The Adventures of Juices

I'm back!

And here with some adventures to share!

First off: I started my juice diet today!  Here is sample of what I ate- I mean, drank!

8 ounces of grapefruit juice with a couple of teaspoons of apple cider vinegar!  So tasty!

My breakfast was a green smoothie that I made for a school project.  Here are the steps!! 

Step one: Gather all supplies

Step two: Add kale to blender

Step three: Add juice to blender

Step four: Blend.

Step five: Add fruit.

Step six: Blend.

Step seven: Add protein powder.

Step eight: Blend.

Step nine: Enjoy!

For lunch it was V8 and V8 Fusion.

I had a lovely little snack of Kefir.  So tasty!

Supper was Bolthouse Tropical + Carrot.  It didn't taste like carrots at all!  It was like a tasty tropical drink!

Here are all the things I drank:

So, why an all juice diet?

-It gives your intestines a break and helps them heal and repair themselves.
-It detoxifies your body (although you need to keep a few guidelines in mind while shopping for juice - I'll have that in here tomorrow)
-It helps you lose weight, and not just water weight!
-It disciplines your body and mind.
-Afterwards, you have a smaller appetite.

These are some really great reasons to try a juice diet.  My goal is to go for two weeks!

Getting Back into the Groove

It's been a month since I last spoke to you.  Much has happened and I don't have the time or space to touch on everything, so I'll mention a few things I've done and what I plan to do.

1.  I ran a whole 5k race without stopping!  My official time was 36:27.  I beat my goal of 40:00 and didn't walk (except when I drank a sip or two of water at the half way mark!)

This is my aunt and I after the race.  She ran/walked it and is planning to actually train for the next one we do! ;)

2.  I've become a lifeguard at the Y!  I think this is just another step closer to becoming a personal trainer!

3.  I'm starting helping with swimming lessons and soon will become an actual instructor!  This will also help me in the future of personal training!

4.  This week I've started a "Let's get serious about losing this last 50 pounds" diet and exercise regiment!

Todays meals included:

For breakfast: Gluten Free Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins from the Biggest Loser cookbook. They were quite delectable!

Lunch was homemade tomato soup and crackers.

An afternoon snack of a greek yogurt and banana.

Supper was a salad with light dressing and blue corn chips with homemade salsa.


My workout routine was as follows:

5:45- 6:30 AM: Boot camp (Cardio Monday!)
6:30-7:00 AM: stationary cycling
3:30- 3:55 PM: a quick run and cool down walk

"Why all this?" you may ask.. well!  I've decided to participate in a *dramatic chord* TRIATHLON!  It's in Alexandria on May 6th!  Here is all the information about it.  Join me if you dare!!  I already have about 4 others who are interested!  I'm excited to be doing it!

This triathlon is 600 yards (12 laps) in a pool (thank goodness! It's going to be cold in May!) then a 13 mile bike ride and a 2.8 mile run.  I'm so pumped!  I never thought I would ever be doing this!

So I've got a strict schedule for the week to see how well I can make it through!

5.  I'm starting personal swim lessons with our aquatic director and a fellow triathloner, Katie, to improve our technique and endurance.  I can't wait to get started!  Plus, since I'm a Y employee I get half off!  Woot!

Well I hope to be back tomorrow!

Weekend Wrap-Up

I'm back!  Sorry for the spastic posting.  I'll be working on that this week.  Here is a quick look at my meals.

Friday breakfast: one banana, one kiwi, half a peach and vanilla greek yogurt.

Friday supper: leftover Quonia mixed with taco seasoned ground venison.  I added cilantro, cheese and sour cream.  I thought I didn't have any taco shells, but after buying more, I found them hiding in the back bottom of the fridge.

My very minimal supper..

Saturday's "not-so-healthy" breakfast: KIX!!  I haven't had these since I was a little girl at my grandma's house!  It brought back some good memories!

Matt was over for the weekend and we go Chinese takeout.  I made sure mine was healthy!  And it was so tasty too!!

I thought my fortune was pretty epic... "Champion of Whatever."

We went to a fellow camp counselor's wedding that evening.  It was beautiful!

There was a dessert social afterward.  Cake and ice cream and punch.. oh, and little dishes of candybars of which I consumed too many (happy, Adam?)..  It was so tasty!

I take no credit for the "artistic" take of this photo.. that would be Adam's fault (another fellow counselor).  This dress that I'm wearing I bought when I was a lot bigger.  I wore it earlier this year and it still didn't quite fit me, but this time it did!  It was a super exciting thing!!

Matt needed a photo of his sharp outfit.  I'd have to say, he looked pretty amazing! (Like usual!)

Sunday went unphotographed, and little occurred.

This mornings breakfast used up the last of the vanilla yogurt mixed with fresh pineapple and half an apple.

This was my sack lunch.  I had to throw the broccoli salad though since the broccoli is going bad. :(

I had my lifeguard training this afternoon.  Well, the start of it.  I had to swim six laps (I'm not sure how many yards or meters that was) without stopping front stroke or breast stroke.  Then I had to swim out half way across the pool, surface dive and retrieve a 10 pound block from the bottom and kick back to the edge of the pool with it on your chest.  This was difficult and my arms were sore after the six laps.  But I think I'm going to add swimming to my work out regiment!

After Fit Club tonight we tried the chocolate Shakeology shake with strawberried, ice, almond milk and water.  It was much better than the strawberry one!  Well I'm off to bed.  Spinning class in the morning!