Recipes!

As I go about my dieting I will post recipes of juices as I make them or find them. I decided my breakfast juice will be mu fruitier juice of the day. Today's breakfast juice was-

3 tomatoes
1 carrot
3 granny smith apples
2 "cups" of grapes

In this instance, a "cup" of grapes is a 16 oz plastic solo cup. That will generally be my "cup".

This gave me about 4 cups (real cups) of juice. This was enough to fill my juice bottle (an insulated sports straw bottle- holds between 2-3 cups, depending on how much/if I put ice) completely and left me about 1.5 cups to split between the girls.

I was going to completely skip dinners, but I don't think that will be healthy for me. Because I am not doing this as a fast to detox, and am instead doing it to lose weight, I think I will focus more on just eating a healthy dinner. Tonight, it is Meatless Monday! So I am thinking a nice, fresh pasta with tomato, a little carrot, and some basil.

Day 1.

Today I officially start the juice fast. I have decided to aim for a 10 day fast with nothing but raw fruit and veggie juice, however, if I feel too weak at the end of the day, I will have a light dinner.

So today is day 1. I will be taking official before photos at the gym tonight. I am back down to 200 lbs though, when I was up to 208 before, so I know the juice fasting helps a lot.

I cannot wait to see how this goes for me. I decided that I always fail at diets, and that I either do something drastic to kick start it, or I never do anything at all.

Three days

I made it 3 days on my modified juice diet before I totally binged. I got home from moms, I got bored, I got lonely, and I ate. A LOT. But I still have not had any soda, and I am drinking unsweet tea and water only, in addition to the juice.

I have decided not to beat myself up over this binge, and I am not giving up either. Back to the grind tomorrow. A fresh start first thing in the am. I can handle that.

Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead

If you have not seen this documentary, I think you should.
It is pretty eye opening. It has me thinking about juicing.
I can't do a full juice fast because of the babies, but I can do a modified fast- fasting for breakfast and lunch and then eating a 75% raw dinner- raw fruits and veggies and nuts and the like.
I have to do SOMETHING. I cannot live like this any more.

I am depressed at this point.