Day Sixteen

Second day of having plenty of juice and plenty of energy. And for dinner I made a smoothie-type drink I read from another blogger I follow. It has 2 apples, lots of carrots, then pour that into a blender with a banana, add lots of cinnamon and ice, liquify and you're done! It's very tasty. Oh! And I lost another 3lbs this week. The weight is definitely not coming off as quickly as it did the first couple of weeks. I'm going to have to step up the workouts. But my total weight lost is almost 15lbs! Woo hoo!

Day Fifteen

What a great day! It started off by me putting on some work pants that I bought a while back and have NEVER been able to fit into! I had to even wear them with a belt! I felt A-MAZING walking in those today! Also, today was the first day that I actually made enough juice to keep me satisfied all day. I know that sounds bad, but it's the truth. I even went to the gym after work! I think I'm finally starting to feel all that energy everyone keeps talking about. Looking forward to my weight-in at Weight Watchers tomorrow! BTW... here is the picture of the pomelo fruit I was talking about in an earlier post. Yummm!

Day Fourteen- TWO WEEKS!

Day 1- 156lbs

Day 7- 152lbs

Day 14- 144lbs

We made it two whole weeks!! I wasn't sure I wanted to put progress pictures up just because I don't know... it's the internet... and these are kind of personal pictures. But I'm so amazed at the changes that took place in such a short amount of time. And I am very proud of myself for what I have achieved! Hopefully, if anyone ever reads this besides my mom ; ) I can inspire someone to do this challenge as well.

Day Thirteen

Went to our first farmer's market today! It was so cute! We got this fruit I'd never heard of before pomello. I'll take a picture of it when we use it, right now it just looks like a grapefruit. But they let us try it and it's delicious! The farmer's market was small so it didn't have everything week needed, but it should last us to next weekend. I'll think we will make this trip every Saturday morning... even after our cleanse : )

Day Twelve

I've decided that I really hate the taste of the vegetable juices I make. I know that I need to have at least one 16 oz. veggie juice drink per day, but I just hate it. I was having fruit juices for breakfast and dinner and having the veggie juice for lunch, but I think that will have to change. Today I couldn't even finish my disgusting vegetable juice and therefore I ended up starving myself. I think I'll have fruit juice for breakfast and lunch and try having the vegetable drink for dinner.

Day Eleven

Approaching the halfway point and can hardly wait! Pinterest hasn't been helping with my juice fast. I spend hours a day on that site and repin all these amazing recipes I want to try when I'm done (all healthy of course!). I've noticed that my cravings have been for healthy food like Subway and a nice big green salad. I wonder if that is due to all the healthy food I've been eating? Suddenly, my body craves healthy food! And chocolate. It will always crave chocolate. I'll need a hypnotist to get rid of that craving.

Day Ten

It occurred to me today that I've been writing a lot about how I feel each day, but I'm not talking about the fabulous things that have been motivating me this whole time. Last weekend, I was able to fit into my jeans from college, this week I wore two pairs of pants that used to be extremely tight, and this morning I realized that I might have to make another notch on my belt soon because I'm already at the smallest hole! In addition to my major weight loss (9lbs in 9 days) I've also lost two whole inches in my waist. Of course I've got a ways to go, both in my 30 day cleanse and in getting my body to where I want it to be, but I'm very optimistic that I will be very close (maybe even there!) by the time I reach day 30! Can hardly wait!

Day Nine

Woo hoo! I went to my Weight Watchers meeting today and I lost 5.4 lbs this week! Since I started the juice cleanse, I've lost 9.2 lbs! A-MAZING! If that isn't motivation, I don't know what is! Off to bed early... it helps make the days go by faster ; )

Day Eight

My husband made the most disgusting juice for our lunch today. I literally had to chug it with a straw in order to get it down and then I had to hold my mouth shut in order not to throw it all up. That's the down side to juicing. We don't always have all the ingredients needed to make some of the juices we want so we improvise. Improvising should probably be left to the people who are on day 28 and not day 8. On the plus side, I don't think we have had the same juice twice. It's always something new. I definitely like the fruit juices better than the veggie juices. But I find if I add a lemon, then it covers a lot of the bad taste from the vegetable juices. I'm trying to do fruit juices in the morning and more vegetable juices for the rest of the day. I might have to change that though if I have to keep myself from upchucking everyday.

Day Seven- ONE WEEK!

We've made it one whole week! Well... I have. My husband had a sandwich mid-week because his meeting was catered and he didn't have anything else to eat. I forgive him. I can't believe I've gone an entire week without eating any food and only drinking all fruits and vegetables! It's crazy! Today, the cravings were not too bad. I got a very delicious all juice drink at Jamba Juice and had a nice visit with my cousin to discuss her upcoming wedding. Shout out to cousin Mandy! That allowed me to think about things other than my food cravings. This has still been the longest week of my life and I really hope the next three weeks go by fast. Oh! And I counted on the calendar what day our 30 days would be up and GUESS WHAT.... it's Valentine's Day! How perfect is that!?! Looking forward to it more this year then perhaps I ever have ; )

Day Six

"It's official." My husband said, "The weekends are the worst." And I agree with him. We LOVE going to happy hour, hitting up dinner and a movie, watching football with friends over some hot wings. Sitting at home watching football and food commercials is a new kind of torture. On the plus side, we discovered that shopping for fruits and veggies at Costco is way better than Safeway.

I wish I could show these pictures to all those judgey people who say what we are doing is unhealthy. Just look at all the fruits and vegetables we're eating! How can you call this unhealthy!

Day Five

Today has been the hardest of them all. I still feel sluggish. The juices are not tasting as good as they did the first couple of days. I'm asking myself why I decided to do this. I'm trying to think more about the fabulous comments people have been making about my weight loss and not about the Big Mac value meal I'd like to shove into my face. Mmmmm Big Mac.