Side effects of juicing?

After 3 days of drinking juices alongside my meals (or instead of snacks) I felt constantly hungry. And really really tired, like 3-4pm rady to bed, weak in my limbs tired. Googled to see if anyone else has noticed that at all - yes! So from all the ideas most logical explanation seemed to be

- be careful with fruit content and also carrots and beetroots... yes I had been using apple and carrot to test different recipes and to just sweeten them up. You need to use quite a bit of produce to make a reasonable amount of juice so it might have been that my juices sugar content was still too high and kept spiking my blood sugar levels, therefore hungry and tired
- fiber is taken out in the process of juicing, so you feel hungry very soon - better to have juice with food or mix some of the pulp into juice for fiber content

Thursday - Friday had only 1 glass with my breakfast and 1 glass after dinner. Didn't notice being hungry all day long, also didn't feel so utterly tired all day. Maybe that's the way of it then.

Still 2 coffees though. Maybe coffees were also draining nutrients out of my body. Maybe my iron levels are low again and that's why I'm tired, it has been the reason in past.

And the good news is that there is a way to make the sewing patterns fit you - you have to trace one size smaller from the pattern which it should be according to measurement. Looks like pattern companies add so much "ease" into clothes that you get a tent instead of a dress. Tested out and it works! Why does it have to be so complicated??!!

Will go and check out F 45 on Monday.

Bakings

Juices taste so fresh and full of flavor! Have been drinking mainly vegetable based juices, not so much fruit based because of the sugar content.

Yesterday our daughter decided to bake some really yummy cakes. Of course I ate them. Too many as usual. And some more in the morning.

At least I am down to 1-2 coffees a day instead of 4. Even better when it is only 1. First I need to start going to bed earlier.

Juicing

Yesterday we happened to discover 2 episodes of documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead where Joe Cross did 60 day juice fast to see if his autoimmune condition would get better. We found the whole film very inspiring so we are heading out today to buy a juicer. I am not planning to fast but we want to try and get some nutrients into our kids who are way less healthy than ourselves. Also I am curious to try drinking juice 1-2 times a day and see if my body feels less tired. Important bit is to then ACTUALLY USE THE MACHINE!!!

Being tired

When looking back of our last 8 years I can clearly see the pattern - being tired triggers snacking, overeating, no exercise, feeling yuck. I'm sure I have already discussed it before but again and again I can see the pattern.

Hot and humid nights make it quite hard to wake up refreshed. Add screaming cats or kids who come and snuggle into your bed at night (and push you almost out of the bed so you are managing somehow on the very edge of the bed while your husband has plenty of room on other side) or just silly idea of staying up too late at night. Yep, So tired. Eyes just want to shut down and limbs are weak, can't have a nap either, work needs to be done. When client comes in, put that smile on your face and keep pushing.

So, there comes the chocolate. And million coffees. No exercise. Feeling unmotivated. Shit.

That's why I don't do shopping

Today I went to shop hoping to get one nice top or dress for myself. Sadly left with empty handed and really disappointed in myself. I have hit the next "biggest ever" dress size! It is next to impossible to find anything that sits well which would also be affordable. Being short and having big breasts is not a good combination when overweight but still having smaller waist. Most tops in those bigger sizes are not hugging the curves leaving the waist area baggy which is not flattering at all.

so disappointed.

PLANNING WORKS!!

I've been happy with the first 5 days back to more organised lifestyle. Food for a week was planned, ingredients bought and most prep done on Sat/Sun. It has worked out perfectly. There's always something healthy to grab for and don't have to ponder what's for dinner (and do we have ingredients). 

The boy is in vacation care which makes all the difference because now I've been able to squeeze some exercise into each day.

It has been incredibly hot and humid so sleep is not the best. On some days it means big cravings during the day, mainly for sweet. I've had some then and not worrying too much about it at the moment.

I haven't set any numerical goals for myself. I do want to lose weight but mainly want to get fitter, be stronger, be healthier in general. I have noticed in the past that for some reason, when I have set very specific goals (like weighing specific kgs on specific dates) it hasn't brought along huge success. I am not completely sure why... Not believing I can achieve that? Or don't deserve that? can't stay focused long period and sabotaging?

Here we go again... sleep - water - exercise

Back to old habits..

Well, life was being life and I didn't know how to get past the obstacles it was throwing at me so my plan fell apart. It is embarrassing to look into my own eyes in mirror (not to mention that wobbly belly!). There was this idea of starting over on Monday (what is it with starting fresh on Monday?!) but I was too weak to say no to some more Christmas goodies. And we are still going to bed way too late so there's snacking happening every night.

There is this pattern of everything collapsing during school holidays. It wouldn't be such a big of a deal if I would pick my game up after school starts again. That's where I fail. Also summer holidays gives plenty of time to fall back into bad habits and not feel motivated to challenge those. Pretty sure the solution is very simple - even though children are at home, I still need to keep my routine happening. Even if it means waking up before them! Which obviously starts with going to bed early enough to be comfortable with it! Why am I not doing it? Because my partner and I like to stay up late and sleep in in the morning. Now, yes I am able to change my habits on this but I can't expect him to change. Never understood really how families cope with one partner going to bed early, other late? Where is the time spent without children there?? Also, I tend to wake up when my husband comes to bed later and sometimes can't go back to sleep which is extremely frustrating.