Hi All,
It's day 8 on my Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead inspired juice cleanse (rebootwithjoe.com). The past few days have been rough. I've been reading online and it seems like I'm experiencing a "healing crisis'. I don't know if the science they have on the juicing websites is right, but I do know that the desciption of my symptoms are - generally flu-y, and all the health problems I had before but now worse. It's supposed to last 1-3 days, but they also say it could last up to 2 weeks.
I'm optimistic I'll have a short 'healing crisis'. Last time I did a juice cleanse I had one, and it passed in one day. This even feels like that one - all the allergy symptoms I'm trying to heal + a feeling of the flu + my kidneys hurting. Also, this morning, I felt better for a while - had more energy than I have had for a while. Went for the market (a 40 minute roundtrip walk), did some cleaning, got some work done. So that seems like a good sign.
But man, it's hard, especially since it's now afternoon and the 'healing crisis' seems to be settling back in. My kidneys are twinging, my face is numb (an allergy thing), my throat is sore, and I'm tired. I want to be healthy again!
I'm going to try to stick this out though. I did this before and it really helped me. If I try another healing diet, there's no guarantee I'll get better. Also, if I go back to eating my old diet, my symptoms will be even worse and I'll have no hope of getting over these allergies.
I guess if this lasts for more than two weeks I will have to try something else though...
Here's to hope,
Ellie