Thankfully golden milk has eased my joint pain. How is your appetite? I haven't had the first craving since starting this program. I love this program.

I'm in the second stage of this program. I feel so disciplined with food for the first time in my life. I love the fresh juice and veggie broth. Anyone else following this program?

I'm entering tha s come stage as well. I haven't received my ashwangatha yet but I did just make my first batch of "bone broth." Are you really doing the veggie version? From what I understand the veggie broth is not useful at all and has none of the properties that make bone broth effective.

My broth is good, I have it for dinner and I load it up with veggies like spinach, potato, peas, whatever I have on hand. I'm adding rice or beans to it too, I'm not willing to go hungry haha.

My sleep has gotten better and my skin is glowing. Tomorrow I start up on the juice. Still not weighing myself and I still eat what I like.

It's basically a veggie soup. I'm not weighing myself anymore. But I love how I feel.

It seems to me that the soup is intended to be dinner. It's not specified how much we're supposed to eat exactly. This is diet territory for me so I'm already feeling rebellious about it. Due to my work schedule I'm also not at liberty to even eat dinner at night (I eat a substantial meal around 4pm before I head out to work) and then snack when ginger hits me later, usually with nuts. On nights that I'm home with my family I like to cook for them and then it is really difficult to serve up food for them while I have to turn to soup. I think we're supposed to have the soup and then dinner? Some clarification would be helpful. How do you deal with it?

How long is your lymphatic massage? I'm at 5-10 minutes but usually around 6 or so. I also cannot take showers in the morning so I take them on my own schedule. I usually only shower after I've gone to the gym but never first thing in the mornings. Not sure how crucial this variation is.

Oh and I've started the juice! I don't know how important it is to follow the recipes in the book but I'm drinking green juice 5 days a week. I decided from the beginning that I would not purchase a juicer, I just can't be bothered buying and cleaning so much produce. I stop off at a lovely organic juicery on my way back after I drop off my kid at school. I get a juice that is spinach, kale, cucumber, parsley wheat grass and green apple. It's freakin delicious. So much easier to drink than the smoothies I used to make, no smoothies allowed on this program. My energy and focus levels are skyrocketing right now and it's such an easy addition to my day. The best $7 I spend all day.

I haven't been faithful doing the massage everyday, but it is at night when I do this. I have a measured cup of the soup before dinner. I'm not weighing myself fanatically anymore, but I checked yesterday and have lost another 4 pounds. But I have more weight to lose than you do. I can't believe how much money I'm saving on groceries every week now. It's well over $50 dollars every week. And most of it is perishables. I am so loving this program. For the first time ever I feel disciplined with my food choices, and no cravings ever. I'm not a juice person, but the juice is delicious. The juice makes me hungry. My daughter said juice makes her hungry also, and she doesn't have a weight problem. So I don't know if I will continue juicing when this phase is over. Have you decided if or when you will be weighing yourself?

I'm sure I will weigh myself at some point but I have no concrete plans on when. I feel less bloated but I don't particularly think I've lost any weight according to my clothes. I am a lot less hungry, or at least I'm more attuned with my body's signals of hunger and fullness.

It makes sense that juice makes you hungrier. You are extracting all the fiber from veg which just concentrates the sugar content into one cup. Think about how many veg are in there, you'd never be able to eat all those veg in one sitting if the fiber was included. I will definitely not be continuing with the juice regularly after the program is over because I love eating raw veg and I quite miss my salads.

The program is so intensive that I struggle with some of the more arbitrary rules. Like lymphatic massage in the morning. Ugh, I don't really shower before I go to the gym, why would I. So I shower when it is convenient to me duh.

Or juice in the morning before breakfast. Sometimes I just can't do that. I mean, we're supposed to wake up and have a cup of tea. Fine. Then have a glass of juice. But I'm not thirsty! And I'd rather have a cup of coffee. Plus I don't need to go to the bathroom 27 times before lunch. So I have the juice later in the day sometimes. No guilt here.

I don't do the fiber flush. Oh well. I do add a tbsp of flax seeds to my yogurt so there. Otherwise everything is going to plan.

I haven't given up salads yet. I thought that was in another stage of the program. I did retake The Gut IQ Test and scored 11 points lower, so I guess i'm doing enough. I'll definitely go back and read that part of the book. I also had lassi for the first time and absolutely loved it.

She recommends that we do not eat raw vegetables. That's why we are required to drink a vegetable juice, because she says that raw veggies are too difficult for our gut to process when we are doing the Prime. Thus the fiber needs to be removed.

This vegetarian loves salads, but no more, I will see how this goes. My favorite topping is chickpeas, boy will I miss them.

You can eat chick peas, they are not a vegetable they are a legume and they are already cooked. Raw foods are really a 20th century american thing if you think about it. It's not normal to eat raw food, other cultures wouldn't dare to eat raw foods unless it's fruit. Certain vegetables actually bequeath more nutrients when cooked such as carrots and tomatoes but many others as well. You can still have salads just wilt your greens.

I'm sort of surprised at how easily I have adapted to drinking room temperature water, didn't think I'd take to that.

Went for a bike ride on the Chattahoochee River walk this morning, a lot less huffing and puffing this time. Yesterday was mowing, weeding, car cleaning and a lot of cooking. Didn't finish until around 8 pm, and wasn't as tired as I usually am. I can't believe the difference in how I feel now. I don't know about wilted salad greens, and salads is my favorite way to eat chickpeas. I may try them soon. Are your days more energetic now? And also I've been drinking water without ice for a long time, and that is the way I prefer it.

I feel much more energetic with lots of mental clarity.

Sounds like you're in my neck of the woods. Yes, that's a picture of the Biloxi Lighthouse but I actually live in the ATL metro area.

And my daughter graduated from the University of Alabama. ROLL TIDE!!! ;)

Glad you're having such success with The Prime. I think I'm just a bit too old to change my ways, but after I get back from Disney World in April I think I'm going to slowly try to incorporate a few of the practices into my own daily routine.

The tea shouldn't be any problem, but that fiber drink? No way in heck that's happening. Made me gag just reading about it.