Day 5- 7lbs down!

It's day 5 and I have now lost 7lbs!  Wowy!

Here is my lovely lunch time smoothy- bananah, strawberrys, natural youghurt and almond milk.  yum!

Day- 4- Still going steady

Not much to report today, but all still going steady.  I bought some more apples and some oranges today.  I have only tried golden delicious so far, so it will be interesting to see how different apples alter the flavour.

Weight: 16 stone 1lb- stayed the same today

Day 3- Weigh in Day

Today is day 3 of the juice and smoothy diet and all is still going well.  I am really enjoying the juices and smoothies.  I feel healthier already and have a lot more energy.  I find them very filling and my blood sugar levels seem to be staying fairly even, so instead of crashing mid morning and afternoon, I feel really good and not hungry.  This is meaning less to no snacking.  When I am snacking it tends to be on nuts or a healthy natural nut based bar.

I also got weighed today; so the moment of truth...

Weight on Wednesday 10th July: 16 stone 7lbs
Weight today: 16 stone 1lbs!

That's a loss of 6lbs!  and I didn't actually begin the juice diet until Monday.  Not bad.

I am very happy with this result and I definitely plan to continue this good work, sticking to a healthy diet of veg, fruit nuts and then healthy proteins in the evening.

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Day 2- Tea and a tropical fruity smoothy

I had a delicious healthy tea tonight of king prawns with a lime and chilli dressing, salad and a jacket potatoe.  I was delicious, it is so nice to have something different and healthy for tea and it was so easy to prepare.  Sometimes I get so stuck into making the same things week in week out.  I love healthy food but I don't always have the time, ingredients or imagination to put the meals together.

For dessert I made a tropical smoothy; pineapple, mango, banana, lime and natural yoghurt.  The great thing about my new juicer which is great if you don't like faff and are time poor is that it will take pretty much whole fruits and veg.  There is very little prep work needed.  For the pineapple I only had to cut the pineapple in to large chunk and then juice with the skin on!  It makes juicing so easy and so enjoyable.  This smoothy was delicious and the dash of lime juice gave it an extra kick.  I even managed to get my other half, Phil, to have a glass and he really liked it.  It is difficult to get him to eat veg and fruit at the best of times, so this was a winner!  I will get him to eat his greens one way or another!

Day 2- New Juice

So for lunch I made a new juice.  A green juice that consisted of, cucumber, pear and lime juice, that was then put into a blender with sprigs of mint and ice cubes.  This drink was really refreshing and felt quite summery too.  Yum!

I also made a smoothy to take to work in my flask for my afternoon snack.  It was packed full of banana, strawberry's, blueberrys and natural yoghurt.

Day 2- Glorious carrots

This morning I felt better and my headache had gone.  I did feel a little deflated about the thought of more juices today, but then I thought, I don't have to stick to the recipes provided on the reboot plan, they are really just starting points and I have a whole book of recipes by Jason Vale. So I decided to have the Carrot, Lemon and Apple juice that I had on my first juicer practice run and then at lunch I would try a new recipe.

Weight: 16 stone 2.5lbs (4.5lbs!)

Day 1- Evening

Since lunch although I haven't been hungry at all throughout the day, I have started to develop a headache and I am feeling a little dizzy.  I am not 100% sure if this is due to the amount of ginger I have consumed in 2 of my juices and in the lemon and ginger tea that I have been drinking or if it is hunger.  I have had some nuts to see if that helps, but still feel a little weird.

My snack juice was ok, but I wouldn't say it would be my favourite choice.  I am not that keen on the strong beetroot taste. It did help me feel full again though.  I am surprised that I haven't felt more hungry to be honest.  I have however been craving solid food, and it seems like it is everywhere! The office, TV, restaurants that I pass on my way home...the list goes on! So that has been my biggest challenge.

After getting home tonight I still felt quite ill and light headed, so I decided that I would have some solid food for tea.  I had a small jacket potatoe, with baked beans.  I now feel much better.  I don't feel that I can go 100% without solid food, so I am going to begin the diet I plan to continue with now rather than doing the full 3 day juice fast.  It is still very healthy, and will still enable me to lose weight as long as I have a filling and healthy evening meal to go with my two shakes a day.

Overall I feel very happy, I am excited to try some new juices tomorrow.