{"id":1088,"date":"2017-03-19T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2022-01-29T12:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T20:04:30","slug":"weekly-mix-10-march-12-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/weekly-mix-10-march-12-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Mix 11: March 19, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week my girl friend and I started a 30-day juice fast. That\u2019s right, 30 days of drinking vegetable and fruit juice instead of eating meals. I\u2019ve done something like this before when I drank Soylent for a month. But this is different. It\u2019s definitely more of a challenge. For some reason, when I was drinking Soylent for a month I barely missed food. But when I\u2019m drinking juice all I can think about is<\/em> food. Not that I\u2019m hungry. I just want something with texture in my mouth. Crunchy things like popcorn or potato chips are always on my mind. Or barbeque. Or a wad of hot, gooey cheese. And when I go into a supermarket or a restaurant, I smell everything<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But I like challenges like this because anything that breaks you out of your routine makes you see the world and your life in a different light. For example, until I started this juice fast I didn\u2019t realize how many little rituals I have about food. For example, on Friday nights I\u2019ll usually eat somethingthat\u2019s a little saltier and a little fattier than I normally eat as a reward for making it though the week. I\u2019m sure we all do that, right? Maybe treat ourselves to an ice cream or something? I\u2019m hyperaware about all that stuff now.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019ll be honest with you, I\u2019m never excited about drinking a glass of vegetable and fruit juice. It tastes okay but I don\u2019t crave it like I\u2019m currently craving some rolled tacos.<\/p>\n

And then there are the side effects: the headaches, the hunger pains, I\u2019m tired, and my tongue is emitting a layer of white gunk. All this stuff is supposed to pass in the first few days and then I\u2019ll start feeling energized and my cravings will change from my normal diet to a healthier, green diet. But I have to get past these first few days. On the plus side, I\u2019ve lost almost six pounds in the first two days, so it\u2019s not all bad.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m happy to chat with you about this if you\u2019re interested. Just hit me up on Twitter. But if you want to see the documentary that inspired us to take the plunge to do this 30-day juice fast ,then I suggest going to Netflix or Amazon or whatever and watch Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead<\/a><\/em>. The doc follows this guy Joe Cross on his 60-day juice fast and his trip across America. I\u2019m not being evangelical about this, because believe me, I can\u2019t wait to eat a cheeseburger. But if you\u2019re interested, go watch the flick.<\/p>\n

Okay, let\u2019s get to today\u2019s show. I\u2019m sure me talking about my 30-day juice fast is not the most exciting thing in the world.<\/p>\n

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You can listen to The Weekly Mix every Sunday on KAOS Radio Austin<\/a> at 6PM Central and every Friday on Bondfire Radio<\/a> out of Brooklyn at 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time.<\/p>\n

Time for me to bug out. See you next week!<\/p>\n