Day four and five

Well i’m now on the last day of the ‘cleanse’ and it hasn’t been an easy ride. 

The points which made it hard were the fact that i work shifts and the past two days I have been getting up at 4am and trying to hold out for the first juice till 10am which is not a good idea. It made me very hungry and yesterday i had another emergency avocado although my juice later in the day called for an avocado so i just left it out then. 

im sitting here drinking my first juice of four on the last day. It has carrots apples beetroots and blackberries in it and its not the most satisfying drink but hey ho. 

I have weighed myself each day and today I was 12st 11.2 (179.2lbs) which is great I may even be able to get down to 12st 10 tomorrow and then i will be back on solid foods.

Advice from the program after the five days is to stick to drinking juice in the morning and having sort of blended soups and juices through the day. I am out in the evening tomorrow for a meal but I already know they do a Waldorf salad which has my name on it. 

I think i will do one more post about it later on to sum up my overall opinion of the plan. For now I can definitely see my skin is clearer, a sort of little shine to it. My eyes are nice and white and bright which they have been since I stopped drinking.  I am not tired but I still feel a little weak, I think the shifts have messed up my sleep patterns which is probably the reason for that. I have a big day with exams tomorrow so a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast will get me ready I hope.

I would recommend anyone to try it. If you work normal days then this totally attainable Monday to Friday which not a lot of preparation. I chose Jason Vales plan over the Fat Sick and Nearly dead one only because he was English and the juicer and vegetables and fruit were all spelt out in the vernacular. Not that its that difficult but it seemed more straight forward. 

So far I have lost 4.8lbs and the plan is 5lbs in 5 days so right on the mark there. Though I’m not bounding with energy just yet I do feel like I’ve completed a mini challenge or I will have done by this evening.

Still sobering along too. Im on day 74 now i believe. Only 26 days to go

A break from familiarity

So i hit day 70 tomorrow. Its exciting. I guess at the start of this break from alcohol I thought I would lose a bit more weight and I haven’t lost as much as I had hoped but as usual there is still time. 

I had a look at my diet and I think there are changes I can make. I seem to live a lot of the time on chocolate and sweets. I make fantastic healthy meals which taste great  but in between those meal I munch on little bits of chocolate and gummy things along with cake, as cake is amazing. So anyway yesterday I watched a great insightful film called Fat Sick and Nearly Dead, if you’ve not seen it I can highly recommend it if you have an open mind and are willing to put aside thoughts on alternative diet and healing. 

I love this kind of thing and am instantly drawn in to the hype. So I thought I would engage in a 5 day juice fast. I have a nice juicer now and today I bought a lot, and I mean a lot of vegetables and fruit today and Im getting ready to start tomorrow.

My highest weight was 15st (210lbs) at the moment i am 13st 2 (184lbs) which has fallen from 14st 6 which is 18lbs lost since last June from dieting, lack of alcohol, and cycling almost everywhere. So my goal is to get back to 12st and so I am hoping this will kick start a few pounds, and as you are not allowed to drink alcohol on the diet I figured now would be a good time to try it. now I have been blogging for a few months I thought hey why not write about it each day as its good to look back on things and I’ve often found that input and support is always helpful. So here goes. 

Day 70 tomorrow and by day 75 i hope to be shinning like a star with glowing skin. Hope everyone else is doing well