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