Day 16

I survived my first social outing! It was hard and weird but it went well! I was super prepared for this and I knew I would not break a sweat.

We went to the Beard and Mustache National Championship in Austin, Texas last night. Before we had left I made sure I stuffed myself with juice. I also pre-juiced and packed my juice and water for my to have before we went in. When we arrived at 6pm I was still stuffed. We walked around and long and behold I found a pizza place called " Hoboken Pizza". We all know NJ/NY has the best pizza. I have yet to find a place down here that the pizza doesn't taste like cardboard. Well this pizza place was from Hoboken, NJ. Wow! I went in just to look and smell. I asked the guy behind the counter why is it called Hoboken Pizza and he said that the owners are from Hoboken NJ. He then offered me a slice. My mouth was watering. I said I was just looking. The pizza looked great. On the way out, I caught a glimpse of a sign that offered Vegan Pizza as well there... hmm... that sparked my interest as well.

We walked to the place that the competition was taking place. My boyfriend and room mate has a beer. I had water. The beer did not smell or look good to me which I was happy about, however, the guy sitting next to us at a table was eating a delicious looking and smelling burger. My sense of smell now is out of this world. I can smell ingredients in everything. It was 730 now and the hunger pain had strikes. Wow, I was starving. I asked the boys if we could go to the car so I could have my dinner. They are so supportive these two, its amazing. Every time they eat they say you don't want this, it isn't as great as it looks. We went to the car immediately and I began to drink my green juice. The security of the parking lot was strolling around ad I was scared they were going to think I was drinking liquor. I decided if they wanted to smell it they were more welcome, heck they could try it too! Get them on the juice train. They didn't ask though. After that we went into the competition and had a blast.

I realized in any social gathering, there is food involved. No matter what! Think about every single time you get together with people. You eat. Even if you invite people over to watch a movie, guaranteed someone will have a drink in their hand or something they are eating while watching the movie. I was glad I prepared for that outing.

Tonight we are having friends over for a game night and a BBQ. Yup, I will not be eating. I feel more powerful and more disciplined then ever before. I have control over what I am eating and what I decide to put into my body. I am in control. I win. It feels great. We or they are having BBQ chicken and burgers with mash potato and corn. I am having Mean Green with a side of... Mean Green. My friend said " I wish you could eat with us" I said, " I am eating with you, just in liquid form." You just cant give in to social pressures of food. If it is there, you do not have to eat it. No one is making you eat mozzarella sticks or pizza because everyone else is eating it. You make the choice. It is your body.

My moon has been interfering with this detox for sure. I am STARVING all day. I need a lot of juice to keep me satisfied and I realize this is only temporary. I am having a hard time with the OJ in the morning during this time. I have OJ every morning but during this time it is spiking my sugar levels then dropping them dramatically. I think I may have to lay off the OJ until my moon is over. I am trying to juice  ton of Kale to keep my iron up because I am feeling anemic. All of the research I have done says you have less cramping and all of this other stuff. Not for me. the cramps are beyond comparison of other months. I am getting 10-11 hours a sleep a night and I am just not a happy camper. This is temporary and shall pass. I will not let this time slow me down or let me give up.

I cannot believe I went 17 days so far. I am so proud of myself. This is something I knew I could do but it actually feels amazing to have done it.

As I have mentioned I am not weighing myself this week as it is inaccurate and I don't want to be discouraged! I will weigh myself starting next Saturday again.
Happy Juicing xoxo-Nicole

Day 15

I've been on an orange kick lately. Craving oranges all day and night. Today is my halfway mark!!!!! 15 more days! Im pumped I made it this far. Today I am lounging around. We are heading to Austin soon and I plan on packing my juice to bring. If the guys want to stop and eat Im cool with it. I can now be around people eating and it doesn't bother me however,the smell of food is intense. I can smell ingredients in condiments. Its insane. I am excited to be able to eat solids again. I think ny taste buds are more geared to vegetables now. I think anything with flour will taste like cardboard.  Last night my boyfriend had cookies and cupcakes and I had 0 interest in them. Today my juicing has been off. Its girl time so I am being affected differently although I had no food cravings before it (which I always have and eat. One time a are 1 candy bar everyday for 5 days) true story. gross. I have had hardly any cramps but im tired. surprise surprise. Juicibg is now just a part of life. I won't weigh myself right now because its not accurate so I will weigh again in a couple days. My cravings have been salad with turkey and cheese chunks avacado bacon tomato cucumbers and ranch dressing. Maybe paired with soup.
Happy Juicing!!

