So I am starting a juice fast.
I KNOW, I don't need to lose 10 pounds. I feel like I'm going to get people (mom!) saying "Why are you doing this?! You're too skinny!" Well I am not "too skinny", but either way I think this will be a great way for me to kick start my health and my workouts. We recently watched a documentary with some friends called "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead". It is on Netflix so you should all check it out. Basically juicing is amazing. The thing is, on a juice fast, ALL YOU DRINK IS JUICE. It must be fairly fresh juice, and mostly green veggies. I've been trying it for a few days now mixed in with food and I just decided that I want to commit to the full fast. I'm thinking I will try and do it until Wednesday of next week. So 8 days! That is the recommended time anyways so it works out perfectly. And I am going to Vegas on Thursday so it will be just in time for me to go home and eat all my Mom's delicious food.
This is my Cabela's cup. It is hard plastic so I am going to use it for my juices, SO convenient, yet sporty. :)
Today is Day 1.
I'm feeling pretty good. This morning I made a juice for breakfast which was I think 2 apples, 2 tiny oranges, some cucumber, 2 carrots, 2 celery stalks and 1/4 of a lemon. I wanted it more fruit based to start my day out. After that I made juice for the rest of my workday since I can't really take the juicer to work and pull out my box of veggies. In that one I did a cucumber, 4 celery stalks, I think 4 carrots, 2 T. ginger, a handful of spinach, 1/2 a lemon, 1 orange, and 2 apples. I may be missing things but I think that is it. I drank the fruit one this morning, and then this afternoon I have been slowly making my way through the green juice. I did eat a banana and some strawberries to break up the monotony. They are actually really tasty! It is interesting, the more I drink them the better they taste to me. It is only 3:30pm and I am at work till about 6 today, so we will see how I feel in a little while, but right now I am feeling good. When I get home tonight I will make another juice for dinner, I want to re-create some V-8 juice.... I think that I am going to be a little more lenient with this because I know I don't need to lose a ton of weight. My motivation is to detox my body, feel healthier, have more energy, and basically just try something new. I might have some chicken one night, or some of this really amazing curry Brandon makes. I'm not going crazy but I do want it to be mainly juicing. We'll see how this goes, and how long I last. I figure if I blog about it I'm more likely to stick with it. Brandon is actually sick so he might do it later, but not while he is feeling crummy.
Wish me luck!
P.S.
There is this game EVERYONE is playing called "Draw Something". Basically Pictionary with no time limits and it is on the iPhone. The other day I drew the Lorax and I was pretty proud of myself:
I KNOW, I don't need to lose 10 pounds. I feel like I'm going to get people (mom!) saying "Why are you doing this?! You're too skinny!" Well I am not "too skinny", but either way I think this will be a great way for me to kick start my health and my workouts. We recently watched a documentary with some friends called "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead". It is on Netflix so you should all check it out. Basically juicing is amazing. The thing is, on a juice fast, ALL YOU DRINK IS JUICE. It must be fairly fresh juice, and mostly green veggies. I've been trying it for a few days now mixed in with food and I just decided that I want to commit to the full fast. I'm thinking I will try and do it until Wednesday of next week. So 8 days! That is the recommended time anyways so it works out perfectly. And I am going to Vegas on Thursday so it will be just in time for me to go home and eat all my Mom's delicious food.
This is my Cabela's cup. It is hard plastic so I am going to use it for my juices, SO convenient, yet sporty. :)
Today is Day 1.
I'm feeling pretty good. This morning I made a juice for breakfast which was I think 2 apples, 2 tiny oranges, some cucumber, 2 carrots, 2 celery stalks and 1/4 of a lemon. I wanted it more fruit based to start my day out. After that I made juice for the rest of my workday since I can't really take the juicer to work and pull out my box of veggies. In that one I did a cucumber, 4 celery stalks, I think 4 carrots, 2 T. ginger, a handful of spinach, 1/2 a lemon, 1 orange, and 2 apples. I may be missing things but I think that is it. I drank the fruit one this morning, and then this afternoon I have been slowly making my way through the green juice. I did eat a banana and some strawberries to break up the monotony. They are actually really tasty! It is interesting, the more I drink them the better they taste to me. It is only 3:30pm and I am at work till about 6 today, so we will see how I feel in a little while, but right now I am feeling good. When I get home tonight I will make another juice for dinner, I want to re-create some V-8 juice.... I think that I am going to be a little more lenient with this because I know I don't need to lose a ton of weight. My motivation is to detox my body, feel healthier, have more energy, and basically just try something new. I might have some chicken one night, or some of this really amazing curry Brandon makes. I'm not going crazy but I do want it to be mainly juicing. We'll see how this goes, and how long I last. I figure if I blog about it I'm more likely to stick with it. Brandon is actually sick so he might do it later, but not while he is feeling crummy.
Wish me luck!
P.S.
There is this game EVERYONE is playing called "Draw Something". Basically Pictionary with no time limits and it is on the iPhone. The other day I drew the Lorax and I was pretty proud of myself:
All my other drawings usually look like my nephew might have done it, and he is 4.
2 comments:
I meant to tell you how impressed I was of your Lorax picture! You started and I was like, where is this going. Then I looked at the letters and thought, dang i haven't even seen that movie and you drew it so well I still knew! Keep drawing and keep juicing. Fancy little artist you
dude I drew an excellent lorax when you had to guess it yo. but yours is pretty good. k now i want a ham and egg thing that looked so good. love you sistaaaa
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