Just when you thought I couldn't possibly have anything more to say about juice cleanses, here I am again with my most click-baity blog title ever. But please bear with me...this piece of information could TOTALLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE*. *Warning: may not totally or in any way whatsoever change your life. It's been 5 days…
If you were ever a Mighty Boosh fan you'll have the soup song in your head now like I've had FOREVER. You're welcome. Cooking was never my strong point. At uni my speciality was rice, cheese and ketchup in a tortilla wrap, microwaved. I think my lowest point was when, feeling simultaneously lazy, poor and…
Continue reading ➞ Soup, soup, tasty soup, soup…pepper and sweet potato
Concerned about time moving too quickly in these strange, repetitive Covid times? Try not eating for 5 days. Without the usual anchor points of breakfast, lunch and dinner, and with a tummy constantly whining for food that never comes, seconds ooze out of the day in super slow motion. This morning, on the final day…
Continue reading ➞ It’s over! Day 5 of my juice fast – thoughts and feelings
My day started strangely. I was nearly home from my morning walk, about to head across the open expanse of the South Downs golf course, when a jogger crested the hill and came running straight at me, waving her arms in a panicked fashion. I stopped in my tracks and removed my earbuds, wondering if…
Continue reading ➞ Walk, work, juice cleanse day 4, and a man with a rifle
Here I am in bed again having completed my third day without solid food. Another really boring post coming up, just to warn you. There's only so much content you can squeeze out of juicing (ha). This morning I felt so good! Light and full of energy. According to the scales I dropped another 1kg…
Continue reading ➞ I’m not dead yet! Day 3 on my 5 day juice fast
I'm typing this on my phone in bed because I promised you daily updates on my Fuel Station juice fast, and daily updates you will get! Please note: unless you're very interested in the minutae of juicing, this will be a very boring blog for you. There are other more interesting posts on this blog…
Continue reading ➞ Juice cleanse day 2: I am 4 parts juice to 1 part human
This morning, 30 partially frozen vegetable and fruit juices were left in a polystyrene box at my front door by a DPS driver named Callum. ...And thus, unbeknownst to Callum, my 5-day juice fast began. In yesterday's post I wrote that I was apprehensive about trying (and writing about) the Fuel Station 5-day detox because…
Continue reading ➞ Fuel Station juice fast day 1 – thoughts so far
I was in two minds over whether to blog about my Fuel Station 5-day juice fast because, when I rebranded as Whalebeings at the beginning of 2021, I resolved not to perpetuate unhealthy ideas about body image - for my own sanity as much as for my readers'. Juice cleanses, or fasts, or detoxes, can…
Continue reading ➞ I’m kickstarting spring with a Fuel Station 5-day juice fast
Mesolimbic dopamine system (the brain's reward system): Hold on a second...isn't it Friday? You know, it's been a pretty tough week for her...there's been lots of change, a fair amount of anxiety regarding the future and a general undercurrent of sadness. She could really do with something sweet and chocolatey tonight as a little booster,…
Sunday simply wouldn't be Sunday without a walk, a cup of tea, a slice of cake and a good book. Right now I'm curled up on the sofa with Murakami's Norwegian Wood on my kindle (which I will resume once I've finished writing this), having just finished a cup of tea and a slice of…
Continue reading ➞ Improve your weekend with a low carb, sugar-free keto carrot cake
