Mrs. G's Journey to Better Health

Juicing to lose weight. Juicing to detox. I gave it try for the first time, but apparently I did not do it accurately. I thought the main focus was eating vegetables. Apparently not. I did drink my vegetables, but often times I ate carrots sticks, celery sticks, slices of cucumbers, etc. Now that I think I know better I will try again. Tomorrow is Sunday, the first day of the week. I will get up and go for a 5 mile walk. I will drink my vegetables all day long and drink eight 8oz of water too. One day at a time. One pound at a time. I've also joined to challenges posted on Lose It! (loseit.com) Burn baby, burn! : A challenge to see who can burn the most calories. I do not expect to be among the top 10%, but I still plan on burning as many as possible. End Of October Weight Loss Challenge: A challenge to see who can lose the most challenge. Again, I do not expect to be in the top 10% but i will be working my butt off. Lose It! has started a premium membership secti...

The temperature has finally decided to drop. We had been having so many days over 100*F it is just too much for me to bare. Hot days wear me out. The thought of going out for a walk simply walked out of my head. Today the highs were in the lower 80's, so I walked a 4.5miles at about 18.5min/mile. I felt lazy but I got a walk in anyway. A friend is doing a juicing diet for 10 days. I've heard a few people chime up it is such a good thing. Rumor has it you can lose up to 12lbs in 10 days. *sigh* With so little time for exercise and the weather no cooperating, AND my slip ups, ... I'm game. I will try it for 10 days. One day at a time. I got the vegetables Friday and blended some of them, made a few servings. Then I started to eat the vegetables themselves. I munched on carrots sticks here and there. Cucumbers with lemon and salt are very attractive! Yum. Today was my official Day 1 of juicing. It was tough. I feel like I want to more food even though I feel a bit full. ...