Day 12 and 13

As you have noticed I have begun to blog every other day. I have a busy bee and hadn't had a chance to blog anything yesterday. Everything has been working great and I feel great too! I have worked out a juicing schedule that works like I am teaching. I have noticed I cannot have too many carrots or pineapple, it really messes my stomach up. I love pineapple juice for sure but I guess it is to harsh on my stomach because of the sugars in it. I have to juice leafy veggies in order to feel full.

Since juicing can be pricey, I have set a budget of 30 bucks at Sam Club for the week. This is going to be really difficult but I know I can do it. I do not want to stop juicing before the 30 days because of money so I will make this work.

Juicing has interrupted my social life for sure. I cannot eat solids or drink alchol so I can not attend any BBQs or go out with friends right now. It stinks but they all understand and Id rather not be the party pooper at events. The new skinny me will join them afterwords.

Today I weighed myself and I was a half pound up because it is the time of the month. It was sad but I know it is just water retention. It's enviable. I decided not to weigh myself again until a week before I am done juicing so I don't get sad when I see my weight go up and down. I want consistency.

I have noticed I have been tired on this detox. I have heard of a lot of people saying they have energy but I believe it is all in how your eating habits were prior to this detox. I ate low carb and was a relatively healthy eater. This fat I am loosing is previous stubborn fat I needed gone. I think the people who get energy are the ones who eat garbage and switched to this. I'm not sure though. I get about 10 hours of sleep a night! Ahhh~ well... 17 more days!!

Current Weight- 190 lbs
Weight lost- 13.8 lbs
Craving- Chinese food
Mood- tired

Days 10 and 11

Sorry I did not get to post yesterday. I had a very busy day and before I knew it, I was in bed.

Yesterday was day 10! I cant believe I ave made it this far!! I had my normal Mean Green for the day and I lost another 1.4 lbs!

Today is day 11. I woke up today feeling energetic. I woke up before my alarm. I took a nice hot shower. I juiced my OJ for my morning drive and had a great morning. Today's juice was terrible but I drank it anyway. You know when you have just leftovers and you throw them together to make a meal? That was my juice for the day. I had a mixture of everything. It wasn't that great. I have been having OJ in the morning, green juice for mid morning and lunch and a fruit at night. I know  shouldn't have the fruit at night but it is helping me get through this. I haven't gained or stopped loosing any weight from it, so I think it is ok. I lost another pound today. I am a total of 12.6 lbs today. Its unreal how the weight just drops off. I am going to start running tomorrow. I was supposed to start yesterday but this week has been hectic. I am staring to slim out. I have had many people tell me and I can tell in the mirror, however, I feel like everything is slimming into my mid section. The flat tire expression is holding true in my midsection. I feel that was there the whole time but was covered by other fat so I didn't notice it as much. I hope that is next to go! I started a new thing that when I see food I ask myself " Does this have nutritional value?" If yes, then I can eat it. If not, then I will find something else. For example, mac n cheese..no value. Salad... value.

Today I put on  a pair of comfy pants that were tight on me and not flattering. Today they are loose and my butt actually has room to breathe in them! It is nice to have a boost of confidence and feel like I am making progress! I have been looking up recipes for when I get ff of this detox and I have found substitutions for food that I would make once in a while. For example, cauliflower for pizza crust. It is a long process to make the "crust" bu it will be worth it. I will mostly be eating salads, fruits, and vegetable for sure.  I look forward to buying another size down jeans soon!

