Well since the flu and the 5 day cleanse I've been doing great. Craving and eating only healthy stuff. Fruit, salad, avocado, tuna, brown rice, lentils, steamed vegetables. What a nice feeling to not even crave the crap! My body is way happier, my skin is glowing and I can tell I'm losing weight, but not super fast which is fine, I am happy losing it slowly and hopefully permanently.
As far as workouts go, I'm also doing pretty good; we had a record snowfall in our city and my gym was closed, BUT I also got snowed in and couldn't get my car out so I have been walking everywhere for the last few days, and slogging through deep snow with a backpack on is a really great workout! I am going to be super happy to be on the road again, but for now might as well look on the bright side and see it for a good opportunity to get some exercise.
Sunday, 15 December 2013
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Snow, snow, and more snow!
I've been away for a bit and I think it's high time I posted an update. I, along with half the city, am staying home today due to extreme snow conditions. It's snowed heavily for about 30 hrs now, so we have about 1 1/2 ft of it out there! and it is just at 0 degrees which means it turns to glue the minute a person tries to drive anywhere. The city hasn't plowed yet and the roads are terrible. So I'm staying home and having tea and eating a pear, which has to be the best pear I've EVER eaten! (more about why that is in a bit).
So, getting to the update. After my last post, I was feeling pretty good. Then somewhere along the line I had a stressful day and some chocolate got in despite my best intentions. The main source of my stress right now is school. (I have gone back to school at age 30 to become an electrician). I am in first year. I don't enjoy school and the instructor is horrible at explaining things, which means I am left to struggle through the books on my own. However I'm managing to keep my grades up and looking very much forward to the end of January when I will be done and can start working as an apprentice.
After a few days of fighting cravings and making some good but also some poor food choices, I came down with an awful flu and spent 3 whole days in bed with fever, extreme dizziness and a splitting headache. During this time I completely lost my appetite and by the time I started feeling better, I hadn't eaten for 3 days. So I decided why not stay on juices for a further 2 days and make it a 5-day juice fast, to flood my body with nutrition and help get over this horrible flu faster. I was also still feeling some residual disappointment with myself for making it only 6 days out of 7 during the cleanse, and thought that setting a goal for 5 days and actually doing it all the way would restore my confidence in myself.
Yesterday was day 5, and I made it through with flying colours. I was right, doing this really did restore my confidence in my ability to follow through with my decisions. Not only that but I am sure I am recovering much faster and not having to miss any more days of work and school from the flu!
This brings me back to the pear. I decided I wanted a pear for breakfast. And wow after 5 days of juices it was absolute heaven! I can't remember a pear ever dancing on my taste buds quite like this one did. I think 5 days is a good time for me to do reboots from now on. When I try 7 I always get stuck on day 6, or end up eating on day 7 which is supposed to still be a full day on juice. My body seems to be very happy with 5 days. I must take note of that and remember it.
I feel amazing, other than a persistent cough and bit of weakness from the flu still lingering. I have lost at least 5 lbs, by the way my clothes fit, haven't weighed myself yet, but I can tell my body is less puffy and bloated. My skin glows and I feel happy. Best of all, 2 things: I now have renewed faith in myself; and I am now craving only salads and healthy food. I'd say that's a success. Yay!
Workout update: I have not worked out since just before I came down with the flu. I think now I can start doing my workouts again as much as strength allows, and as I continue to feel better I should be back on track soon. I will post updates on that to keep myself accountable.
So, getting to the update. After my last post, I was feeling pretty good. Then somewhere along the line I had a stressful day and some chocolate got in despite my best intentions. The main source of my stress right now is school. (I have gone back to school at age 30 to become an electrician). I am in first year. I don't enjoy school and the instructor is horrible at explaining things, which means I am left to struggle through the books on my own. However I'm managing to keep my grades up and looking very much forward to the end of January when I will be done and can start working as an apprentice.
