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Today was the hardest day so far. It started out well but by 3pm I started to get a headache that just got worse as time went on. I tried two Tylenol but that only helped for about an hour. I started fantasizing about food big time today but only about a specific food; a food that I normally don’t crave too much, only on occasion; a hot dog. A polish dog with mustard, ketchup, relish, onions…carnival size; Costco size just won’t cut it unless I have two of them. It was all I could think about UNTIL I had a few raisins and some freshly juiced apple juice. That helped a lot. It really did. It made me realize that if my hunger can be quenched by just that little amount of food, then I wasn’t really that hungry after all.

Today was the first time I felt the symptoms of withdrawal from processed foods since beginning my juice reboot. I realized today that processed foods must be the biggest culprit to my lousy diet and they are mostly responsible for my 20-pound weight gain over the past 4 years.

One more thing. I don’t think I could have lasted this long without the support of my better half, Gus. He started this juice reboot 10 days prior to me and he has previously done a 45-day juice reboot. He has been there for me through these past “longest 3-days of my life”. That’s what it feels like anyway. It is just great that we are doing this together. It gives me confidence that what I’m doing isn’t totally crazy and gives me the strength to keep juicing on.

So today I want to honor Gus because without him I guarantee I never would have made in this far in my juice reboot and I truly appreciate him for setting us up with a new “normal” for our healthy eating going forward.