Happy Juicing!

Current Weight- 191.4lbs
Weight lost- 12.6 lbs
Mood- Happy, confident
Cravings- Mexican food

Day 9

Sometimes on this detox you have your up days and you have your down days. Today, was a down day for me. I have been wanting solid food all day long. I have been grouchy, irritable, and starving. I have thought about a nice turkey and cheese sandwich with spicy mayo with lettuce and tomato. I have thought about home baked macaroni and cheese. The kind you put in an oven. I have though about how today is Sunday. It is like national food day because everyone is all cozy on Sundays with loved ones eating food. Here I am drinking juice, pity party for table of 1 please. I cleaned out the cabinets today to get my mind off everything. I reorganized it and it didn't bother me to see all the food. I then did the fridge. I got rid of all the condiments but once I stared seeing BBQ sauce and my favorite mustard, I was in a stink. I started questioning myself to why I started this or why I feel like I have no self control. I have proven to myself that  I do have self control and now I am making the association between wanting food or being actually hungry. I blame it on being Sunday and being bored. During the week I am fine because I am at work and have no time to think about it because I am busy with the kids. On the weekends I enjoy every second relaxing and doing nothing. However, I think I am going to start being busy. I sat outside today and read, I watched movies, I watched my room mate empty oil out of his pan ( yes I was that desperate to keep entertained), I complained and complain and complained about being hungry to my boyfriend. I did all of this to keep my mind off of food. I juiced my normal 4 glasses today and this is what I blame it on. PMS.

Yes. the dreaded PMS. Now, if your a guy reading this, feel free to exit and wait until tomorrow's post. Ill see you then. .... Ok, now since the guys are outta here, let me continue. So every woman knows PMS stinks sucks. During this time, I want food. A lot of it. I want sweets and when I want it. I can house tacos like you've never seen during this time. I am like a freight train barrelling down at 100mph with steam blowing out of my engines and I'm ready to plow anything in my path. I remember when I was 10 my friends mom always wore this shirt that said "I got PMS and a hand gun. Any questions?" I never knew at a young age what that meant. Now I need to borrow that shirt. My hormones are out of control and I want solids. I thought Valentines Day was hard, think again. This will be the hardest week thus far. I can feel it already. I was so close to saying "Just a little lunch meat wont hurt" YA RIGHT. I just needed to go away from the kitchen.

I have done some research and apparently, if you have bad cramping usually, while you are fasting there are no cramps. Ill report that to you and let you know.

Well today is a wrap. I want a hot shower and bed. It's 6pm. Remember you have ups and downs. Not everything is always gravy. They didn't say it was going to be easy, they just said it was going to be worth it.

Week 1 Photos

Here is Week 1 of my Face Photos! On the left is day 1 and on the right is day 8. I look miserable on day 1 because I was. ( excuse my unde eye baggage and tiredness) I will reveal body photos on day 30 but will do other photos every week! Keep coming back to check for inspiration!

Day 8

4"Let the food by thy medicine"- Hippocrates

Phew! The past 2 days were rough! The stomach bug took a lot from me. I really wanted crackers or soup but I knew I couldn't do it. That was really hard fighting through that with just juice. I did it though. I just told myself I had no choice.

Now that the bug is gone, today I have lost yet another pound! I know that I will not lose as much as time goes on, I think it will start to slow soon. Some of the research I looked into, the people lost a pound everyday but they were much heavier so I guess we will see how many I can lose. My goal is 30. I figure 10 lbs is water and the 20lbs will be fat.  The fear I have is that I will stop this detox and begin to eat (healthy) and I will gain everything back. If I eat super healthy and really watch what I am putting in my body I believe I will gain only 10lbs back (which will be water)

Today we went to the food store. I wanted to try a new beet recipe a friend had given me. Thanks Diane! In the food store, I actually felt overwhelmed by the food that was out. I have never felt this way before! I just felt consumed by meat, bread, sweets, cheese and sushi. We did go to a bigger store with a great selection of produce but I felt like an alcholic in a liquor store. I am still not sure why I feel this way.

