What day is it....12?

I am seriously starting to forget what day I am on.... because I am busy being a mum and babysitter all day or because I am lacking in food?? Who knows but I am super forgetful just now! haha. Today felt tough. I was tired after a busy busy week so I bought a cooked chicken for my son to eat with his Brown rice and veg. Feeding it to him was torture! Omg it smelled so friggin good! Lucky little booger!!

I am feeling good though. I had a a weird kind of headache yesterday. My eyes were really sore which has never happened to me before. Hopefully was just a random thing that wont happen again coz it was not nice! I am surprised how good I feel on just juice. I am not weak, I am no more tired than I usually am and I am not faint. I am thirsty a lot which is good as water makes me feel full. I was addicted to coke before this detox. I could drink 12 cans a day if I could get away with it. I say that last part because my husband would never allow such a thing lol. He does not drink the stuff and hates it when I do. If he saw me try to drink 12 cans he would be disgusted for sure. So I was scared about not drinking it every day. But I feel awesome. I am not craving it at all which is amazing. In fact I fully intend to have nothing more to do with drinks like that. I am determined to adopt a healthy lifestyle after this. I will keep fit and eat right!!

Well its labor day weekend and I have no babies til tuesday now...well except my own of course....so Zumba is definitely on the cards for tomorrow!! and today I bought "The biggest Loser Challenge" for my wii. I have read good things about this workout so I am excited to get it in the mail.

I am probably gonna stop posting every single day from now on. The first 2 weeks were a big help to me to write down how I was getting on. But I feel as I get into it and know whats coming the following week, I may start just repeating myself....and I dont wanna bore you. So I will check in every couple or few days to update you all. On weight and feelings. I have been reading on some forums related to this detox that some of you out there who are considering it want to know how it actually feels to be doing it. I hope this blog helps people.

Well guys and gals enjoy your long weekend (if your having one) and stay happy and safe!!

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Day 11

Day 11 has come and gone and I felt kinda yucky today. I'm not sure if it was lack of sleep or the fact that I have babies coming out my ears in my house all day. I had sore eyes and a sore head and just didn't feel like communicating a whole lot today. I took a migraine pill and it went away but I still felt yucky. I had to again cook food for my 10 month old son. Usually I will cook something for him and refrigerate half and freeze half so I am not cooking all the time. So when I actually do the cooking it smells so good. I steamed some brown rice with sweet potato and carrots... so it didn't really smell of anything but my mouth still watered. I watched him chow down on this rather dull looking meal, he really enjoyed it and I was jealous! haha. I wanted to scoop it up and eat it with him!! Even when he is snacking on cheerios I want some! lol

Oh well, here's hoping that tomorrow will be a nicer day. I am gonna get going with my Zumba tomorrow. I know I have been saying all week that I would do it but to be honest iv been tired! Taking care of 3 babies and doing the housework isn't easy!

I had the peach pie delight for dessert tonight. It is really nice and not as sweet as the Purple Passion but it has a fuzzy texture to it because of the peaches. You can use pear instead if you don't like peaches or fuzziness when you drink. But yes give it a go, its yum!!

Peach/Pear Pie Delight

2 pears or peaches
1 sweet potato
1 Red apple
Handful of blueberries

Day 10.... Geeee!

Wow guys I cant believe I am on day 10! This feels really great. Someone who knew nothing about this diet said to me today "Wow you must feel really weak... You might faint"  Oh how wrong this person was! I feel fantastic! I have never felt more bouncy and energized. Sometimes I feel more hungry than other times, but whenever I feel really hungry I drink a juice and the feeling immediately goes away. So I told you all that I was following the meal plan on the Reboot with Joe website, and I was.... however the desserts juices I didnt follow completely. I just drank the peach/pear pie delight juice all week because the other dessert called for a lot of blueberries.... 10 baskets to be exact for 8 days.... and at $2.90 a basket I dont wanna pay 30 bucks for them!! But this week I bought 4 baskets and planned on having at least one or 2 of the Purple Passion Juice. Omg it was so friggin yummy!! As you can see below its a nice purpley color. This juice really was lovely. The blueberries came out kind of frothy so it was more like a smoothy than a juice so it filled me right up. Actually it was funny, after I drank it a pizza advert came on the TV and usually I would be like "mmmmm piiiiizzzzaaaaa" but since I had just drank this monster of a juice I didnt even care it was on!! The only negative I would say about this juice is it is VERY sweet. I had to drink some water straight after to get the sweet sweet sweet taste out my mouth. Maybe I will make just half next time.....

