Starting a juice cleanse tomorrow. Just finished shopping for all the supplies for my husband and I. Yes he decided to give it a try too. I have to admit we only got enough for about half the cleanse to start, just in case we can't choke it down. In the grocery line there was a man about our age (25 - 30yrs) who asked us if we were juicing when he saw our purchase on the conveyer belt. We let him know it was our first time attempting a cleanse. Historically all we've really juiced are lemons, carrots and oranges. He apparently started with a three day cleanse and lost so much weight he continued on for a month. I have to say he was in good body condition. Maybe this is a sign that things are going to be different this time.
We decided to use up our oranges and make orange juice tonight as practice for tomorrow. Turns out our juicer is broken... grr. Well, I have a really good blender the kitchen Ninja. So, instead of feeling defeated already I decided to proceed. Blended the oranges and strained them with a very tiny wire strainer. It took a lot longer than expected. But worked very well and tasted fantastic. Tomorrow I am going to try and find a bigger strainer or some cheese cloth (wonder where you get cheese cloth). I can't really budget a new juicer at this time. Maybe Santa will bring me one if this goes well.
My journey began officially today, so of course... the moment of truth. This weeks way in I am officially the heaviest I have ever been. I weighed in at 241.4 lbs. I have to be honest a tear rolled down my face before I got off the scale. That's about 10 lbs more then I was expecting. My pant size has also just gone up to 18. I plan on weighting in every Monday and am recording it on a chart on the fridge and online here as kind of a diary... sending my words out into the world. I really don't even write this with the intention of anyone other than myself reading it. For me I figure it will be a good way to see my progress, what's working, what's not, reminders of the struggles to lose the weight as future motivation to keep it off.
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