Juice Fast Virgin

by Liz
(England)

Many people could identify with the diet I was raised on: caffeine from a young age (I'm British, tea with everything is our motto), lots of sugar, processed meat, overcooked vegetables... etc.

Then, in my teens when I was trusted with my own lifestyle I went nuts. Smoked 20 cigarettes a day and alcohol consumption shot off the charts. I received absolutely zero nutrients for years and years.

When I met my husband and became pregnant I was on an all-you-can-eat buffet for 9 months and gained 73 pounds.

I suffered awful post natal depression and was on medication for acid reflux. I didn't associate it with my dreadful diet and carried on oblivious.

Then in 2004 my husband and I were in a car accident and tragically he died at the scene. I was in the hospital for four weeks with multiple injuries.

The hospital staff saved my life, but my body was ravaged by a high dose of pain killers, opiates, iv antibiotics and anti depressants.

I came out of the hospital still on crutches and weighed 90 pounds and looked dreadfully frail and Grey. My body was overrun with Candida and parasites.

Not only this, but the pain of losing my husband was devastating. I had a six-year-old little boy to take care o, so I vowed to get better for him.

I stopped smoking, drinking, whittled the drugs down to zero and began working out for 2 hours straight each day.

Although my diet was much improved, it could still have been better, I began to look and feel much stronger and healthier. At this point I met my current partner.

He was the original junk food fanatic, and became horrified that I was serving my son meat substitute and salad and single-handedly helped to undo some of the good work I had accomplished.

Slowly but surely I fell back into drinking and eating bad food and then, over the last four months, we both began to use Tramadol as a recreational drug.

Life was a bit tough for us at that point and we felt that it helped to blot out the more difficult aspects of day-to-day life.

The worst point came when I couldn't stop being sick after taking 400mg of Tramadol (I wasn't taking so much when I had my accident) and I was mortified with myself.

I vowed to stop and started on an apple fast where upon I consumed nothing but apples for 3 days with lemon water.

After day one I felt so much lighter, on day three I felt strong enough to try a juice fast so i did this for another 3 days.

I felt energized, but the years of poor living were starting to seep through my skin. My skin started to become horribly greasy and spotty, I smelled awful, my tongue was coated in white goo and my breath was bad.

I had read extensively on the net regarding juice fasts and knew that this would happen so I continued to fast during the day and would have a light evening meal with my family each day.

I also had two colonics (if you are considering fasting also consider a couple of colonics, it's foul what comes out of you, but you feel amazing afterwards) and bought an enema kit so I could maintain the clearing process.

On a weekend I eat pretty much what I want now, but I have to admit that even that is changing. I drank for the first time in four months over this weekend, sat sat there thinking "I would much prefer a wheatgrass shot!."

This week I am going to go for a 10-day juice fast as I am becoming addicted to the feeling I get when I do (combined with a daily enema).

I want to continue the good work I have started. When I am juicing my energy levels soar, I am calmer and much nicer to be around, my skin glows, my hair is thicker and shines, my breathing is much better ( I didn't even realize that I had a problem with my breathing until I started fasting).

I don't need as much sleep (was once awake from 3am and went for a run! I wasn't tired at all throughout the rest of the day).

My eyes aren't swollen ( I was starting to consider an eye tuck prior to starting the fast as I constantly looked tired), and my stomach isn't constantly distended and upset.

But the best thing is..the sex! I can't leave my boyfriend alone, something he appreciates. I have even got him into juicing and he feels like something is missing if he doesn't have at least one juice a day.

This is also great for my son to see and its setting a great example for him as he sees his mum in control, healthier and happier. He loves the beetroot juices.

If you are considering a fast do it at your own pace, and listen to your body. I go for a lot of healing sessions whilst I am fasting (metamorphic healing, reflexology, reiki) and do yoga and meditate.

Friends and family have expressed concern and in some cases ridicule. People will always have opinions on things they don't understand or don't want to understand.

I listen patiently to them, smile and nod my head and drink my juice while they tuck into a dead burger with a side order of heart attack inducing fries.

Listen to your body and do what you feel is right for you.

All the very best of health to everyone currently fasting or intending to fast.

Believe me, it will be the best decision you have ever made in your life.

Liz