Wednesday, January 04, 2012

A Fine Finish to the Five Day Juice Cleanse


Day Four

I've dropped just an additional .2 pounds … must have been the cucumber slices….

Happy New Year 2012…I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and fly…

Granddaughter day. I battled the temptation to taste her mac and cheese to make sure it wasn’t too hot, and my habit of licking peanut butter off the knif

e after making her peanut butter crackers. I managed to stop myself each time.

Day Five

Weight down another pound.

One day to go.

I toyed with the idea of introducing some solid food today, like fish over greens with some vinaigrette, but decided to tough it out. It's totally crazy but I have actually enjoyed each of the three bottles of green juice. I'm feeling a little more hungry than the previous days which I've curbed with celery and green tea.

Benefits so far: my sense of smell seems keener again (in public bathrooms, will that be a good thing?)

Day Six, That’s finished, what’s next?

Yay! I did it, I really did it. I woke up with a flatter abdomen (4.5 lbs lighter) and I’m not craving coffee. And I’m clear and happy. It’s like my appetite has been reset and I intend to take advantage of it by carefully choosing each and everything that goes in my mouth. My first day of solid foods included an apple, coffee sweetened with agave and soy creamer, salmon patty over bitter greens, an Arnold Palmer and some popcorn. No diet pepsi, no meat, no wine, no crackers, no bread.

I celebrated by spending time at the beach with my granddaughter and my friend.

(The next day I’d only gained back half a pound.)

It’s all good. It’s a New Year. It’s going to be a healthy 2012. I hope you are taking care of yourself too!

not your usual Catalina Island shot

not your usual Catalina Island shot

fun with spelling

fun with spelling
downtown l.a.