Today for lunch I juiced beets,apples,celery and cucumber. ( recipe at bottom) It was good. I love beets from a can but they have so much sodium in them. I used to eat boiled egg whites and beets as a snack thinking I was healthy. The carb count and sodium count is terrible.  I do like the recipe. It is sweet. I heard the beets are cleansers so be careful how much beets you use. They also turn your pee red.

I took pictures of me on Day 1 and Day 8 to see my progress in a bikini. You can defiantly see a difference. At the end of this blog I will post my day 1 picture and my day 30 picture. I also measured myself and I am down 2 inches in my thighs, my waist and 1.5 inches around my calf. I hated my calfs. If I can get those where I want them I will be happy. I haven't been working out because I did not want to overdue myself at first but starting this week I will be do running and some light lifting.

I am no longer craving a bunch of food but I am still craving meat. I suppose I am a meat eater at heart but I guess we will see how I feel at day 30. If at Day 30 I want meat, I will go back to eating low carb. If I have no interest in meat, well I guess this girl is becoming a vegetarian. I never thought I would say that but I could give it a try. I do love veggies!

My sense of smell is ridiculous now with food. My boyfriend was cooking rice last night and I mentioned how good it smelt and he said he couldn't even smell it. Today he made coffee and I could smell the beans. He also made bacon and it smelt divine but he said he couldn't smell it either. I believe it is because he is used to eating these things on an everyday basis. Since I took everything out of my diet my sense of smell heightened.

I have had a lot of people interested in juicing and also a alot of people saying they want to do it but rather make excuses to why they cannot. It is so silly. I used to do the same thing though but I suppose those people don't know how strong they really are.

Current Weight- 194.2lbs
Total lost- 9.6 lbs
Mood- content
Craving- Chefs Salad with ranch dressing
Recipes USed:

Just Beet It ( I made this title up)
1/2 beet
4 beet leaves
4 inch cucumber
1 small red apple
3 celery stalks

Day 7

Day 7.

Today I lost half a pound. Yes,I was disappointed it wasn't a whole pound but any weight lost is good.

Today I started my day off with hot tea. Since I was sick last night, my boyfriend made my juice last night for me for today. I had 2 glasses in the morning. I still have a hint of the stomach bug so I came home early to sleep. I noticed I need greens in my juice to actually fill me. Im trying to not juice so much fruit. It has a lot of sugar in it. I came home and juiced some mean green. I also juiced oj for vitamin c. Back to bed. Its been one were of juicing already! 23 more days!

Current weight- 195.2
weight lost- 8.5 lbs
mood- sleepy
craving- avacado and salad

Day 6

Hi! As you can see I didn't get a chance to post last night. (on actual day 6)I've caught the stomach bug. A couple of kids at my school have it and well I got it. I went straight home to bed and couldn't blog.

With that being said, Valentines Day was by far the hardest. Food all day. Sweets all day. We celebrate holidays with food. Its hard to have social gatherings and be the one juicing, watching everyone enjoy their goodies. At my students Valentines party we (they) ate cupcakes, cookies, popcorn,candy, grapes,finger sandwiches, chocolates and juice. Boy were they sugared up! I'm sure their parents loved me. I so badly wanted a mini cupcake. I calculated how much I would have ate,if I wasn't juicing. I felt disgusted at how much I was eating at parties and holidays simply because it was there. I'm now more aware of my actions with food.

Lately, I've been missing solid food. However, I've been want more salads and steamed veggies rather then Chik Fil A.

Current weight- 195.8 lbs
Lost today- 1 lb
Craving- Salads
Mood- missing solids but still good

Day 5

Woo Day number 5!

