Day 3

Weight: 175.6. Wow. That is quite a loss. 3.6 pounds in one day and 4.8 in two days. I immediately begin to doubt the loss can be maintained without continuing to juice for most of my meals.

Honestly, I don't feel that great this morning. i don't know if that is the detox (i had the coated tongue, a big symptom) or the dramatic weight loss or running or the cold that my husband and i have been dealing with. he is not feeling that great this morning either and has been eating normally.

Nonetheless, eating the solid food last night never did make my headache go away and i couldn't sleep well because of it. I finally fell asleep around 2 and slept until 10 or so. I guess I actually did get 8 hours and it is the weekend, so I guess that is actually not too bad. I guess also as i sip my coffee and type this i am starting to feel better (although now that i am detoxing i wonder if i should give that up as well). Keeping track of the journey like this is pretty cathartic. I think i'll go make some juice.

Breakfast - Basic Juice for two
2 carrots, 1 apple, 4 ribs celery, 1 head romaine, 1 lemon, 1 knob ginger

I got upset about something and acted like a real bitch to my husband. And then tried to make it up to him by being really honest about why i behaved badly. This is new and I think really positive. It doesn't make up for my bitchiness, but I feel like we moved forward in some way.

I went to go meet a friend and instead of having food or coffee or anything, we just sat and talked. it was really refreshing. I always thought i couldn't be social if i am trying to be careful about what i am eating. instead we just focused on the conversation. I told her all about what i am doing and we went vegetable shopping together. $20 later i am inspired to try a bunch of juice recipes. So far it's 3:40. I've been up since 10 am and have only had half the above juice for sustenance today, but I am feeling really good. Though my husband just came in here and said "you need to juice right now to keep your energy up today" and i think he's right. Off to juice!

Lunch - Mojito Juice for two
2 apples, 2 limes, 2 cucumbers, 1 head romaine, a few sprigs of mint (one store package)

When I went downstairs to give my husband his juice I discovered he'd started a big project in the basement. We spent the next two hours completely reorganizing the main room down there. It looks awesome! We moved the treadmill to a better spot and I decided to try it out.

Exercise - 3 mile jog
I am getting faster, this might have even qualified as a run. I sweat a ton and had to shower before dinner. Also feeling like juice is energizing me despite slow start this AM.

Dinner - Autumn Veggie Bake for two
I popped 2 sweet potatoes, 2 cups brussels sprouts, 2 cups chanterelle mushrooms, 1 small onion, and 6 cloves garlic in before my run. It maybe cooked too long, i really enjoyed the melty brussels. My husband had his half with a vegan apple sausage and we both had nutritional yeast, braggs, olive oil, pepper, and pink salt.
Bed time tea

Water: 5 cups + 375 ml pelligrino

My friend asked me about protein and I told her what the website says, that vegetables have enough protein to sustain us the 15 days, but i've added nutritional yeast to my list of allowed spices as it has protein and b12 and is better than soy sauce in my mind. I am keeping the spices and oil to a minimum though, but this was still delicious. It tasted thoroughly indulgent after having juice all day.

No spa-like thing today. I spilled my fancy serum sample from the aesthetician and I'm very sad about it. I hadn't decided if i was for sure going to splurge on this for myself yet, and now i guess it's first in line for my reward. Now i have to figure out when i get rewards though, so it's probably good this prompted it.

Accomplishments: dishes, basement, saw friend, bought suet, bought veggies.