Vitals: Weight 213.2, BP 125/81 Pulse 61
I have a blood test today at 10:45 so I'll fast until then and will eat when I get back to the office.
Partook in a Chinese lunch today. Had a couple of egg rolls, a couple of wontons and some white rice. Not much. Didn't settle well with the stomach.
I had an apple as well. We had mexican food from my favorite place but I didn't have any of that. Was tough, but not too bad.
Got my new juicer and had juice for dinner. Have to go out and get some more vegetable. This one juices so the pulp is pretty dry.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Day 10
Vitals: Weight 214.4, BP 122/80, Pulse 60.
Going for my run now. Ran 4.5 miles. Felt good. Legs were tired but I ran further than I thought I would at a good pace too.
Juice for breakfast.
Apple & banana for snack.
Salad for lunch
2 cuties for snack
Naked Juice for dinner
2 fish tacos from Carl's and a diet coke late
Going for my run now. Ran 4.5 miles. Felt good. Legs were tired but I ran further than I thought I would at a good pace too.
Juice for breakfast.
Apple & banana for snack.
Salad for lunch
2 cuties for snack
Naked Juice for dinner
2 fish tacos from Carl's and a diet coke late
Monday, April 22, 2013
Day 9
Vitals: Weight 213.2, BP 144/88 (I didn't take my medication yesterday so it's not surprising, although it's not as bad as I thought it would be.)
Today was a dip into carbs a little. I had an apple and banana for snack and a salad for lunch but had 2" is garlic twist bread. Felt like a big cheat and feel like it'll put lbs back on. Later on I had a little more salad and another apple. Will juice and salad tonight.
Tomorrow will go for a 3 mile run.
Today was a dip into carbs a little. I had an apple and banana for snack and a salad for lunch but had 2" is garlic twist bread. Felt like a big cheat and feel like it'll put lbs back on. Later on I had a little more salad and another apple. Will juice and salad tonight.
Tomorrow will go for a 3 mile run.
Day 8 - Modified Juice Plan
Vitals: Weight 215.4, BP 131/85 Pulse 64.
Off to my run.
Ran about 6.5 miles. Not as far as I had planned but my legs got tired. Whether it was the diet or not running enough recently or working hard around the house yesterday, I don't know. I'll have to make sure I get my regular run days in the next couple of weeks. Have the 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks. Also need to see what special meals I should have leading up to the run so that I know I have enough nutrition in me to do the 13 miles.
Off to my run.
Ran about 6.5 miles. Not as far as I had planned but my legs got tired. Whether it was the diet or not running enough recently or working hard around the house yesterday, I don't know. I'll have to make sure I get my regular run days in the next couple of weeks. Have the 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks. Also need to see what special meals I should have leading up to the run so that I know I have enough nutrition in me to do the 13 miles.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Day 7 - Modified Juice Plan
Really? Day 7? Outside of having to mix up my menu a bit, I'm past where I thought I'd be.
Vitals: Weight 216.4, BP 127/83
Ryan has an early lacrosse game. I don't feel like juicing but I don't feel like going until 10:00 without eating anything. Starbucks has the fruit smoothies I think I'll try. They have 4 ingredients, milk, banana, fruit and protein powder. That should tied me over until later.
Actually, it held me over until 11:00 when I juiced the usual. That was all I had until 6sh when we bbq'd sockeye salmon, green peppers, had salad and wild brown rice. It was delicious.
Tomorrow I run 7-8 miles.
Vitals: Weight 216.4, BP 127/83
Ryan has an early lacrosse game. I don't feel like juicing but I don't feel like going until 10:00 without eating anything. Starbucks has the fruit smoothies I think I'll try. They have 4 ingredients, milk, banana, fruit and protein powder. That should tied me over until later.
Actually, it held me over until 11:00 when I juiced the usual. That was all I had until 6sh when we bbq'd sockeye salmon, green peppers, had salad and wild brown rice. It was delicious.
Tomorrow I run 7-8 miles.
Day 6 - Modified Juice Plan
Vitals: Weight 218.4 lbs, BP 129/87 Pulse 64. Off to do my run.
Ran 4.2 miles. After not running for 2-3 weeks, I did pretty well. Running with less weight really makes a difference. I felt lighter, with less prodding.
Juice for breakfast, juice for lunch, apples for snacks. I really didn't feel like having a salad and vegetables for dinner so I made a shake with Almond milk, strawberries, blueberries and protein powder. It satisfied me and I didn't have to eat anything else.
I took my BP at night, which I usually don't do and it was 129/82.
Ran 4.2 miles. After not running for 2-3 weeks, I did pretty well. Running with less weight really makes a difference. I felt lighter, with less prodding.
