3 day reboot pt. 5

Well it's 7:18 and I'm feeling just fine.  I don't have the hatred for juice that I had last night at this time but I'm not feeling too fond of the veggie smell in my kitchen.  My friend invited me to see a movie and I was nervous about how difficult it would be to resist popcorn and junk food.  I drank my second juice of the day on my way to the movie theatre to make sure I wouldn't be starving during my outing.  I actually did not feel a strong desire for popcorn or anything else while there.  It probably helped that the people I was with were not eating either.  I shopped around for a NYE dress for about an hour and the smell of food was in the air but it wasn't torturous.  I started daydreaming of tacos and french fries on my way home but I knew I was dehydrated.  I got home, had some water, and it helped. I am not really sure I'm up for making/drinking more juice tonight though I could go for some.  Right now I'm sipping on tea and feeling pretty content.  Again it really helps that I am home, in a controlled environment.  If I was out and about surrounded by rich foods (even corn sounds pretty rich at this point), I'm sure this would be much harder.  In Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead a lady goes to a steakhouse with her family and just drinks her juice.  That sounds like pure torture.  It's definitely easier at home.

Physically, I have not really felt weak or tired.  More than anything, I am a bit worrisome about the effects of not eating food (e.g. wondering if I'm dizzy; obviously if I had to wonder I was not lol).  I didn't work out today minus walking all over the mall.  I would love to get a long run in in the morning but I don't think I wanna play with it.  I may consider doing a run by myself (so that I can stop if I get tired), but I will probably just save the long run for Monday.  I did get in a bit of a mental funk as the night wore on.  I was a little mentally tired after the movie (it was loooong) and by the time I got home I just wanted to sit and chill for a while.  I can't really say whether the mental funk is due to the juice or being alone most of the past two days.  If I had to guess it'd be the latter.  Ironic since I credit the discipline I've been able to maintain to being alone.  A resurfacing of the reality that social outings are centered around (unhealthy) food.

Anyway, I'll consider day 2 a success.  Again I'm not hungry despite only having had two juices (about 2.5 glasses, maybe a bit more), and I like that.

I do plan on going out of town for NYE tomorrow afternoon so I'm not sure what my plan is, but I should probably figure one out.  I can either consider the reboot over before dinner and eat tomorrow night or keep going until Monday morning.  The former is probably better for the long run.  Yes, tomorrow will be interesting...

3 day reboot pt. 4

Well last night I didn't force myself to drink the last three juices.  I think the very LARGE portion of the second juice was to blame for my preference for drinking bleach over another glass of juice.  Perhaps the run didn't help either.  The good thing is I definitely was not hungry.  I imagine there can't be that many calories in the juice.  I am a big proponent of eating enough calories, especially when trying to drop lbs and when living an active lifestyle.  The typical advisory is >1200 cals and I'm sure I ate less than that yesterday.  But since I wasn't hungry I decided to skip the additional juices anyway.  I do think this is an important reason to only juice for limited time periods.

I read a lot about the adverse effects of juicing.  These included bad breath, body odor, and bathroom issues.  I spent most of yesterday by myself so I'm not sure if I smell terrible but I don't think I do (ha ha).  I don't really care to discuss bathroom issues ever, but I will say that nothing happened worth mentioning.  At no point did I feel it was crucial to be near a bathroom.  No big deal.

I woke up this morning feeling pretty good.  I'm a little tired in the way you feel tired early on a Saturday morning.  I don't feel full but I am not staving either.  The 3 day reboot suggests you drink a glass of hot water (lemon or ginger optional) first thing in the morning followed by a large glass of water.  The 17 day diet suggests something similar.  I like it when my health resources agree.  So I'm having my water, and I will try to get some juice down in the next hour.  I don't hate juice right now lol.  Ready to get back to it, so it's probably good I didn't force the other juices.   My plan is to just continue down the list of drinks so today I will start with "Lunch" from day 1.

 I am shedding some water weight.  Yesterday I was 137.2 and today I am 134.8.  I tend to hang out around 135 when I eat right and exercise (I have put on quite a bit of muscle since my earlier blogging days.  I have ~22% body fat at my best, prob a bit more right now).  I actually do not like to drop weight via diet and cardio alone because I worry about losing muscle mass.  I think protein does a body good.  I've read that there is some protein in veggies, however if I were weight training I would be very uncomfortable just juicing.  I will have to read up more on this.

My takeaway I have from day 1 was to buy the fruits and veggies as you go.  Had I bought the entire list for 3 days versus 1 I would prob end up with way too much food since I drank less than half of what the plan called for.  Something I didn't think about is serving size.  I am smaller than the average person (5'0, medium frame), so the amount of food listed is an overestimate for me.  I'm sure there are larger people who find that the amounts are two small.  I'd suggest buying the foods as you go so you can adjust accordingly.  My $30 of food will probably last me the entire 3 days.