After a few days of fighting cravings and making some good but also some poor food choices, I came down with an awful flu and spent 3 whole days in bed with fever, extreme dizziness and a splitting headache. During this time I completely lost my appetite and by the time I started feeling better, I hadn't eaten for 3 days. So I decided why not stay on juices for a further 2 days and make it a 5-day juice fast, to flood my body with nutrition and help get over this horrible flu faster. I was also still feeling some residual disappointment with myself for making it only 6 days out of 7 during the cleanse, and thought that setting a goal for 5 days and actually doing it all the way would restore my confidence in myself.
Yesterday was day 5, and I made it through with flying colours. I was right, doing this really did restore my confidence in my ability to follow through with my decisions. Not only that but I am sure I am recovering much faster and not having to miss any more days of work and school from the flu!
This brings me back to the pear. I decided I wanted a pear for breakfast. And wow after 5 days of juices it was absolute heaven! I can't remember a pear ever dancing on my taste buds quite like this one did. I think 5 days is a good time for me to do reboots from now on. When I try 7 I always get stuck on day 6, or end up eating on day 7 which is supposed to still be a full day on juice. My body seems to be very happy with 5 days. I must take note of that and remember it.
I feel amazing, other than a persistent cough and bit of weakness from the flu still lingering. I have lost at least 5 lbs, by the way my clothes fit, haven't weighed myself yet, but I can tell my body is less puffy and bloated. My skin glows and I feel happy. Best of all, 2 things: I now have renewed faith in myself; and I am now craving only salads and healthy food. I'd say that's a success. Yay!
Workout update: I have not worked out since just before I came down with the flu. I think now I can start doing my workouts again as much as strength allows, and as I continue to feel better I should be back on track soon. I will post updates on that to keep myself accountable.
Sunday, 1 December 2013
I feel horrible
First to report: I made it to day 6 of my detox and then fell off plan. Looking back I think I was getting seriously bored with juice and just felt fed up.
However, the major reason I didn't last as long as I`d wanted to is that this month I`m having severely bad, worse than usual PMS. I feel awful and bloated and yucky. I finally got my period 2 days later than usual, which explains how crappy I`ve been feeling. I also feel disappointed in myself for not working out for 3 days.
I`m super tired and in pain so I`m going to take my Advil and go to bed early.
However, the major reason I didn't last as long as I`d wanted to is that this month I`m having severely bad, worse than usual PMS. I feel awful and bloated and yucky. I finally got my period 2 days later than usual, which explains how crappy I`ve been feeling. I also feel disappointed in myself for not working out for 3 days.
I`m super tired and in pain so I`m going to take my Advil and go to bed early.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Day 4 of 7 lbs in 7 days
I'm getting to the end of day 4. I'm really happy I've made it this far. Having said that, I feel extremely crappy, which means my body is detoxing like crazy which is a good thing, I obviously need it. I just feel crappy and crabby, and also it is PMS week so I am bloated, puffy, hungry, and kind of emotional and discouraged-feeling. I get that way every PMS time. I'll get through it. I think I'll go to bed early. I am so tired!
Monday, 25 November 2013
Day 2 of 7: Bubblegum Juice :)
I have made it through days 1 and 2 of my Jason Vale juicing plan!
Update on day 1: I'm not gonna lie, last night was tricky. For awhile there I had to pace back and forth to keep myself moving so that I wouldn't walk into the kitchen and start cooking something lol. I also had a hard time with the juices that have avocado blended into them. Now, I LOVE avocado on it's own. It is pretty much one of my all time favourite things to eat, hands down. But I am NOT a fan of it blended into a juice, as so many of the recipes call for on the 7 lbs in 7 days plan. In my opinion, it ruins a perfectly good juice by making it all slimy, and also ruins my beloved avocado! Just a no-win situation all around :( So after making all my juices/blends yesterday by the book, and choking down the slimyness, I decided instead to make my juices and just drink them that way, and save the avocado and eat it alongside my supper juice for suppertime every day. So with that in mind, I juiced my flasks of juice for today without the avocado in them.
Day 2: Today was Day 2, and the juices were awesome. I haven't had my supper avocado yet, but I am really looking forward to it! It is going to taste soooo good!
