The truth doesn't have to be pretty, just the truth. Being malnourished isn't always about a lack of food... Lead by example. Other peoples opinion of you is none of your business. You are only as good as your word. Be the change you seek.

Monday, October 5, 2015

Fall Is Here. Finally.

Fall came a week later to Albuquerque and it was worth the wait. Last week we still had temps of 93ยบ at 6 pm and it was hot hot hot! This morning the clouds were enveloping the Sandia Mountains and provided a fluffy cotton dandy backdrop for the hundreds of hot air balloons that were dotting the sky. The weather is damp, cool and just delicious. Time to get out my 'winter shorts'. I wear shorts all year long. This is my time of year.

Yesterday was a hard day for my little family. It was my father in laws birthday, the first one since he passed away last November.  It was hard to see my husband tear up while we were buying flowers to take to his grave. We all brought flowers and balloons and it made a nice burst of color for his headstone. We didn't coordinate our visit with other family and we all would up there within minutes of each other. I jokingly said are we going to sing happy birthday and so we did. I felt a little silly singing in the cemetery, but I am glad that we did. We have the first anniversary of his passing next month and that one is going to be even harder.


I am still on my juice fast, day 5.  I am feeling really good. Weekends are have always been hard for me.  I got in the habit of taking it easy on the weekends.  I then did the math and realized that being lax for 2 days a week is almost like being bad for 3 months out of the year. That is not a good thing. This weekend was especially trying for me. Saturday we took the car to be detailed I sat next to a popcorn machine that made endless batches of popcorn and there were snacks everywhere.  I held strong and sipped my juice. After the cemetery, we all decided to go to lunch afterward. This was not not the table when we set out in the am, so I was not prepared with a juice. I had water while everyone was enjoying salsa and chips and then some delicious lunches.  I feel real resolve this fast and just sipped my water. I would up doing a water fast all day on Sunday and crawling into bed to just chill. I listened to my body. I had a fabulous nights sleep and woke up feeling rested.  

This morning I woke up and wasn't hungry, even after having just water yesterday. I stepped on the scale this morning and it shows that I have lost 10.8 lbs since October 1st.  I am thrilled.   I went and did a bunch of errands and then decided I needed to drink some juice, so I stopped by my local raw and juice bar.  I had another shot of wheat grass and the most delicious juice I have ever had.  I chose ingredients I have used together myself before, but I guess not having juice yesterday and having someone else make it for me made it even more delicious. I would love for them to juice for me everyday. If I was a Rockefeller. I asked the manager if it would be OK if I brought in my own mason jars, stainless steel straws and shot glass (for wheat grass) so I would not be throwing away all this plastic and he said he I sure could. I really like the manager.  

I had planned to walk around the park while Nathan was doing Taekwondo, however he sprained his finger today playing ball at school and they are taped together. They are sparring today at Taekwondo and he didn't want to hurt it more.  I was also going to go to the gym with the hubby tonight and he just said he isn't going to go tonight.  I am a bit disappointed, but my body is very tired so I am ok with this. I am going to chill and listen to the rain that just started. 





Saturday, October 3, 2015

This And That

I seem to have to NO patience with other drivers or those with a shopping cart lately. Yo! Lady stuffing your face with Costco samples, you do not get to cut me off to beat me to another sample table.  I assure you that I am not getting a sample and maybe you should stop for a bib and manners before the next feeding.  What pushed me over the edge was a city bus that I watched make a right turn on red without stopping, then proceed to speed down a hill, try to come into my lane, in the very spot I was in and then blow through a school zone.  I called the city to report it all.  The lady taking the info asked me what streets we were on, I told her, even the direction the bus was going and then turned (that took 5 minutes in my head before I called.  North is usually the direction I am facing :) ) because I used the mountains as my guide. I gave her the time this happened, the route number of the bus and the bus number.  I remember all of this while driving.  She then asks me if I happened to catch the license plate number. I said are you kidding me, I was driving as all this happened, didn't write anything down because my hands were on the wheel and I gave you many ways to identify the bus and you want the license plate number? She said I guess not, huh? Good guess.  I also said that the bus cameras will be able to relay all the info I gave you and when you get to the bus with the bus number I gave you, you can get the license plate number then.  

