Day 3 of the Juice Fast, except for one banana

Yesterday, was the hardest mentally.  I really wanted food, like bad food.  I feel great and my energy is on its way back up, but everything just looks so good and my smoothies and juices just don't.  I just need to take it one day at a time.  Days one through three are supposed to be the hardest and now they are over!  I am hoping after day 5, I will continue the cleanse but just add in whole vegetables and fruits.  Except, I did eat a banana last night because, I was really hungry and I had drank everything I had made and I really didn't want to make a juice at midnight.  I don't feel like it was cheating too bad.  Hahaha. Well I am down 4 pounds and 2 inches on my waist and it's only day 4.  I hope I can keep this going. The cravings have subsided, I think!  At least for right now.  Everything my husband eats just looks so good, its really hard to have food around, but it makes me realize how strong I really am and can be.

I got up this morning early and made all of my juices.  The making the juice is the most annoying things about all of this.  It is messy.  I only like cleaning the juicer once!  The juicing part is fun....cleaning, not fun!

I like to think that I got this idea all on my own.  No, not really.  I learning about the green smoothie from my sister-in-law's mom.  That really changed my life.  I always thought, "Man, if I could do two smoothies a day, I would be set."  But I have never been able to just get passed the idea of it.  Then like most people, I was perusing Netflix and the documentary "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" caught my eye.  The film really helps you to see the change that can happen in your life by being healthy.  And I had already experienced that first hand with my migraines, but I just needed a reminder.  If you haven't seen it then WATCH IT!  You can watch it at http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/ for free or on netflix.  And when you are done with that watch "Hungry for Change" also on netflix.  I have just been steadily gaining weight since I got married, because of the food that I eat.  And I knew that is was time that I need to make a change and I knew that I had a strong motivation.

I know I am not the ideal healthy person but I am trying and that is what really matters.  In the country filled with crappy foods, it is hard, cause those foods taste great.  They make you feel good, for a second, and then you feel like crap.  The problem is, is why don't we like to remember the crappy part; we remember how it tastes.  It is just like doing something wrong, it feels great, it is fun, but then when it is all over, you feel like crap! We need to remember what makes us feel crappy, what decisions that we make throughout the day that brings us temporary fun and excitement or the decisions that make us feel real joy and make us proud of ourselves when we lay down and go to bed at night.