Today is supposed to be the half way point for my 60 Day Juice Feast, but since I am feeling so good and having awesome results, I am going to extend this feast until ?
Yep, you heard me right. I am going to extend it indefinitely because I feel so awesome and because I want to.
So what did I learn in 30 days? What are my stats? Did I lose weight? Inches?
Keep reading to find out!
1. 20 lbs of weight lost. I probably could have lost more than this, but I am very, very happy with 20 lbs and one dress size! On all of the other programs and diets I did, I never lost 20 lbs in a month so this is a real feat!
2. 22 inches of body GONE! Woo hoo! That translates to a smaller booty, legs, arms, belly, and sadly boobs, but who cares? I am wearing a size smaller comfortably and that makes me super happy.
3. I am loving all this energy and focus. I am so alert and awake all of the time now. I am amazed at how tired I was before. I never noticed how tired I was until I started this juicing feast! Total win!
4. I think I may actually be gluten and dairy intolerant. So here's what happened. Because I still eat a small dinner, I decided to have some cheese with dinner because I miss my cheese. Well, a few hours after ingesting said cheese, let's just say that there was first bloating and then heaps of butt toots. Then one day I decided to have some bread and the same thing happened! Bloating and butt toots and really bad cramping. It was a trifecta of intestinal unhappiness all around! I hate to give them both up, but given my body's new reaction to both, it looks like that is on the horizon.
5. Certain things taste 'too sweet' now. Yep...too sweet! For a former candy and refined sugar junky like me, this still shocks me. I noticed it about a week ago when I added more fruit to my daily juice and after taking a few sips, realized that it was just TOO sweet, like those girls in high school that pretend to be your friend and speak to you with that super sugary fake high pitched voice. You know, the ones we all wanted to punch? Anyway...I had to split the offending juice and add more veg to it to mellow out the sweetness.
6. I like my sweeter juice in the morning. I usually drink a red/orange type juice first thing after my lemon water. Then mid-morning and afternoon, I have a green juice.
7. When it comes to my meal at dinnertime, I'm using less salt because I can really taste it in the food. I used to really like salt in my food, but now I just can't tolerate it.
8. I still do not like celery in juice. People have sent me recipes and I've tried them, but I still do not like celery in juice. It's my juice Kryptonite.
9. I don't feel hungry all the time. I guess because the juice is so nutrient packed and raw, my body is getting more of what it needs and likes so I'm just not hungry. I'm also eating a lot less when I do sit down to my meal. I just simply cannot eat the amount of food that I used to be able to eat.
10. My overall sense of well-being is filled with happiness and joy. Life still throws me curve balls and sometimes I want to gorge and binge, but I don't. I am definitely more calm and centered since I started juicing.
So 30 days are in the bag! I am feeling good and am going to continue this indefinitely.
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