Juice Fast Drama!

 
Well, things are not going according to [my] plan. Probably experienced one of the most scariest moments of my life this morning upon waking up. Today was supposed to be day three of our juice fast. As of right now, however, we are suspending the juice fast and attempting to add in some protein and good fats along with juicing.

This morning I woke up incredibly tired. I had gotten about 8 hours of sleep, but could hardly stand how tired I was. I lay with my eyes closed, yet awake for quite some time while Dan was trying to get me to get up to make our morning juice so he could leave for work. As I woke up more I tried to tell him, "I'm soooo tired; I just need 10 more minutes" but all that came out was jumbled words. At the time I thought it hadn't sounded quite right, but I was pretty tired. A few minutes later I opened my eyes and sat up, attempting to say something to Dan. Anything I tried to say turned into other made up words! I couldn't say certain letters at all, like "W" or "F" and almost all of the words I would say came out with either the wrong first letter or a different word altogether. Nothing made sense. I felt panicked. I kept trying and it just got worse. I motioned for Dan to get me some paper and a pen. When he brought it all I could write was "I." My brain wouldn't work correctly to express my thoughts. I couldn't think of the word "can't" even though I knew what I was trying to express. I couldn't write it. My mind was all jumbled. This is where I kinda freaked and started crying. I motioned for Dan to bring me some water. I drank a bunch and then immediately felt faint and nauseous. I laid down on our hard wood floor and Dan brought me an orange to eat. Within a few minutes I could say short sentences and repeat after Dan. I felt really shaky still. What in the world was going on?? I felt like I was in a nightmare. Within 10 minutes I thought I had regained my abilities, but as we looked up on the computer what might be wrong, I realized I couldn't read very much. I could hardly read out loud at all, and when I did I sounded like a child learning to read. I got stopped quickly by more than one syllable words like "discipline" and though it looked familiar, I couldn't pronounce it or recognize what it meant. This was terrifying. I continued to drink water and eat some protein. Within an hour or two I could speak and read clearly again. Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. I continued to feel utterly exhausted and shaky throughout the morning and afternoon, but by this evening I feel much, much better. I ate some nuts, eggs, fruit, and spaghetti throughout the day.

Here's what we think was going on, after talking with some medically minded friends. For some reason I went into hypoglycemic shock  from extremely low blood sugar. Most likely I needed to spread out the juices throughout the day instead of 3 separate meals. I plan on getting my blood sugar levels tested soon, but in the mean time, we plan to juice our three meals a day and then eat high protein and good fats for snacks in between and along with the juices so my blood sugars stay stable throughout the entire day. I have to say this was all very strange and unexpected as I've known many people who have successfully done this 10 day fast the same way we're doing it.

They do say day three is the hardest....guess that proved true! ;) No worries, will be careful and eat when I need to eat. We certainly don't want to experience that again! Drama, drama, drama.