Juice/Smoothie Cleanse
January 29, 2014
Day One: No more food-like products
It is time to get healthy, and to make my body healthy from the inside out.
About 2 years ago, I began changing my outlook on health and exercise. I knew that if I felt good about myself then someone could love me. But I was going to stay alone if I didn't have confidence or love myself. It wasn't about being skinny, so some guy would find me attractive, but I am sure the body fat that I did lose did help me become more attractive. I starting eating way better and I cut out sugar. I began drinking green smoothies in the mornings, at least one a day. Miracles began happening, my migraines went away! Something that I really thought could never happen. I was able to accomplish things that I never knew that I could, a Ragnar, for instance!
Well to make a long, wonderful story short. I did end up finding my soul mate. We were married on March 2, 2013. It has almost been a year! I am not proud to say that I sort of let myself go. I was distracted by dating, the engagement and above all the wedding. Then once we were married we lived in a hotel for 4 months at Fort Lee, VA. We had a tiny kitchenette so cooking didn't happen all to often, eating out did, however. BUT, one thing that I changed did stick through out all the chaos, drinking a green smoothie. Even though not all the food my body was getting was great, at least it was getting those veggies through the smoothie.
So lately, I drink my smoothie and I exercise regularly, but I decided that I needed a kick start. I need to get back to who I was before and taking care of myself. I want to feel good about myself. Marriage isn't always what you think it will be. Hahaha not in a bad way, or anything, I just didn't realize the affect that my self image would have on my marriage. I need to lose the extra pounds, not because my husband doesn't find me attractive but because I need to love myself again.
Well to make a long, wonderful story short. I did end up finding my soul mate. We were married on March 2, 2013. It has almost been a year! I am not proud to say that I sort of let myself go. I was distracted by dating, the engagement and above all the wedding. Then once we were married we lived in a hotel for 4 months at Fort Lee, VA. We had a tiny kitchenette so cooking didn't happen all to often, eating out did, however. BUT, one thing that I changed did stick through out all the chaos, drinking a green smoothie. Even though not all the food my body was getting was great, at least it was getting those veggies through the smoothie.
So lately, I drink my smoothie and I exercise regularly, but I decided that I needed a kick start. I need to get back to who I was before and taking care of myself. I want to feel good about myself. Marriage isn't always what you think it will be. Hahaha not in a bad way, or anything, I just didn't realize the affect that my self image would have on my marriage. I need to lose the extra pounds, not because my husband doesn't find me attractive but because I need to love myself again.
I read the Oct 2013 LDS Conference talk, “Decisions for Eternity” http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/decisions-for-eternity?lang=eng. And It just hit me really hard! I need to be treating my body like a temple and feeding it like such as well. I do really well with my exercising but I just can not get my eating right.
“With your body being such a vital part of God’s eternal plan, it is little wonder that the Apostle Paul described it as a “temple of God.”14 Each time you look in the mirror, see your body as your temple. That truth—refreshed gratefully each day—can positively influence your decisions about how you will care for your body and how you will use it. And those decisions will determine your destiny. How could this be? Because your body is the temple for your spirit. And how you use your body affects your spirit.”
“Each day is a day of decision.” (Russell M Nelson)
The way that I eat affects me spiritually. What I put into my body can either be positive or negative, and I get to choose.
I am starting off cleansing for at least 5 days. After day 5, I will re evaluate and go from there. I will be drinking vegetables and fruit either in smoothie form or juiced.
I have been drinking my green smoothie for almost 2 years now and it has been really great. I am ready to take it to the next level. I am hoping that this cleanse will reboot my system and will help me start out on a healthy lifestyle and stop craving things that are bad for me.
Today, I woke up and went to the gym for spin class. I came home and had a couple smoothies. I was fine until about 2 pm, I started to get hungry, but I made it though. I even got through a Cub Scout Pack Meeting without having any refreshments! I felt good about that. No brownies, cookies, chocolate covered pretzels, etc. I can't say that I felt very hungry but I was tired and a little shaky, but I have been told that the first 2 days are the hardest. Every time I felt hungry, I just drank a juice. I knew I just had to make it through, and to be honest there as been a lot of praying. The night before I started the cleanse, I re-read " Decisions for Eternity" and I knew that I could do it and I knew that the Lord would help me, if I asked. Onto day two....
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