So my juice fast is going along relatively well. I have decided that I will be juicing breakfast/lunch and eating a super healthy dinner. A lot of research has shown a higher percentage of success and weight loss with this method than straight juicing ALONE.
I have noticed that I have a bit more pep in my step. When coming into work there is this LOOONG hallway (I dubbed it the Green Mile) to the main hospital lobby of lifts and it seems to take forever to walk down it; yesterday and this morning I flew down the hall with no dread whatsoever. I was quite pleased to be honest.
One thing I forgot to mention: When I weighed myself on Saturday morning on my Wii Fitness thingy it had been the first time in 160+ days since I had last weighed myself. The brilliant thing was that I was the exact same weight!!! So whilst I didn't lose any weight during the summer/fall I didn't gain a single ounce!!!! That makes me quite chuffed indeed.
I have noticed with juicing so far that my morning juice, which has been the pineapple/carrot mixture and tastes AMAZING, always is the "cleansing" drink and I mean CLEANSING. My colon is squeaky clean. I won't gross you out by going into texture and colour...but it's sure purdy, bahahaha. My lunch juice yesterday was sort of ick to be honest. I can't say the combination of 2 tomatoes, 1/2 a cucumber, 4 carrots, and 3 handfuls of spinach was a tasty juice as it was rather bland. I didn't mind the colour of split pea diarrhea but the flavour had a lot to be desired. BUT! there are tons of other combinations that are delish.
I haven't noticed any other physiological changes yet, but it's early days yet.
Thanks for stopping by.
BOTTOMS UP!
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Last Night of Chewing
My last meal, sounds like I’m death row or on the Green Mile, consisted of chicken slices stuffed with stuffing and served with gravy and mash. I have to say it was quite tasty too. 
Oh so my juicing quest has become the fascination of my colleagues at BGMC; the news has spread to EVERYONE that I’m juice fasting. Though the comments have all been of fascination and good wishes. A few have a look on their faces that screams of, “B$tch you be crazy, can’t nobody live without meat”. Ha. I wonder what it will be like NOT to eat anything, it seems so weird and so odd. I wonder if that makes me a bit of a sweat-hog that I can’t remember a day that I’ve not had something to masticate? Hmmm, interesting. Well I’m hoping to not eat anything for 30 days. My sister didn’t get on with juicing…she actually started becoming ill and under nourished because she wasn’t “eating/drinking” enough nutrition and not drinking enough water. I hope that doesn’t happen to me. I want this to work out. Speaking of working out: I hope this will inspire me to use my wii to workout a bit. Supposedly juicing is super energizing and such…we shall see.
Right this is it for now. Until tomorrow America. Or whatever…I think I need to find a a witty catchphrase like “juice on” that is all my own and not borrowed from someone else. I’ll have to ponder on it.
Thanks so much for stopping by to read, it means so much.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Getting My Head Right
I have decided that Saturday will be my first day of fasting because with working and getting home late it's going to be tricky getting to the market for my fruit and veg.
One topic of contention for me that a lot of people keep whinging about is 'REMEMBER YOU NEED PROTEIN'. First lets put that "but I need protein" argument to rest. Whether or not you eat meat doesn't really matter. Plants, despite what you may have heard, can give you all the protein you need. CASE CLOSED. FULL STOP.
Update on my sisters fasting: She's been able to go 7 days juice fasting. Tonight she'll eat her first "real" meal. I'm super duper proud of her for going this long. She's a bit discouraged that she couldn't go longer but she was at the point where she was gagging down the juice and was only drinking 40oz a day (2 bottles full) and she should've been drinking at least 80oz's a day and thus wasn't getting enough nutrition. Also Marie has never been a huge juice drinker in the first place...she's always enjoyed cooking and planning her meals...whereas I'm the opposite. I love to cook and bake but it loses it's appeal with you're cooking for 1 person. So I like the quick lazy dinner meals of a bowl of cereal or yogurt or a smoothie. So I am hoping I will be a bit more successful in my fasting journey. Marie wanted us to go for dinner tonight to break her fast, but I suggested she get something from the Chinese Takeaway and eat at home where a toilet is nearby. I explained that she's going to get a bad case of diarrhea after eating Chinese after not eating a scrap of food for 7 days. It always goes back to the bog.