Anyway, I went to make my evening juice, and realized I was bored with the JM Super Juice from yesterday, and decided to swap it out for the Parsnip N Pear juice (this recipe is on JV's 5 lbs in 5 days plan, by the way, but he says you can switch some of the juices around). I guess I wasn't sure how much mint was meant by "4 sprigs" as the recipe said, and anyway long story short it was way too much mint and the mint overpowered the juice and it came out tasting exactly like spearmint bubble gum, and a pale green mint colour too! Lol. This wasn't exactly what I had in mind. I like spearmint gum but it was just not a flavour I wanted to drink in a supper juice. But it was ok I guess. Just not what I was hoping for. I'd made the recipe before one time but didn't have any mint and it turned out fantastic, so next time I'll likely leave out the mint. Luckily I bought a whole bag of pears and a small bag of parsnips, so I can do a remake lol.
So at the end of day 2, I am feeling much, much better, less bloated and way more happy in general, and way more energetic. I went for a run tonight in the snow and it was lovely. So today's exercise was cardio instead of weights. usually i do weights on Mondays but I did not today for 2 reasons: I am still very sore from work on Saturday, and the other one is that I didn't want to be too hungry and risk failing on my plan. I need to make it to day 3 and beyond before I do a weights workout or I won't have the energy. So by Wednesday I should be all set to do my weights again.
Update on day 1: I'm not gonna lie, last night was tricky. For awhile there I had to pace back and forth to keep myself moving so that I wouldn't walk into the kitchen and start cooking something lol. I also had a hard time with the juices that have avocado blended into them. Now, I LOVE avocado on it's own. It is pretty much one of my all time favourite things to eat, hands down. But I am NOT a fan of it blended into a juice, as so many of the recipes call for on the 7 lbs in 7 days plan. In my opinion, it ruins a perfectly good juice by making it all slimy, and also ruins my beloved avocado! Just a no-win situation all around :( So after making all my juices/blends yesterday by the book, and choking down the slimyness, I decided instead to make my juices and just drink them that way, and save the avocado and eat it alongside my supper juice for suppertime every day. So with that in mind, I juiced my flasks of juice for today without the avocado in them.
Day 2: Today was Day 2, and the juices were awesome. I haven't had my supper avocado yet, but I am really looking forward to it! It is going to taste soooo good!
Anyway, I went to make my evening juice, and realized I was bored with the JM Super Juice from yesterday, and decided to swap it out for the Parsnip N Pear juice (this recipe is on JV's 5 lbs in 5 days plan, by the way, but he says you can switch some of the juices around). I guess I wasn't sure how much mint was meant by "4 sprigs" as the recipe said, and anyway long story short it was way too much mint and the mint overpowered the juice and it came out tasting exactly like spearmint bubble gum, and a pale green mint colour too! Lol. This wasn't exactly what I had in mind. I like spearmint gum but it was just not a flavour I wanted to drink in a supper juice. But it was ok I guess. Just not what I was hoping for. I'd made the recipe before one time but didn't have any mint and it turned out fantastic, so next time I'll likely leave out the mint. Luckily I bought a whole bag of pears and a small bag of parsnips, so I can do a remake lol.
So at the end of day 2, I am feeling much, much better, less bloated and way more happy in general, and way more energetic. I went for a run tonight in the snow and it was lovely. So today's exercise was cardio instead of weights. usually i do weights on Mondays but I did not today for 2 reasons: I am still very sore from work on Saturday, and the other one is that I didn't want to be too hungry and risk failing on my plan. I need to make it to day 3 and beyond before I do a weights workout or I won't have the energy. So by Wednesday I should be all set to do my weights again.
Sunday, 24 November 2013
7 lbs in 7 days
A couple of months ago, I bought a copy of Jason Vale's "7 lbs in 7 Days Juice Master Diet" book, with the intention of doing it as a detox. Of course I procrastinated and put it off and here I am 2 months later and in great need of a detox! So last week I got it out and reread it and mentally prepped myself to begin this program today.
