Day 8 - 13.2 pounds in a week!!!

Day 8
Weight: 222.0 - 13.2 pounds in a week

If I was just doing this for weight loss purposes, I'd be wondering what the heck is going on.  Less than a pound in 2 days?  But because I'm going for the over all health benefits, I'm ok with losing 4 oz or whatever the case may be.  I feel great, I'm energized and I'm sleeping great.  I'm also overcoming this OAS, which is really great, since I want to start eating healthy.

I've learned a few things over the past week:

1. Plan ahead - If I'm going out, I need to make sure I know where the juice bar is close to my destination or carry some fruits and veggies with me to eat.
2. No more Naked Smoothies - If I go out and I have nothing, I will eat nothing until I get home to make a juice. 
3. Too much ginger with lemon makes my tongue hurt
4. Fried chicken smells good and tastes good, but juicing makes me feel good.
5. I need an accountability partner to help me stay focused and on task.
6. I don't like the taste of a bunch of celery in my juice
7. Coconut water makes the juice taste so good and refreshing
8. Drink water - helps curb the cravings when you are well hydrated
9. I'm stronger than I thought I was
10. I can do another 7 days

I'm going to stop weighing myself every day and go to once a week.  It will keep me sane, lol.  Weighing yourself everyday is such craziness.  It plays so many tricks with your mind.  Plus I don't want to focus on the pounds, I want to focus more on my body's reaction to eating healthy and putting the extra energy I have to good use.

Breakfast 10:45am

My version of Ginger Lemon Blast:

• 1 whole lemon
• 1 piece of ginger
• 1/3 cucumber
• 2 apples
• 4 strawberries
• 1/2 habanero pepper
• 1/2 carrot
• cilantro
• parsley
• spinach

 IT WAS SOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!  It did give me a small OAS reaction, where there is some coughing.  I wonder what that was from?  I think it may have been from the big red grapes I bought.  I normally buy the green.  I'm not sure.  The recipe called 3 habaneros and there was NO way I was doing that.  I just put in a 1/2 and it was enough.  Delish and filling!

Lunch and Dinner - Ginger Lemon Blast

2 things I'm not doing that is important - drinking 2 liters of water and exercising!

Ugh!  This is essential when it comes to cleansing.  I'll be working on this this week.