lorax0
Hey everybody, I'm 20 years old and fairly new to juice fasting. I am looking for some reassurance that things are going well, or otherwise advice as to how to change my regime. I've juice fasted once before for about a week, but it was poorly planned. I used only store bought fruit juices and didn't ease into or out of the fast. I still think it helped but not much.
Now I bought a juicer and decided to do things right. I Plan on fasting for 3 weeks and then taking about 5 days to slowly reintroduce solid foods and then generally eat smaller portions of healthier foods less frequently. I drink fruit juice in the morning, water and herbal tea throughout the day, and veggie juice at night. I'm a regular cannabis user and at the beginning of my fast (first 4 days) I was still getting high with a vaporiser. I know most on these forums would frown upon this, but I love pot (a lot more than food) and think that if one vaporises instead of smoking, it can be part of a healthy lifestyle. However, I started to realize that I wasn't really getting high, just tired and out of it, so I stopped.
I'm on day 11 now and I don't feel terrible but I don't feel great. Maybe I was expecting too much too soon but I sort of thought I would have broken through into an energetic phase by now. 5 days ago I felt awful. I have never felt so lethargic and weak in my life. 4 days ago I woke up feeling AMAZING. That only lasted for about a day and has been tapering off. So basically my fast has consisted of one big dip, one great high and seems like I'm slipping into another dip. Does this pattern make sense? My juicer seems unable to get 100% of the pulp out. I use and Omega O2. I figured it wasn't a big issue since most of the pulp is gone and it's mainly indigestible fiber anyway. Could this be causing complications? I still hear gurgling in my stomach/intestines daily and still have bowel movements although they are becoming smaller, more dense, and less frequent. Plan on doing an enema or 2 when I get a chance to go to the pharmacy. I've definitely been detoxing. I regularly have a coated tongue in the morning and at night, although its usually not too heavily coated. Anyone have thoughts? Do these conditions and patterns make sense?