The good thing I did last week was that I pre-prepared my food so that I can take part in a 4 day cleanse. It worked great and I lost 4 lbs in those four days.
The bad thing is that on the fifth day I went home to my family to celebrate my and my grandmothers birthday. I ate starches and sugar galore! When I weighed myself on the 8th day not only had I regained the 4 lbs from earlier that week I also gained 3 more!!
My poor body yo-yoed so much in one week it was no wonder I felt horrible all yesterday and spent most of my day huddled in a corner (after work of course).
Here's what I noticed though:
1. After I ate all that bread: pizza, brownies, hot dogs, and potatoes too, I saw that my energy was really low
2. My infections immediately came back.
3. My skin started getting a rash.
4. My hands and feet were slightly swollen.
5. I kept forgetting things. I couldn't find something for two days and it was staring me in the face the whole time.
6. Scariest of all: My libido is so low I feel like a forgotten refrigerator.
The thought of how just three days of bad eating habits affected me really scared me. I have never noticed so much go wrong so quickly. I'm sure there might be other factors (not exercising well during those binge days didn't help either and budget is tight so stress levels are up) but the fact of the matter is that eating starches really affects me in the worst of ways.
I'm back at work now and I'm going to loosely follow another cleanse. From there I think I'm going to move to a very strict eating menu for 30 days.
I also bought Joe Cross's book The Reboot with Joe Juice Diet
I really get inspired by his documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and I tried juicing before but didn't make it.
One of the problems I had was that I didn't know what to juice. I also tried to do it while I had my community house glaring at me disapprovingly. Finally I just missed eating so much I couldn't stand it.
When I saw his book I was thrilled to see recipes for juicing but also a selection of different meal plans for different interests. There are 3 day cleanses, 10, 15, 30 day cleanses. But there are also meal plans mixed in with juicing so you don't have to go juicing cold turkey! I was thrilled. I bought the book.
I'm going to have to invest in a new juicer but I definitely want to make it a part of my life. Not just juice 100% of the time but add it to a healthy life style and healthy meals.
I'm excited to do it but before I do I'll do a different cleanse first and then a 30 day challenge.
Why am I doing so much one right after the other? Because I'm trying to form healthy habits and I need to start getting results. I realized that the second I plateaued I gave up. No results means it's not worth it to continue. It's a bad mentality but I admit I do it and I want to get results again. I want to form good habits and hopefully start working toward a better, healthier life style.
Thanks everyone for reading. I promise I'll update more often.
love
-w0rld
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