Enjoy guys! Let me know how you like it if you try it!!

Purple Passion!

30 dark Grapes
Blueberries (450ml.... which was about 2.5 baskets)
Handful of Mint (which by the way did nothing in my juicer, it just went straight in the back bucket lol)

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Day 9 :/

Ok so today is day 9 and this was my toughest day yet! I have no idea why : / I have been feeling so great up until today but I just wanted to eat something....anything....a dry cracker would'v been enough! lol. I didn't break though.... I stuck to it. It helps if you scream into a pillow, relieve a little of that stress/feeling of temptation! hehe

I did a sly little weigh this morning ( I know I said I wouldn't do that again and only do it once a week) Iv not budged from 223.8....which isn't major bad but I thought id have lost a wee bit. Anyway I wont let it dishearten me. I know that everyone loses weight differently and I have also heard that if you lose smaller amounts at a time its better for you. Not sure how true that is but I am happy to think it is :)

I have found it difficult to do exercise this week again! For those of you who do not know I do daycare in my home so I have 2 babies plus my son.... 2 walkers and one fast crawler....so trust me I don't just sit and look at them! No sir! I am up and down and inside out most of the day so I don't feel too bad that I didn't get started with exercise but I promise to you and myself that I will have at least started Zumba on my wii by the end of the week. Even if I have to do it at midnight after I finish getting the house in order after the day!! hehe

Ok guys..... as Joe Cross said in his latest video update on facebook "Juice On" and good luck from me!!

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Day 8.... Weigh Day!!

Woopidy woooo! I lost 6 lbs this week! So I forgot to keep a track of the ounces in which I weighed when I started but now I know I am 223.8 I can keep an eye on those little ounces that come off.

Well, I am happy and a tad disappointed with the result. I hoped for a little more but I know that 6 lbs is a great result. I did no exercise this past week, just juiced so for doing just that I did pretty good.

Did anyone else start juicing this week or weigh themselves after a week of juicing?? Let us all know... As I have said before it's great to have support out there from anyone and everyone! I absolutely love hearing from you guys. Makes me feel like I am not alone in this big challenge!

Here is to week 2 guys! Woooop!!

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Just a little fruit and veg.... Day 7!

 So I had a busy day.... I went fruit and veg shopping!! This is what it looked like spread out on my kitchen table, and I also had quite a lot left over from this past week.... so think of this plus another quarter!!  The total was $117 but I did have some things in there too like shampoo, conditioner and what not. So I would say around $100 a week. Kind of expensive I know but worth it in my eyes!



And so this is what it looked like crammed into my fridge! I have quite a spacious fridge so the fact that its full is pretty crazy!! "Sorry husband and child... no chilled food for you guys!!" haha... I saved a tiny spot at the bottom back for things like eggs and such like for them but yes the fridge is mine for the next couple months!

Well folks, its day 7 and I am still feeling amazing!! I will weigh myself tomorrow! Definitely don't feel like iv lost weight but I know I will have lost at least a couple pounds. It was my "girly time" as I was starting this cleanse so I was not entirely up for exercise, next week will be different. Plenty of walking and lots of ZUMBA!! YES!!

GO ME! and GO YOU!!

Wish me luck for weigh day tomorrow!!

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Juicer Ahoy! Day 6!

This is my Jack La Lanne's Juicer in it's juicing glory! I do like this juicer a lot. I have nothing to compare it to mind you but it gives me juice so its awesome! It has over heated a couple times though. I'm not sure if every juicer does that so it would be nice to hear some feedback on other juicers out there.

So here I am making the Carrot Apple and Ginger juice again. I just looped back from the meal plan and i'm starting at the beginning again. Next week I will go onto the second part of the juice plan on the Reboot with Joe website. I don't have time to run to the grocery store every 4 days to buy fruit and veg so I bought double the items on the shopping list to last me 8 days.

This juice is pretty I think. I hate the colour orange to be honest but I like this since I know its super duper healthy. I decided also that I actually don't like the ginger in it. I remember in my first post about my juice that I said I liked it. But I changed my mind, I am not a ginger fan. However since it cost so darn much I will use the rest of it up...waste not want not and all that! :)

Day 5... Bleh!

