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A question about frozen veggies & fruits. I'm having a hard time figuring out how you would serve them without cooking them. Maybe that's the difference between raw/fresh and frozen to me, or maybe I'm just not creative enough. With frozen veggies, do you usually cook them or do you ever thaw them and serve them raw, like…

Wow, that was a great article and all of the suggestions were incredibly helpful! You guys have all helped me to see that I can revamp our family's diet and still stay within a reasonable budget! As we're renters, gardening isn't an easy task, but someday, I really hope we'll be able to do that. Also, I always thought…

Thanks Tasha. The sad part is, once I got home and fed the kids, my body pretty much said "no" to most everything else I needed to do for the day. When I'm doing the workout and pushing hard, sometimes it takes me down for the rest of the day. Still evidence that I need to work harder and get my body accustomed to managing…

Oh Lori, I hope you find that this makes you feel wonderful and energized and nourished (after the first two difficult days). I haven't commented here because DH and I broke our fast. We did not hear the good news about his job that we were hoping to hear and thus couldn't prolong the fast like we'd hoped (it's…

:) I think he's thinking food because it's something the whole family can enjoy. ;) Also, I've tried asking him to consider an activity or something fun that we could do as a family to celebrate instead of food. He's got his mind made up. He's the one I'm on this fast for (although I am hugely benefiting from it and have…

That is so awesome about your desire to jog! I am overcome sometimes with the desire to do pushups. Strange. Pushups? I don't do pushups, but I've been able to get in two sets of twenty in a few minutes if I can keep the kiddos off of me. The juicing fast really boosts your energy. I have to watch myself around people who…

Awesome! Hope that you achieve all your health goals! I read something this am that was really helpful and thought it might help others. I'll post where it's from to give them credit, but I don't want to break any rules here about linking to websites and such.

Thank you so much! I think I'll try that! Today is day 6 for us. We're doing well. My husband ran some errands this morning and did not bring his juice that I made for him (said he wouldn't need it), but he had to stop and get gas and bought and ate some sunflower seeds and a small bag of combo's. COMBO'S?!?! Seriously?…

Totally agree. I am realizing how I coddle my children and allow them to eat way more processed food than they need in an effort to please their taste buds. I am only now learning the volume of good fruits and vegetables we really need to sustain a healthy lifestyle. But you're right, as wives and mothers, we are often…

We are playing around with the idea of doing this fast longer because we really love it! We'll see how it goes though! I've never been so energized during a workout as I was today (except when I was maybe 16). Feeling really really great on day 5! We've also found some recipes that we can tolerate better, so that helps!…

Girl, we felt awful on day two. I let my husband nap as long as he wanted to (that was his day off), and we just let things go as we felt awful from all the toxins being leached out of our bodies. Hang in there. It's the detox process. It included headaches, body aches, fatigue, and just plain crappy feeling, but still…

Awesome! So glad you're feeling well! We're tinkering around with the idea of staying on the fast longer than 10 days. We are feeling really great, full of energy, thinking clearly, our skin is clearing up, even weird veins that were showing up on my legs (over 2 years ago) are disappearing. I am loving this fast. I wish I…

Got this from Lance Armstrong's website

The cost of juicing... yes, we're feeling that pain now too. We're only just getting into it, but right now it seems like $15/day per person? (Which is a LOT! for our family!) But for us, it's worth it. We need a "reboot", and we're seeing it happen right in front of us. Now when my husband and I sit down on day 10 and…

Hey! I hope this isn't true. I hear what you're saying. You've done the research? Can you point me in the direction where I can find this research? The goal for my husband and I (we're finishing up day 4 now on our first juice fast) is to reverse the toxic food addictions we have, change our response to how we treat food,…

At this point we have plenty of stored fat to work from (I need to lose about 60lbs & my husband has 150 to go). As for protein, I'm still learning what we actually need in our bodies. At this point, we're doing fine, but we'll need to reevaluate that at some point. I'm doing lots of reading, and, so far, I'm reading that…

Sure it's in there! Look up "Raw" and the name of the fruit or vegetable. If you can't find it, look up "raw juice" and it may be there.

I'm not one for fad diets. Never done them. But this seemed different. This can retrain us on how to use food to nourish our bodies while at the same time hugely promoting healing within our bodies. We're both seeing how we've often used food for comfort (or boredom!) and how certain foods that we crave have absolutely no…

I just posted something on this and realized afterward that you posted as well! My husband and I watched the documentary the first of last week. We're on day 4 of the fast now and feeling much better than we did the first 2 days. The detoxing for us meant muscle aches and headaches and just plain feeling tired. So far, in…

I know this was discussed long ago, but thanks from newbies like me. I've never heard of recovery supplements and have no idea what protein does for workouts, so information like this is so helpful. And thank you X10 for the epsom salt bath suggestions too.

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm afraid not to try to just work through the pain, afraid that I'll lose the desire to do this, afraid I won't see any results and get discouraged and give up. I need to make this a regular part of my lifestyle, and I have a lot of lost time to make up for. I may not slow down for a few more…

1/4 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt 1/2 cup blueberries & blackberries 1/4 cup oatmeal snack for today will be 1/4 cup fresh almonds and fresh, crispy green beans.