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!!

Day 8

Last night I had yet another appalling night sleep filled with nightmares and it was really windy so I kept waking up. But, I don't care because today was fantastic because, I weighed myself again. I was so scared and nervous. So, before I started this I weighed 12.5 stone (78.9 kg) and now I weigh 11.4 stone (72.6 kg)!!!! In just a week I've lost so much weight. I was so shocked that I couldn't speak - me lost for words. Now that I'm on juice only, hopefully I will lose even more. But, it's not just about that (although it's a huge part) I feel so much better in myself which is fantastic.

So, I'm planning ahead for the next set of five days and I've managed to make an order with the Organic Collective which I'm incredibly excited about because it means I'll be having, local, organic, carbon neutral food! Robbie is joining me on the last leg of the journey and he doesn't want to lose any weight but does want to have the nutritional benefits. So, we've ordered triple the amount we'd usually have. This means he'll double the intake of juice. I'll post pictures of the delivery tomorrow. 

I don't know what it is about the sweetness of sweet vegetables that is so unbearable for me. Whenever there are too any carrots it makes my face turn. Then the combination of beetroot and carrot in the sunrise juice is quite gross. It's not unbearable but I've been really looking forward to my peach delight. My attempt at making it today is far more delicious. I juiced the berries instead of mashing them and the difference is massive. A much smoother juice with far more flavour. 

 Something else that I've noticed whist doing the reboot is that my skin is less oily as well as my hair which is a very welcome change. I just hope it doesn't mean I'm starting to get dry skin. If this does happen it would mean I'm not getting enough fat in my diet. If that's the case I will be investing in some foods containing healthy fats such as, nuts, avocados and flax seeds once I've finished my fasting. I've been looking at blogs for healthy recipes for when I've finished my reboot and a lot of them claim to be healthy when they're not. They're healthier than the things we buy in shops but, people seem to live under the misapprehension that no sugar means healthy. So, it's something to look out for and be aware of.

Finishing off a very positive day, I am looking forward to the next week and what it brings.  See you tomorrow!






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Day 7

Hey,

Last night I continued to feel ill and I slept terribly. I was talking loads in my sleep and had nightmare after nightmare. When I woke up this morning I felt rubbish so I realised I needed to work out what was wrong. I had a think about what was making me so ill then, I remembered that a few years ago that I used to have coconut oil in the mornings and a few hours later I would feel really sick. So, I decided I don't want to have anymore coconut water. Today I haven't had any and I feel great. I didn't struggle like yesterday which was brilliant.

This morning I made a green juice that I really enjoyed having. I enjoyed it even more because it was green and the green juices are better for you. It was green citrus juice and it's fantastic because it only has 3 ingredients - apple, orange and kale -and is so quick to make. For lunch was sporty spice, which was alright. I think I was put off by how long it took to make. It had beetroot, celery, orange, lemon, carrots and basil leaves.  Then for dinner I had peach delight. I wasn't too keen on this recipe as it has raw sweet potato in it. I was nearly going to improvise and make something different but, I decided I needed to try it before I rubbished it. All together the ingredients were, peaches, sweet potato, mixed berries, apple and cinnamon. I loved it! It was the closest thing to food that I've had over the past few days. 

Seeing as I didn't feel awful today I thought I would tell you about other things I've noticed and what I've found difficult. My teeth are looking really white and I don't use special toothpaste for that, it must be the reboot. I haven't seen my collar bone for a while but it's starting to reappear, wahoo! I've been craving food and I really miss cooking. I miss the smells and everything else. With juicing it's just the same actions over and over again and it's a bit monotonous. So, I prepared and cooked Robbie's food today and I felt so jealous. Cooking the food is the closest thing I have to eating it. I want to eat. I really, really want to.

I've started writing a blog along side this one and I've put up my first post. It will include all the recipes I have used during my reboot. Once I have finished the reboot I will post other healthy recipes. You can find it here . . .  http://tickseasyhealthyrecipes.blogspot.com.au

At the end of today I feel a million times better than yesterday and actually better than I do usually. So, I'm not feeling nervous about tomorrow which hopefully means a good nights sleep! Fingers crossed.