Loss of appetite

[jill]

Namaste Juicy Peoples :)

I'm on day 3 and I found almost immediately that I am not hungry at all. The first day I had about 2.5Q (most of this was green veggie juice) and yesterday I could barely drink 2.25 Q of GVJ. This morning I woke up and had what I know was a low blood sugar incident, luckily I am feeling very Divinely Protected and realized I need fruit juices every day, I was thinking I'd keep those to a minimum but my body is telling me otherwise. I'm feeling good overall, but I'm sleepy early, I don't sleep long hours, I'm just tired.
I really don't want to quit, but I'm not sure how this will work when I go back to work tomorrow.
I really did not expect to have no appetite, I'm so surprised! I even like the juices I'm making!
Any suggestions or guidance is appreciated! :)

[David Rainoshek]

Hi Jill,

It is not unusual to not want 4 quarts of juice at the beginning of a Feast (as is having a voracious appetite for juice, however).

One way to increase your appetite for juice is to go for a walk, rebound, or do some yoga. Any kind of physical exercise will (obviously) increase your desire for hydration and nutrient intake.

Also recognize that GVJ is very filling (it has a high satiety index) - you are getting more nutrients in a quart than most people get in weeks on a SAD diet. You may do well to drink a pint of juice every hour and a half, rather than 1 quart every 2-3 hours. Drinking less, more often was what I did on my first Juice Feast in 2003, and I loved it.

Being tired is also not uncommon in the beginning days of any cleanse. The more juice, the better your body will flush things out, but also remember to support your organs of elimination.

Your body is releasing stuff. The old uneliminated waste matter, he 65,000 human-made environmental toxins the Environmental Working Group has cataloged and verified are in our bodies; and even fears and worries you have that do have biophysical components. The key is to support the efficient, consistent, free release of these things without a stagnation or impairment of the flow of unneeded things leaving your body/mind.

SUPPORTING YOUR ORGANS/SYSTEMS OF ELIMINATION

Your main organs of elimination are: kidneys, colon, liver, skin, lungs.

We support these things with:

Hydration: Morning Water with Lemon and MSM; 4 Quarts of Juice

Skin Brushing

Enemas/Colonics

Hot/Cool Showers

Exercise: Rebounding; Walking; Yoga; Weight Training

Mindfulness Practices: Meditation (with Holosync); Big Mind-Big Heart Practice; Yoga

And Rest!


Finally, make sure you have looked at A Day in The Life of a Juice Feaster on the Juice Feasting Intro on JuiceFeasting.com.

With peaceful steps,

David Rainoshek, MA, www.JuiceFeasting.com