I ♥ Juice

Yeah, this whole juicing thing is marvelous. Again, I am not doing the fast or the reboot where I only drink juice for so many days at a time. I am just adding juice into my daily food intake. I just love it. I love everything about it. I love shopping for the produce, I love making the juice, I love drinking it, I love how I feel, I love my energy levels, I love how my skin looks, I love how my hair feels... I just LOVE it.
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Weigh In:
Got on the scale this morning, it had been awhile, and I was very pleased with what I saw. Since juicing I am down five pounds. That is fabulous.

Since Juicing:
Weigh In: -5
Total Lost: 5
Left to Lose: 96.4

I've lost a total of 8.6 but that 5 pounds was lost since Saturday. I am not going to have an official weigh in day so to speak. I am just going to jump on the scale every 5-10 days and see what happens. Again, I am not obsessing over that number. It was just an added bonus to how wonderful I have been feeling!
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Foodie Food:
Yesterday went really well and I was surprised at how not hungry I was during the day while I was at work. Usually my problem at work is that we are slow in the winter and there isn't a whole lot to keep my mind occupied. I can only do so much homework and so much reading before I get a little antsy. That is usually when I want to snack because it gives me something to do. Yesterday after my morning Mean Green Juice I didn't eat anything until 11:30 and I had half of a protein bar and some cucumber slices. Then I drank my second juice at 1:00. I got a little hungry again around 3:00 and ate the other half of my protein bar. Once I got home, I made up a quick dinner for Andrew since he has class on Monday nights and then cooked myself my Yellow Fin Tuna Steak and some quinoa. I ate that and had more of a fruit based juice with my dinner as a dessert type drink. It was the Australian Gold which has pineapple, yellow pepper, ginger and lemon. It had the consistency of orange juice and really all I could taste was pineapple with a hint of lemon. It was so good. After I cleaned up the dishes I made a few more juices for the next few days:

• Bloody Mary - tomatoes, parsley, basil, zucchini, celery, carrot, sea salt, and red peppers
• Brooklyn Heights - Cranberries, oranges, and pineapple
• Carrot Apple Ginger - Carrots, apples, and ginger (duh)
• Green Tart - Green apples, kale, and lemon

This morning I had green tart (so good and refreshing) and later in the morning I am having one of my Bloody Marys. I took a sip of the other two I made as well and holy mother of goodness I am going to love the Brooklyn Heights and Carrot Apple Ginger. After I am done testing a lot of the juices I am basically going to stick to my favorites to make things a lot easier on me. I am just having so much fun trying the different combinations!

Today's Menu:

B: Green Tart juice, coffee

S: Bloody Mary juice

L: Jar Salad loaded with veggies and chia seeds

S: 1/2 or full Quest Bar (if hungry)

D: Salmon, brown rice and Brooklyn Heights juice

Activity: 4 miles

I gotta do my 4 miles somewhere.... outside would be horrid but it could be done..... I've got plenty of winter gear.... *whimper*

Could be worse.... could be worse.... could be worse.... 

I just have to keep telling myself that.