20 Days

Juice day 20

20 days are behind us. We have done really well. The results are awesome. Scott is below 200 and a very happy and amzingly hot man! I am in the 130s and loving it. I am two pounds from my, "I will not get over this number goal"!

Juicing has been challenging at times but over all not too bad. The first few days were very challenging. Now it is not as bad. The crazy hunger is gone. Cravings have subsided. The food I have consumed doesn't taste the same anymore. The detox has happened. I am beyond thrilled about that. Detoxing was the main reason we chose to do this. If you can get the bad items detoxed from your body, you will loose cravings for crap food. So the vegetarian diet is easier when you detox.

If anybody asked me if they should do this my answer would be, Hell ya!! It feels so good to be free from crappy food. Food that makes you feel bad. It is like a drug, you feel good while you are doing it but when it is over you have huge regret. When you choose to eat and live a healthy life you feel invincible.

For me a few pounds lost builds me up to high levels. My confidence is back. I feel better. I feel like I love my husband differently. I feel attractive again, like the girl he fell in love with. My energy level is higher. Although I have not been able to work out I don't feel exhausted from doing nothing like I did two weeks ago. My mood is much better. I am not the crabby mama I was. Although, Jameson might disagree after our morning fight! All it took was a two week detox to feel good again! Love it!

In a couple days Scott and I will be heading to Colorado for a week. We will be away from our Vitamix so we will be taking a break from juicing. We are going to hit up the Whole Foods juice bar as much as possible but we will have events and meeting with friends where we will have to consume food. I am sure our tummys will hate us. We are hoping to avoid bad food as much as possible. It will be a challenge but being Vegan before makes this an easy challenge. We know what is out there to eat. Although limited when you don't pick the eatery, every restaurant has options. Plus CO has a lot of great health food places! I love that state and am so excited to spend the week with my love.

We plan on continuing the juice journey for another month when we get home. I expect to loose a few more pounds and also expect to put some back on when we start eating again. Which is why I have a weight that I will not go over. With a good diet and exercise it is very doable. Just can't be stupid about it.

My health is better. I am hoping my diet will help me continue to be healthy. I have encountered more issues in my lifetime than I care to admit. I believe I am a stronger person because of those obstacles but I am ready for a smooth road. I am also ready to do whatever it takes to stay healthy. My hope is that people will read this and choose to live a healthy lifestyle for the sole purpose to be healthy. I wish I would have lived this way my whole life than maybe I wouldn't have faced the health scares that I faced. We should not have to have the shit scared out of us to make a change. One day I will listen to my own advice. My hope that the time is now for me. I don't want to go back to unhealthy not ever!