Today was day 1 of a five day juice fast.  Yes, I am planning to consume nothing but vegetable and fruit juices all working week.

There are many plans out there to follow but I am following Joe Cross’ Reboot programme because I saw him on the telly and liked him and what he is all about.  You can see the juice fast via this link here.

The first thing to consume was a mug of hot water with lemon juice.  Exciting stuff! Juice 1 of the day was ‘Sunrise’ i.e. the juice of 2 oranges, 4 carrots and 1 beetroot. What a glorious colour it was.  A stunning purple/orange colour.  The pattern in the juice is from the light reflecting from the window, not some strange combination of colours mixing in the juice. Mid morning was a glass of coconut water. Lunch was a glass of green juice.  I chose the ‘Mean Green’ which I made with 6 small Swiss Chard leaves, 1 cucumber, 2 stalks of celery, 1 apple, half a lemon and some ginger. It tastes OK if I drink it over lots of ice but I confess it does make me gag a bit at room temperature. “Supper” was much later than intended as I was out collecting Harvey which involved rather a lot of chatting (how unusual 🙂 ) so I was actually very hungry for my ‘Garden Variety’.  The recipe asked for 2 cucumbers but I think 1 was plenty.  The greenery was a round pointed cabbage and some kale. I ended the day with a purple juice called ‘Peach Delight’.  Made with 2 ripe peaches, a cup of blueberries, an apple, a sweet potato and a pinch of cinnamon.  This was actually magnificent.  Genuinely it was and I don’t think that was my starved body being deluded in to thinking this was delicious.  It was sweet and the cinnamon made it taste like a pudding.  I can’t wait to have another one of these.  Actually, I will have to because I don’t have any more peaches but I am definitely buying some!

I did it.  I managed to have just juices all day and most of the juices were vegetable rather then fruit based.  To follow the plan strictly you give up tea and coffee but I was too tired this morning so I had a black coffee and in the afternoon a black tea.  I may give them up later but for now they are staying.