Happy Thursday everyone, I hope it is a peaceful one for you today and for those of you living where it's colllllllllld outside, I hope you are inside where it's warm.
I apologize for not having a lot to write this week. I have a lot on my plate today that I need to accomplish, so this is going to be a short thursday session.
Although I have a lot to do on my plate today the one thing I didn't have on my plate this week: Solid Food...O.K. well I did have a little, as much as I'm trying not to over this five day juice cleanse. I did find myself in need of a bite of something on the third day. I felt like I was feeling a little antsy and slightly irritable, plus, as my man sat there eating his tortilla chips while I was drinking my delicious, and yes it was delicious, third vegetable juice for the day I found myself thinking I just need something to chew on. I tried hard not to, I did. But my desire got the best of me. Good news though, I did not eat the chips and never again will I. Way too much salt and no more processed food for me.
I did however get up and make some Kale chips. My first attempt at making them and they were sooooo delicious. It was a crunchy healthy spicy snack that left me feeling satisfied with my need for something solid. I mixed them with crushed red pepper, a little bit of olive oil and a little bit of nutritional yeast. I almost ate a small meal that night too, but I resisted and went for the last juice of the day.
HEALTHY EATING - HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS - HEALTHY LIFE!
I am on day five of my juice fast and I have to say, I feel more amazing and energetic than I thought I would and on top of that when I stepped on the scale this morning I discovered that I lost 7 pounds. 7 pounds of the unhealthy gunk that has been sitting in my body for the last few years: GONE and not coming back. I was shocked to say the least. I knew I would be losing some weight. I figured 1-3 pounds, the average weekly weight loss that I've come to understand and accept. At first I thought, wow that is a lot in one week, but I realize that although I lost that much I have not done anything that was an unhealthy way of losing it, such as I have done in the past. I know that's it's from all the greens I've been absorbing and the lack of processed foods that have not been a part of my life this week.
I have learned a lot since the first day of the detox juicing. As you can see by the recipe under the photo I shared above, I was juicing half greens and half fruits. After talking with the lady's of
RAW! Inc, I realize now that it's not right for this process. More than half of my juice detox days need to be made with greens with the fruit being an addition for flavor and not substance. What a difference that has made in cleaning out my system ;) I will say this though, the recipe I made on the first day was delicious and I will make it again, but not until I'm finished with my juice cleansing and it will only be used as an afternoon sweet treat.
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I really appreciate the ladies of
RAW!. I am learning so much from them as well from the reading I've been doing on my own from information I've been finding online. I also plan on hitting the library next week for some books on living a RAW life and on nutritional balance.
One of the sites I found online shares information about the proper ph balance for your body and which foods are in similar categories in ph for optimal absorption. I'm using it as a guideline in understanding how to mix and match what I'm putting in my body.
Seeking further advice: Does anyone have any books, articles or videos that they recommend for nutritional education and RAW understanding?
I FEEL ENERGIZED!
This week I feel like I am getting more vegetables, with greens at the top of the list, than I have in the last six years living as a vegetarian and then vegan. There's no way I could sit and eat as much as I've been juicing in greens during the day if it was placed in a bowl and I know from past experience that if I was to eat a bowl of salad, I would be hungry within an a hour or so. This week, minus my moment of desiring something solid, I have been mostly satisfied as far as hunger. Day one I had a little bit of a hungry feeling in the evening, but I managed through it and was fine the next day. Day three as I said, I craved something solid and today, I'm thinking, O.K. even though I'm feeling good, I am looking forward to a healthy solid meal tomorrow :)
This is just the beginning and I as continue to move forward I will move forward with making juicing a part of my every day living along with eating meals that don't contain starch and that aren't processed. I'm not getting any younger, you know and I want the remaining life I have in front of me to be the healthiest it's ever been.
I AM BEAUTIFUL AND MY WEIGHT DOES NOT DICTATE MY FEELING OF BEAUTY!
I'm no longer in my early 20's thinking I have to be a certain size to be pretty for the person that I'm with or by so called society standards, better known as magazine industry standards. We are not magazine cover bodies and neither are the men and women who grace them. They are photo-shoped versions dreamt up by the industry and trying to fit into some ideal is not worth it. It's not worth the constant yo-yo diets, it not worth the lack of self esteem that we feel when we don't measure up to what is pushed in front of us.
What is worth it is knowing that what I'm doing for myself and what I'm putting in my body is what is best for living life with a healthy mind, healthy spirit, and healthy body. It is thinking and knowing that the weight loss that happens on this journey is going to benefit my overall health and the issues that I currently have internally.
I do look forward to showing that weight loss does not have to come at the expense of depriving your body of things that taste good or depriving your body of so many calories that you are down to eating 500 calories a day just to fit into some dress or some ideal of what you think society expects you to be. I want to show first hand that you can overcome medical issues that are plaguing your body with proper nutrition and exercise.
HERE I GO: LETTING IT ALL OUT!
One of the things that has been a problem for me, and I wasn't sure if I was going to say this out loud or not, but this journey is about being honest and letting it all out there. For a few years now, I have had urinary leakage. Not a lot, but enough that sometimes I feel damp and I can smell it and it seems to happen wether I'm sedentary or whether I'm exerting my self in exercise or heavy cleaning. Wow, I know once I post this, it's going to be out there. I'm a little embarrassed, I'm not going to lie. But I also know that I'm not the only one out there with this problem. I know my bladder has the potential to get weaker as I get older plus I've given birth twice, vaginally and I've been carrying excess weight over the last five years. I have been learning in this process that weight and the types of food I've been eating could be the biggest factor in the leakage that I have. When I started this week I was at 187 and I'm only 5'1" and that's scary. I told myself I'd never weigh that much for health reasons, and yet there I was and here I am now, slightly disappointed in where I let myself get to but feeling uplifted and revitalized in this journey that I've begun.
So as I go through this journey, I know that what I'm doing is the best gift that I can give myself: for my mind and for my body.
HEALTHY PEACEFUL LONGEVITY.
Wow, I typed more today than I thought I would. Until next week, peace and love.
About our Veggie Tale Blogger
Mary Anne is the owner of Ailgif Studios, Ailgif Media, and Ailgif Memories. She lives with the love of her life, she is a mother of two grown sons, a mother in-law to two daughter in-laws, and a Nonna to a sweet little granddaughter. She is a photographer, videographer, and visual anthropologist with a degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Anthropology. Her primary focus is in documentary photography and ethnographic multi-media projects for an applied purpose. Mary Anne's work as a photographer and videographer has been used by advocacy groups and health organizations to bring awareness to social issues and chronic health issues. She also provides her skills as a photographer to low income individuals in her community who are in need of photography services.
To contact Mary Anne email: maryanne@ailgifstudios.com
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