I've been a horrible blogger and haven't posted anything for a few days now! But all is well besides dealing with work and losing my wallet with all of my IDs, yikes! So what I wanted to talk about for a while was the idea of treating yourself every once in a while. Yes, you can do it. Simple as that. And the weird thing is that my body and mind actually feels guilty doing it. The other day I went out with a group of girls to dinner and got a nice grass feed burger with all the veggie toppings. About a couple hours after, I felt the need to juice to flush out the 'stuff' that I had just ate. Granted I only did the juice fast for 3 days and then started to add some food into my diet, but nothing like a huge burger for dinner. I was so used to juicing and enjoy the nutrients I was getting that I couldn't even enjoy a burger like I used to! I think I'm going to take some of the recipes off of Joe's website and incorporating that into my diet just so I can actually enjoy a meal and not just juicing and eating seeds like a bird.
Another topic that was brought but by a SFC in my class that I was in for the past two weeks. He seemed interested in the things I was talking about when it came to my juicing. I always brought in my juices to class and he always had something new to ask. In a way, I liked that he was interested and kept asking questions. I did make some recommendations about things he could to if he ever decided to go the juicing route. And the last thing I talked to him about was the difference between the people that are enthusiastic about a diet that works for them and people that try and force their diet on others.
I believe that everything you do is based on a choice that you make. If someone if fat, they chose to go down that route and not be healthy, but they always have the choice to turn that around and lose weight to be healthy again. For me, I never pushed this diet on anyone. I had talked about it occasionally before I started the fast but the only reason people were interested was because of the juice itself. They wanted to know why I would do such a crazy thing and with that spurred a conversation. There are those out there that swear by a diet and then try and tell others that they need to do it. Honestly, if someone is happy with being overweight (which I have yet to hear) or enjoys eating the foods that they do, then leave them be. A lot of people have the mindset that we have one life to live and that we might as well enjoy it instead of worrying about what we eat. Yes, I totally agree. And that is why I don't try and push anything on anyone. I'm doing an experiment on ME. I wanted to see how this fast would work on ME. And if people are noticing that there is a difference in how I look because of what I did and they are interested, that is a choice THEY are making to dig deeper and find out whats going on. So far I am liking the experiment and enjoying the benefits I'm getting from it. If people don't want to sit there a drink juice 5 times a day then don't! No one is forcing you to. If you want to live healthier, try and make you diet doable so that you are not depriving your body. Slowly ween off of the foods that you know are bad. There is always a good place to start, but never shock your body into a fast or diet that you haven't prepped for.
I know I've said it before and I'll always say it again, and even as part of my little mantra. YOU make the choices in life in what you want to do. Set your mind to it and it will be done. No one else can make you do the things you do with your life. It's all about YOU!
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