Hey folks! So today didn't exactly go great. I woke up and had my lemon water and breakfast juice. I then took my son downtown to the grand opening of an indoor playground called Fun Fusion. I didn't expect to be there that long so I went on down. I ended up staying for a couple hours then I met a couple of friends downtown and went for coffee and then we had a look round the shops. I got home 6 hours later.... so I had missed my morning snack of coconut water, my lunch and my afternoon snack. Big mistake. I was shaking. My blood sugars were obviously so low that I couldnt even hold my water properly. While I was out I didn't even notice because I was having fun I guess. It wasn't until I got home that I even noticed how ill I felt because of what I had done. So some advice for today.... If you plan on going out make sure you either can juice where you are going or maybe buy some citric acid so you can take your juice in one of those cups that keeps your drink cold. The citric acid will keep it fresh all day so you can take it with you. I would have done this but I really didn't expect to be out so long. I need to think like a boy scout "Always be prepared"  haha!

On a plus though I did walk A LOT today so hopefully the scales will be my friend on tuesday! My son had a super busy day so he crashed an hour early, so that's an extra hour to relax with my candles on and a good movie :) I will do the laundry tomorrow.....after today I need some Mama time to myself!! Yes sir!

I hope you all have a great weekend. Keep your comments coming by the way! I love hearing your stories :)

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Support!

Yes you can! You can do it!!

I hope anyone else that's doing this Detox is doing as great as me! Please feel free to comment and keep me up to date on how you are getting on. It's great to have support out there from people that are in the same boat as yourself. Whether your doing it to lose weight or simply because you want to cleanse your body. It is still a hard process to go through for a lot of people.  But if you can talk to someone about it, it really makes it easier. So yes comment and share your stories with me. I will reply to everyone and I am interested in what and how you are all doing!!

Stay positive!! :)


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Hello Day 4 :)

Day 4 woop woop! I am excited that I got past the first few days. I think I told you in my first post that I did a diet similar to this one once. It consisted of drinking 3 shakes a day so it was also just liquid. Anyway the first 3 days were awful, I was tired, grumpy and just did not want to live basically,lol. When I first started this diet I was really worried about feeling like that again, especially since I have a baby. I was worried I would be grumpy all the time and not want to play with him. I am ecstatic that I have felt so wonderful. I guess its the sudden influx of micro-nutrients and healthy stuff into my system. I feel fantastic!

My juice this morning was Apple Carrot Lemon Juice. It was so nice! I really enjoyed this one a lot. It was super refreshing and also a little sweet which was appreciated this morning. The recipe for this one is:

4 Carrots
1 Red Apple
1 lemon

This one was not too lemony so I am wondering if maybe whoever wrote the recipes on Joe's website maybe did it wrong. I'm not sure but that one only had half a lemon and it was just yucky. Far too bitter. I was scared to drink this one in case it was super lemony like that other one, but no its was de-lish!

Happy day 4!!

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End of Day 3

I survived the first 3 days! GO ME! I have to say though that I didn't enjoy today as much as the other 2 days. Firstly one of the juices I had to drink was not nice at all. It was the Green Lemonade. For some reason I found that using the ingredients to make it did not produce nearly as much juice as the other recipes, but also it just was not nice.  This is the recipe and it makes 2 servings

6-8 Kale leaves
3 handfuls of Spinach
1 Green apple
1 Cucumber
2 celery stalks
1 Lemon

I found that the kale and spinach did not produce much juice. It was practically nothing. I used the same glass that is in my other photos and it only filled it up half of that : / It was super duper lemony too. It made me purse my lips and squint me eyes. It was NOT nice. I think I won't drink this one again, I will just make another one that I know I like instead. I am sure some people will like this one but its definitely not for me.

So I was kind of disappointed with this as I had to drink it twice today and since I bought the ingredients I will at least drink it if I have to this week then as of next week I wont. So anyway after I made my afternoon snack, literally the second I made it my juicer broke down!! It started smoking and it smelt really bad. I was freaking out because its an expensive Jack La Lanne juicer and also because its kind of a vital piece of equipment for this diet.... Anyway after I freaked out for about an hour I tried it again and it worked. Pheeeew! So I am guessing it over heated and just needed a wee nap! haha :)

Although I did not enjoy my juice today I still feel great! I don't feel as tired which is awesome. I feel energized, brilliant considering I look after 3 babies. Energy is definitely what I need!! :) I did't do my exercise like I had planned but I was super busy trying to clean out my living room... Isn't it amazing how much crap you can accumulate in such a short period of time?? Hmmm....