Juice for breakfast, juice for lunch, apples for snacks. I really didn't feel like having a salad and vegetables for dinner so I made a shake with Almond milk, strawberries, blueberries and protein powder. It satisfied me and I didn't have to eat anything else.
I took my BP at night, which I usually don't do and it was 129/82.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Day 5 - Modified Juice Plan
Vitals: Improving daily; weight 218.4, BP 129/86, pulse 59. I've lost 10 lbs in 4 days and my blood pressure has dropped 14/6 points. I haven't even added exercise to the mix. I'll plan on doing a 40 minute run tomorrow morning and 7 miles on Sunday.
Will continue with what I've been doing as it seems to be working out.
Juice, juice and more juice. Throw in an apple, some steamed broccoli and cauliflower, salad and rice. Getting bored with this...
Always feeling on the verge of hunger but get satisfied when I'm eating/drinking. Doesn't last long though.
Still, I'm hoping I don't get discouraged when the numbers stop dropping, as I know they will at some point. Gosh, I sure would like some real food. It's easy to avoid but the smells are intensified and that's what's hard to pass up.
Will continue with what I've been doing as it seems to be working out.
Juice, juice and more juice. Throw in an apple, some steamed broccoli and cauliflower, salad and rice. Getting bored with this...
Always feeling on the verge of hunger but get satisfied when I'm eating/drinking. Doesn't last long though.
Still, I'm hoping I don't get discouraged when the numbers stop dropping, as I know they will at some point. Gosh, I sure would like some real food. It's easy to avoid but the smells are intensified and that's what's hard to pass up.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Day 4 - Modified Juice Plan
Good morning. First, the vitals. Weight is 219.2. BP is 128/88. A big drop from yesterday. Pulse is 65.
That's really encouraging. I've lost quite a bit of weight in 3 days but the blood pressure reading is exciting. I'm hoping the trend continues. Not feeling as hungry as yesterday and even last night at dinner I was feeling full after the salad and steamed vegetables, but when I started on my rice, I was able to eat it all.
Slept well last night.
Ended up getting a 16oz smoothie, with just juice and fruit. Had an apple shortly after that.
Lunch was a Naked juice. We had lunch brought into the office and the smells were incredible. Seems I'm smelling food from all over the place and it smells great.
Had another juice at about 2:00 and another apple at 4:30.
Tonight I have a meeting and they're bringing Chinese food in. I'm having Kung Pao vegetables. Lots of vegetables with a spicy white sauce. Keeping to the vegetables.
I'm really hungry. I can snack on vegetables I suppose. Not craving carbs like I was but just hungry.
That's really encouraging. I've lost quite a bit of weight in 3 days but the blood pressure reading is exciting. I'm hoping the trend continues. Not feeling as hungry as yesterday and even last night at dinner I was feeling full after the salad and steamed vegetables, but when I started on my rice, I was able to eat it all.
Slept well last night.
Ended up getting a 16oz smoothie, with just juice and fruit. Had an apple shortly after that.
Lunch was a Naked juice. We had lunch brought into the office and the smells were incredible. Seems I'm smelling food from all over the place and it smells great.
Had another juice at about 2:00 and another apple at 4:30.
Tonight I have a meeting and they're bringing Chinese food in. I'm having Kung Pao vegetables. Lots of vegetables with a spicy white sauce. Keeping to the vegetables.
I'm really hungry. I can snack on vegetables I suppose. Not craving carbs like I was but just hungry.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Day 3 - Modified Juice Plan
Vitals - Weight 222 lbs, BP 140/93, pulse 66.
Had somewhat of a restless night sleeping. Fell asleep easily but woke up after an hour and couldn't get back to sleep for a time. This morning I have a bit of a sinus headache, but not too bad. Will plan today much like yesterday. I'll pick up some Naked juice to have during the day while I'm at work and will supplement with vegetables and fruit.
Will juice this morning.
The morning's juice had some dandelion greens, as well as spinach and the usual. Had an apple about 10:00 and some green Naked juice at noon. Another green juice at 2:30 and an apple at 4:00.
Dinner was salad and steamed broccoli and cauliflower with some wild brown rice. Had a glass of wine.
I've been dealing with a slight headache all day, nothing horrible but feel I should take an aspirin tonight before going to bed.
Tomorrow I'm meeting a friend for breakfast. I believe they have fruit shakes but if not, I'll juice before going and maybe have coffee or something there.
Until then.
Had somewhat of a restless night sleeping. Fell asleep easily but woke up after an hour and couldn't get back to sleep for a time. This morning I have a bit of a sinus headache, but not too bad. Will plan today much like yesterday. I'll pick up some Naked juice to have during the day while I'm at work and will supplement with vegetables and fruit.
Will juice this morning.
The morning's juice had some dandelion greens, as well as spinach and the usual. Had an apple about 10:00 and some green Naked juice at noon. Another green juice at 2:30 and an apple at 4:00.
