Three day juice fast

So I went on a three day juice fast with the hubby.  This was not my first go around with juicing.  This past summer, I went on a five-day juice fast after watching Fat Sick and Nearly Dead.  That documentary jump started my hidden fitness lioness and I was ready.  I will talk about that five-day period later in another post. 

Anywho, we successfully made it through the three days.  My hubby was kind of resistant at first but he pushed through.  I also had my moments of imagining my postman was a cheeseburger or taco…and the post man thought he should just be afraid of dog bites.  :S

Although this was not my first juice fast, this one was different.  My husband was watching the infamous Dr. OZ and heard him talking about the benefits of a detox by juicing or blending.   However,  I was in a bit of a tizzy because I have told him this PLENTY of times before, but at least Dr. Oz was able to reach him.  So I decided to be supportive and follow this three day fast that Dr. Oz recommended.  You guys can check it out here if you would like.  http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-ozs-3-day-detox-cleanse-one-sheet

 Needless to say, the ingredients were different than what I had used before in my previous juice fast.  Normally I only used green vegetable and some fruits.  In this new regimen, you may have things like almond butter, green tea, coconut oil, and almond milk.  This method is great for people like hubs who are just starting out.  The morning smoothie with the almond butter tasted like a peanut butter smoothie, although I am not a huge peanut butter fan, it was delicious. 

The green tea I purchased, was not bad at all.

This diet also recommends drinking green tea every morning before you drink anything else.  I despise green tea, but the one I purchased with addition to the lemon, it was tolerable.  Doing this juice fast helped me spice things up and added new things to my otherwise boring juice. 

So in the three day, I lost 6 pounds and hubby lost around the same amount.  All in all I would do this again but hubs, although excited he lost weight, is not down with the juice and wants to do it “his way” which is fine.  I will also be tracking his weight loss here as well. 

Peace and happy holidays!!

Getting some rib action

Is my title appropriate??  For those with their minds in the gutter like me...lol I mean real ribs, you know, that edible kind, not the condom.

So guys, I kicked off my health journey with a huge plate of saucy ribs...okay maybe that is not a good start to a health journey but I figured I would have a goodbye meal.  Today I noticed that eating healthy is more of a mental game.  My mind said, "Hey, you know you want some ribs!", but now I am paying for that. My stomach is killing me and had to take my medicine that was recently prescribed  to me to calm it down.

That leads me into another reason I have decided to go on a health and fitness journey: my health problems.  I have many stomach issues and I know that many of these issues can be remedied by change of diet.  The first time I discovered that I could have a medicine free accompanied with a pain free lifestyle is when I went on my first juice fast for about a week.  However, that experience will be left for another blog post.

Lets see in the next weeks or months to come, if I can mentally overcome the temptation to physically stuff unhealthy food down my throat.
Can I do it??  Only time will tell!!


Yoli G

My fitness journey thus far

Height: 5'5
Weight 137

So I have frequently been asked, why exactly are you going on a health and fitness journey if you are not really over weight?  I always respond with HEALTH of course!!  My house is not very big at all, but I manage to break out in a full sweat and give full huffs and puffs by the time I walk from one end to the other. What do you call this guys?  I'm not quite sure what you call it, but I call it out of shape.

Okay so  I exaggerated and poked my stomach out a bit but my stomach is a problem area for me...My nefew did ask me if I was prego though.....NO NO I am not :(  lol

My infatuation of becoming healthy came when I first stumbled upon the documentary section of my Netflix   As a lover of documentaries, I was like a kid in biased documentary heaven.  That's were my crash course in the dangers of processed food and what they do to your body crushed my fast food wonderland and served me up a plate of doom.

From my fleeting attempts to live a healthy life, I can personally attest to the difference in quality of life when healthy eating habits are incorporated.  Although I have incorporated healthy eating habits, I am not satisfied with my health and fitness as of today.  This blog will provide information and chart my health and fitness journey.  I hope that you tag along in this adventure with me.

Thanks for reading!!

Yoli G