Day 17 Gazpacho Juice…tastes like a meal!

Mary here… It’s Sunday, so we went super early to the farmers’ market to restock! The car was even more loaded than last week! We’ve had to use two coolers to store some of our veggies. Our fridge is not big enough to hold everything. One of our local farmers offered us a tip on how to keep spinach fresh, but only if it still has its roots. If the spinach is cut down, it will not work. So, with the roots intact, stand the spinach in about an inch of water, in a bucket or cooler outside of the fridge. What a great tip!
I’ve been super tired today, and a little frustrated because I’ve not lost weight in 2 days. Also, I’m hungry..more than I’ve been since we began this juice fast. But, Christine is about to make my fave..Gazpacho Juice!

Christine here…Day 17 and I’ve lost a total of 10.5 pounds so far. I left Mary to rest after the Farmers’ Market and went back to our favorite farm stands for the remaining fruits and veggies we needed. Then I went into Whole Foods to pick up a few bags of carrots and, as usual, I was really tempted by everything I saw, the nuts, the fresh fish, the salad bar…ohhhh…it still feels pretty daunting, 60 days of juicing. I don’t feel hungry necessarily, but sometimes I just feel sad that I can’t eat something. I want to eat. This juice fast takes a lot of dedication, for sure. I was pretty much shopping for half the day today, then took about a half hour just to arrange everything in the fridge and our coolers. Every day, 4 or 5 times a day, we’re in the kitchen juicing, juicing, juicing. A green juice can take 45 minutes to make, mostly because of the prep work of cleaning all the veggies, especially each leaf of the romaine, spinach, kale etc. You have to be patient and relaxed! Tomorrow is Mary’s birthday and it was pretty much impossible to plan anything with our friends because we can’t go to a restaurant and can’t have a party without food! It really makes me very aware just how much socializing goes hand in hand with food. So stay tuned to find out what we end up doing…

Food for thought…”I often share that there are particular types of seeds that remain dormant until they are broken open by a forest fire. Likewise, there is a seed within all of us that opens only by the fire of our readiness to transform. Let us ignite the inner fire of transformation today!” –Michael Beckwith