I do not know what happened after I wrote my last entry! Maybe I went a little nutty or maybe I was still shaken up from the whole incident with out friends and the happenings at the party or maybe it was the realization during the writing of the post that the next day i had not one but TWO workouts (Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs)... Whatever the case Wednesday's workout went undone and Thursday's almost did too! I get in this thing where I miss a day and the guilt is overwhelming so of course I feel the need to make up that workout the next day to "catch-up". Then of course I am overwhelmed because I have MORE workouts to do... In either case I have to realize that... I am human! I am going to crave a huge burger or something completely unhealthy from time to time! Sometimes in life you just need chocolate or whatever it may be! and sometimes I am going to feel lazy and just simply not feel like doing a workout a day or two... The point is these things shouldn't ruin everything! Its not like all my hard work for the past two and a half weeks are thrown away and useless because I skipped a day! Just like your diet isn't completely blown if you have a less than healthy day of eating... You just have to re-group, refresh and get back on track the next day not let it ruin your whole week or blow your whole diet!
The funny thing about me skipping Wednesday's workout is that Wednesday was actually a ground breaking day for me! I was introduced to a radical idea I had never really given much serious consideration! One of my best friends wrote to me that her and her family have been "Juicing" the past two weeks or so and that her mother in law being on this very strict juicing diet has lost 8 pounds in a week and a half! That is pretty amazing! But what is even more amazing is that in doing my research it actually IS healthy! It is not like a diet where you starve yourself and you eat the bare minimum and you don't get any of the nutrients or calories you need... in reality you are actually getting more of the nutrients and vitamins and minerals from the whole foods because of the way they are being processed and consumed! In juicing you don't lose much from the natural fruit or vegetable itself and because it takes several different fruits and vegetables to fill up a glass for one glass of juice you are eating a lot more vegetables and fruits than you would actually like to sit down and eat one by one in their raw natural state. Yucky vegetables such as beets (I definitely won't eat a beet) can be masked by yummier flavors like tomato and carrots so that you are getting a wider variety of foods in your diet while limiting meat and processed foods. KP recommended that if I hadn't already that I should watch the movie "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead". It was a major catalyst behind their change and it explained many of the misconceptions I had about juicing! It is mainly the story about how one man decided to get out of his body's way and let his body heal itself! He had an auto-immune disorder that caused him to break out in chronic hives at random times in any place on his body! At the end of the movie he was off all of his medications and did not struggle with outbreaks of his disease any longer it then moved on to a man who was a truck driver and was morbidly obese who suffered from the same disease as the first guy. The two met in a random truck stop and it was a life changing meeting. The second man asked for help and ended up dropping 202 pounds from the juicing and getting rid of his illness and went on to help countless others do the same!
This movie and my friends story made me want to try it... I know that the reason I am not doing so well with losing weight during this journey is because my diet hasn't been that great! I still eat junk food and eat out I just replace one meal a day with Shakeology and have began to feel like that is enough but I know it isn't! I don't eat very many vegetables and I eat minimal fruits. I am still cooking dinner for me and the hubby and it is the normal meals we always eat... and for the most part while I have tried to change my portion sizing but the urge to overeat still gets to me! I also have an addiction to sweet tea which I plan on fixing by switching to having a pitcher of tea made with Splenda and then having the hubbies tea full of sugar and sweetness! I went to the BX to look for a juicer but they didn't have one... I figure it is not a huge high demand item! So I started to look up the alternatives. What I found was smoothies can be a good alternative! No... Not the smoothies you buy in the store but homemade smoothies with whole veggies and fruits! Its a little more time consuming in some ways but for the most part you are still getting more fruits and veggies and more nutrients in your diet which in turn will help me lose weight! The plan for now is to use a blender and do smoothies for the next few weeks and then when I get to the states I will buy a juicer and do a few weeks of juicing before the wedding to hopefully see some more of the benefits of eating whole foods! KP was telling me that you can see a difference in your hair and skin tone after just a few days! Your energy levels go through the roof and you tend to shed a few pounds which before the wedding can only be a good thing right! Time to Regroup - Refresh - and get back on track!!!
The funny thing about me skipping Wednesday's workout is that Wednesday was actually a ground breaking day for me! I was introduced to a radical idea I had never really given much serious consideration! One of my best friends wrote to me that her and her family have been "Juicing" the past two weeks or so and that her mother in law being on this very strict juicing diet has lost 8 pounds in a week and a half! That is pretty amazing! But what is even more amazing is that in doing my research it actually IS healthy! It is not like a diet where you starve yourself and you eat the bare minimum and you don't get any of the nutrients or calories you need... in reality you are actually getting more of the nutrients and vitamins and minerals from the whole foods because of the way they are being processed and consumed! In juicing you don't lose much from the natural fruit or vegetable itself and because it takes several different fruits and vegetables to fill up a glass for one glass of juice you are eating a lot more vegetables and fruits than you would actually like to sit down and eat one by one in their raw natural state. Yucky vegetables such as beets (I definitely won't eat a beet) can be masked by yummier flavors like tomato and carrots so that you are getting a wider variety of foods in your diet while limiting meat and processed foods. KP recommended that if I hadn't already that I should watch the movie "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead". It was a major catalyst behind their change and it explained many of the misconceptions I had about juicing! It is mainly the story about how one man decided to get out of his body's way and let his body heal itself! He had an auto-immune disorder that caused him to break out in chronic hives at random times in any place on his body! At the end of the movie he was off all of his medications and did not struggle with outbreaks of his disease any longer it then moved on to a man who was a truck driver and was morbidly obese who suffered from the same disease as the first guy. The two met in a random truck stop and it was a life changing meeting. The second man asked for help and ended up dropping 202 pounds from the juicing and getting rid of his illness and went on to help countless others do the same!
This movie and my friends story made me want to try it... I know that the reason I am not doing so well with losing weight during this journey is because my diet hasn't been that great! I still eat junk food and eat out I just replace one meal a day with Shakeology and have began to feel like that is enough but I know it isn't! I don't eat very many vegetables and I eat minimal fruits. I am still cooking dinner for me and the hubby and it is the normal meals we always eat... and for the most part while I have tried to change my portion sizing but the urge to overeat still gets to me! I also have an addiction to sweet tea which I plan on fixing by switching to having a pitcher of tea made with Splenda and then having the hubbies tea full of sugar and sweetness! I went to the BX to look for a juicer but they didn't have one... I figure it is not a huge high demand item! So I started to look up the alternatives. What I found was smoothies can be a good alternative! No... Not the smoothies you buy in the store but homemade smoothies with whole veggies and fruits! Its a little more time consuming in some ways but for the most part you are still getting more fruits and veggies and more nutrients in your diet which in turn will help me lose weight! The plan for now is to use a blender and do smoothies for the next few weeks and then when I get to the states I will buy a juicer and do a few weeks of juicing before the wedding to hopefully see some more of the benefits of eating whole foods! KP was telling me that you can see a difference in your hair and skin tone after just a few days! Your energy levels go through the roof and you tend to shed a few pounds which before the wedding can only be a good thing right! Time to Regroup - Refresh - and get back on track!!!
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