Day 3 of Juicing

Ah, the end is near! Only 2 more days of juicing left, I enjoyed all my juices today. For breakfast, I had:
- 2 apples
- 2 oranges
- 1 cup pineapple
- 2 cup cranberries
- Coconut water

It was really good! It was really sweet. I also prepared my lunch and dinner at the same time since I would be gone all day. My lunch was:
- 2 apples
- 3 carrots
- 1 red pepper
- 1 celery
- 2 tomatoes
It was delicious! I could really taste the sweetness of the red peppers.

My dinner was:
- 3 cucumber
- 2 kale leaves
- 2 celery
- 3 pears
- 1 peeled lemon

It was also really good. I finally had energy all through out the day. I didn't feel tired. I drank all my water and I even did some cardio in the morning before I had to go to school. I went to the gym to do cardio on the stair master for 20 minutes. It wasn't a lot but it's my fault. I didn't manage my time properly and didn't have enough time at the gym.

I'm happy to say that I've lost 5 pounds in the last 2 days! It's amazing! I know it's mostly water weight but I want to get back down to my lowest weight and even past that. I'm so happy it's working! I finally have my energy back and I'm losing weight. If I keep losing weight, I might extend my cleanse. I've been playing around with extending it for 3 days and doing a full week. I want to see how much weight I can lose on this cleanse. I think I may do it. I hope I'm not crazy for wanting to extending it. I enjoy challenging myself so I think I'll do it! Ahhh!

Day 2 Of Juicing

Today was a little more challenging. I started off the day with a lot of enthousiasm. I was finally getting my training in order. I went for a 20 minute fasted run. I had energy when I woke up but boy could I feel a decrease in energy during my run. I could barely run before I felt tired again. I still managed to get through and I told myself its better to be moving than to be in bed at home. 

I made my breakfast juice when I got home. It consisted of: 

- 2 apples

- 1 cup blueberries

- 1 kale leaf

- 2 cups cranberries

- 1 peeled lemon

I also added some coconut water for some more volume. I headed to the gym to meet with my trainer at 10. Since I'm juicing, I decided to stick to a more steady state work out so I didn't pass out or get too fatigued. We focused on upper body. I did some shoulder press, lateral raises, and front raises for my first circuit. I did 25 mini reps of both the lateral raises and front raises. It made my muscles burn! I repeated this 3 times. I did a 300 ft sprint on the rope machine to get my heart rate up. 

I also did some rear delt flys, low chest press on the machine and rows on the machine. Again, I did them all for 3 sets of 15. I did another sprint on the VMX rope machine. I could feel myself slowly starting to lose energy. I could feel the blood rushing to my head when I stood up and it seemed like the surroundings were a blur. I still wanted to keep working out so I did some hammer curls, tricep dips, and tricep kick backs. I felt accomplished after my work out and I rushed home to make my lunch juice. My lunch was:

- 2 apples

- 1 cucumber

- 1 handful of spinach

- 2 celery

- 1 pear

- 1 cup of cranberries

I brought it to school with me as I had to be in the clinic to treat some of the athletes. I also had to make my dinner juice since I would be at football practice. It had:

- 3 cucumbers

- 2 kale leaves

- 2 celery

- 3 pears

- 1 peeled lemon

The last one had so much volume. There's a lot of juice in the cucumbers. It was pretty good but I still prefer the sweetness of my breakfast juices. I felt really tired in the evening. I was craving eating, just chewing on food. It was the weirdest feeling. I drank a lot of water throughout the day to keep myself hydrated and full. I hear the first 2 days are the worse so I hope I feel better tomorrow!

Day 1 Of Juicing

Today was the first day of my juice cleanse. I had some highs and some lows. The day started off great. I loved my morning juice. It consisted of:
- 2 apples
- 1 cucumber
- 1 cup blueberries
- 2 cups grapes
- 2 kale leaves
- 1" ginger

It was delicious! It tasted like real juice! I was at home for most of the morning and afternoon so I was able to take the time to make all my juices. My lunch juice was:
- 2 apples
- 1 orange
- 1 handful of spinach
- 1 cupe pineapple
- 4 kale leaves

It was really good as well. The apples and the pineapple add a lot of sweetness to the juice. I didn't feel hungry at all. Because the juices were so sweet, I couldn't drink them quickly. By drinking them slowly, they filled me up more.

My dinner drink consisted of:
- 2 carrots
- 2 kale leaves
- 2 celery stalks
- 1 peeled lemon
- 1" ginger

This was by far my least favourite drink. It didn't really taste like anything. I should've added an apple for some sweetness. It took me a long time to drink it. I started getting headaches in the evening. I normally get that type of headache when I don't eat enough. I knew the first two days would be rough so I'm just going to fight through it. It won't be easy but it'll be worth it!

Thanksgiving

I'm sorry I haven't posted in the last week. It was a hectic week at school with midterms and I was also ashamed with the way I've been eating and training. My downfall started when I didn't have any more prepared meals at home. I didn't have anything for lunch so I told myself I would buy something at school. The problem was temptation got the best of me. The sandwiches looked so good compared to the salad. I made the wrong decision and got the sandwich. And it just kept getting worse. I treated myself to a pumpkin spice latte at starbucks when I knew I shouldn't. It was the start of a downward spiral.

Every day I tried to stop the cycle. I would start the day off right but then as soon as I started to study or I felt tired, I started to snack. I snacked on nuts, cereal, and even some gold fish. I couldn't control myself and stop the urge to eat. It continued all week and then I couldn't stop it right before thanksgiving. There would be so much food! It was impossible not to eat all the food in front of me: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. I gave in and it was delicious! At least I gave myself smaller portions with this meal.

I'm an emotional eater and I need to learn to control it. It's a difficult habit to stop. I need to start by realizing when I'm eating because I feel like it and not because I need to. I need to stop the snacking and stick to my plan. If not, I'll never reach my goal of becoming a fitness model.

Today, I made the decision to stop and get myself back on track. I'm depressed that I'm not making much process yet I allow myself to snack uncontrollably? That's not going to help the situation. It's making it worse and its making me feel worse.

I decided to start a cleanse tomorrow. I want to try to do a 4 day juice cleanse to clean out my system and start over fresh. I've never done a juice cleanse before so I'm curious to try it. I'm only going to do four days because I don't know how I'll be able to handle it and if it'll work. I went to get all my fruits and veggies today. I'm actually really excited to try it. I hear it works well and I hope it works for me! I need to get myself back on track.