countdown 3 days to go

have bought BPA free bottles and jugs, special oils and teas, to get ready for the "juice". lachlan got me a huge bag of juicing carrots (organic) so set for carrot juice next week. going to the organic markets near the royal tomorrow to get some Kale.

i found out that normally mrs flannery's up the road gets it in, so wont have to travel much, between them and the chandler markets i should be able to get my supplies quite cheap.

i keep reading different opionions about jucing and also fasting (ie nothing but fruit/veg) being good and bad for you.

my thoughts are that it has to better than McDonalds, caramel in a can, raisin toast and butter, bags of grain waves chips and 2 bottles of wine each week.

so you see my current diet also doesnt meet the dietry daily requiremnts. so the new one i think has to be better for the body, its only 15days and then using lean protein and legumes, so 15 days wont make any real reduction in calcium and lean muscle etc

well thats what i am telling myself.

new beginnings

i know that this is self indulgent and self absorbed but i thought i would increase my motivation by blogging my experience for the next 15 days and maybe beyond.

for Christmas my brother showed me a documentary called "fat, sick and nearly dead" it is about an Australian man who decided to improve his health and lose weight by fasting (juicing veges/fruit 100%) for 60 days. his website www.jointhereboot.com discusses different reboot programs.

so i have decided to achieve a 15 day program, this means no caffeine (there goes my beautiful Pepsi max) no meat protein, no grain carbohydrates, no dairy, what does this leave i hear you ask .....

fruit or vegetables, nothing else for 15 days. the first five days are juiced or eaten, then following is only juice and the finally five days are juiced or eaten.

why might this be good for me?? a few reasons

1. i cant physically eat 5 serves of veges per day due to my surgery
2. i am addicted to sugar and carbs
3. as you all know my not so secret obsession with pepsi max, as i often joke that there is water in pepsi max so i don't need to drink any.

giving this all up will take an incredible will power and surviving the with drawl symptoms of caffeine and sugar, bring on the headaches!!

but the main reasons for doing this is to lose weight (must lose 25kg in 19 weeks for my school reunion on the 12th of may 2012) and to be healthier and hopefully reduce my chance of cardiovascular disease and cancer.

so i am going to post weekly photos to show my progress, blog for the first 15 days of what its like and if works for me then maybe convert some people close to me to also take on the challenge. (rachel this means you!!!)

it all begins on Monday 2nd of January 2012 (you always have to start on a monday) but also to get my fruit and veges ready and first day of cleanse to do it in the privacy of my own home (and maybe toilet).

i have my juicer, steamer and other weird ingredients ready, so wish me luck and see you next week