42 Day/ 49 year old JuiceFeasting Body Pictures

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Okay- it's time for the big reveal, drum roll please.... hahaha! j/k
I only lost 9.5 pounds, but all my clothes are so loose! Sorry I didin't take any before pics, but you can tell from the pants that there was a pretty big change. The pants were never tight, but they did fit a whole lot better 43 days ago.

If you read the comments from the previous post you will see that I said I was not at all disappointed that I quit earlier than I expected. The OCD part of me is a little miffed that I didn't make it even half way, but I'll get over it :P  I also said I probably should have quit earlier b/c I feel like a kid who was brought up by over protective parents and has finally been set FREE!! FREE to INDULGE!!! (and bulge- NO!!) I feel a little out of control tasting everything in sight regardless of what it is!! That is so NOT me! I'm forcing down juice to try to help curb that.

I ate my prunes very happily this morning, but 8 oz. was a lot! It took me a while to eat them, and afterward I was pretty full. Transit time? 6.5 hours!! lol   which is pretty good- I heard up to 12 hours is healthy. I'm actually looking forward to 2 rounds of prunes tomorrow. The hubs was out late last night. I called him to ask if he could pick some prunes up for me on the way home- what a sweetheart, he did! So I got up right away and put them in water so I could start to break first thing :)

Oh oh oh- sorry... the drum is still rolling? okay okay!!

Had to throw in bodybuilding pic in there :P

Again, I lost all the fat (9.5 pounds) in just 2 weeks. After that it was detoxing, cleansing, healing and lessons in self control.

So I'm done for now... well, sort of. I do have 6 days of breaking out of this. I will continue posting though as I do plan on making a career of sorts out of the raw food/health/nutrition field. I will continue to educate myself on the culinary arts as well as in nutrition and health. I plan on posting lots on those topics as time goes by.

Celebrate life- keep it raw!
~(RawesomelyFit) Wendy

Day 38

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Day 38
Feb. 6, 2012
Monday AM

Physical & Psychological:
I had a great night's sleep last night- 8 hours!! :) I was pretty tired last night and got to bed by 10:00. I'm feeling restless, restless with my life too, not just my body. I don't want to be in front of this computer all day anymore. I feel like I want to be outside, but it's still cold, and alas, I have to work- which is in front of this computer! And I really do need to work on my website while it is still cold out. I wonder if I'm just trying to distract myself from the discomfort of juicing and not eating???

Which brings me to my next point. It's really amazing how much our lives focus and center around food! It's also amazing how much comfort, enjoyment and pleasure we get from it. And it's also amazing how much it can bring one's life to a stand still. What I mean by that is- if you are always grabbing for food to comfort yourself from the discomforts of life than you aren't focused on the solution to your problems- you're just using food as a pain killer.

Juicing is a great way to remove food as an obstacle to move forward in your life- to solve issues at the core level, not to mention the physical benefits as well. I'm still hating this- it's a struggle every single day, but I'm in a better mood today, I think, hahaha. I'm so looking forward to next Tuesday when I'll be at the "top of the hill" in this journey- it will be the mid-way point, half way.

And I found out that I can break this fast in 6 days- woohoo! Thanks Pam!! :) I thought it was going to take me 3 weeks- what a drag that was to think of, now I'm excited! Back on regular (raw) food in just one week! YAY!! :) So happy about that.

I didn't workout all weekend- will walk today though, and have a Brilliant Mind meeting right after :)

Juicing:
For some reason I didn't mind juicing this morning. I juiced and cleaned up thoroughly in just under 2 hours. I made 6 quarts of juice- enough for 2 days :) And I'm not done- I'll juice some oj later on today sometime- probably at dinner time. And I can't wait to juice my fruits- didn't do that yet either- maybe tomorrow night or Wednesday.

Weigh in:
I weighed in yesterday- down another 1/2 pound. That makes me a solid 126. I'd actually like to lose another couple pounds, as crazy as that sounds, just to get rid of more toxins being stored in the fat cells, but not sure that is going to happen. I think it would almost be easier to water fast- this juicing keeps the metabolism quite cranked so I always feel hungry!! And I'm not drinking more than 3 quarts of juice a day either- I just can't spend that much time or money. 3 quarts plus maybe a master cleanse, teas and broth.

Day 36

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Day 36
Feb. 4, 2012
Saturday PM

Physical & Psychological:
Woke up last night with pretty severe side pain- right side abdomin-ish radiating possibly from the back- kidney/adrenal area maybe??? I think yesterday's struggle was a major detox effect. Those are hard to get through b/c you want to return to "normal"- which includes eating solid food. I just had to remind myself that to "break through" I need to push through. It's indicative of life (and I know that!) if I falter on my JF (juice fast/feast) then it's likely that I do and will falter in life. I need to find my way through things. I need to find a way to solve things and push through to the goal. I'm excited I made it!! Today is a much better day, but every day is still a struggle against eating solids. This whole thing is very pschological for me.

Did not workout today.

Went to the Body Systems class and am excited about the business potential I'm finding there- as well as a community that supports healthy living :)

Juicing:
Juiced for quite a while this morning- made my usual green juice (half a gallon), and also over a quart of carrot/apple/a little celery/ a little radish (radish is good for the skin :) I also made a gallon of broth from all the pulp :)

Day 2

1/1/12 10:45 AM

Got to sleep okay last night, just after midnight, woke up around 6:30 this morning.
Feeling pretty good.
Stomach is feeling pretty empty though, but I'm not really hungry- weird feeling.

Spent 3 hours in the kitchen this morning- juicing, cleaning up and making dinner for the kid.

I think I have found the secret of making time go by slowly- stop eating food! hahaha! I'm suprised how much more time I feel like I have- that's weird too. I always feel time pressured and stressed out b/c of it. I still have a lot to do, but not feeling overwhelmed or pressured. This really feels good.... strange, but good.

I froze my milk kefir- still not sure what I'm going to do with the grains of the 1/2 gallon of milk I have- just might feeze it too. I'll thaw it and use it to get my kefir grains started again- if I go back to milk... not so sure that I will.