Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Personal Goal Update

Okay here it is! The Big Update!

At the end of October and the beginning of November, I had my weight at 171.0 lbs.

So now I have lost 19 lbs since I started my lifestyle change in August 2013.

I am on track to be at or near my goal weight (140 lbs) by my designated goal time period (June 2014).

So here is what I have been doing to assist in my continual weight loss. I started a new job the last week of September and right before I started that, my new juicer arrived. I set it up and after watching another documentary called "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead", (available on Netflix) I decided to try a alternative version of the juicing regime that he partook in.
From the movie website - fatsickandnearlydead.com

The main concept of the documentary was that he was not eating anything. He was juicing the whole 60 days and getting blood tests every 10 days. He was allowed to drink water and juice from fresh vegetables and some fruits. It was a novel concept and I liked the idea so I made a modification and started juicing for breakfast and lunch to work around my new work schedule, 10:15-3:15 pm. 

So I started by keeping my wake up time at 7 am a little later than my previous job. Get up, put on work out clothes, got to the kitchen and drink my cup of hot water, fresh squeezed lemon juice & cayenne pepper, exercise for 30-45 minutes. Then I jump in the shower, get dressed, personal care, and head to the kitchen.

Then I grab veggies for juicing. I usually grab a cucumber, carrot, lettuce leaves, spinach, parsley, tomato, apple or pear, lime, all washed and juiced, followed by a little coconut water to help clean out the machine. 

From Kris Carr's Website - krisscarr.com 


I then stir the juice and pour it into one of the following containers: 


an 8 oz glass


a 16 oz glass water bottle with dark rubber cover


a 16 oz metal water bottle


a 64 oz insulated glass pitcher.

I usually pour a portion into the glass to drink before I leave, then the rest into one of the water bottles. If I made too much, then the rest goes in the pitcher and into my fridge. Since I use a slower juicer it will keep for up to 2 days. I don't ever let the juice sit that long. I will drink that first thing the following day and make new juice to take with me. Then either before I leave work or on the way home I drink the other 8-16 oz of juice. 

Then I eat dinner, like I regularly would. I make a note not to eat dinner before 5 pm. And in my normal routine I do not eat after 8:30pm, with few exceptions.

I was kind of cool to watch my wight go down and step on the scale each morning and note the half pound or more that came off. To feel my pants loose around my waist, of which a few used to be uncomfortably tight. It is really cool to see how my body is adjusting with the extra skin and then see it disappear. 

The best part is the feeling. I feel much more aware and energized than before. I have not had any digestive issues since starting this regimen. I do not know how much longer I will continue to do this. I am looking into what I may substitute in for breakfast and lunch that are healthy alternatives. I am not convinced that I can switch back just yet. I want to make sure that what I do choose is healthy and not going to reverse my current success. 

Good Health!!




Sunday, October 27, 2013

Halloween Candy Switch Witch



Does the idea of your children or you family eating all of that sugar that comes from the trick-or-treating scare you or make you sick?


Here is a possible solution:
Introducing the
Switch Witch
Her other names also include The Candy Fairy and The Great Pumpkin

She is cousins with the Tooth Fairy and lives on the dark side of the moon. Her and her black cat trade out gifts to all the children who give her their candy. Your children can choose to eat and keep a couple of pieces but the more that they give up the bigger and better the gift in exchange. They can write her a note to go with the candy requesting their preferred gift and leave the candy at the front door.

This is the newer thing that parents are now doing to limit the amount of sugar and other chemicals that their children and families consume related to this holiday.

In relation to this, here are some links as to what to do with the candy besides throwing it away. I hate to waste food, even if most of the candy isn't "real" food, but you know what I mean.

Look up a local dentist to send your children's candy to our troops.

Or if there are not dentists local to you, send it to this warehouse that will send it on to the troops.

Happy Halloween!!