2013

well its a new year, a lot has happened in 2012, entered the year with hope and ended it with fond memories and sadness. i managed to do so well with my diet (juicing) but allowed my emotions to take hold and i put all the weight back on. i want to get healthier and make my mum proud by helping myself and rachel to a better future. so have decided to continue juicing but adding in japanese food (bento box) to ensure small portions and appetising looking fresh food. have found a fantastic site and it is wonderful with an online bento store and recipes. what is even better is the owner of the site had lived in brisbane and so can give lots of local suggestions for accessing ingredients. another fantastic goal this year is the oxfam 100, i am once again going to put my body through incredible stress and do an endurance hike. so must get the weight off for fitness as well as my feet are even worse with the added weight. will keep you up to date with my achievements, even if its just for me

last day

tomorrow i will have succeeded in doing 15 days of only fruit & veges. i am looking forward to some more variety but veges will still be my main stay. i have found lots of vegetarian recipes - watch out mum and dad when you visit :)

only lost 700g this week but did three treadmill sessions and one hike. still hoping to lose weight every week.

will blog just once a week to keep up to date of how things are going. thanks lachlan for the dvd, it hopefully has changed my life.

day ten to thirteen

well still going strong and not broken, will weigh tomorrow, only expecting around 1kg this week, but happy with that if i can keep losing one a week.

energy up and down, difficult with hiking on wednesday, could only manage an hour but have run twice on the treadmill this week.

have bought some vege burgers and soy sausages, lots of legumes and will do heaps of stir frys next week. my plan is to juice twice a day, and just add some more protein to my veges.

have bought some weird stuff, seaweed salad, xo sauce and smoked trout, going to keep trying new things and not have much sweet stuff.

have lost another 5cm, total of 16cm in the two weeks, so my clothes are quite loose, so feeling good

day nine

felt really good today, made a lovely green thai vege curry and it has given me some zip, another 3 juices today and even did 52mins on the treadmill and burnt off 350 calories.

the weight loss has really slowed down only 300g in the past two days, but it makes sencse that it eases off. hiking with brad on wednesday so interesting if i can cope with two hours, as i really struggled last week.

would be very happy to just lose 1kg every week until may, then i might just make my goal

attached new photos, small difference visible

day eight - not so good

right from the start i felt lousy, just lots of muscle tiredness, lethargy and pulse racing. thought there is no way i can exercise like this and maybe it was too much to do 15 days without protein and carbs BUT i picked up in the afternoon after my lunch of a big mean green juice and was not even hungry when i got home at 8pm after a 13hr day at work.

so maybe the green is mean and does give you a kick

day seven

wow, a whole week of nothing but fruit and veges. times its is tough and other times its easy.

still struggling with the green juice but managed to get a litre down today, a fruit juice and some veges.

weighed in 4kg lighter this week, which is the most i have ever lost, i expect next week to only be 1kg, but thats okay, as i feel as if it will continue.

walked/run 46mins today on the treadmill, it was tiring without any protein or carbs in your system, this may be the downfall of trying to juice and exercise.

will see how i go this week as i finish next monday and can then add in some extras. took some more photos and there is a slight change on my belly. will show them after 4 wks so you can see the difference.

cooking a vegetable curry for dinner, so i can have it ready when i get home tomorrow night from work.

lets see how this week goes....

day six

have measured from last week and i lost 11 cm in a week and will weigh myself tomorrow.

today was to be all juicing but just find it a bit too hard, so cherries and apple for breakfast, went to the movies and took a beetroot juice (oh the sound of munching chips in the audience) and then a green juice for lunch but had to have some strawberries for afternoon tea and will have roasted veges for dinner.

still havent had anything other than fruit or veges, which i think is amazing especially as rachel cooked burgers for dinner and i still felt ok.

hope to last the full 15 days and bring on the legumes and dairy, new photos and weight tomorrow hope its a good start