One more day til my new program begins

I have begun sharing my new decision with friends and family. I am so encouraged by all those who are vegans or vegetarians who have offered their support. I am hoping that by blogging this I will be able to help others. This has been quite a journey for me. I have learned so much already and I haven't even started...lol. We...I...cleaned out the pantry and the refrigerator. I kept the butter because we are cooking dinner at Christmas and I pomised my family Turkey. We also have some salad dressings for others. We kept some canned tuna because I know Tim would buy some more anyway. Everything else that had poison in it had to go. We got rid of a lot. It was cathartic. I am starting to feel free-er. Not sure if that is a word.

I am also looking at adding meditation into my life. I am also thinking about going back to school to get my PhD. I want to teach when I grow up. Am I having a mid-life crisis? Maybe I am...I did buy a new car last year. I woke up and realized that I am not exactly where I wanted to be in my life at this point. I am not doing the things to make me happy. Teaching and traveling makes me happy. I will be working towards making that happen.

I know these thoughts will just get more intense as my body begins to cleanse and clear out toxins. It becomes an emotional cleanse as well. This is good I think. I have read that with the type of change in lifestyle I am undertaking, I will have more clarity of thought. I look forward to that.

I will welcome whatever change comes out of this transformation.

Day 4 of Juicing

Woke this morning and weighed in at 211.8. Seriously?? Yes! Hubby weighed in at 340.5. Ok, so we decided to take it day by day. We are very pleased with the results. I can apply for health insurance and get a decent rate once I am under 200 lbs. That is my immediate goal.  I made tea today so hopefully I won't have those hunger pangs like I did before. It really would be good if I can keep this up through next week while working out. I have been going to bed early.  I have also been getting up early.  Odd change in my sleep cycle.

I must say I feel good. As far as the hubby, it looks like his hair is starting to grow back! That was wild. He doesn't like because he is used to being bald and now he will have more to shave, but for those wanting hair what a great way to get it. It makes me wonder if this affects testosterone...hmmm.....

More to come

Ok...I went through the afternoon and forgot about my last juice til about 5pm. Wow! The toughest is still on the way home when we would normally stop and have dinner or pick up take out. We are still taking it day by day, but it seems likely that we will add a salad in for dinner starting the weekend. The hubby was craving some chicago style pizza and steak. I don't really crave anything. I just miss eating. Weird huh? I have been told by a couple of people that I look like I am dropping weight and it's only been 4 days now. I do feel good. I sleep good.

Day 3 of Juicing

Wow! It only gets better. Yesterday I had a couple of hunger pangs but they went away quickly when I drank my green tea. I sweeten it with fresh apple juice (yummy)! I am happy to report this morning I weighed in at 213.2. That is a loss of 4.3 lbs in 2 days. More importantly I got up at 5 am to make our juice and I am not an early morning person. My husband weighed in at 345.4. That is almost a 10 lb drop....in two days. Plus, he is noticing some other really good affects-if you know what I mean-It's amazing! I will say his headache last night was pretty rough. The weird thing is we are mostly just peeing. There very little poop. Not sure if that's cool so I will research it.

Yesterday I was tempted with some birthday cake for me, but I graciously bowed out. I am hoping to start working out next week.

Wow! It definitely got tougher today. OMG! I didn't have my green tea instead I did just plain ole water. Ugh! It was tough. My husband and I are both wondering if we bit off more than we could chew with a 3 week fast. Hmmm.... I told him I would not feel like a failure if I can do one week and then continue to juice for breakfast and lunch and eat a microbiotic dinner. He said he wouldn't feel like a failure if he ate a steak today....lol. But he then said he wasn't going to do it. Stay Tuned

Day 2 of Juicing

Not too bad today. I was offered birthday cake. It was actually not too difficult to say "no." Not much hunger today. I made a pitcher of green tea and sweetened with fresh apple juice. It was yummy. I am getting the funky coating on my tongue but not too bad. I am hoping that my recent years of fairly healthy eating is what is making this do-able. About 6 years ago, I did the master cleanse and the first couple days were brutal.

I under-estimated the amount of food, so I have to make a pit stop by the grocery store tonight. I hope there are some good fruits to choose from.

I have noticed that I get really cold at work. I must admit that I am a cold-natured person. So I am using a blanket & sweater.  More to come...