Bikers who REBOOT!
A couple of weeks ago, the three of us (me, spouse & son) came across a documentary by Joe Cross, called 'Fat, sick and nearly dead', neither of us had ever heard of it, but it sounded interesting so we sat down and watched it together. Then we watched part two, followed by everything we could find on the subject.
Wow! Life changing stuff, we were stoked to say the least. We talked about it, googled it, researched it and talked about it some more, for about a week. With the three of us in agreement that this was a good thing with exceptional benefits, I bought a juicer. That week we cut down on everything, (cigarettes, caffein, alcohol, sweets...everything!) and ate only light meals in an attempt to prepare ourselves in effort to cut down on withdrawels and side effects. Okay, I'm the only one of the three who didn't quit smoking...but I did cut them in half and give up everything else! (Hi! My name is Pamela and I am a smoke-a-holic!)
Personally my second biggest fear was not having my coffee, (Hi! my name is Pamela and I'm a coffeeholic!) so I bought a box of decaffinated Green Tea for emergencies. (today I discovered I like it with lemon!) Anyway...Last weekend I went to town and sweet talked the prodruce guy (poor guy never knew what hit him) and walked away with a case of Kale (big discount) and a buggy overflowing with fresh fruits and vegetables. Next, I headed over to the big grocery store and bought every fruit and vegetable they had on sale, too.
Unfortunately, it happened to be Superbowl Sunday, and you know what that means...wings, dips, pizza, salty snack foods, deserts and the main event... alcohol! (we didn't take that into consideration ahead of time...duh!) So there we were, planning to start our Reboot-Detox-Juice Fest on Monday morning and are suddenly faced with our first real challenge. To gorge or not to gorge? I mean really...it's the Superbowl...it's tradition!
To be honest, we were so excited to get started, having already prepared ourselves, we just shrugged it off and I made vegetable trays, avacado dips and salsa. Instead of chips, I sliced up zuchinni and squash rounds and we used those instead. We snacked and watched the game without issue, albeit sober...who'da thunk it was possible?
On Monday morning, we got up early, prepared our juice and it was on! On Friday, day five my son announced that he had been weighing himself at work and already he had lost 10 lbs!...(honey and I didn't weigh ourselves first....duh...again)... But even though the two of us will never know exactly what our own weight loss was this first week, we can both tell we have lost a few pounds, and that's good enough for me!
Don't misunderstand, we did not embark on this adventure solely for weight loss, although all three of us need to shed some pounds, we are doing the reboot for health reasons. It's like a physical and mental 'do-over', it allows you to get back to square one and give your body a break from all the toxins we throw down our neck without thinking. It allows your system to remember what it's like to feel good again and your mind to remember what real, natural food can do for you.
Five days in, we not only feel good about ourselves, we feel physically better! And we have started to excercise...(okay, we are walking twice a day, but one has to start somewhere)...Anyway, we have spent alot of time researching all of the nutrition facts on what we place in the juicer and have a greater appreciation for what we are consuming. It's an amazing journey and I encourage you to look into it. I'll keep you posted with a weekly update.
Ride Safe, Read Daily!
Pamela
Wow! Life changing stuff, we were stoked to say the least. We talked about it, googled it, researched it and talked about it some more, for about a week. With the three of us in agreement that this was a good thing with exceptional benefits, I bought a juicer. That week we cut down on everything, (cigarettes, caffein, alcohol, sweets...everything!) and ate only light meals in an attempt to prepare ourselves in effort to cut down on withdrawels and side effects. Okay, I'm the only one of the three who didn't quit smoking...but I did cut them in half and give up everything else! (Hi! My name is Pamela and I am a smoke-a-holic!)
Personally my second biggest fear was not having my coffee, (Hi! my name is Pamela and I'm a coffeeholic!) so I bought a box of decaffinated Green Tea for emergencies. (today I discovered I like it with lemon!) Anyway...Last weekend I went to town and sweet talked the prodruce guy (poor guy never knew what hit him) and walked away with a case of Kale (big discount) and a buggy overflowing with fresh fruits and vegetables. Next, I headed over to the big grocery store and bought every fruit and vegetable they had on sale, too.
Unfortunately, it happened to be Superbowl Sunday, and you know what that means...wings, dips, pizza, salty snack foods, deserts and the main event... alcohol! (we didn't take that into consideration ahead of time...duh!) So there we were, planning to start our Reboot-Detox-Juice Fest on Monday morning and are suddenly faced with our first real challenge. To gorge or not to gorge? I mean really...it's the Superbowl...it's tradition!
To be honest, we were so excited to get started, having already prepared ourselves, we just shrugged it off and I made vegetable trays, avacado dips and salsa. Instead of chips, I sliced up zuchinni and squash rounds and we used those instead. We snacked and watched the game without issue, albeit sober...who'da thunk it was possible?
On Monday morning, we got up early, prepared our juice and it was on! On Friday, day five my son announced that he had been weighing himself at work and already he had lost 10 lbs!...(honey and I didn't weigh ourselves first....duh...again)... But even though the two of us will never know exactly what our own weight loss was this first week, we can both tell we have lost a few pounds, and that's good enough for me!
Don't misunderstand, we did not embark on this adventure solely for weight loss, although all three of us need to shed some pounds, we are doing the reboot for health reasons. It's like a physical and mental 'do-over', it allows you to get back to square one and give your body a break from all the toxins we throw down our neck without thinking. It allows your system to remember what it's like to feel good again and your mind to remember what real, natural food can do for you.
Five days in, we not only feel good about ourselves, we feel physically better! And we have started to excercise...(okay, we are walking twice a day, but one has to start somewhere)...Anyway, we have spent alot of time researching all of the nutrition facts on what we place in the juicer and have a greater appreciation for what we are consuming. It's an amazing journey and I encourage you to look into it. I'll keep you posted with a weekly update.
Ride Safe, Read Daily!
Pamela
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