{"id":12121,"date":"2010-11-30T10:47:23","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T15:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/?p=12121"},"modified":"2021-02-24T16:18:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T21:18:42","slug":"juice-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/juice-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"Juice Feast, Take 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CupBefore we start, let’s get one thing out of the way.  Whoever euphemistically called this a feast should be shot.  While it’s not a fast, it’s no Fat Tuesday either.<\/p>\n

I didn’t beat myself up over failing at my ill-fated first attempt at a juice cleanse<\/a>.  It ended, one and a half days after it started, in my chasing my wife around the kitchen for a loaf of bread, followed immediately by a glass of wine, followed immediately by a beer.<\/p>\n

I like to think that failing in my attempts to qualify for Boston for so long taught me to handle failure pretty well.  To use it as motivation to do better, rather than as a reason to quit trying.<\/p>\n

So this time, I did it better.  Last night I completed four days of taking in nothing but liquids in my first successful attempt at a juice cleanse.<\/p>\n

Why I Did It<\/h3>\n

In short, I got all pumped up after going to Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within<\/a> seminar earlier this month.  (If you click the link, you can see me over Tony’s right shoulder for about a quarter of a second at 6:06!)<\/p>\n

When my wife and I got back from that, we committed to a 30-Day Challenge, an extended version of the 10-Day Challenge<\/a> that convinced me to go vegetarian.  More on that once it’s finished in about another week.<\/p>\n

Part of that challenge though, is a cleanse in some form or another.<\/p>\n

Did I need a cleanse?  Maybe, maybe not.  But it was a challenge and a chance to experiment, and I’m not one to turn those down.<\/p>\n

The ‘Clean’ Details<\/h3>\n

With talk of cleanses comes talk of shitting.  I’ve kept that to a minimum, and relegated it to the “Dirty” Details section so as not to contaminate the food.  Here’s the happy puppy-dogs and lollipops stuff.<\/p>\n

I based my cleanse on the guidelines Tony gives in his cleanse pack, which are somewhat flexible.  Here’s what I decided on for the daily rules:<\/p>\n