Are you ready???
So... I got on the scales this morning and lost a further 2.3kg that means over all I lost 8.6kg which is equivalent to 1.35 stone! Yay! I'm so pleased to have lost weight so quickly and kick start my journey towards a more balanced lifestyle and healthier body. Seeing as today was my first day of food, Robbie and I went out to eat. I ate some wheat and dairy as well as drinking some coffee and it was a huge mistake. It went straight through me and felt like it was taking my organs as it did. Awful! None of those things again :( Even though I was craving during the juicing, today when I could eat those things I didn't really want them or feel the desperate need for the things I craved. I also had much smaller portions of food! Result.
This was just the beginning of my journey so, I'm not just going stop here. I'm going to carry on posting info on my weightloss, food I'm making, health tips and any other discoveries I make that are related. I'm going to do reviews of the juices I had and give some more information about them too!
Thank you for all your support during this part of the journey. I would have found it a million times harder without it. So, THANK YOU!
Here are the before and after photos.
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Monday, 27 January 2014
Day 15 (LAST DAY)
It's finally over!
During the last 15 days I've learned and been through so much! I've felt very home sick and have been craving British food. I've had moments of feeling absolutely fantastic and those where I felt utterly terrible. I've learned so many things about living a healthy lifestyle and eating healthy food and how essential these things are for leading a vibrant life. As well as that I've discovered the importance of sourcing my food ethically and found out about some fantastic companies who are working towards great things and have wonderful products. And of course ... I lost a stone in the first week. I'm excited to see what results I will see on the scales tomorrow.
We still have so much food left over, since going organic we got so much more juice from the vegetables. So we are going to think up some highly veggie recipes before we leave this place. It was great throughout today knowing that with each juice I was getting so much closer to the end. One of my New Years resolutions was to be more adventurous and funnily enough, doing this has lead me down a much more adventurous path. Instead of going to the same old chains of super markets and restaurants, making the same meals over and over. I will need to discover and create new things to keep with my healthy new lifestyle!
THE REBOOT PART IS OVER! I will fill you in with my results tomorrow.
During the last 15 days I've learned and been through so much! I've felt very home sick and have been craving British food. I've had moments of feeling absolutely fantastic and those where I felt utterly terrible. I've learned so many things about living a healthy lifestyle and eating healthy food and how essential these things are for leading a vibrant life. As well as that I've discovered the importance of sourcing my food ethically and found out about some fantastic companies who are working towards great things and have wonderful products. And of course ... I lost a stone in the first week. I'm excited to see what results I will see on the scales tomorrow.
We still have so much food left over, since going organic we got so much more juice from the vegetables. So we are going to think up some highly veggie recipes before we leave this place. It was great throughout today knowing that with each juice I was getting so much closer to the end. One of my New Years resolutions was to be more adventurous and funnily enough, doing this has lead me down a much more adventurous path. Instead of going to the same old chains of super markets and restaurants, making the same meals over and over. I will need to discover and create new things to keep with my healthy new lifestyle!
THE REBOOT PART IS OVER! I will fill you in with my results tomorrow.
Sunday, 26 January 2014
Day 14 (1 more day to go)
I'm so excited that tomorrow is my last day - words do not suffice!
This morning we walked to Kalamunda and went to the farmers market. We could smell so many gorgeous things cooking: bread, pastries, sausages, burgers, bacon, cakes, muffins and so much more. It was torture walking by all these yummy looking things. Especially after the walk. There was a very nice guy who had a meat stand. He kept on tempting us to taste the samples he had on his stall. I explained how we were fasting and had come to purchase some things to have once we have finished. He asked what our fast involved and I explained and he was very impressed and encouraging! It turns out he's a naturopath so we got talking about all sorts of things and then another lady, who's a personal trainer, joined in. They both had said that they strongly recommend the paleo diet. The guy's bacon just smelled so amazing, we had to get some. It was so lovely to meet like minded people that were so encouraging. Afterwards we bought some vegetables. They were SO much cheaper at the farmers market compared to the supermarket. If you can, do your grocery shopping at a local farmers market. We couldn't believe the difference. For example, avocados cost $4.58 each in the supermarket and they cost $2.50 at the farmers market!
