I lasted 6 solid days on the cleanse. On the 7th day I awoke with feverish chills and barely made it to my kitchen without passing out and shoved an apple in my mouth as fast as I could. Now, I don't want to say this to discourage anyone from trying the cleanse. I really actually feel like I benefited from it. So much so that now I'm nervous to completely go off of it because I feel like my body will just completely revert to its pre-cleanse self in a minute!
My main goals for the cleanse were to see if it helped my focus, mental clarity and my skin. I believe it did all three. Plus, my stomach is the flattest its been in years...crazy. On day 7, I started adding food back into my diet, but still steered clear of alcohol, sugar and carbs as much as possible. I ate veggies, fruits and protein and still made myself drink a juice. So, for the remainder of my 10 days I continued doing that. Juicing, and only eating raw foods and proteins, and just a little teensy bit of bread here and there. I have to slowly re-introduce the more complex man-made foods back into my diet so as to not completely lose everything i worked for in the past week and 1/2.
Now, though, I'm finding it challenging because my head is so worried that everything I put in my body will do extreme damage, that I'm scared to eat. Don't get me wrong, I am eating. I love food. But, I'm being very picky and very slow to put harmful things in my body. I guess this is a good thing...? I just hope maybe it'll eventually become second nature and that way I won't have to think about it, but instead it'll just be instinct to choose the better options.
Sometimes I feel like a robot now, I look at a piece of food and in my brain calculate it's beneficial aspects vs. it's completely useless aspects and depending on how useless I avoid it. Nuts. I thought I was healthy before, but I suppose there are always ways to be even healthier.
Huh...would you ever try a juice cleanse? I highly recommend it!
Showing posts with label Joe Cross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joe Cross. Show all posts
Friday, August 3, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
All or Nothing...or is it all nothing?
I've gone and done it. Jumped on the healthy train. I restarted training with a personal trainer and now I'm going all out with a juice cleanse. I love it! I feel focused and ready to sore!
While making my first juice for Day #2 of juicing I had a revelation about myself. I made a juice last night that tasted so horrible, I had to try with all my might not to gag with every sip. But, I forced it down knowing it was full of good for me things. Today, though, I was determined not to make juice that is hard to swallow, because if i follow that pattern, I'm sure to fail. So, I simplified. My problem last night was that I tried to put every ingredient and it's mother into the same juice. Well...lo and behold, not every fruit and vegetable tastes all that lovely when mixed with each other. Here's what I put in this morning's juice: Kale, Carrots, Cucumber and Pineapple. Perfection. Still lots of veggies with the sweetness of the fruit. Not bad.
What I realized after thinking about my 'gung-ho' juicing attitude was that, simplifying is a glorious thing! I applied this to my life. I do so many things in a day/week/month that are good for me, but end up feeling spent and unfocused and altogether unaccomplished, my days become hard to swallow. Well, I need to simplify and try not to cram all the good for me stuff into one months time, but rather spread it out a bit. That way I can enjoy the flavor of each activity on it's own and give it one hundred percent of my attention as opposed to whatever I have left.
My challenge for myself over the next few weeks is to really concentrate on the things that make me feel good. I'm not going to say yes to every favor or every activity that comes my way because I think it's a 'good cause', but because I truly feel that I can give it my full attention and brain power and therefore better myself and the world around me.
Check out Jeff Phillips website: http://www.jeffphillipscft.com/ and click on the link to 'Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead'. It's what totally motivated me to want to 'reboot'.
What healthy changes have you made lately?
While making my first juice for Day #2 of juicing I had a revelation about myself. I made a juice last night that tasted so horrible, I had to try with all my might not to gag with every sip. But, I forced it down knowing it was full of good for me things. Today, though, I was determined not to make juice that is hard to swallow, because if i follow that pattern, I'm sure to fail. So, I simplified. My problem last night was that I tried to put every ingredient and it's mother into the same juice. Well...lo and behold, not every fruit and vegetable tastes all that lovely when mixed with each other. Here's what I put in this morning's juice: Kale, Carrots, Cucumber and Pineapple. Perfection. Still lots of veggies with the sweetness of the fruit. Not bad.
What I realized after thinking about my 'gung-ho' juicing attitude was that, simplifying is a glorious thing! I applied this to my life. I do so many things in a day/week/month that are good for me, but end up feeling spent and unfocused and altogether unaccomplished, my days become hard to swallow. Well, I need to simplify and try not to cram all the good for me stuff into one months time, but rather spread it out a bit. That way I can enjoy the flavor of each activity on it's own and give it one hundred percent of my attention as opposed to whatever I have left.
My challenge for myself over the next few weeks is to really concentrate on the things that make me feel good. I'm not going to say yes to every favor or every activity that comes my way because I think it's a 'good cause', but because I truly feel that I can give it my full attention and brain power and therefore better myself and the world around me.
Check out Jeff Phillips website: http://www.jeffphillipscft.com/ and click on the link to 'Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead'. It's what totally motivated me to want to 'reboot'.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)