My juicer and organic delivery came today. I waited 2 weeks for my delivery because the juicers were back ordered. On the practical side it is going to cost me $169. 00 for the juicer and $32 per week for 6 months. This is a total of 937 less 50.00 rebate for 1st time customer and for buying the juicer and a credit for $50 in purchases. So $837 over 6 months or $139.50 per month. I typically spend $6.75 per day easily on coffee and muffins. $189.00 per month. I am going to need to supplement the juice order with other fruits and veggies and I've got a bunch growing in the garden: cucumbers, spinnach, cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, herbs:dill, mint, oregano, chives. I need to plant kale, peas, carrots, and beets for this year still and in the fall I will have lots of apples to use so this will only be about a month. I can use my Visa rewards points for gift cards at Whole foods, so this can also be used to supplement my juicing.
This is my 50th year and it's time to continue on the path toward good health. I have been overweight for most of my life and I don't feel good about how I look. I know my friends are kind to me but I feel my body is grotesque and when I hang out with mostly people in their 20's and 30's I think it is embarrassing to get naked. I have lived with this shame my entire life. I deserve to feel good about myself so I have tried to do something about it. I know my body cannot tolerate dairy and wheat but of course these are a few of my favourite things. If I can try a juice fast primarily for say 10-30 days, then I think I will be able to make some significant changes to my body and improve my health.
Another thing that has convinced me to do this is a friend of mine who has been trying to convince me to go to a surgeon in Mexico and for $10,000 I could get a vertical sleeve gastrectomy. I could not imagine 1. going to Mexico to have a surgery and 2. spending $10,000 on something that I should be able to change with working at it. I do go to the gym consistently and nothing seems to budge, I have tried all sorts of diets but I have trouble keeping it off. I have had success with weight loss. I used to weigh 267 pounds so I have lost about 40 pounds. I don't have extreme goals but would like to lose another 60 pounds. Okay so before I spend a ridiculous amount of money on surgery, I need to work a bit harder trying to make changes. The paleo diet seemed to be very effective but I have gotten back into eating wheat and cheese and hello I am back at my starting weight.
More than this though, my son is very unhealthy and he deserves a better life. If I can get him on board then maybe he will be able to improve his health. Drinking just one juice in the morning will at least give him his 5 fruits and veggies. He really liked the Orange Jubilee Juice and even tasted the Shrek juice. He's excited to try the Monkey Shake and he was very insistent that I try the Iron Plus juice because of the problems I have with my anemia.
Last night and this morning we made the Orange Jubilee Juice: 1 orange, 3 carrots, 1 apple. (5FV)
This morning that is what he had for breakfast and a banana. So he had (6FV) to start his day. The Shrek Juice I had included: 2 stalks celery, 1 handful of Kale, 2 apples (4FV). For lunch today I had the Iron Plus Juice: 1 Beet with top, 2 kale leaves, 1/2 cup of broccoli florets with stems, 4 carrots, 1 apple, cut into wedges. (6FV) so far today I have had 11servings of fruits and vegetables. No dairy, no meat, no wheat.
I feel different alright. I feel like my head is going into shock, probably because I have not had so many fruits and vegetables in a day before and also because I have not had any coffee. I don't have a headache but I do feel like something is brewing. I had a bowel movement at around 10:30. I know TMI! but I need to see how my body is regulating this. Tomorrow and Sunday I have dinners planned with family and a friend so I will go off my cleanse. This is a lifestyle change, I will try to make good choices but I don't think it is realistic to expect a person to ignore social events. I am not going to drink. I will choose something with a lot of veggies and I will also try to eat a small portion. Riley's graduation is also coming up and there will be dinners and such and I am not going to miss that for the world.
I weighed in at 225.8 pounds. I have my period today so I am a bit bloated and I usually get cravings.
