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Preparing For A Juice Fast: How Do You Prepare For A Juice Fast?
Going on a juice fast/feast is not difficult. But when you go on an extended/prolonged juice fast/feast, is when a lot of work is involved. Shopping for an abundance of fruits/vegetables. Cutting them up, juicing, and washing up, 3-4 or more times a day. (That's the reality). Drink your juices, and then experience a series of healing reactions.
There will be ups and downs during your journey, some days you feel like giving up. But, I can tell you, at the end of it, it will be worth every effort you put in for the improvement of your health. Your body will thank you for it.
I enjoy juice fasting/feasting simply for the knowledge that I'm doing it for the good of my body. And afterwards, I feel energized and revitalized, like I've "reset an internal button" and been given a new body.
Plan ahead
Plan ahead for a good time to start your fast. Decide how many days you want to juice fast/feast. If it's only for one to three days, then a quiet weekend would be a good time. Plan a weekend to be free of appointments or errands.
At least 3-7 days before you're about to start your juice fast, cut down on your meat/fish intake. Begin to eat more and more fresh fruits/vegetables. Reduce taking processed foods, soft drinks, alcohol and nicotine. Dairy products, eggs, sugar, wheat should also be eliminated from your diet.
Remember, for a successful juice fast, discipline and determination work hand-in-hand and are important in determining the outcome of your fast.
The day before your juice fast, go out and buy those fruits/vegetables to be stored in your fridge (you want to drink them fresh). Buy enough to last for about three to five days if you're fasting that long. You can refer to the juice fast programs I have prepared for an idea of what to shop for.
Recommended reading
Familiarize yourself with fasting. Read up and understand what you're doing. Below are some recommended readings to encourage you. I love the testimonies from these books. The results from ordinary people who understand the benefits of a proper juice fast are just amazing.
"The Transforming Power of Fasting and Prayer" by Bill Bright is one of my favorites. It is a Christian fasting book that shares many personal accounts of spiritual breakthroughs in lives of people who had done the 40-day fast and pray.
Going on a juice fast/feast is not difficult. But when you go on an extended/prolonged juice fast/feast, is when a lot of work is involved. Shopping for an abundance of fruits/vegetables. Cutting them up, juicing, and washing up, 3-4 or more times a day. (That's the reality). Drink your juices, and then experience a series of 