I felt really sick this evening after having one of the juices which was crammed with cucumber. It made me feel awful. I usually eat cucumber to stop me from feeling sick. It was awful. I got to the point where it was sheer will that stopped me from throwing up. The next juice was going to be the juice of half a watermelon. I couldn't drink any more liquid so I folded. I ate the slices of water melon. I thought seeing as the original state of the fruit is very similar to the juice itself, I didn't think I was completely letting myself down. Afterwards I didn't feel sick anymore. So, I hope this won't hinder me too much.
Other than that the only thing I have left to say is, YAAAAY TOMORROW'S THE LAST DAY!
This morning we walked to Kalamunda and went to the farmers market. We could smell so many gorgeous things cooking: bread, pastries, sausages, burgers, bacon, cakes, muffins and so much more. It was torture walking by all these yummy looking things. Especially after the walk. There was a very nice guy who had a meat stand. He kept on tempting us to taste the samples he had on his stall. I explained how we were fasting and had come to purchase some things to have once we have finished. He asked what our fast involved and I explained and he was very impressed and encouraging! It turns out he's a naturopath so we got talking about all sorts of things and then another lady, who's a personal trainer, joined in. They both had said that they strongly recommend the paleo diet. The guy's bacon just smelled so amazing, we had to get some. It was so lovely to meet like minded people that were so encouraging. Afterwards we bought some vegetables. They were SO much cheaper at the farmers market compared to the supermarket. If you can, do your grocery shopping at a local farmers market. We couldn't believe the difference. For example, avocados cost $4.58 each in the supermarket and they cost $2.50 at the farmers market!
I felt really sick this evening after having one of the juices which was crammed with cucumber. It made me feel awful. I usually eat cucumber to stop me from feeling sick. It was awful. I got to the point where it was sheer will that stopped me from throwing up. The next juice was going to be the juice of half a watermelon. I couldn't drink any more liquid so I folded. I ate the slices of water melon. I thought seeing as the original state of the fruit is very similar to the juice itself, I didn't think I was completely letting myself down. Afterwards I didn't feel sick anymore. So, I hope this won't hinder me too much.
Other than that the only thing I have left to say is, YAAAAY TOMORROW'S THE LAST DAY!
Saturday, 25 January 2014
Day 13
Hello again,
I was making some progress today with making a food plan for when I finish the reboot so I don't just fall back into old habits. Until, I suddenly felt very light headed and became incredibly depressed. I cried and cried about, I don't know what exactly... So many things! Luckily, Robbie came to my rescue and got me to snap out of it by being very kind and encouraging. Thank God!
I mentioned yesterday that I was going to try making my own juice. See it here. I put 2 sweet potatoes, 12 plums, 3 cups of raspberries and 2 apples. It had a smooth consistency and it wasn't too sweet like some of the juices I've had. It was a twist on the peach delight that I really enjoy. The weird thing about the version I made is that it was really, really starchy! I think it would be perfect without the sweet potato.
Tomorrow we're going to the farmers market in Kalamunda to get some, hopefully, delicious and nutritious food for us to have when we break the fast! I really hope it's good because I'm really excited about eating and I've created a huge expectation.
See you tomorrow!
I was making some progress today with making a food plan for when I finish the reboot so I don't just fall back into old habits. Until, I suddenly felt very light headed and became incredibly depressed. I cried and cried about, I don't know what exactly... So many things! Luckily, Robbie came to my rescue and got me to snap out of it by being very kind and encouraging. Thank God!
I mentioned yesterday that I was going to try making my own juice. See it here. I put 2 sweet potatoes, 12 plums, 3 cups of raspberries and 2 apples. It had a smooth consistency and it wasn't too sweet like some of the juices I've had. It was a twist on the peach delight that I really enjoy. The weird thing about the version I made is that it was really, really starchy! I think it would be perfect without the sweet potato.
Tomorrow we're going to the farmers market in Kalamunda to get some, hopefully, delicious and nutritious food for us to have when we break the fast! I really hope it's good because I'm really excited about eating and I've created a huge expectation.
See you tomorrow!
Friday, 24 January 2014
Day 12
I don't really know what to write today. I don't want this to become monotonous and have myself repeating things I've already said. Writing the same old thing is boring, although it can become habit but, I hope not. We had one new juice today and that was watermelon crush, I was skeptical about it as first but it was so refreshing especially after yet another beetroot based juice.