Hi again. Today is Day 5. When I started this detox I remember thinking that  I'd do it for 10 days and when it hit Day 5 I would be super excited. Those plans have changed but I am still excited! I am excited I am less hungry throughout the day and I am down 7 total pounds now! Another couple days and I will need a smaller jean size for sure. I love how I am inspiring people to change or at least sparking their interest to change. I have noticed some people really asking me questions about this. I have had only 1 person be the debby downer about it.  They made remarks "Just be careful. I mean are you actually eating? How is this healthy if you aren't eating?' I wanted to look at that person and beg them to do research, but instead I gave them all the information so they could go on their merry, skinny way ;) Hey skinny, fit, or underweight people can also do this detox if they want just 7 days to reboot their system and get healthier skin. This is seriously for all shapes and sizes.

Well, Nicole did it again. She broke something around the house. My room mate and boyfriend just love to fix everything I break and they do it with a smile. Notice my sarcasm. Apparently, you cannot wash off your juicer into the sink. The pieces or residue go into the garbage disposal and give the pipes a huge clog causing not only your sink to clog but also your washer :) Yikes. I am paying for it now for sure. I now have to juice and then clean everything in a bucket like I am living in the very early early ages of life when they did not have sinks. I then have to throw the water outside and rinse them again. Double work.

For snack at school, the kids had a blueberry muffin loaf. Some were bite sized. I was handing them out and OUT OF HABIT almost popped one into my mouth! I caught myself and chuckled because it was that, simply a habit. I am becoming so aware of habits I once had and now I notice them more and more everyday. I am breaking those habits and I couldn't be happier about it!

Today at school, a little girl of mine spilt a secret. She was giving me a large Hershey Kiss tomorrow for Valentines Day. YIKES. RED FLAG. SENSES ALERT. My favorite...chocolate. I will conquer it. Want to know how? I no longer have the sense of even wanting that chocolate. It does not phase me. Tomorrow at school we are having a big Valentines Day party. Most of the parents are coming but all of the parents are bringing treats in the morning. I'm talking cookies, cup cakes, candies, fruit, (hmm maybe I should being my juicer..just joshin), popcorn, finger sandwiches. Holy food. There will be so many temptations.I will simply help hand them out. I will simply receive my gifts and put them in my bag to take home. I will not eat them yet I will give them to my boyfriend to use as his carb backload. This is another diet we won't get in to. I will watch my children eat their treats and remember I had that chance when  I was that age. I had that but it was that, simply a treat. Not a meal and not a snack. I had that time and now I am on to healthier times now that I am older. Remember that meditation I mentioned earlier on the prep page? Well, this is a great example. This is how I meditate about situations as they are happening. I just tell myself I had that once and many times before and I do not need them again. I am healthy now.

I looked today and had 296 page views! Holy health nuts! Keep it coming! Happy Juicing!

Current Weight- 196.8lbs

Weight lost today- 1lb

Weight loss total- 7 lbs

Craving- Still a bit of Rotesserie Chicken with dipping mustard

Mood- happy :)

Recipes used today:

My Own
4 green apples
8 celery stalks
Very refreshing

Pinapple
1 whole pinapple

Orange Juice
2 large oranges

Day 4

Hello people! Today is day 4.

I'd like to report, today I am feeling GREAT! I woke up and juiced some apples for breakfast. I was already thinking that I was going to have a headache but I had none! I weighted myself and I was down 6 lbs! Did I mention it is only day 4? Ok seriously guys, I have never dropped weight so quick in my life. There was even a time in college I tried taking diet pills. They didnt even work as fast as this!

Yesterday at work, I had  a killer headache come noon. I knew I did not pack enough juice. Today I packed 2 quarts of juice. I juiced at 630am, 1030am and 1230pm. It was enough for the whole day!

So today I feel like I have coffee going through my veins but I have not had coffee in 2 weeks. I read this would happen and I have been looking forward to this day since day 1. I can think clearer and have a better focused mind. Overall, I feel wonderful! My skin is shedding almost. The dry skin is just coming off and revealing this radiant, soft skin. I usually have dry skin come this time of year but this is awesome! I have had no headaches and I am not tired!!

