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!

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.

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.

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.