I started my juice fast on October 1st and it has been going really well.  If you don't count the waking up at 3 am and the pounding headaches I get for the first few days.  I have been able to take it easy these past few days and having the weekend in the beginning of a fast works well for me.  I have been super tired and that is normal for me.  Pretty soon I will be bouncing off the walls with energy and the headaches will be gone.  

I made a delicious pineapple and citrus juice yesterday. I really wasn't in the mood for something green.  I wanted something bright and fruity.  This sure hit the spot, making about 64 ounces of pure health.  Nathan apparently is on a juice fast when I make juices as he 'helped' me drink this.  I love that he loves juices and will drink whatever I make. 



1 large pineapple
2 large oranges
10 mandarin oranges
3 limes
3 red apples

Each juice fast is different as you body needs different things and reacts differently.  This time my body is having me spend quality time in the bathroom.  I mean I could have read War and Peace in there these past 2 days.  One of my dogs does not like me to have privacy and loves to open the bathroom door with his head and pop in and say hi and then leave.  I have been in there so often, that I have stopped closing the door for fear of him getting a concussion with him opening the door with his head so often. LOL  

Today I had some errands to do.  I decided to stop and get a juice when we headed out this am.  I also got a wheatgrass shot. For those that have never done a wheatgrass shot, they can be bitter and are an intense flavor.  I was talking to the guy making my order and he said it is all in how you cut it and he explained that the lower stalk is sweeter and the more of color that you can get, the sweeter the shot is.  He was right. It was 'sweeter', but still a very intense flavor. I did my 2 oz shot like a trooper. I said that I had always wanted to grow wheatgrass and he offered to give me a tray next time I come in and see about selling me some seeds.  I am stoked.  I hope my juicer can juice the wheat grass.  I would love to do a wheat grass shot every day because the nutrients are equivalent to eating 8 lbs of vegetables.  

FIERCE! 



I was taking the car to be detailed and it was a 2 1/2 hour job.  We were going to walk across the street and meander around, but decided to stay there and sit at a nice table and chat, play on our phones.  And eat.  Well, Rick ate.  They have free popcorn and coffee at the car wash and Rick decided to live it up.  I got him 4 bags of popcorn, 4 coffees and 1 coke.  He got himself the Moon Pie from the vending machine for dessert.  I sat next to that popcorn maker for 2/12 hours and sipped my juice smelled them making batch after batch of popcorn.  I sat there watching the hubby snack away.  Not once did my resolve waiver.  




Thursday, October 1, 2015

Feeling Juicy

I went and got a new scale today.  My old one said I weighed 6,185 lbs. no matter how many new batteries we put in there. I set the new one up (it is exactly like the old one) and synched it to my phone.  I stood on it and almost wept.  All those 4 am mornings (4 months of them) and nothing.  I have lost some inches, no weight.  Well, technically, I no longer weigh 6,185, losing almost 3 tons :)
I know what needs to be done, I did it before. I need to clean up my eating and get in the gym on the machines.

I started a juice fast today. I had been planning on it and I belong to a group that is doing it as well.  I have done a few before and the longest I went was 12 days.  That is a long time to want to chew and not be able to.  Juicing is a fabulous way to get nutrients into your body and clean it out of all sorts of gunk. I am hoping to juice the whole month of October. I love juicing pineapples and bought 6 today.  I juice a whole pineapple a day.  Today I made my sweet green. Nathan loves when I juice and he will drink it all if I don't remind him that I would like some too. You should drink 96 oz of juice a day and lots of water.  Your juice should be 80/20 (veg/fruit).  I start off sweet and then my body craves more of the green as the days go on, so I am not 80/20 when I start out.  I am hoping I have no headaches and do not enter the 'I am going to bite your head off' mood as I detox.  Sometimes when I juice fast, I have days when I do just water. It is super important to listen to your body when fasting.  You should also check with your Dr before you start if you have questions about your meds and how your body can tolerate it.

Today I was not so hungry, it was like my body knew.  I only drank about 1/2 of this and will start tomorrow with what is left, unless I drink the rest tonight.  I have learned that it is always good to have a juice ready in the fridge for nighttime.



Here is my Sweet Green:




1 large pineapple
6 apples 
6 Brussels sprouts    
6 C of spinach
2 limes
2 C red grapes
nub of turmeric

These are estimates.  I will use whatever grapes I have in the freezer. Fruits that are not fun to eat anymore. I kept this in a 1/2 gallon mason jar in the fridge and drank during the day.