Dinner was salad and steamed broccoli and cauliflower with some wild brown rice. Had a glass of wine.
I've been dealing with a slight headache all day, nothing horrible but feel I should take an aspirin tonight before going to bed.
Tomorrow I'm meeting a friend for breakfast. I believe they have fruit shakes but if not, I'll juice before going and maybe have coffee or something there.
Until then.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Juice Plan, Day 2
Okay, day 2. My BP this morning is 146/92, pulse is 61. Weight is 226.
Will begin to juice. I have cucumber this morning to add to the apples, carrots, celery and kale. Also supplementing with Hawthorn, Garlic and water pills. My BP medication is 40mg tablets of Benazepril.
Had my juice. Not sure what to do about lunch. I'll be in an office that doesn't have many choices around it for selections. I'll stop by the store and pick up a couple of juices to take with me. I'll find the most natural ones, the ones without added items.
Okay, so I picked up a coupe "Naked" juices. On the way to work, I had a medium sized apple. For lunch I had one of the juices and then mid-afternoon I had the other one. At about 5:30 I ate a Cutie.
For dinner, I finished the rice from last night, had salad with 1/2 tomato and some more steamed cauliflower.
It's 8:00 and I'm feeling like I'll need to have another shake or something but I'll try to hold off since I just ate. I may just sip on water.
Feeling a bit more tired than usual at this time of day. Other than that, my mood is fine.
An hour later and I'm hungry. I can go without but it'd sure be nice to have some food. Craving carbs/sweet.
Will begin to juice. I have cucumber this morning to add to the apples, carrots, celery and kale. Also supplementing with Hawthorn, Garlic and water pills. My BP medication is 40mg tablets of Benazepril.
Had my juice. Not sure what to do about lunch. I'll be in an office that doesn't have many choices around it for selections. I'll stop by the store and pick up a couple of juices to take with me. I'll find the most natural ones, the ones without added items.
Okay, so I picked up a coupe "Naked" juices. On the way to work, I had a medium sized apple. For lunch I had one of the juices and then mid-afternoon I had the other one. At about 5:30 I ate a Cutie.
For dinner, I finished the rice from last night, had salad with 1/2 tomato and some more steamed cauliflower.
It's 8:00 and I'm feeling like I'll need to have another shake or something but I'll try to hold off since I just ate. I may just sip on water.
Feeling a bit more tired than usual at this time of day. Other than that, my mood is fine.
An hour later and I'm hungry. I can go without but it'd sure be nice to have some food. Craving carbs/sweet.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Juice Fast, Day 1
I finished watching "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" this morning. Was encouraged by what I saw.
A bit about me...
Family history - Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Strokes, Cancer, Emphysema. Most everyone in the family has lived into their 80's and 90's but my dad died of stomach cancer while in his early 60's.
Myself, I have hypertension. I currently take medication for it but even in college, my bp was 140/90. I'd like to think that it just runs high for me, but it's gotten higher through the years.
Other than that, my blood is fine, I run half marathon's and am generally in pretty good shape.
My food addiction is carbohydrates, white breads, and sweets.
I'm also about 25 lbs overweight. 228 this morning. I didn't take my BP when I woke up but I will from here-on-out and report that as well.
Today will be my first day of a juice fast. I'm not sure how long I'll do it for, but I'll go for 10 days, since I've heard that by the third day, the detox is pretty rough and it'll be easy to go back to eating junk, so, 10 days it is.
This morning, I did have a cup of coffee with cream but for breakfast, I juiced 4 apples, 5 carrots, 3 celery stalks, kale and a lemon. Over ice, it's pretty good.
We'll be going to Sprout's later to stalk up on more vegetables and I'll continue this plan. I hate calling it a "fast" since that has a "starvation" feel to it, so I'll be calling it a plan from this point forward.
12:00 and I'm hungry. Looks like it'll be a modified juice plan. Having a protein shake made with almond milk, strawberries, blue berries, and whey protein.
I'll have another vegetable juice later this afternoon and for dinner, steamed vegetables and salad.
3:15 - Juices 4 apples, 5 carrots, 4 celery stalks, lime. Had to get something in me before going to Sprouts.
For dinner, had steamed broccoli and cauliflower, salad with tomato and wild brown rice. Had a some red wine as well. Full, satisfied and now need to make it to bed time without eating more.
Cravings for food I normally eat. Seems more solid.
3:15 - Juices 4 apples, 5 carrots, 4 celery stalks, lime. Had to get something in me before going to Sprouts.
For dinner, had steamed broccoli and cauliflower, salad with tomato and wild brown rice. Had a some red wine as well. Full, satisfied and now need to make it to bed time without eating more.
Cravings for food I normally eat. Seems more solid.
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