Back in the day I followed Marilu Henner’s Total Health Makeover diet. I have NEVER felt better in my whole entire life. I had ENERGY to spare, I felt good and looked good. THe only problem is it’s a hard thing to follow (for me) long term. You only eat fish (which isn’t my favorite), no chemicals, sugar or dairy (you can have soy subs). And you don’t eat protein together with carbs. It took a LOT of cooking, planning and thought. The best part was Mike (my husband) and I started bike riding and at first we could not go around the corner, but at the end we were biking for 20+ miles at least 1x a week-sometimes 2. We felt GOOD-besides gaining back the 60 lbs I lost while taking phentermine-stopping that bike riding is my biggest regret. So why am I telling you all of this? Who knows because saying that I am going to start juicing (which I did while I was THMing) doesn’t seem nearly as exciting anymore! But I am, I have a work horse of a juicer (a Champion) and I got it out today. I made carrot/apple juice (which tastes really good). I didn’t have a lot of either ingredients, so I couldn’t make much but both kids drank what I gave them. I am hoping it helps to make me feel healthier, the pulp will be GREAT for my compost pile (which I am going to start up again now that my arm is healed) and I am hoping to get more vegetables into the kids. Neither of my kids are good about eating veggies-my son is horrible about it. I will still offer veggies in their natural state-but I really do believe in juicing. It’s just kind of a pain in the butt to be honest.
UPDATED: accountability post here. I can not believe I did this, but I totally binged today. MAJORLY. I haven’t done that in a long time. I was telling a friend I didn’t know why I did it since I wasn’t having a bad day, the kids weren’t bad, I wasn’t bored (all my normal reasons) etc. Then I think I realized why I did it. I didn’t eat breakfast this morning. All I had was that little bit of juice (about 4 oz). Then another friend called and I talked for a long time. When I got off the phone I realized it was 1pm and I was starving. I made the kids lunch and myself a sandwich, but that didn’t fill me up….so the binge started. I had a brownie, a bowl of chips and then I can’t even believe I am going to admit this (or that at this point I was NOT hungry anymore and was just in binge mode) THREE ice cream sandwiches. How totally sick is that? I don’t even feel good right now and all my motivation to clean is GONE. Tomorrow is a new day and I will be sure to not let myself get that hungry again!
Posted on December 30th, 2009 by tracyintn
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