I decided I really do not like Kale. The taste is pungent. I decided to switch out the kale in recipes for spinach. It is much easier going down! I have also had that clarity that they talk about. I can think clearer and deeper. I am questioning everything. I really think I was a food addict. I was obese? no. Was I overweight? Yes. It was because I was addicted to food. Eating it all the time and what I eating. Think of it this way. Drug addicts are addicted to drugs, all kinds. They dabble or do it and they get hooked. They like the way it feels and depedning on the drug you can get certain strains of it. It is the same idea as food. You start eating like garbage, you'll continue to eat garbage. You start numbing yourself with food, your emotional so you eat, your bored so you eat. It is all linked together. Now, lets be clear here, I am no way shape or form trying to compare food addicts to drug addicts but here are some stats.

According to CNN.com, there were a total of 28,754 people that died last year from a drug overdose.
According to Obesity in America, it is estimated that obesity kills 400,000 people a year in the US.

You learn something new everyday. Why is it that more people are dying of obesity? It's an easy answer. Food comes easy, cheap, and as much as you want. You can order it without anyone asking questions. You can eat it anytime of the day or night with no one asking why. You can buy in bulk and no one will question as your walking out of the store. It is a normal occurence that society has deemed acceptable.

Last night, I had 15 Facebook messages from people asking me about this detox. Wow!! I am so excited to respond back to them and also to share this blog!

Here's to a great day of  juicing!!!

Current weight: 197.8lbs

Weight Lost: 6 lbs

Cravings: I can actually see food and not really want it as bad. I am still craving Chicken Alfredo from Olive Garden ( I do not eat pasta and havent had this in years so I do not know why I feel this way) I am actually craving the juice now and salads.

Mood: Happy and elated the worst is over and I MADE IT!!!!!!!

Juice Recipes Used

Mean Green
4 stalks of celery
1 thumb of ginger
1 green apple
1 cucumber
2 cups of spinach

My own recipe:
4 celery stalks
4 carrots
2 green apples
1 lemon

Day 3

First day back to work after starting this juice detox. I woke up with a ton of energy and was 3 lbs lighter,making it 5 lbs total in 3 days! All of the ladies I work with are super supportive. They keep cheering me on and not talking about food which helps! So I decided if I could eat anything right now it would be like my death row last meal type of deal. It would be Rotisserie Chicken with Herlochers dipping mustard, Velveeta Mac and Cheese and Rigatoni with meat sauce..don't forget the garlic bread. For dessert, Applebees blondie.

Ok, now that I am starving, or so I think, I am grateful to do this because I realized that when I say I am starving, I don't think I am actually starving. I think I just want food. I'm not starving, starving people live in countries where they are too poor to eat or the poverty level is so low they cannot eat. That is not me. I also have given thought that religions go on fasts for 21 days without food or water. I also have been thinking what classifies bread as an essential food? When you say I am just getting the essentials like milk,bread and eggs. Since when are those "essential" foods? Bread had so much artificial things in it and the carb count is wicked, milk is not made for humans but it is made for animal to eat and get larger, and eggs..well I do like eggs and I suppose they are healthy for you. I guess I am eating essentially, vegetables and fruits. I am considering myself  a vegetarian but in juice form. I am nourishing my body. I tend to get scared when I am feeling sick that maybe this is not normal but my body and I shouldn't be doing this but then again, why didn't I question when I was eating fast food. Why didn't I feel sick? I believe it was normal years of behavior. Ok so now this is my normal behavior. Through changing my thought process in the habits of my eating has helped me through this detox.  I also have spent alot of time meditating. It is not the meditation that one sits with their legs crossed and does the thumb to middle finger meditation but more sit quietly and just be surrounded by quietness.