My juicer is being delivered today. I have bought 3 juicing books on my Kindle and one in hard format. I have read huge amounts of data on juicing and it's benefits and I look forward to seeing what it will do to my body. As I mentioned before, I'm a bit scared I'll fail and give in to temptation but Lord willing I can persevere. I think because I'm working 8-10hrs a day in my hospital I'll be okay...I'll have lots of other busy things on my mind to focus on.
What are my expectations? Sure I want to be healthy and wake up with no morning breath and have poop that doesn't smell, LOL--this is the positive side effects from juicing--But the idea of looking slimmer and kinda fit is a really big drive. I've got booty and curves and in a slimmer form they can actually look much nicer. Also to be honest I want to get back into bike riding and hiking...I miss all of those things so its on the horse I go. Oh and before you ask, I am NOT doing this to attract a man--thing is I've never had a lot of trouble in that dept as long as the bloke liked his girls curvaceous. I'm genuinely doing this to kick start a healthier way of eating and activity.
Okay so enough of the nattering about the healthy stuff for now. Though I will say, all of my colleagues are all dying to see how I get on as they're interested in giving this a go if I don't end up dying of starvation, vitamin deficiency, or the bloody flux.
Cheers for stopping by to read.
One topic of contention for me that a lot of people keep whinging about is 'REMEMBER YOU NEED PROTEIN'. First lets put that "but I need protein" argument to rest. Whether or not you eat meat doesn't really matter. Plants, despite what you may have heard, can give you all the protein you need. CASE CLOSED. FULL STOP.
Update on my sisters fasting: She's been able to go 7 days juice fasting. Tonight she'll eat her first "real" meal. I'm super duper proud of her for going this long. She's a bit discouraged that she couldn't go longer but she was at the point where she was gagging down the juice and was only drinking 40oz a day (2 bottles full) and she should've been drinking at least 80oz's a day and thus wasn't getting enough nutrition. Also Marie has never been a huge juice drinker in the first place...she's always enjoyed cooking and planning her meals...whereas I'm the opposite. I love to cook and bake but it loses it's appeal with you're cooking for 1 person. So I like the quick lazy dinner meals of a bowl of cereal or yogurt or a smoothie. So I am hoping I will be a bit more successful in my fasting journey. Marie wanted us to go for dinner tonight to break her fast, but I suggested she get something from the Chinese Takeaway and eat at home where a toilet is nearby. I explained that she's going to get a bad case of diarrhea after eating Chinese after not eating a scrap of food for 7 days. It always goes back to the bog.
My juicer is being delivered today. I have bought 3 juicing books on my Kindle and one in hard format. I have read huge amounts of data on juicing and it's benefits and I look forward to seeing what it will do to my body. As I mentioned before, I'm a bit scared I'll fail and give in to temptation but Lord willing I can persevere. I think because I'm working 8-10hrs a day in my hospital I'll be okay...I'll have lots of other busy things on my mind to focus on.
What are my expectations? Sure I want to be healthy and wake up with no morning breath and have poop that doesn't smell, LOL--this is the positive side effects from juicing--But the idea of looking slimmer and kinda fit is a really big drive. I've got booty and curves and in a slimmer form they can actually look much nicer. Also to be honest I want to get back into bike riding and hiking...I miss all of those things so its on the horse I go. Oh and before you ask, I am NOT doing this to attract a man--thing is I've never had a lot of trouble in that dept as long as the bloke liked his girls curvaceous. I'm genuinely doing this to kick start a healthier way of eating and activity.
Okay so enough of the nattering about the healthy stuff for now. Though I will say, all of my colleagues are all dying to see how I get on as they're interested in giving this a go if I don't end up dying of starvation, vitamin deficiency, or the bloody flux.