Last weekend I ate crap and more crap almost every day this week, with the result that I am up 5 lbs from last weeks' weigh in from the salty and carby stuff I ate. I can't seem to just quit all the food types that are bad for me without making it a few days and then amnesia sets in and I forget why it is so important to tough it out til my system is detoxed and I am no longer craving it. Anyway, bottom line is, I do not do well with carbs and starches. My ideal way of eating that makes my body feel best is a diet of abundant veggies, some juices and fruits, and good quality proteins and fats. So, I decided to make that my goal for after this detox plan.
I think this is a really good program for me because it is not strictly juices only. I also found the book really appealed to me because Jason Vale speaks really sensibly about weight loss and detox. I am not the kind of person who can do extremes well, even healthy ones (I crashed and burned after doing 35 days of juice fasting). So today I started Day 1. I feel yucky, but that's not surprising given the fact that I have eaten junk food regularly.
I really want to stick to this and be feeling amazing 7 days from now. I am fed up with my weight and feel that it's time to start doing something about it.
Last weekend I ate crap and more crap almost every day this week, with the result that I am up 5 lbs from last weeks' weigh in from the salty and carby stuff I ate. I can't seem to just quit all the food types that are bad for me without making it a few days and then amnesia sets in and I forget why it is so important to tough it out til my system is detoxed and I am no longer craving it. Anyway, bottom line is, I do not do well with carbs and starches. My ideal way of eating that makes my body feel best is a diet of abundant veggies, some juices and fruits, and good quality proteins and fats. So, I decided to make that my goal for after this detox plan.
I think this is a really good program for me because it is not strictly juices only. I also found the book really appealed to me because Jason Vale speaks really sensibly about weight loss and detox. I am not the kind of person who can do extremes well, even healthy ones (I crashed and burned after doing 35 days of juice fasting). So today I started Day 1. I feel yucky, but that's not surprising given the fact that I have eaten junk food regularly.
I really want to stick to this and be feeling amazing 7 days from now. I am fed up with my weight and feel that it's time to start doing something about it.
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Getting the ball rolling
Weigh in on Friday was decent, I'm down 11 lbs since Nov. 3. But I definitely need to tweak my diet. Overall I did well though, I went back to the gym and got myself back into my routine there. I went to Power class ( I hadn't been there to work out regularly since 2 weeks into August; the last time I fell off the wagon and into binge eating. then I went once in October, then fell right off again. It's been a really bad few weeks). Anyway, that was Wed Nov 6, and I had a real meltdown when a lady in the class asked me if it was my first time. I mumbled, "no" and managed to hold it together til I got to my car and then I cried and cried. I know, I know, I take things too personally...it was enough of a sadness to me to find a lot of my strength gone and have to lift much lighter weights, but then to add injury to injury...sigh. I guess I must have looked really bad. But, no point wallowing in pity, i figured. let that be a lesson to not neglect my diet and exercise again. Sigh. It's been a hard few weeks trying to deal with returning to school etc. But enough excuses.
Anyway, I went that Friday as well and again last week for 2 of the 3 classes. I always feel out of place there,and it's even worse when I've fallen off the wagon and not been there for a month or two. However, I have a new perspective now, and can't let these things get to me. I have to do what's right for myself, one day at a time, and learn how to deal with life without falling into binges on bad food that take the life right out of me. I am not going to live that way anymore. And I am not going to do the juice fasting route anymore either. I have been there done that and gained the weight back again. I've come to the conclusion that I have to choose to honour myself every day and just eat right and exercise every day and not to let myself down anymore.
I have to go grocery shopping today, but for now I am enjoying a green juice and some tea. I am exhausted from work and school.
Anyway, I went that Friday as well and again last week for 2 of the 3 classes. I always feel out of place there,and it's even worse when I've fallen off the wagon and not been there for a month or two. However, I have a new perspective now, and can't let these things get to me. I have to do what's right for myself, one day at a time, and learn how to deal with life without falling into binges on bad food that take the life right out of me. I am not going to live that way anymore. And I am not going to do the juice fasting route anymore either. I have been there done that and gained the weight back again. I've come to the conclusion that I have to choose to honour myself every day and just eat right and exercise every day and not to let myself down anymore.
I have to go grocery shopping today, but for now I am enjoying a green juice and some tea. I am exhausted from work and school.
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