My sister has me pumped on doing a juice de-toxic, I have been reading about it a lot and just eating healthier in general. Buying fresh produce and all natural organic meats, eggs, milk and a lot of gluten free stuff for Steve. So you would think I would be skinny :) but nope still carrying around this same 30lbs I have been trying to lose after each pregnancy that never gets lost. I am always able to lose the baby weight I gain but ever since Mateo in 2007 I haven't been able to lose that extra weight. I will say that I did get pregnant with Gaige exactly 6 months post after Mateo and its been a hurdle I haven't been able to over come. I am sure it doesn't help that we haven't completely eliminated fast food, while I work out its not on a regular basis and I have been pregnant twice since Gaige. lol However this time is different I am not pregnant, I do not want to look like I am and I want to be comfortable in my own body!
So I am going to blog my next 12 days hoping yall will help keep me accountable and not give up. I am hoping in trying these different juices that I will find some I like and can keep some for one or two meals a day. :) With that said I think there is going to be more I don't like than I do so this is truly going to be tough for me.
Today I went and bought about $50 worth of fresh produce I was shooting for 5 days worth but I don't think it will be enough specially since Gaige loves fruits and veggies and I'm obviously not going to ever tell him no. I spent a hour or so pre-making 4 drinks, a dinner for tonight and breakfast, lunch and dinner for tomorrow and then tomorrow night I will make the 3 meals for the following day. The clean up was a lot I made a huge mess and the whole process seemed to take for ever but I am hoping with time I will get faster and make less of a mess. :P
Day One
7/20/12
Started with Dinner
1 cucumber
4 celery
2 apples
1/2 lemon
1 tbsp ginger
It was so hard to drink very green and it had a terrible after taste. I drank about 90% of it and than a bottle of water. I tried drinking out of a straw and holding my nose just to get it down. I didn't feel full or hungry in the evening but around 11pm when we were going to bed I was hungry.
Day Two
7/21/12
Breakfast
2 cups blueberries
16 strawberries
2 kiwis
I liked this one a lot better but than again it didn't have any veggies in it. lol I did put ice in it to make it really cold which helped but I like drinking it out of a bottle better.
Lunch
3 oranges
1/2 grapefruit
1 carrot
1 celery
Lunch was worse than the dinner one I had on day one. So unfortunately it was either quite or start over so I pulled all my stuff back out a remade my drinks with more fruit and less veggies. Now each drink has a hint of veggie in it so I can continue on.
So lunch ended up being
2 Pears
2 Oranges
1 Kiwi
1/2 cucumber
Dinner
Salad & chicken chili from Jason's deli
My first two days were pretty good, could have been better but hey its a process. First day started with one drink, second day completed two drinks.
Day Three
7/22/12
Today should have been my first day of all juicing but it has not been a good day. A little stress in the house has thrown me completely off. I was not hungry at all for breakfast and than after church the boys wanted to get a burger so I caved and had a chicken sandwich but I didn't order the fries and shared a drink. Than this evening we are going to diner with friends so today I didn't have any. However I'm not losing hope because tomorrow is Monday and with the kids gone and Steve at work it will be much easier to be on my schedule.
Day Four
So day four was my first day of all juice and I did it :)
The juices were good and after each one I had a bottle of water. I did get a headache that night and I really wanted to eat spaghetti with the boys but I held out and just had my juice. I got a 3.26 mile walk in and it felt great.
I only have one juice left for tomorrow which means I need to make more but I am also already running low on stuff. :( I can see very easily having a juice twice a day and just eating dinner with my family but I think the hardest part is always having enough fresh produce to make them.
Breakfast: Grapes, strawberries, apples, cucumber
Lunch: Pears, Kiwi, Orange, broccoli
Dinner: Apples, Kiwi, peaches, celery
Miles: 3.26
Day Five
7/24/12
So today was by far the worst day. Started out ok with my morning juice but since that was my last bottle I had to make more but by the time I got to it, it was already 1:00 and I was starving. I really thought about getting a salad thinking its pretty much the same thing right. I'm talking myself into it but instead I just ate carrots and cucumber slices while I prepared my last 5 bottles. I was so proud of my will power. So I whipped up the last of my produce and once again made a mess. lol I like my juicer but the clean up really does suck. I got really busy in the afternoon and than had to run and get Gaige by that time I had a headache and I was so tired. I could feel that I was cranky and was just dreading the evening. I did not want to drink my juice, I really wanted to cheese burgers I was making for the boys :( but once again I held out and did not have one single bite of the yummy burgers I made.
The worst part about today was not so much I was hungry it was the cravings. I do get hungry like normal when its lunch or dinner but not in between meals so thats great but I hope tomorrow is better. I do like that in the morning I can just grab my juice and go. Its a healthy quick meal with no mess, I would love to get my whole family on at least once juice a day. I made apple juice and orange juice today I can't wait to try it tomorrow, doesn't get any fresher than that. :)
Oh ya my taste buds are on over drive today, it takes good but its stronger. Like when you get pregnant and your sense of smell is more intense its like that. :P
Breakfast: Grapefruit, kiwi, apples
Lunch: Apple, peaches, strawberries, celery
Dinner: Grapes, apples, blackberries, cucumber
Miles: 2.72
Tips:
Drink a bottle of water (or more) after each juice
Add a little veggies in each time until you have enough but not so much it taste gross
I make between 14-16oz pre-made in water bottles so its not so over whelming to do every day
I make all my juices and than clean my juicer at the very end
Oranges and grapefruit have a texture to them a little more pulp than other fruits
On your juicer where the extra goes put a bag in the container so you just have to pull the bag out and through it away.
Day Six
7/25/12
The day started off good as usually had my morning juice, went on my walk and by lunch time it all went down hill from there. :(
Another good tip I have learned about doing a juicing cleanse is timing, the timing has just got to be right to help your self succeed.
Breakfast: Orange juice
Lunch: Spaghetti - Good portion control
Dinner: Pizza
Miles: 2.92
Day Seven
7/26/12
Still off the wagon and feeling down on myself but I only had one juice left and I am out of produce and no time to go to the store. Tomorrow we leave for SA and will be there all weekend so I am going to retry my juice cleanse next week. However I am still going to watch what I eat and have portion control.
Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Chicken crispers @ Chili's - Ate to much
Dinner: Apple juice
Miles: 0.0
FAILED JUICE CLEANSE but I did enjoy juicing and have continued to make fresh juice at home.
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