Follies of juice fasting

Well, this past weekend I decided to go on a short juice fast for a couple of days... Day 1 started pretty well...I was feeling really good with the juice and my skin started to glow (after only one day!). I decided to go to yoga and for the first time ever, forgot my mat and had to go home to get it... I should have taken this sign from the universe that I should have stayed home. I ended up running a bit late and *had* to make a light... I was running my late self full-speed down the sidewalk (to catch that light) on my way to my calming, 90-minute meditation bikram yoga class when I suddenly tripped over an abandoned Christmas tree and for 3 seconds, in slow motion, I flew through the air and promptly landed flat on my face (just like in the movies). Oh the pain. Both of my knee caps hurt a lot and are bruised, the top of my right foot hurts, and I think I bruised or slightly cracked a rib (it hurts to laugh or to breathe deeply). My back hurts too.

I still went to yoga class though! What a trooper. For the first time ever I had to leave after the standing series because laying on my tummy hurt my knees, foot, and rib. The only thing that saved me from more damage was the fact that I had on a few layers, a big down coat, and fluffy gloves. For once I say "yay for winter!".

What is the point of this post?? Well, when you decide to do a juice fast, take it easy... sometimes juice fasting makes you ungrounded and you end up hurting yourself really bad. As I said, I never forget my mat! The brief sensation of flying for 3 seconds was pretty neat though! But not worth the fact that 3 days later I still can't do yoga because my body hurts... juice carefully!