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