I'm looking forward to tomorrow! Wooohoooo :)

Day 3!

Woohoo I made it to day 3! When I watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead Joe Cross was miserable for the first few days saying he was happier in bed and that he didn't wanna speak to anyone. I myself do not have the option of just staying in bed as I have a husband and son that need taking care of and I also look after 2 other boys during my week. But, to be honest for these past 3 days I have never felt better. I feel energized and good about the journey that's ahead of me. I know its a long one but I feel great about it!

So this juice above is one I had yesterday called Sporty Spice (You can find the meal plan at Reboot with Joe website for the recipes) I am not gonna post every single juice I drink but I thought this one was super pretty so I wanted to share with you :) I am a girly girl and I love pink so when I see pretty things I like to share with people! hehe. It was so friggin yummy!

Well, today is day 3 and I still feel awesome. I got jealous last night as my husband dug in to a meat feast pizza! I totally don't even like pizza a whole lot any more but it smelt so good... I picked a slice up and sniffed it!..... sad right? I even got annoyed at the site of my 10 month old eating a cracker! ha! I just miss the tastes of food, I don'f feel that hungry but I just wanna taste things. I love the tastes of these juices though and they keep me full for a surprisingly long time.

I wont do this every day as I know its not good for morale but I weighed myself this morning just to see what it would say. Well I lost 4lbs in 3 days... Not too shabby I thought! :) But yes I will only weigh myself every 7 days from now on! Which will be every Tuesday since that's the day I started. I am going to try and do some exercise today. I know its very important to exercise and I will try to do as much as I can. I run around after 3 very active babies though so that has to count for something, right?? I think so! I will probably get my zumba started on the wii this week. My "time of the month" hit me right as I started this diet and I did not feel like getting up and moving like a hippo on crack.... coz that is exactly what I look like when I do zumba! But hey its FUN!

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Recipe for Sporty Spice Juice

2 Beets
1 Carrot
Half Lemon
2 Celery Stalks (I hate celery so I didn't use them and it still tasted yum)
1 Orange
1 Handful of Basil

Rinse and Juice!!

Good Morning Day 2!

Day 2 is here and I am feeling surprisingly OK! Yes I do want to eat and I am feeling that little pain in my tummy and chest that is screaming at me to just grab some food....but yes I feel great.....

This is my Breakfast you can see here. The recipe was 1 green apple, 1 orange and 3 big handfuls of leafy greens. I chose Spinach as my leafy green today. Omg this juice was awesome!!  I could drink this one all week and be quite satisfied. I am already looking forward to my afternoon snack which will be this one. I am following the 15 day meal plan that you can get at the Reboot with Joe website. I am just following the juice meal plan though and I will be doing it for 60 days rather than 15. But you have to pay for them if you do it for longer. Since I am gonna be spending over $100 each week on food just for me (not including my husband and son) id rather not pay for the plan.... I am not made of money... But I would like to be....

Anyway I think today will be good. I am in the right frame of mind for this diet. I nearly cracked last night and ate some of my left over smoked gouda cheese I bought at an organic grocery store. Omg its so amazing.....but I didnt... Instead I did something way worse, I threw it out! Poor smoked gouda!

Heres to day 2! Go me!!

Before Photos : /

These are my before pictures I had my husband take this morning. This looks awful! I do have a photo that someone posted on facebook that was my "kick in the butt" photo. The photo that you see and you think "OH MY GOD...IS THAT ME?" I am not gonna post that photo on here until I am at my goal weight. Which by the way is 120lbs. So that means I have to lose 109lbs...preferably before Christmas....lol. Sounds kinda crazy but this juice diet is pretty extreme!!

Woops......

Well.... this is my first day of juicing and I already made a mistake....nothing huge or anything but still rather silly of me. Whilst making my juices throughout the day I thought to myself, "gee this is  A LOT of juice" but I went ahead and drank it anyway. So after having a another look at the meal plan for tomorrow I looked once more at the recipes and realized that most of them make TWO servings! Ummm no wonder I was full all day and couldnt drink my water!! Silly silly me!!

So I drank 6 juices today when I was only supposed to drink 5! So I wont have my dinner and dessert tonight since I did that and I will start a fresh tomorrow! I'm glad I noticed!! I wouldv done this ALL wrong if I hadnt! LOL

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Day 1

I went out last night and bought 8 days worth of fruit and veg to start my juice diet today. Woke up feeling great about it!!