Cheers for stopping by to read.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
MENTAL PREP -2 days
Friday is going to be the first day of my juicing. I order my juicer tomorrow (11/6) and buy a wks worth of veg and fruit.
Why am I doing this? Well I watched a documentary on Netflix called Fat Sick & Nearly Dying, I really recommend this to anybody who wants to be healthier and reboot their body. Anyway, after watching this program I was really quite inspired and interested in the effects that juicing has on the body, every single cell. So my sister and I decided to give it a go. My sister, Marie, is 5 days in as of today and she's not keen on my constant questions on how she's doing or how she feels. Which to be honest is something I like to know. I want to sort of see what I have to look forward to in a sense. I have read and researched this juicing thang and I am dying to ask a live person tons of questions...unfortunately she's told me to quit treating her like a lab rat.........
That is why I have decided to write about my experiences in graphic detail...just in case someone of you become inspired or interested to do this juicing thing too. Even if nobody reads this ever I at least have a diary of my journey.
My biggest fear, as I prepare mentally, is that I won't have enough WILLPOWER! I just hate that word, don't you? My biggest pitfalls are SWEETS!!!!!! Oh heaven bless me I love my sweeties. Ice cream and banana moon pies. I'm not one of those girls who is addicted to chocolate, could eat it or leave it. I also am not a wine drinker or really much of an alcohol drinker in general. I love my single malt Scotch and a cold G&T with lime in the summer, but other than that I prefer a little bit of juice with lots of club soda and ice. I have lots of ideas to make my juices super tasty, as some of you know I love to cook and bake and experiment with ideas.
I would love to get juicing recipe ideas from those of you who juice and definitely lots of encouraging advice to keep me on the straight and narrow. Most people I've told are super supportive and encouraging. My bestie told me that he wishes for me not to crap myself in public because of the copious amounts of juice I'll be drinking as he doesn't want to laugh himself into soiling his trousers either---A hysterical mental picture...that I wouldn't be too surprised if it happened, to either one of us.
If you've read this far thanks so much and I promise to make the subsequent entries a bit more fun, if possible.
Juice On!
Why am I doing this? Well I watched a documentary on Netflix called Fat Sick & Nearly Dying, I really recommend this to anybody who wants to be healthier and reboot their body. Anyway, after watching this program I was really quite inspired and interested in the effects that juicing has on the body, every single cell. So my sister and I decided to give it a go. My sister, Marie, is 5 days in as of today and she's not keen on my constant questions on how she's doing or how she feels. Which to be honest is something I like to know. I want to sort of see what I have to look forward to in a sense. I have read and researched this juicing thang and I am dying to ask a live person tons of questions...unfortunately she's told me to quit treating her like a lab rat.........
That is why I have decided to write about my experiences in graphic detail...just in case someone of you become inspired or interested to do this juicing thing too. Even if nobody reads this ever I at least have a diary of my journey.
My biggest fear, as I prepare mentally, is that I won't have enough WILLPOWER! I just hate that word, don't you? My biggest pitfalls are SWEETS!!!!!! Oh heaven bless me I love my sweeties. Ice cream and banana moon pies. I'm not one of those girls who is addicted to chocolate, could eat it or leave it. I also am not a wine drinker or really much of an alcohol drinker in general. I love my single malt Scotch and a cold G&T with lime in the summer, but other than that I prefer a little bit of juice with lots of club soda and ice. I have lots of ideas to make my juices super tasty, as some of you know I love to cook and bake and experiment with ideas.
I would love to get juicing recipe ideas from those of you who juice and definitely lots of encouraging advice to keep me on the straight and narrow. Most people I've told are super supportive and encouraging. My bestie told me that he wishes for me not to crap myself in public because of the copious amounts of juice I'll be drinking as he doesn't want to laugh himself into soiling his trousers either---A hysterical mental picture...that I wouldn't be too surprised if it happened, to either one of us.
If you've read this far thanks so much and I promise to make the subsequent entries a bit more fun, if possible.
Juice On!
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