Day 10

Hunger is an interesting drive.  I think now I have some understanding of addiction.  Now where hunger is a natural drive to help keep the body alive addiction is not but if the same neurons or similar brain functions that drive hunger also drive addiction I can understand now why the addict has such a difficult time quiting.  To say it has been easy not to eat really is an underestimation.  I miss everything about eating.  Chewing, having a full feeling, taste of various foods and on and on.  There is also a social aspect of eating that is better to just avoid when fasting.

So with that here I am at day 10.  To say I have not eaten anything is a bit of a lie.  I think going cold turkey would be physically dangerous.  However when I have had a chance to snatch a bite of something it has just been the fruits of veggies that I am cutting up to go in the juice.  The pure thrill of chewing something has kept me sane over the last 10 days.  Now that I have made 10 days I really think I can easily push another 10 and go on to 30.  Tomorrow I will weigh myself and I am going to talk over adding some solid food to this juicing thing.  Not that I am giving up but I think it would be healthy to include some intake of protein or fiber into everything just to keep from experiencing any health issues at the end.  My idea is to once a day eat seaweed.  Not an actual meal but maybe some dry roasted seaween, which taste like salty air and a cup of seaweed salad every now and then.  Most meals will however continue to be juice.

On the juicing front I have found that kelp and spinach are really good to juice but they immediately kill the taste of the juice and give it a smell.  The challenge has been to mask the smell and flavor of the greens.  Ginger, peppers, and even hot sauce have been a godsend.  I think the dog misses me cooking meat but she has started trimming herself because I am always up for going for a walk.

Next week the challenge is to keep juicing, work in a small about of seaweed and exercise.  Also I have to suggest to everyone to check out the book "In Defense of Food".  This fast has forced me to evaluate my eating all together.  Michael Pollan is a good fighter against the "nutristionist" society we have created in the US.  I am not saying he is without criticism.  I find this entire juicing/vegan/cleansing culture very suspect.  Pollan does a good job at arguing that food should not be a science experiment but we should rely on what got us through fifty thousand years of evolution.  Good read/audio.  This will go a long way into reworking what I do with my diet on the other side of the 60 days.