As you may already know Robbie is drinking twice the amount of juice that I'm having. Today he has said that he's found it pretty tough drinking all the liquid and it's left him feeling pretty sick. He has said that his M&S mini eggs that arrived a few days ago, are taunting him. I'm not feeling sick, just fed up with the juice. Tomorrow we get to have two of my favourites, carrot apple and lemon then peach delight but peaches were too expensive so I'll be shaking things up! Watch this space. When I watched, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, Joe and Phil both claimed that their longing for food (bad food) and their hunger left them. I want to know when this will happen for me! I'm still incredibly hungry and I want food. When will this glorious day come? Sadly I'm guessing you have to fast for quite a lot longer before this happens. I'm not doing any longer than the 15 day reboot. Not because I wouldn't but because I don't know where I'll be living and I will have to give the juicer back to its rightful owner. So maybe I won't get to find out what not wanting food is like.
This brings me onto my next big issue. What kind of healthy eating plan I will be going onto once I finish the reboot. So, I thought I was confused enough with reading about being a vegan then reading about the paleo/caveman diet but, then I created yet more confusion by reading about good food combining. There's so much interesting information but some of it is incredibly conflicting. One thing Robbie and I have made a decision on is cutting out grains. This feels like a good move and something we can both do. We did eat a lot of pasta and made pudding which heavily relied upon wheat flour. So we are putting that behind us. Which is a start. We also feel that it's important for us to eat more raw food as it has more nutrients. We also ate a lot of cooked vegetables and not enough leafy greens. Which seems so stupid. We will also cut out sugar as it's all so refined and does us no good, so we will find other natural ways of sweetening our food.
Another step I feel that is important to take is to ensure that the food that we eat is ethically sourced. We don't want to eat food that been pumped with hormones and other crap and why would we. We've made a change with our vegetables by getting local, organic produce now it's time to do that with the meat we buy. We've found buying meat in the supermarket is pretty pricey so, I've been looking up farmers markets. Luckily there is one just down the road that happens every Sunday. Hopefully the buses will still be running (Australia Day is on Sunday) and we'll be able to get some yummy things to make a delicious dinner once we've finished fasting.
When I was reading about eating raw vegetables - the pros and cons. Lots of people were saying that when they eat raw vegetables that they become gassy and bloated. I have noticed the distinct opposite of that. That would happen to me when I ate grains or something with yeast in - bread basically. Most of those people probably ate a lot of grains which are addictive. In short, I found it really annoying. I find a lot of people annoying on the internet, especially in forums. But, then I could be one of those people. Oh well.
3 more days until food!!
As you may already know Robbie is drinking twice the amount of juice that I'm having. Today he has said that he's found it pretty tough drinking all the liquid and it's left him feeling pretty sick. He has said that his M&S mini eggs that arrived a few days ago, are taunting him. I'm not feeling sick, just fed up with the juice. Tomorrow we get to have two of my favourites, carrot apple and lemon then peach delight but peaches were too expensive so I'll be shaking things up! Watch this space. When I watched, Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, Joe and Phil both claimed that their longing for food (bad food) and their hunger left them. I want to know when this will happen for me! I'm still incredibly hungry and I want food. When will this glorious day come? Sadly I'm guessing you have to fast for quite a lot longer before this happens. I'm not doing any longer than the 15 day reboot. Not because I wouldn't but because I don't know where I'll be living and I will have to give the juicer back to its rightful owner. So maybe I won't get to find out what not wanting food is like.
This brings me onto my next big issue. What kind of healthy eating plan I will be going onto once I finish the reboot. So, I thought I was confused enough with reading about being a vegan then reading about the paleo/caveman diet but, then I created yet more confusion by reading about good food combining. There's so much interesting information but some of it is incredibly conflicting. One thing Robbie and I have made a decision on is cutting out grains. This feels like a good move and something we can both do. We did eat a lot of pasta and made pudding which heavily relied upon wheat flour. So we are putting that behind us. Which is a start. We also feel that it's important for us to eat more raw food as it has more nutrients. We also ate a lot of cooked vegetables and not enough leafy greens. Which seems so stupid. We will also cut out sugar as it's all so refined and does us no good, so we will find other natural ways of sweetening our food.
