Confession: for the last three weekends in October I had slightly tail spinned out of control. Yes, true - "we're only human" however for whatever weird emotional (or not) reason, I was eating my feelings through french toast, appetizers mini bites, raisins, cranberries, trail mix, chocolate, coconut and other 'healthy' items. Sure, I'm complaining about raisins and cranberries and almonds....who do I think I am complaining when THAT'S my binge food; however, for me, when consumed in a large quantity these items are high in fat and not effective to my goals. Quite honestly I ballooned 8-10 lbs at times, only having to work my ass off Mon-Fri to shed this excess stupid weight. Luckily enough I never stopped moving. I kept pushing on. In fact, I usually ended up with more steps on during this 'dark period' (average 12-15 miles a day) than before. My guess is that I was so imbalanced that by Monday I was trying everything I could to walk off the caloric intake I had over the weekend. I feel it might be easier to post this here, admit to it and figure out what I can do to avoid it. The weirdest part was that it was such a foreign land for me. In this entire journey I have yet to have major issues with diet. It was always pretty easy for me to eat healthy, it was actually fun to come up with new concoctions. Therefore, when I would be in my tailspin on Sunday evening going for anything / everything I could that would "satisfy me" (nothing really did) I didn't quite know what to do but go for it on Sunday and be pissed at myself Monday.
So I decided - nearing my 30th birthday party and in a true effort to get my shit back in gear, to do a 5 day juice cleanse. This cleanse actually ended up being more of a 6 day because I had received some complementary juices, avoided number 5 one day to save it for day 6 and purchased 2 additional juices. For me it was less about "detoxing the system" (I had a bit of black coffee on day 3 and 4...shhh!) and more about having a controlled caloric intake and 6 solid days of clean eating, good vitamins and non-processed sugars. It was also about setting out to do something and sticking to it. I was having such a hard time with my diet. I would start the day in this "ok I'm going to be good!" phase and end up being terrible and getting down on myself. Through this whole journey I never beat myself up; however I was finding myself doing this often so my cleanse was to A) avoid succumbing to temptation B) to stick to my juices and most importantly C) to be good to myself --- 100%, inside and out, good to myself. I can say overall, I feel great. A bit bummed it's over but I feel awesome. I am making some additional juices at home with a co-workers juicer to have for the weekend. I am now going to attempt to get through this weekend being active, healthy and binge free. Wish me luck!!
My results: 6 days, 8 lbs and a whole lot of bloat
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