Juice Feasting Stages: From David & Katrina

This is a long blog posting but it's worth the read. I'm going to start off by sharing something which was shared with me today. David and Katrina share this as part of the process of Juice Feasting:

These are very loose, and I am still working with this (for Juice Feasting: A Modern Hero's Guide to be out later this year), but basically we go through these stages:

Excitement - Days leading up to Feasting and the first 1-5 Days

Cleansing/Detox - this starts up pretty soon after beginning to Juice, and goes noticeably for as long as necessary. Those with high toxicity/weight levels will find it goes for many, many weeks.

Euphoria - starts to set in periodically as the body rehydrates, toxicity levels decrease, constipating waste matter leaves, body image improves, confidence grows, weight loss occurs, sleep is deeper, etc.

Boredom - A plateau occurs. Weight loss slows or stands still for 7-14 days in some cases. Physical transformation is not immediately apparent. Juices all taste the same, or one gets tired of Green Vegetable Juice, or all juices. Friends/coworkers/family keep asking you to go out, and if there is not a spiritual/emotional practice in place, boredom and the desire to return to the world of solid food is pretty strong.

Solidity - A new recognition sets in that progress has been made, and is being made. A significant difference can be seen in many aspects of one's being from the days before the Feast began. Confidence grows that a nutrient-dense plant-based diet and the degree of accomplishment one can realize on such a cuisine is not only possible, but desireable. The student has information that the world needs, and a willingness to teach and/or share sets in - even if it is just with one's acquaintences.

Freedom - The Juice Feast ends, and a solid move to a plant based diet (such as David Rainoshek's Four Means to Get Your Greens with other delicious prepared foods) sets in. With self-knowledge and understanding about nutrition and other aspects of being having taken a much deeper hold during the Juice Feast, the student finds themself more autonomous and self-actualizing, but not in a way that is limited to one's own ego. Living becomes a worldcentric Act of Love.