Another step I feel that is important to take is to ensure that the food that we eat is ethically sourced. We don't want to eat food that been pumped with hormones and other crap and why would we. We've made a change with our vegetables by getting local, organic produce now it's time to do that with the meat we buy. We've found buying meat in the supermarket is pretty pricey so, I've been looking up farmers markets. Luckily there is one just down the road that happens every Sunday. Hopefully the buses will still be running (Australia Day is on Sunday) and we'll be able to get some yummy things to make a delicious dinner once we've finished fasting.
When I was reading about eating raw vegetables - the pros and cons. Lots of people were saying that when they eat raw vegetables that they become gassy and bloated. I have noticed the distinct opposite of that. That would happen to me when I ate grains or something with yeast in - bread basically. Most of those people probably ate a lot of grains which are addictive. In short, I found it really annoying. I find a lot of people annoying on the internet, especially in forums. But, then I could be one of those people. Oh well.
3 more days until food!!
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Day 11
Don't worry this isn't another depressing post. I'm back on track. Thank God. Yesterday must have been one of those awful days I had been reading about but hadn't experienced yet. Hopefully I won't have another one while I'm still juicing because it was absolutely unbearable. I really felt as though if I woke up today and still felt rubbish I would give up. Luckily that didn't happen.
Today Robbie has joined me on the juicing. He's been very excited about it. I feel a little jealous of him though because, he doesn't really like eating all that much and I do! So, the juicing might be easier for him, I don't know. We will have to see. He hasn't complained about being hungry yet which is better than I did. But, we are very different from one another so this thing is going to affect us very differently. I will post his experience of the juicing as well so that we can get a broader perspective of what actually happens.
Hopefully now Robbie isn't eating food it will make me obsess about food less. Although, I have obsessed about where and what I'm going to eat once I finished this. Robbie said if I did the whole thing he'd take me wherever I wanted to eat. I've decided to go to flip side burgers. It looks so delicious. Don't fret, I'm not going to be eating crap as soon as I've finished this. It's just a one off, I promise.
So Robbie made us some green citrus juice and he kept most of the zest on and it made it much thicker. It also tasted, as you can imagine, pretty bitter. It does advise to make the juice this way but we both way prefer it without zest. Today was the first time we had to make a juice containing watermelon. It was so weird, the juice was green but the froth was pink. It had a very thick consistency and not much flavour so... I'm glad we'll only be having it once. Then we made way more sporty spice which means I have to wait another day until I can have a juice I'll enjoy :(
4 more days to go...
Today Robbie has joined me on the juicing. He's been very excited about it. I feel a little jealous of him though because, he doesn't really like eating all that much and I do! So, the juicing might be easier for him, I don't know. We will have to see. He hasn't complained about being hungry yet which is better than I did. But, we are very different from one another so this thing is going to affect us very differently. I will post his experience of the juicing as well so that we can get a broader perspective of what actually happens.
Hopefully now Robbie isn't eating food it will make me obsess about food less. Although, I have obsessed about where and what I'm going to eat once I finished this. Robbie said if I did the whole thing he'd take me wherever I wanted to eat. I've decided to go to flip side burgers. It looks so delicious. Don't fret, I'm not going to be eating crap as soon as I've finished this. It's just a one off, I promise.
So Robbie made us some green citrus juice and he kept most of the zest on and it made it much thicker. It also tasted, as you can imagine, pretty bitter. It does advise to make the juice this way but we both way prefer it without zest. Today was the first time we had to make a juice containing watermelon. It was so weird, the juice was green but the froth was pink. It had a very thick consistency and not much flavour so... I'm glad we'll only be having it once. Then we made way more sporty spice which means I have to wait another day until I can have a juice I'll enjoy :(
4 more days to go...
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Day 10
No nightmares last night! But, I've had the worst day ever today. I haven't posted any photographs on Instagram. I've only had 2 juices and I was supposed to have 5. I've been asleep most of the day and I've got up just to write this really and drink the stupid 2nd glass of juice. I'm sick of it. I feel depressed and angry. I feel like I can't do anything. I'm sick of the sight, taste and thought of juices. Robbie received some late birthday presents today which contained M&S mini eggs. I was so close to breaking my fast for them. I'm fed up, I just want to eat now. I apologise for this post being so short but I can't bare to write anymore. See you tomorrow.
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