In the morning I had a ton of energy and no headache. As the day went on I had a bad headache and was very tired. I decided I needed more juice to bring with me from home so every time I was hungry, I would drink. This may help. today for lunch, the kids had pizza. Ok, mind you, the pizza looked like cardboard. I still wanted it. Hopefully I will start to crave juice and no longer food soon, like they say will happen. I realize I also have ups and downs in my day with my feeling of being sick. I need to realize it is because the toxins are leaving my body. Here's to juicing and my nap I am about to take! Did I mention I have been super tired? Till tomorrow

Current Weight- 198.8 lbs

 Weight Lost -5 lbs

Craving: Still the chicken with mustard and Chik Fil A

Recipes I used today:

Mean Green
4 celery stalks
1 green apple
1 thumb of ginger
7 stalks of kale
1 cucumber

My own recipe
3 carrots
1 cucumber
4 celery stalks

Day 2

Hi everyone! Today is day 2.

 I woke up in better spirits. I weighed in and I had lost 1.5 pounds! Its motivation to keep me going! I made some orange juice for breakfast with lemon water for my intestine cleanse.

11:30am- drinking juice-Mean Green and water

2:30.. I am starving, I tried making celery, apple and cucumber juice. I am holding my nose to drink it. I hate it. My stomach is starting to go a little nutso, gurgling and growling. They say to drink juice everytime you are hungry but I just feel hungry all the time. I am really hoping it subsides soon. I hope writing this blog will help with my venting too. I am downing my 2.2L water, to try and subside the hunger. We shall see what happens. I have work tomorrow too ( I teach Preschool) so I hope my hunger doesn't get the best of me with my patience with the little ones. I just have to keep trucking and hope the scale drops tomorrow. My boyfriend is cooking burgers right now and the smell is divine.

5:30pm- Juiced carrot,apple, celery, and cucumber. It was okay, but I washed it down with water. I still have a slight headache but I think it is just confused to all the other foods I was eating and it waiting for them to come.

Tomorrow I have work, I am a bit nervous about my juicing schedule and how tired I am going to be. I have everything juiced and ready to go for tomorrows lunch! I prejuice it and put it in a 2 quart jug ready to go! No excuse to forget my juice for work! Through the support I have I know I can do this!!

It is 8pm. I am going to bed. Today is by far the worst day of this detox. I was in tears at night with my boyfriend telling him I wasn't sure if I could do this. His response " Yes  you can and yes you will."

I hope everyone has as much support as I do on this!! I love good friends and a good boyfriend!

Current Weight- 201.8 lbs

Weight Lost-  1.2 lbs


Things I am craving: Rottisary chicken with Herlochers dipping mustard

Feeling: Hungry, tired, and a bit cranky with a headache

Recipes Used:

Mean Green
4 celery stalks
1 green apple
thumb of ginger root
7 or 8 stalks of kale
1 cucumber

My own recipe
4 celery stalks
1 green apple
1 cucumber








 

Day 1

Hello. Today is day 1.

 I woke up at 10:00am ( It's Saturday and this is late for me). I weighed and measured myself.

 I went to the kitchen and began juicing. I drank an orange juice to start my morning. I decided to drink a fruit in the morning to add some sugar into this detox. I recommend not to do all fruit juices in this detox, you ll gain weight. It has to be mostly veggies!

About noon I was starving again. I made the Mean Green Juice.  I cannot stop thinking about food!! Bacon and eggs! Mmmmmm MEAT! I down the juice but I am not happy about it.

The hunger pains strike again about 2:00pm. I make a celery, cucumber, and lemon. Yum. NOT. I know I just need to get through the first couple days because all the research I did said days 1-4 are the worst.

I am pretty tired and decide to nap 2pm-4pm.

I wake up at 4:00pm and I am STARVING! I make another mean green juice. I am grouchy, tired, and hungry.

I sit pouty on the couch all day long. Hungry. I hate everyone and everything. I hate my boyfriend because he is filling the house with yummy bacon smells and hamburgers. Mmmm bacon cheeseburger with onion rings... ( that's in my head)

Okay. Day 1 down. I am not going to lie. It blows. Bad. I am going to bed. It is 8pm but I feel like I cant be around anyone anymore.

Happy Juicing!

