Juice Fast 2013: The End...

I'm calling the Juice only today.  I've felt pretty great for 31 days of juicing, but I'm worrying a bit about not getting enough full protein in for the P90X stuff.  Juice fasting is great when you're not doing a lot of heavy impact activity.  Basically, you need to be walking, jogging, or bike riding and you're golden.  You'll burn calories, fat, and you'll end up burning up some muscle tissue.  It's just the name of the game.  It's generally not recommended to do any sort of heavy resistance training while on a juice fast.  Your body is just simply burning through too many calories, and if you're not compensating, well, it can't be too good for you.

I started out pretty strong.  I was adding spirulina and wheatgrass which I think was helping provide complete protein and giving my muscles what they needed, but as the month progressed, I started getting that stuff less and less.  While I was improving in some areas, I was falling short in others.  For instance, I could do 20 Incline pushups monday during Chest & Back... That's the most I've ever done in one set, but I couldn't do 30 standard pushups which is something I was totally able to do before I started the fast.  I'm not quite sure why that difference occurred but it has and I sort of have to take that into account.

I'm basically in my last real week of P90X resistance, then I'll be on to my final rest week the week after next.  I then have to decide where I'm going from there.  Am I going to try my hand at a round 3?  Am I going to go for P90X+?  I have Rev Abs now, should I give that a go for 90 days?  My focus is on trying to see abs at the moment, that's part of the reason why I did the fast this time around anyway.

So, moving forward, I'm going for a modified juice fast where I'm juicing mostly.  I plan on doing basically one meal a day where I can get in some complete protein combinations and basically incorporate some nuts, beans, and seeds.  I'm keeping it plant based for the most part and this should hopefully yield some pretty cool results.  I figure I'll keep this going for the month of February, and if successful, I may continue through March.