day. **hugs**
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