Weight- 203lbs

Mood- cranky

Recipes Used:

Mean Green
4 celery stalks
1 lemon
1 green apple
1 thumb of ginger
1 cucumber
7 stalks of Kale

Refresh Recipe
2 cucumbers
4 celery stalks
1 lemon
1 green apple

Here are some before shots for you!!

Preperation

Prep Yourself

Make sure to contact your local doctor to see if you are healthy enough to do this detox.

To prepare myself for this detox, I needed to ween myself off of meat. I was eating a high protein diet . It was meat, meat, more meat and veggies. I spent a week and a half weening myself off of coffee in the morning and the meat throughout the day. I started eating more veggies and less meat. I replaced my daily coffee with hot tea with nothing in it. I started eating a lot of cucumbers and carrots and drank a ton of water. I started replacing one meal with juice a couple days before my detox.

Juicer used: My amazing boyfriend bought an Omega Juicer. It gets all of the juice out of the vegetables. You do not want a juicer that is going to make pulp in your juice. I put the juicer together wrong the first time I used it and got pulpy juice. It was nasty, trust me.

Meditation- Ok Ok so your thinking.. meditation. Yeah I am going to skip over this part. Call it what you will, but this helped me through days 1-3. Your are having hunger pain and are grouchy ( not because your actually hungy but we will get to this part soon) What helped me was to sit in a quiet area and just breathe and tell myself that I am not "starving" this is temporary and it will pass. I will nourish my body with the juices.

Water-Be ready to drink at least 2 Liters of water a day! I suggest going to Walmart and getting a water jug that shoes how much you are drinking.

Grocery List- I have a Sams Club Membership so I went there and bought anything I could in bulk. A lot of people think this is more expensive to eat this way but think about how much extra you spend a week on fast food or coffee ( on top of your grocery shop) You'll appreciate it in the long run.

What I bought-    A bag of apples, a bag of lemons, ginger roots, kale,  celery and cucumber.

Like I said, I went to Sams Club. I stocked up but please don't be intimated if this is alot for you. I just bought in bulk but you may do so as you please.

Good Luck!

A Little About Me

A little about me

 

 

Hi everyone! I am so glad that you stopped by my blog. Either you are coming along to find out about my juice detox, maybe you want to see how it works, or maybe your just curious. Hey, curiousity can lead to great things!

 I am Nicole, 28 years young, and live in San Antonio, Texas. I recently moved here from New Jersey in August 2012. I love my new home and friends, everyone is really nice around here. They are warm hearted and kind spirited people. I do miss NJ. I miss my hometown, my friends, and the food. Boy do I miss a nice juicy porkroll and cheese on a fresh warm bagel!..Im now drooling. In high school I was on the basketball team, track team and cheerleading. I liked to stay active and I had a high metabolism. When I entered college in 2006, it was a whole different world of freedom, choices, and food. I ate whatever I wanted and whenever I wanted. Late or early, greasy or dry. I ate it. I was a social eater, an emotional eater, a snaker, and a boredom eater. In 2010 when I graduated, I weighed a total of 220lbs. I was fat, depressed, and felt gross all the time. I would eat to feel better.

 Me in college 2010

 It was after college that I finally turned it around, eating healthier and taking spin classes. I was able to loose 30 lbs through exercise and eating right. After I moved here in Texas, I was still able to shed the weight through eating low carb.

I watched Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead one day and I knew I wanted to try it! I also had a friend do a juice detox for 10 days and  could see she was successful. I knew this is something I had to challenge myself to do. At first, I decided to do it for 10 days. I started researching what I should do to prepare and also got hooked on youtube success videos. Most of the videos I saw was people doing it for 30 days and really looking different after that. That is what I wanted! I decided to do 30 days of juicing.I started looking for blogs that were detailed accounts of what was happening with that persons body and how they felt, so I could know what was going to happen. I couldn't find so much about that so I decided to keep a daily detailed blog for anyone who would like to to know what to expect. Here is my blog for everyone who I can inspire.

Me after eating low carb and shedding some weight.