I woke up and had the hot lemon water that is on the plan. This is ok...kinda boring but refreshing so I can live with this one.For breakfast this morning I had the "Carrot Apple Ginger" juice. I am not a big fan out ginger at all but I really enjoyed this one. I think I put slightly less ginger in it than I was supposed to but i'm pretty sure it's ok. Any more ginger and I would not have liked it! I had this at 9.30am

For my "Morning Snack" I had coconut water.....Morning snack?? Ok Ok lets call it that for now but after a few days I am probably gonna be offended at the sound of that! Never had coconut water before and it was really good! Very simple and refreshing! Yum!.....Morning Snack.....pffft! I had this at 11am and still felt pretty good

For lunch, which I had at 1pm, I had the Joe's Mean Green juice which was not that great but still drinkable! I did not add the celery because I hate the stuff...anything with the slightest taste of celery in it would end up down the sink for me! 

Im still feeling pretty good by this point although I feel my energy levels dropping slightly. I feel tired and I think a headache is creeping in on me too : /  It is almost 3.30pm and I am about to have my afternoon snack which will be the Carrot Apple Ginger Juice which I had for breakfast. I am not really feeling hungry at all. In fact I still feel pretty full from my lunch Juice! 

I am trying to drink water as I know its very important when doing any diet. I usually drink about 3-6 500ml bottles every day. However since all I have been drinking IS liquid I am finding it a little more difficult to drink my water. I am on my second bottle of the day! I think I will find it hard to keep up with water on this particular diet.

Ok I am going to drink my afternoon snack...... I will check in at night to let you know how I have felt throughout my first day! 

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Why Juice??

Hey guys, my name is Jen and I am Obese. Currently weighing in at 229lbs at 5ft 2' and it's apparently classed as "morbidly obese" by Dr's.....whatever! I decided I hated the Dr as she told me that in front of my husband while I was pregnant with our son. My weight has fluctuated since I was about 17 years old. I stopped partying and smoking cigarettes and I gained a lot of weight. I am not blaming anyone but myself... I don't have any diseases that cause me to gain weight, its not the Chinese take away's fault for delivering my order.... It is MY fault. I love food.... all kinds of food. I always feel hungry and I always want chocolate!

When I was 21 I met a guy online whilst playing a game. We fell for each other and decided that he would come to Scotland from America to visit me. Motivation!! I lost 100lbs for him coming to see me. This brought me down to my late teens size of 120lbs. I felt great and looked great too! I ate super healthy and walked everywhere! and for the last few months before he came I jumped on a quick fix diet which consisted of drinking 3 shakes a day. This was awesome and I actually really enjoyed it.

One year later after visits and talking non stop I moved to America to be with him. He is now my husband and we have a beautiful son. Coming to America was huge. I came at thanksgiving.... then there was Christmas, then there was New Year, then I got pregnant then it was Easter, then when I had our son it was Thanksgiving again.... See where I am going with this?? Not only did I have to adjust to the massive change in the way things are cooked and just the food in general, I was thrown into all these events that my new family took very seriously! I gained my whole 100lbs back in just over a year!  Urgghh!

As far as health goes I dont think there is anything massively wrong with me. A few years ago I was diagnosed with " Polycystic Ovary Syndrome" which is basically cysts all over the ovaries. Most people that have this are overweight. Because of this my body does not break down sugars the way its supposed to, it messes up my metabolism and and makes it hard for me to lose weight. I thought I wouldn't be able to have kids as it is known for affecting fertility. I am lucky I guess. I noticed that when I had lost all my weigh my periods came back regularly and I fell pregnant. So maybe juicing can help me with this issue!! :)

So....bottom line is... I am fat... its affecting my health and my marriage also. I HAVE to do something about this now while I am still young. I watched the show "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" and was majorly inspired by Joe Cross and that trucker Phil. They did so amazing!!

So, here I go! I am going to have nothing but Juice for 60 days!! Yes I am nervous, but I am pumped too!! I bought myself a wii so I can do Zumba on it! I am super busy looking after babies all day so I cant go out...so Zumba on the wii will do fine! I am gonna use this blog as my journal. I am way more likely to do this than actually write one!!

Oh by the way, since I am from Scotland I may use words or sentences that may not make sense to some people. I get told all the time that I don't make sense to some people and I have to reword it so they do. I guess the great thing about this, is you can just google it!! haha :)

Wish me LUCK!! <3