Friday, January 25, 2013

Its Been A Long Time

Wow I know its been a long time since I have posted on this blog.  Its supposed to be all about our travels - but we have not been any where since June last year.  But I guess there is no reason why I can't blog about just anything that is remotely interesting.

I have started the new year with a new outlook and have decided to get healthy and motivated.  On January 2nd I commenced on what was going be a 30 day juice fast.  I decided this after watching the movie Fat Sick and Nearly Dead - it really is a very inspiring movie.  Its about an Australian - Joe Cross who went to America to do a 60 day juice fast and lost an astonishing amount of weight - and he has kept it off also.

I started out strong then got half way through week two and decided that I needed to add some food into my diet - so I have been juicing and adding raw foods and small amounts of cooked protein into my diet.  I am now up to Day 24 and have lost weight - so far 3.4kgs which I am really happy about, considering this time last year I was 9kgs heavier.

I am feeling good - well not yesterday.  But overall feel much happier, much lighter and feel like I am doing my body a great favour.  The interesting thing is if I have any processed food or chocolate I feel awful, and the sugar just puts me on a real high.

To make myself accountable for the food that I put into my mouth I created another blog - so I could be honest with myself and share my journey with others.  I have been amazed at the amount of people who have read the blog and are being encouraged to change their eating habits because of what I am doing.  So I am really grateful for this.

I have not had any caffiene, no bad fats, only a small amount of chocolate (which made me feel terrible), no alcohol in the 24 days.  I have sat here and watched my other half eat chocolate, bacon and eggs, takeaways and drink alcohol - so I think I have done really well.

If you want to check out my blog please do so at:  http://ditchingthesugar.blogspot.com.au  - this is where I spend most of my time these days.

So happy reading.