Weekend

This weekend was a productive one. I worked out Saturday and juiced. But then paid for my workout with a severe back pain all day and night. No matter what I did or took for it, I was still in pain. I didn't sleep well. Sunday I woke up at 7 a.m. and waited until noon to go work out, still in pain a bit, but I wanted to at-least go an walk on the treadmill, which I did. (1.68 miles) I juiced a bit Sunday but I let the cravings get the better of me and caved. We had pizza for lunch and so I did too. I am not going to fret about it. Just move on with my juicing and tomorrow is a new day :)

Now it's Monday, my back is feeling better. It did hurt a bit on Sunday. I can't wait until I see the neurologist again because I am going to ask him about surgery once more. Something has got to work to fix this back of mine or at least alleviate some of the pain instead of all of these meds.

Day 24 here we go. 6 days until I reach my 3rd 10 day goal. And I am not going to weigh until then. Or at least I am going to try not to (weighing daily is my weakness, lol)

Joe the Juicer

My tweet .... His reply.....
How awesome is that?
Such a motivator to keep on moving forward. I so needed this today.

20 Day Goal Reached .....Workout #1

What a way to celebrate reaching my 2nd milestone of 20 days juicing than with a workout. Workout #1 was FANTASTIC !!! My back was hurting and I had a bit of a headache going in but once I got going , the better I felt. Especially ending with a 30 minute mile on the treadmill. I took it slow as I didn't want to over do it. I feel so relaxed now. I could sleep like a baby. (and probably will, nap like one anyways, it's 6:01 a.m.) I think I spent about 45 minutes at the gym, maybe more. Next time I will time myself.

So I am all official, signed up, worked out, got my membership pack, car decal, ink pen and t-shirt (free of course) and am ready to go again and again.

Now time to make my morning juice.
Hope today is a fantastic one.
Juice on !
20/90-70 more days to go !

Sweet Potato Pie and the Gym

Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients

• Apples - 2 medium
• Carrots - 6 medium
• Sweet Potato - 1 sweet potato
• Pinch of Cinnamon after juiced all ingredients

Directions

Process all ingredients in a juicer, shake or stir and serve.Yum !


My weight has stalled out. Today is day 19. I have hit a Juicing plateau. I did not think this was even possible but I guess with any lifestyle change, diet, it is. So I signed up for a gym membership in hopes that the added exercise will kick start my weight loss back in to gear. And it's also to help train me for my 5K and get me in better shape too. I will go tonight as I used to go late nights and work out.  But I think I will go tonight before it gets too late plus I am excited to get to go work out. I love going to the gym.

19/90.  71 more days to go before I finish my Dr's challenge. It feels like it's going by way fast too. Especially bow that my weight has stalled. But I am sticking to this challenge. Not gonna give up. Still hanging in there. And Tomorrow I reach my 2nd mini goal of 10 days . :)

Now time to lace up my shoes, brush my teeth and hair and go to the gym.
Then home for a refreshing Sweet Potato Pie Juice.

Juice On !

My Desktop image

This is what I look at everyday... Every time I turn on my computer, it's there as a constant reminder ... Except I am going for 90 days instead of just 30 days. But it still means the same ... The choice is all mine. Only I can choose what goes in to my body to give me fuel. Food after all is for fuel and survival. And I should treat it that way.

I discovered a new juice recipe I love . Yummy for a sweet treat or morning breakfast.
Handful of Strawberries
2Apples
2 Carrots
1 Grapefruit

Time to go for a walk. I wonder if the track is open today on campus. I hope so. I have 5 weeks left to train for my 5K walk. And after today it is going to be raining for the next 6 days straight.  If the track is not available I will go to the park instead. It's nice outside today. 

Well hello there Two-Ville !

Day 15 and I hit a new milestone today and I am so super excited. I could not believe my eyes when
I weighed this morning. I am down to 298.1 !! Juice fasting is just beyond amazing , it's miraculous . I am feeling great, headaches are getting less but I still have back aches but that is to be expected. I have 2 bad disks in my back and neck for a total of 4.... so it's to be expected. I used to feel when it was time to take my pills, I could feel this horrible withdrawal but now I am not feeling this ... it's like I feel "NORMAL". I can not wait until I return to the doctor at around the 60 day mark because I am going to ask to have some of my meds decreased and work towards removing some of them. Of course with proper blood/lab tests.

Today I walked for 10 minutes. There was a track meet on campus. So I parked my car and walked on campus a bit. 10 minutes is better than nothing, my back was hurting so today was a short day for walking. I will do another walk later in the neighborhood with Rick and the girls. or I will do one of the Leslie Sansone Walk at Home, indoors DVDs I checked out at the library at a few days ago.

Oh, I picked up like $12 worth of fresh strawberries from Wal-Mart before my walk this morning. They had them for $1.48 a pound. I came home and cleaned them, cut off the tops and put them in freezer bags and put them in the deep freezer. They will be perfect for making smoothies and much cheeper than the already frozen strawberries they sell in the freezer section. Quite a bargain. I put some in the fridge for the girls to snack on and put up 5 pounds in the freezer. :) Yummy. Can not wait to have a smoothie later today. My favorite recipe is as follows:

7-8 Frozen Strawberries
Cup of Cashew Milk
1 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
1 Scoop Protein Powder
Sprinkle of Chia seeds
Add to nutribullet and blend until smooth.
Tastes just like a chocolate covered strawberry.

5 more days to go until I reach my 2nd goal of 20 Days on this plan.
15/90 days reached ~
Keep on juicing. You can do this !

Day 11 Done ! On to Day 12 !!

Day 12 here we go ! As of Day 10 I have lost 15 pounds . That's 15 pounds gone forever !!!! I am not going to weigh again until day 20, or so I say I won't. :) I am going to start incorporating exercise into my plan now as I  now have a goal to look forward to. I signed up for the Biggest Loser 5K Run/Walk Race Series coming to my city on April 19. I can not wait. So I have 6 weeks to train.  6 weeks seems like a long time but actually it isn't. It will be here in no time and I can not wait to see what my results are in 6 weeks from juicing and exercise. Can you? Speaking of.... I will post pictures at that time... from now and day of my race . And then again at the end of my 90 days.

 

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