Juicing Detox: Day 2

It is truly not in my character to wake up to a brand new day and feel angry. I think this proved to me that hunger is REAL and that it can certainly be like an angry monster. My body is empty. And my mind has been trying to process all of this. Today after I shook off the fact that I could not go to the kitchen and cook up some delicious cheese eggs, a waffle and some fresh mango, I felt like a 5 year old. I was frustrated as I brushed my teeth . I thought, this shows me just how much we look forward to food and how it truly affects the way that we feel. I decided to have apple, blueberry, raspberry, strawberry, pineapple and pear. Talk about delicious. But I had to turn this juice in front of me into a mind over matter meal. Remembering that day 1, 2 and 3 are indeed the hardest of all detoxing days. I told myself, if you made it through one, you can do two.

Day 2 has proven to be THE hardest for me. I drank a total of six 12 oz. juices and I knew I would add another to that by day 3. I tried to keep myself occupied during the day. On a Sunday I usually head to church and then traditionally my friends and I have brunch. We eat, we laugh and feel the true buzz of an amazing mimosa if we deem it necessary.

It is the ultimate satisfaction.

Instead I had my juice, and went to church. During the service I was doing alright at first. Really enjoying the choir and preparing myself to be filled with a few good words. For some reason this Sunday the pastor decided to start talking about cornbread, candied yams, fried chicken, collard greens…(sometimes I forget I live further south now so this type of talk is typical.) I did not mind his idea of hearing about food but when I remembered how all of that tasted, I began to truly yearn for it. I kept thinking WHY am I DOING THIS TO MYSELF. But truthfully, I am doing exactly what my body needs. Filling it with nutrients and all of the things my body does not see on a regular basis.

By the time church was over I just wanted something to stop the hunger. So I headed to Whole Foods . I already get this nostalgia type of feeling when I walk into this store for anything. Everything is so fresh, organic, new, and delicious. I headed over to get my juice and as I stood in line waiting I just took in every single thing going on around me. No, not the people, but the food. The woman stuffing her mouth with the free samples of bread, the little boy at the hot bar telling his mom he wanted a piece of cake. Even the fruit looked as if God himself had placed each and every one from the garden of Eden, on those stands. When the lady handed me my juice I just pretended everything around me was a blur. My mission was to get my juice and get out. It is amazing how temptation can be all around you. And it is up to you to be strong and do what it takes to withstand it.



I would say for a good part of the afternoon my face stayed scrunched up like an old lady. My friends laughed at me but they also understood. One told me, ‘day 2 is not easy, but once you get past day 3 you will feel better.’ Talk about having some faith in this process. I agreed with them and pressed on with my day. By the time night fell I was starving for juice because I had gone too long without making another one. In attempts to find another Whole Foods, since I was not home, I found myself made the wrong turn while driving 3 times, and I could not remember where I parked for the life of me. I felt like a special child. At that point that is when you realize detoxing truly is a shock to your body. During the year I was eating healthy but still not giving my body all the nutrients it needs from fruits and vegetables. You have to train your body in order for it to run the way you want it to. Juiced veggies and fruit is now like healing water. When I am hungry it is a relief to my body, instantly.

This detox is teaching me a lot. And perhaps that is its true purpose. That does not mean I would not have a food orgasm from eating a piece of cheesecake if it were placed in front of me right now. It just means I am learning to truly slow myself down, treat ME the way I should be treated in the form of being more healthy and learning that any change is truly up to us. Having the will power to keep doing whatever it is that you are doing, no matter what the distractions around you may be.

During this detox I find myself saying ‘Jesus be a fence’ when I see food. It is helping. But I sure hope that by the end of this detox Jesus has that fence door wide open, so that I can run to the nearest food item I can find.

And I just know it will taste GOOD.