Day Eleven

Good morning - another weekend is looming.

Weight this morning is 64.6kg (142.4lb).  I certainly seem to be very stable at this weight and consumption of juices.  As a life-long diet and weight obsessed person, I'm finding this  a bit mentally challenging (ie why go through all of this when I don't lose any weight?!!!!), HOWEVER, as I keep saying day after day, it's HEALTH that I'm after.  When that is all OK, then everything else will fall into place.

What I do know is that I'm not feeling hungry at all, my skin is clearer every day (my daughter told me yesterday that even the back of my neck is glowing), and I have to remember there is a great deal of internal work going on, as evidenced by the skin situation.  I'm no longer constipated, and everything seems to be moving along just fine.

What I am sure of (and hoping for) is that at some point a big chunk of weight will just vanish, following a big clear out.

Also, this is the drawback of weighing yourself on a daily basis.  You get obsessed with tiny fluctuations instead of looking at the big picture.  Had I weighed myself only once a week, I'd be celebrating right now, and saying, woo hoo - I've lost 4kg (8.8lb).  But I want to document my every step on this journey, whether the information is welcome or not.

Let's not forget that I've been working out hard and may be building some muscle, which does weigh more than fat.

The other thing is that I've drunk a quart of melon juice every day this week (thanks to lovely husband who brought me home two big melons last week and I HAVE to get through them), which may be increasing my energy intake by a big margin.  Perhaps when they've all gone and I'm back to less fruit and more greens the weight will come off.  I don't know, but I'm not going to worry about it.  The big picture is what I'm trying to focus on, not nanodetails.  In any case, melon juice is delicious and full of nutrients and water.

Yesterday I drank 3 quarts green juice, heavy on the greens, and one quart melon juice.  Plus some green tea and possibly not enough water throughout the day.

So - to the weekend.  Lovely husband and I are taking off for the weekend - at this point we're not sure where to, except that we hope to find somewhere in nature.  We're thinking the coast.  So I'm packing the vita-mix and the nut-milk bag and off we will go.  That will probably be somewhat of a challenge, but in my experience, just about everything in life turns out to be a lot easier to deal with in reality than it was in our anticipatory mind's eye.

So I probably won't post again until Monday.

Have a great and safe weekend!