Day 3

My apologies for not posting last night. My second day went well although my excessive hunger pains led me to realize that I need my protein, so last night I had sushi for dinner. Just a small eight piece California roll, of which I could have done without the imitation crab meat but it was raw for the most part and delicious!

My juicing yesterday made enough for two meals. It was a citrus blend of grapefruit, apple, orange, pineapple, strawberry, and carrots. I think I used a tad too much of the grapefruit though because by the time I finished the drink my throat was burning and I had to chase it with a banana.

I also picked up some Kashi cereal at the store just for something a bit more filling as a meal. And I'll be using soymilk with that. I haven't tried it yet, it looks good, but I have heard mixed reviews. Oh and I picked up some organic cheese sticks as well just when I need a heartier protein pick-me-up.

I guess that's all for now folks, night!

Expect Turbulence

I just finished a wonderful supper extracted from my juicer. It wasn't very pretty, on the pea soup side as color goes, but it didn't taste horrible. I also had a mug of Detox tea made by Yogi, which smells odd, tastes okay, and slightly burns going down. I'm burping up a storm right now, which is never pleasant, but I'm full. I kind of feel like you do after Thanksgiving dinner and all you want to do is curl into a ball and fall asleep. But that aside I feel good, I feel like I'm really giving this a good go. 


That being said, it brings me to the title of today's blog, 'Expect Turbulence'. I'm being dead serious when I say this, it's hard, harder than you would think. When I told my coworkers about what I'm planning on doing I hit a brick wall. None of them could understand that I'm taking this step for me, is it drastic, yes, but that's what I need. To be completely honest though, it lit a fire under me and I felt one of those 'I'll show you' attitudes beginning to swell in my chest. Then at the market this afternoon, imagine being a fat girl pushing a cart full to the brim with fruit and veggies. I felt like a fool. But I held my head high, shrugged off the skeptical glances, and pushed on through produce! 


This is exactly what I've never been able to accomplish before, the drive, the motivation, the need to show your peers that your done talking and are ready to start doing! I realize how abnormal this may be, this lifestyle overhaul, but for someone who has relied on America's mainstream fast food chains and unhealthy eating habits her whole life this is exactly what I need to jump start my system and begin anew. 


Okay so here is what I ate today:

• Late Lunch (1pm): 1 Banana and 1 Naval Orange
• Dinner (7pm): 1 juiced drink (that I forgot to measure, oops!
• Mug of Detox tea

I didn't really follow a recipe for the juicing tonight, I just winged it. So we'll see you back here tomorrow, for more juicing stories!

It seems introductions are in order!

My name is Kristen, I'm 24 years old and I currently work as a Certified Pharmacy Technician at a local hospital. I have always been overweight, my entire life, for as long as I can remember. Food has consistently been my enemy, my best friend, my confidant, my Judas. I'm ready to stop relying on it as a comfort and start relying on it as fuel for a healty body. Today is the beginning of a new way of being for me. I hope that by keeping this blog, someone out there will read it and in reading it keep me motivated to continue on this path to health.

Now I'm sure you're asking yourself: 'Why is a 24 year old so concerned with her health that she would do something so drastic?' A valid point if I do say so. I've always told myself that I was okay with my size, until I got on the scale the other day and saw that I was five pounds away from three-hundred. NOT GOOD! I never thought I would hit that number and now as I find myself leaning over the edge I see this as my only way to come back from that precipice. On top of the weight, I have been prescribed on two blood-pressure medications, three allergy meds, and two anti-anxiety/anti-depression meds. Someone my age shouldn't need to go to the pharmacy every month for a haul of pill bottles.

As midnight quickly approaches and I start my juicing tomorrow, I see a night of binging ahead of me, to get it out of my system. I'm sure I won't be able to dive right into raw as I begin, but rather taper out meats and dairy products, but I am willing to do my best to go it cold turkey vegan. No meat, no cheese, no milk. It's not going to be easy, I know that, but I NEED to do this. Come hell or high water.

My goal for right now, is to get to an all liquid diet in two weeks. That's my next weekend off from work and I want to start The Master Cleanse then. I will try to post every day with a log of everything I've eaten and calorie intake. And I am looking into doing Vlog's along the way as well so this becomes a bit more personal, thanks for reading!!!