Juice Feasting

I love raw food.  I got away from it this winter and am ready to renew my commitments!  So, I started a juice feast.  4-5 quarts of yummy healthy juice every day for 90 days.  Yes, 90.

So yesterday I started with 2 quarts.  I had lettuce, spinach, carrots, celery, cilantro, lemon, apple and beet juice.  I drank that in the AM and had a regular dinner.

Today I wanted to do my whole day juicy, but, alas, I watched my extra kiddos today.  I was slightly stressed about having 6 kids inside on a rainy icky day, and a puppy that doesn't understand not to jump and chew and pee on the floor.  Then it took like 2 hours to juice all my stuff for the day. Fast forward to lunch time and I was all tense with a facial tic.

My juice today: 48 ounces of orange, pineapple, strawberry juice.  Berry berry good.
96 ounces of romaine, spinach, carrots, cucumber, cilantro, celery, apple, lemon.

I drank all the fruit juice first, and was full FOREVER, so I did not have any more until about 5.  I drank the remaining quart from yesterday and another quart from today, so total intake was 102 ounces of juice. Then I was craving french fries, pasta, anything!  I know it has to do with an addiction to crappy food so I tried to resist but I lost.  I had a bowl of pasta salad we made for dinner.  It was a fairly healthy meal though.  rotini noodles, broccoli, carrots, celery, peppers, tomatoes, whole olives, cheddar cheese chunks in a zesty italian dressing. Yum! I only had a small bowl and now I feel super full.

I can tell I am detoxing right now.. should be a scary week or so.  I have had no soda in over 24 hours.. this is a big accomplishment for me!  I feel light headed and fuzzy and TIRED.  I know that in a couple days I will feel better, but it's a bitch in the meantime. Before anyone freaks out, I had the same symptoms when i moved to raw food from standard american diet last time.  Only this time I am not chewing. :)

I need to get some cute straws.  Maybe glass ones. I have been eyeballing them.I think maybe I should vlog these things.  Maybe.

Why I love raw food...

I love raw food. I consider myself a raw foodist even though I frequently fall off the wagon, and I rarely have a day that I eat 100% raw. I am what you would call "raw till dinner". It is too much work for me to make 2 dinners at night. No, I don't eat raw meat. Yes, I would eat unpasteurized cheese if I had access to it.

Early last fall, I quit the raw food and went back to the conventional american diet. There were lots of reasons, including stress, but the main reason was my school schedule. It was difficult to carry my food in with me to school, and I was getting some crazy looks. So I caved, and started eating chips instead of peppers and tomato wedges.

3 days ago, I officially renewed my commitment to a better diet. I just love how quick the results come rolling in! 3 days of mostly raw and some pants that haven't fit me in a couple months are back on my hips. 3 days and my skin is clear. Literally... no more blemishes at all. You go to bed with those little bumps, and maybe one or 2 pimples, and you wake up and it's smooth... I would say like a baby's butt, BUT, baby's butts aren't really that smooth, and I have problems comparing my face to an ass. so.. smooth as something really smooth. For me this always happens the night after my 3rd day raw. You go to sleep your same old self, and wake up with a fresh new complexion! Love it!!

Losing weight!

So I have had a number of excuses about why I could not work out. First I had a cold, and then the elliptical was broken, and then we did not have the chart that shows you how to use the free motion gym for various muscle groups. You get the idea. It basically boils down to me not working out at all. the only thing I have done is ride my bike.. if you want to call me struggling around the block while my 7 yo rides circles around me and cackles, exercising. For giggles i hopped on the scale this morning, and low and behold, I am down 3 lbs! Go not exercising!! I know that i will really be able to pull the weight off my frame once i get moving! New motivation!!

The Dreaded Pictures

So this weekend, Adan took pictures of me in my used-to-be-cute bathing suit. This isn't the suit i wore when i was skinny. It isn't even the suit i wore after i gained some weight. This is the latest bathing suit i bought about 18 months ago. I am also going to attempt to find a skinny picture and we can look at that for comparison. Yeesh... but now everyone will see the tub and i will HAVE to lose the weight if only to save face. and have some awesome before and after pics.

As a side note, no, I am not pregnant. Just fat.

As another side note. those are not my curtains... They belong to the hotel we were vacationing at. No, i did not go in the pool.

Weight Loss

It is officially time for me to start working at weightloss. I weight approx. 20 lbs MORE than i did 5 minutes before I gave birth to a 9 lb. baby!! O.M.G. So I am starting Body For Life again. More info can be found at www.bodyforlife.com Adan and I both used this program 7 years ago with great results. I swear the stress of living with my MIL caused me to gain 30 lbs LOL. I have only gained 3 lbs since we moved to KY and that was all since Thanksgiving. Darn Pumpkin Pie and Santa Cookies!! I am going to do an update each week, not that anyone reads this but I pretend i have tons of readers so hopefully that will keep me accountable. Anyway, my stats are as follows:

• Upper Arms: 14.25 inches
• Thights: 22 inches
• Waist: 31.75 inches
• Belly Button: 38.75 inches
• Hips: 37 inches

My body is all out of wack, and I am ready to look good again! I am going to post a truly heinous picture of myself in a bikini tomorrow or so, and then I will be super duper freaking motivated to look better!