What a great day!

I think today was a great day. Despite the pain I'm feeling I am in such a good mood. Not eating junk food all day makes a big difference in how I feel. David was hungry tonight so I made him a small salad. I'm not hungry at all so I didn't have anything. Well, I did have 3 baby carrots that I snacked on while making the salad. I still haven't trashed the bagels and cream cheese. I know if I don't I will be eating them. I'm already justifying eating one tomorrow morning. One bagel won't hurt, will it? Sheesh! It's so easy to fall off the wagon. But I won't. I'll trash the bagels and cream cheese in the morning.

It's nice to feel comfortably full. I would eat so much candy and drink so much Cherry Coke that I would make myself sick. And even then I'd still have more candy or chips. My diet was poorer than poor. It feels good to eat fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds. I know we won't eat this way forever so it's easy to do it for now. Eventually we'll add in some animal protein and possibly some processed foods but I'm hoping that it is limited to none. I don't know how long we'll do what we are doing but the longer we can do it the better off we will be. We'll definitely go until June 14th with just fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds along with the fruit/veggie juices. But Gabe's birthday is coming up (the 17th) and Father's Day is the 16th and we already had plans to eat Mexican food that weekend. I still plan on doing it and then getting back to how we're doing things now by the next day. There still will only be plant based foods in the house. I don't plan on shopping to add anything else for a while. I'd like to see if we can get through the summer eating like this. With farmers markets and fruits and veggies being plentiful I want to take advantage of the glut of good foods. I think that as fall and winter arrive I can add in some hot soups and meals. I have so much to learn and discover about eating a plant based diet. I'm looking forward to all the research and experiments that are to come.

I'm hoping to get up early tomorrow and take a shower, go by the credit union to make a deposit and then go to Safeway to comparison shop and to pick up some fruit for eating (vs. juicing). I didn't think to buy more than was needed for the juicing. I think I would like to do 5 days of juice only but I don't know when we would do that. I'd like David to be home for the full five days. Maybe we can do that after we do the lunch at Estela's on the 15th. Though it would be better to do it around a weekend so David would only have to take 3 days off to get 5 days off. I'll have to talk to him about that. ... Just talked to David. He'd rather not take days off for juicing. I guess I understand that. In that case we could do the five days sooner, like the 16th through 20th. Then do juicing and eating again for the rest of the summer. That would give us 3 months of diet change. I'm hoping that I could lose 50 pounds in that time frame. Hopefully more. My goal is to go to my October appointment with Dr. Fouss and have him not recognize me. That would be awesome.

I can actually look into my future and see myself losing 50+ pounds. It seems obtainable. Honestly, being without junk food this long AND eating this healthy for so many days is a major accomplishment. I don't think that we've ever held on for 4 days before when attempting to change the way we eat. We always give in and have junk food, fast food and soda. That's not going to happen this time. I really want to do this. I am inspired by Joe Cross and his movie "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead". I've watched as many videos as I can find about doing a juice Reboot (giving the body time to cleanse itself), I think one of the most important things I did this time was to get rid of all the food that was in the house (all of it non fruit and non vegetable). Starting clean and shopping at the Sprouts Market made all the difference. It's hard knowing that the 7-11 is only 2 minutes away but I honestly haven't thought much about going there. I'm happy with the food I have. Knowing I have a little break coming up at Estela's makes it all so much easier to do.

I'm looking forward to trying some new juices tomorrow. I think tomorrow we will do at least 3 juices and at least one salad. I'm also going to make some cinnamon treats with hemp hearts. Should be interesting. I'll be making them in the blender since I don't have my KitchenAid mixer anymore. I think I will save up and buy one this summer. Oh yeah, and we'll have some sorbet again tomorrow afternoon or evening.

It's fun because I'm thinking of different things I can do with fruits and veggies, nuts and seeds. I've been getting a lot of ideas from the Raw Food Rehab facebook page. That's where I got the sorbet idea. I think tomorrow I will do just bananas. I'll put them in the freezer tonight so they'll be ready for tomorrow afternoon or evening. I like doing this because it keeps me entertained (watching videos) and has me thinking all the time (doing research). It's not like those programs that send you the food. All you have to do is choose something. There's no thought on what to buy, what would work together. I like having to think and plan. That weight loss food is highly processed and really not good for you. It's easy but very expensive and not healthy at all. What we're doing is easy, cost appropriate and VERY healthy. I think we've made the right choice. I can't believe I've used the juicer and blender two days in a row. That's some kind of record for me. LOL

That's about it for tonight. I have to get those bananas in the freezer and then go to bed. I want to get up early enough to get things done before the cleaning lady comes to the house. I'm going to pay her for her usual 3 hours but I'm going to only do a few things (clean the bathrooms, clean the laundry room, vacuum, dust the TV table, clean the microwave and the stove). I'm doing that because David will be home tomorrow and I'd rather have more time with him without the cleaning lady being here.

If you have an hour and 37 minutes watch the video "Fat Sick and Nearly Dead" on youtube or the Breville juicer site. It will make you think and inspire you. Goodnight!