Here we go again

Like childbirth the pain and anguish of my last juice feast has deserted me and I am now facing another one.

Not even a month has passed. WHAT? am I crazy you ask....

No. I am in America. My mother has an awesome juicer and my parents have both offered to do it with me. They are paying for the ingredients so really I have no excuse. Hope I lose another 8 lbs as that would really make me a very happy Mama.

My spelling and grammar are atrocious at the moment as I am highly jetlagged and very tired, so I am signing off.

Goodnight from the crazy juicy mama.

Real food- the joy of chewing

So the asian noodle salad ended up turning my stomach just smelling the vinegar in the dressing. But the thai green veggie curry with brown rice I had for dinner was delicious.

The final tally when I stepped on the scale this morning was 8lbs gone. A respectable start to my goal. Halfway there already. :-D

Signing off.
xx

Day 7- The end is nigh

So I won't lie and say that that Asian noodle salad in the fridge isn't calling my name. But I am not really hungry. I just want to chew. I cleaned the juicer and put it away. Honestly I think my little POS juicer has done well to last this long, it's on its last legs (sounds a bit like an aircraft carrier on a combat day).

Gwen is napping and I am cleaning. I feel so accomplished today I have been super productive and haven't switched the telly on at all. If my life continues like this I may end up a productive member of society. God help us all. I have a few job applications out and a few more arriving by post. My kitchen is close to sparkling (can't seem to get the table to not feel sticky...) I am on top of my laundry pile and my house doesn't smell of bachelor anymore.

Off to treat myself to a mint tea. And rejoice that tomorrow morning a big bowl of grape nuts, strawberrys and almond milk awaits my devouring.

Day 6- Hunger? what hunger?

Day and night at in-laws was survived. Not helped by MIL baking a huge chocolate cake with black cherry jam and whipped cream icing. I discovered that The Green Machine by Naked juices is not nearly as gross as I remember it being. Either they have changed the recipe or my taste-buds truly have changed because a few months ago when I tried one I gagged on the first sip and threw the bottle out.

Surprisingly I am *not* hungry. The juices finally are filling me up, that being said I may have slightly cheated and stolen a handful of (air popped) popcorn from my daughter this afternoon. It was wonderful to chew something though. And seriously- air popped popcorn is pretty healthy....even if it can't be juiced.

Only 36 hours to go- I am already planning my first meal- brown rice and steamed veggies? Maybe a wee bit of thai green curry. MmmMmmmm

Also- Dropped 6 lbs already!!

DONUTS!!!! PLEASE!

Jason Vale the 'genius' who came up with this torture plan called 7lbs in 7 days swears that any hunger you feel during the 7 days is purely psychological and not physical hunger. It's all in my head. The grumbling roaring sound coming from my guts is not hunger, it's the purr of a contented well rested digestive tract. BULLSHIT! I'm hungry. I am so hungry I am fantasizing about cheeseburgers and bacon and I've never eaten meat in my life!!!

But I'm more than halfway there so really no point in giving up now is there? Especially not now that I bought a stockpile of juicy smoothie things for our excursion to the inlaws tomorrow. I could murder a tin of baked beans. Last time I was this desperate for food I was stoned. And I gave my then boyfriend a black eye and a bad case of blue balls over a kudos bar. I hope I have enough self restraint not to injure anyone this time.

Mama- that smells like horrible.

HALFWAY THERE!!

My first all green juice and it wasn't as bad as I expected, although I suspect had it been my first juice of the cleanse I would have given up then and there. 

I am sick of cleaning out my juicer. So much so that I am looking forward to going to my in-laws house tomorrow so I have an excuse to drink bottled juices. 

I am finding myself drooling over food on the tv set. And the cheesy beany pasta in the fridge is calling my name too. 

Tummy rumbling, trying not to fixate. 

Signing off...

Day 3- still hungry

Well I have made it almost halfway through this blasted juicing thing. Don't even know what to call it as it's not really a fast and I would struggle to call it a 'diet' in the traditional sense. Juice total body cleanse? Whatever. It's juicy.

Still hungry, made pasta with baked beans and loads of ooey gooey melted cheese throughout it for my hubby and baby's dinner. It took all my self control to not shovel forkfuls into my mouth while no one was looking. But I sat and watched them eat it all up and put the leftovers in the fridge. *proud*

My avocados are finally ripe, so I got my first taste of an avocado smoothie, and I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised. Not sure if it was just cause I have not eaten anything in 2 days and a bit of variety in my smoothies was welcome, but nevertheless it tasted pretty good.

Best moment of the day by far was stepping on the scale and watching those 4 lbs drop off. Long may it continue.