The Apple Juice Fast: Day 4

First of all, my apologies to all your RSS reader users out there for filling up your screens with my other two entries for today. But, uh, back to the lecture at hand (Perfection is perfected, so Im a let em understand), the apple juice “fast.” So, with all the bloatiness of yesterday, I was barely able to drink two glasses of apple juice at work. I got home and the bloat started to rid itself off, let’s just say.

Aimee and I went running again last night (put off from the night before remember). We had a pretty good run, over all. I found it much easier yesterday, than even the first 90-second jog day. Aimee’s shins were a little painful (not splints), but I suspect the cause is her cross-trainers. We’re going, on Saturday, to get her a pair of running shoes. Last night was quite warm, in fact — we definitely did not need those sweatshirts, though the forecasts indicate that we will need them this weekend. So, now I’m thinking about this running schedule, and I don’t think I’ll be able to run on Friday because of the no-liquids-after-6pm thing (we start our run at 6pm). And Saturday, I may be too weak/exhausted from all the expelling of stones, but I’ll give it a good American try.

That means that Sunday can not be the start of our third week of running. It’ll have to be Monday. Week three is challenging because it involves 90 seconds of running then 90 seconds of walking, followed by 3 minutes (!) of running and 3 minutes of walking, followed by a do-it-all-again. To go from 90 seconds of running per block this time to 3 minutes for half the blocks next time will be a challenge, I think. It might not be, but the prospect seems somewhat daunting, anyway.

Now, dinner. Let’s talk about that. We must, even though I’ve been avoiding the subject thus far. Now, you’ll recall that we bought red apples, green apples and pears for me to eat this week. I’ve been eating the pears and red apples. The green apples are sour/tart, and definitely not my favourite. So I had this idea, a brainwave really, that I would chop up apples and pears and maybe some boiled potatoes into squares, and then sprinkle some chaat masala over them. I figured the spiciness of the masala and the sweetness of the other apples and pears would help with the tartiness of the green apples. Turns out, we threw out the box of chaat masala we had before we moved out of Winchester last month. So there went that idea. I still wanted relatively raw fruit and vegetables, so I wound up ordering two chaats at the Punjabi Dhaba for take-away: a potato chaat and a banana chaat (which they ran out of so I got a papdi chat, which isn’t so fresh fruity, but had some fresh veg in it). Aimee had chhole bhature of course (it’s her favourite Punjabi dish).

I’ve noticed that my eyes pop open at 5 in the morning every day. The alarm clock doesn’t ring until 5:30, so I always go right back to sleep, and then snooze till 5:40. This morning, I snoozed till past 6. As a result, I skipped the salt water flush (because I really really do need 90 minutes to 2 hours for the damned thing). Instead, I will do it when I get home tonight. For dinner, we’ll be having rice and beans (probably Indian style rather than our usual Puerto Rican style — minus the ham).

The Icky Bit: The reason for the rice and beans tonight and tomorrow for lunch (left overs, you know) is two fold: it’s light and relatively fat free, and I need some weight in my digestive system for the liver cleansing process itself. Tomorrow, all this comes to a head, are you all excited as me?

Catch up to Day 3

Find out how the last day (Day 5) goes.

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