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Looking at lent as a nice way to try an extended juice fast. I think planning yourself for the fast and getting in the right mindset is just as important, if not more, than the fast itself.
I'll make this quick list of certain pitfalls I've experienced on my juice fast before that kept myself from succeeding for a long period on the fast.
- Eating the wrong foods before the fast. I used the last days before a fast to gorge on fast food and beer. It made the experience much harder on myself because your system is completely shocked and fiends for the junk. Coffee drinkers beware as well. Try to cut it out a week or so in advance. Headaches from no caffeine will be make you feel bogged down. The more salad, solid fruits and water consumed, the better. It make the transition MUCH smoother and by extention, much easier to handle.
- Keeping a lax schedule with friends that left room for me to say "f-it" when my friends would head to a bar or want to go out. Make strick guidelines for yourself to understand that it's only temporary and a few nights out will benefit you more than if you do go out.
- Vegetables going stale and bad. My first few short fasts I would buy tons and tons of produce and after a few days they already started to become bad. So much money wasted. My thought now is to by enough produce for only one day, the nights before. You'll hate having to go to the store every night, but that's just part of planning yourself mentally to stick the regime.
- Not allowing myself enough time to juice. With work, I would alway be in the habit of running out the door after waking up. Sometimes I would skip a few meals (juices) because I didn't give myself enough time. You will probably fail if you don't properly juice throughout the day. The morning is huge. Get a juice in and make some extra for lunch and a "snack."
There's probably more, but that was just a quick thought on it.
I'll make this quick list of certain pitfalls I've experienced on my juice fast before that kept myself from succeeding for a long period on the fast.
- Eating the wrong foods before the fast. I used the last days before a fast to gorge on fast food and beer. It made the experience much harder on myself because your system is completely shocked and fiends for the junk. Coffee drinkers beware as well. Try to cut it out a week or so in advance. Headaches from no caffeine will be make you feel bogged down. The more salad, solid fruits and water consumed, the better. It make the transition MUCH smoother and by extention, much easier to handle.
- Keeping a lax schedule with friends that left room for me to say "f-it" when my friends would head to a bar or want to go out. Make strick guidelines for yourself to understand that it's only temporary and a few nights out will benefit you more than if you do go out.
- Vegetables going stale and bad. My first few short fasts I would buy tons and tons of produce and after a few days they already started to become bad. So much money wasted. My thought now is to by enough produce for only one day, the nights before. You'll hate having to go to the store every night, but that's just part of planning yourself mentally to stick the regime.
- Not allowing myself enough time to juice. With work, I would alway be in the habit of running out the door after waking up. Sometimes I would skip a few meals (juices) because I didn't give myself enough time. You will probably fail if you don't properly juice throughout the day. The morning is huge. Get a juice in and make some extra for lunch and a "snack."
There's probably more, but that was just a quick thought on it.
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