Grateful Home Life

Well, today is a new day and I'm feeling so good. I almost feel like I'm lighter, which I guess I am because of the weight loss, but more so in my head. My head just seems really clear, not bogged down.  I started today with a poop colored drink. Yeah, my juices tend to get that way because even if I have a sweet drink, which this is I always want to add in more greens and when you add in greens to any of my other juices they tend to make a lovely brown color. Here ha go: Breakfast: - brown juice, which includes the following: (1/2 pineapple, 1 large carrot, handful of pomegranates seeds, and 3 stalks of Swiss chard) Was as good as ever, even despite the unappetizing color. Lunch: -my regular green juice (1 cucumber, 1 lemon, 1/2-3/4 inch of ginger, 4 stalks of kale or Swiss chard, 1 apple and 2 stalks celery) Had my energy swings again. One minute I'm feeling great and the next I'm tired and feeling really groggy.  The weather was rainy and dreary anyways so maybe that...

Well today I woke up and had my morning BM. Not much too it! The nice thing is that there's not much going through my body so my hemorrhoids can really have a chance to heal. Still have a little uncomfortableness down there but I can't figure out why because I'm not really flared up anymore, just my ugly skin tags are there and bigger than ever. Okay all done with the TMI.  Went for a quick walk around the neighborhood before everyone woke up. Felt great and didn't really lack energy until I got home and I felt starved. Distractions really do help me. So, first thing I made my breakfast. Breakfast: - red juice this morning Included: -5 carrots -1/2 pineapple -3 stalks of red Swiss chard It was delicious! I do think it livens me up to have something more sweet in the morning. Advice: So every morning I make my breakfast juice and then I grab one of my premade mix bags and then juice my lunch. So, save time by juicing multiple juices at a time.  I realize you might not ge...

Today I woke up feeling surprisingly well. A lot of people talk about feeling pretty bad around day 3. Maybe it's because I wasn't really addicted to caffeine, soda or anything else besides sugar apparently. Despite being a bit hungry I was feeling fine and today was the first day I didn't have pain after my morning BM and flare is almost completely gone (sorry if that's too much information but I want people to know in case they are on a journey like me). It's been a week exactly since my initial flare up. Usually the first three days are the worse and then it's bearable but for some reason my body just didn't shake this one...until today, that is!! Praise the Lord! Because of my sugar cravings I thought I would go with something sweeter today to help with my sugar cravings: Morning: -Orange Juice (carrot, orange and pineapple). OMG!! So good!! This one really helped with my sugar fix. Orange Juice: -4 average size carrots -1 orange -1/2 pineapple ...

Well, this wasn't the first topic I wanted to write about on this blog but since this is what I'm going through I thought I'd share my juicing journey with you. I am currently on Day 3 of my juice fast and I'm feeling so many things right now that I want to share with you but first let me fill you in onto why I have the desire to do this fast to begin with. On the surface most people would see me as the spitting image of health: vegetarian, healthy weight, no visible signs of sickness at all, energy, exercises, etc. But what no one sees is all my 'hidden' sicknesses. There is no way to say this in conversation, which is probably why I don't share it with anybody except my close girl friends, but I struggle with hemorrhoids, bad! Ever since I gave birth to my first born and then it got worse after my second child and now it's almost a daily struggle for me. Everything I do revolves around preventing a flare up. I could go on and on about my struggles wi...