Day #1- Breakfast and a bad recipe

THE START-

The big guy and I both awakened extremely groggy, both boys have been again sick with fevers through the night for the last few days.  Not a good way to start this kind of day... with no COFFEE!  But, Saturday was our start day because we can be there together for guidance and support in this time of idiocy and weakness.

THE JUICE

And so it begins, rollout of bed and decide to take on the recipe I found for a tasty grapefruit wake-up.  This in itself is a bit of an oxymoron, I nor my husband like grapefruit.  "So, why in the F#$% would you put it in juice," I say to myself after I drink the concoction.  This is particularly the case when we have a "whole juice" processor that creates an smoothie-like drink.  Thus, the pith or the very most bitter part of the fruit is maintained in the emulsion and you guessed it….GROSS.  As I was at the store, I thought to myself, "grapefruit?  Probably not the best, eh, why not.."

Recipe 

2 Carrotts

2 Grapefruits Peeled

1 Tangerine

1-2 inches of ginger

1 Cup of Ice

THE REACTION

Blaaaahhhk!  Uh boy….well not as horrible as it could be.  Nate takes a swig and I hear," OOH MY GOD, THIS IS AWWWFUL".  A shiver runs down his spine with each drink and a little twitch that you only have when taking on the most offensive cough medicine.

THE AFTERMATH

I convinced myself I was satisfied.  By the time I walked around the house to hand out milk to the kids, caught myself thinking…"hmm, what should we have for breakfast"?  

Now, that it is almost 2 hours after my first drink….hungry. Awesome. A little lightheaded.  Mind over matter.

30 MINUTES LATER 11:00 a.m.- STARVING