Beyond Willpower

Well, the ticker is finally moving in a downward trend and staying there. I've lost 3 lbs this week. I've been eating 1500 cals, doing 30 mins on the bike a night (would like to do 30 in the morning too. will do that tomorrow) and drinking water, green tea, and fresh juice. at the moment I'm drinking some pineapple, kale and spinach juice. It was so overwhelmingly sweet that after two stems of kale I added about 2 or 3 handfulls of spinach and it's perfect. Mmmmm. :) Trying to get more dark leafy greens in. So last year for me, was about weight loss. Now that I think I understand the whole weight loss process (whether I follow it all the time is another story altogether) I think this year the focus is going to be on whole foods and health. I do eat vegan (except recently I did slip up and have dairy a few times when eating out, but not since being back on plan.) and I do generally eat whole foods. BUT....not enough. I feel like more veggies could work their way into m...

Well, today was the easiest day I've had so far. Hunger is becoming a non-issue, no headaches or fatigue at all, not even a little. My shoulders hurt less than they have recently, which is good. Was having a bit of a fibro flare for a week or so there. Joey is doing well too. So as of this morning I weighed 221, down 7 lbs in 5 days. Joey is down 8 lbs. Go us! Now that I'm through the worst of it I might stop blogging daily about it and only blog if things of note happen while fasting. I am going to post some tips tomorrow though, so for anyone interested in juice fasting keep an eye out and be sure to click 'follow' over there on the right. Although I am not pining for food, I do miss the actual act of cooking, although I don't miss the act of doing dishes. ;)

Well, today was another good day. I must say it was my hungriest day, but I didn't drink much because I was out most of the day and didn't have time to juice a batch before I left. It was kind of last minute. I have decided my fave veggie juice is the 'everything but the kitchen sink' recipe from the complete book of juicing. broccoli, carrots, celery, red pepper (instead of green that they ask for), apple and cucumber. I also add a little spicy V8 to it for a little tomatoeyness. :D I was pretty proud of myself for being out where there was pizza and chips and not feeling the need to 'control myself' because it was pretty easy. The pizza part, because I'm gluten free, there is just NO WAY I'm willing to put my body through that no matter how hungry I may be. well, I've lost 7 lbs now, I'm hoping to be down to 220 in the morning. :D TWOTEENS HERE I COME! :)

I must say today was the most difficult day, and it was barely difficult. I'm having tomato sauce cravings, I must be missing some tomatoey nutrient so I'm adding some v8 to my juice (I hate tomatoes, and I know v8 is tomatoes but it seems less gross. Although still a bit gross. ;) Anyhow, twice today I felt super nauseous and sick and tired and both times it hit seemingly out of the blue. It didn't exactly build up to crazy nausea, it just WAS. I had gone too long without drinking my juice twice, I'm trying to juice 5 times a day, it seems if I do less or spread it out too far I feel like crap. I did take a 30 min nap today, which I hadn't needed to nap the last two days but I was just physically unable to keep my eyes open. I feel like I just need to keep on top of staying within proper nutritional ranges, which means 5 juices, and plenty of veggie juice at night, mostly fruit earlier in the day (don't want to sleep on a bunch of sugar.) My progress so...

I got my juicer today!  and I made deliciousness! Until I get more supplies tomorrow I just threw whatever I had in the house into it. this was apple, orange and strawberry. Fruit juices are a bit high calorie, so I'm going to mix them with low cal veggies starting tomorrow.  My review: Breville JE900 Juice Extractor After reading reviews for a few hours....okay, a few days! I decided on the Breville JE900, it was on sale, had free shipping, and was one of the highest rated not just on amazon, but on juicer review websites as well. So far I love it, it's fast, it's fairly simple to put together once you read the directions. (I had some stuff on upside down at first. But I'm also ridiculous.) The directions are pics with instructions so it's easy to get together. It juices fast, but let me warn you, to quote my boyfriend joey, "It sounds like a jet engine", which it does. I live in an apartment with a baby downstairs and there is no way they would ...

Lately I've been told by several people how positive I am. I find this to be refreshing, since I used to be such a 'debbie downer'. I used to be angry at the world and was the very angsty-est of teens. Does it get more angsty than this!?  So much in my life is changing right now. I'm becoming more independent, more responsible, more organized, more capable at work, everything seems to be falling into place. My bf and I are making a 5 year plan, we're focusing on the future, which I'm proud of joey for, because he NEVER has interest in what 'will be' or 'someday' or anything like that. In other news, I hit 237 today. When I hit 229 lbs I will officially have lost more than I ever have before in my life. (previous record = 70 lbs, in a totally unhealthy fashion). I'm feeling great. I do 10 miles on my bike 2-3 days a week, I am also doing interval training on the other days, c25k only on a stationary recumbent. Food is getting easier an...