Day thirteen-water and attitude

This morning I woke up. Feet hurt and just felt down. My tongue is flavorless. It's like all the tastebuds have been burned. How do I know this? I decided to cheat last night!! Took a small bite of sharp cheddar cheese. My daughter laughed at me when she saw the look on my face when I tasted the cheese. Doesn't taste so good mom? She asked. It tasted so bad I spit it out. Yesterday I drank water as much as possible and tried to get juices when I could. Not so easy when you work in a laboratory where you can't have food and water. So I guess my whole fast was off kilter. It was unproductive from a juicing standpoint and a work standpoint. They say it takes 21 days to start a habit. I can see how this will pay off. I have gotten into the habit of numerous trips to the store for fresh veggies and I am prepping my juice the night before so I will get in the habit of preparing my breakfast (most likely a green juice ) and lunch( most likely a salad or vegetable juice based soup). Today my goal is to make it through the day without giving up. Juice on!!

Well I did not make it.  The cold this morning made me realize with my active schedule at work I needed to eat. So I ate lunch.  I plan on hitting the juice again tomorrow.  I am now in a rebooters group on Facebook.  I consider myself a quitter but cannot complain.  My hair and skin feel so much better and 9 pounds lost in 12 days is a good start.  I plan on keeping meat out of the diet for awhile.  at least until I get the natural beef I ordered that will not be ready until the end of February. If I add meat protein back into my diet I will focus on organic or natural. Does anyone know the difference?  I learned about it today.   At least from a local meat producer.  If a farmer or rancher decides to go organic or natural there are many packaging issues they may encounter that can triple the price of selling their meat in that arena.  In truth many ranchers are doing grass fed beef in the Panhandle that has no added hormones and only use vaccines that are to treat diseases associated with cattle.  They only give antibiotics to treat sick cattle and keep those cattle segregated from their herds. In addition they only feed organic and know where the food their stock eats comes from.  Its not all unknown as many of the organic producers would have your believe.  In my opinion you have organic farms banging on natural and on the local rancher for the almighty dollar.  So if you live in an area where you can talk to a local rancher you might find someone you can buy from directly that will give you high quality beef.  While the advertising will continue to say who is right and who is wrong, at least we can be consumers that do our research and not believe everything media and newsprint tell us.  Check out this explanation on Maverick Ranch .  I found it very insightful and actually quite honest and what my friend the rancher told me.  While I am all for a mainly vegan diet I think I enjoy a good steak every once in awhile.