On a whim, I asked my friend C if she had ever tried a juice cleanse.
-No, but I’ve been meaning to, wanna do it?
-Sure.

We probably had this conversation weeks ago, and finally on Wednesday we did the deed and put in our order. Strawberry Moon Juice, a local Seattle business provides home delivery the day/evening before you start. So when I came home from work on Fri I had (12)16-oz bottles of juice waiting for me. They were organized and marked so I knew which bottle to drink, and when. This reduces the thinking on my part and spreads out the sugar.

This morning I got out of bed around 6:30/7, started my first juice, “Carrot-Pineapple-Lime,” around 7. My strategy was to drink slowly. I finished the bottle around 7:45, and set off for the day. Trip to Target (including a green tea from SBUX); shuffle home then back out with the kiddo for Family Swim, the back home again. By 11, we were home and I was famished. So I took out bottle #2 to sip. It was the greens juice, Celery-Cucumber-Kale-Spinach-Parsley-Lemon-Apple-Ginger. But I was tired. Husband was a little concerned, suggested I eat something. Went to the store to get some stuff for the kiddo, and also bought a half of a grilled chicken breast and organic baby carrots, just in case.

I broke my juice fast at 1 p.m. with some of those baby carrots. I had a few, while kid ate lunch then we headed to the park (could be the last sunny day in Seattle! Take advantage!). We got back and at 2ish I broke it again with that chicken breast. It was cold, with no dressing, and it was like the best tasting chicken ever. Chicken!

Soon after that I fell asleep on the couch. I had been sleepy all day. I couldn’t decide if the tiredness was due to my all-in effort to cram in 2 seasons of “Scandal” before the fall premiere next week, the stress of work, or the juice. I was up 2 hours later (yes, I took a 2-hour nap! Jealous?) and felt great.

Opened up bottle #3. Almond-Pear. I knew a ‘nut milk’ juice would be in the mix, and this was … interesting. The fam was ordering takeout Chinese for dinner. Since I had already broke the fast, I got some hot and sour soup, then also did a salad from the fridge(not dressed), and a shrimp-mango salad thing (from the store).

I’m still working on bottle #3. The taste grew on me a bit, like the vanilla-almond smoothie from Odwalla.

I didn’t expect to make it three days on juice alone. I did think I might make it past 1 in the afternoon… Well, there’s always tomorrow.