Day 4 - 7 Lbs in 7 Days

Day 4:  I awoke this morning feeling excellent!  I felt happy and hopeful and excited for the day, and not very hungry.  In the middle of the day, my husband and I went to town and in the grocery store, I wasn't tempted by everything I saw.  I felt great today.  

In the early afternoon, my husband and I decided (well, it was my idea) to go out onto our property and pick up logs that had been cut for firewood.  We loaded a bunch in the back of the truck, got stuck in a creek because we were so loaded down (another story), and unloaded and stacked everything in the barn.  Pretty good work out, aaaaand we were pooped.  We came back to the house and juiced right away.  I've found that exercise is a lot more exhausting on the juice fast.

This evening, like every other day, I started to feel hungry.  I would love to have fish, or chicken, or taco salad, even lasagna.  I don't know what it is, but the evenings are the hardest for us both, which is the reason we go to bed at 10pm.  That might be late for some, but it's a bit earlier than normal for us.  We do it because we're so excited to wake up again and juice.  Ha!

Today was the best and the easiest, I think.  However, I still can't wait to have a real meal too! I've found I have very mixed emotions while on this fast.  One minute I feel great, and then as if out of nowhere I'll feel like it's really hard to do this.  Thankfully, that feeling is short-lived.  It's interesting.  

I think this is a good challenge for me.  I'm learning a lot about willpower.  

Oh, and by the way, when I got up this morning, I had lost another 1.7lbs.  4.2 total lbs in four days.  Not bad.  I feel great in my jeans!  

It's 10:15pm.  Bedtime! 

Goodnight.

~Callie

Day 3 - 7 Lbs in 7 Days

Day 3:  So, the end of my third day has come on the 7 Lbs in 7 Days juice fast.  The inspiration for me waking early this morning was getting to drink a juice.  I started with hot peppermint tea and then juiced for breakfast and to bring with me to work.  I felt quite great for most of the day.  I did have one moment of feeling really weak in the afternoon, but that was because I got home a little after 3pm from work and I hadn't had my 2pm juice yet.  Though, once I got some apple juice in me while I juiced, I was good to go again.  I have found I need the juices every three hours and water in between.

Today, we made a juice that had plain yogurt in it, and I was so excited to have it, only to find that it wasn't that exciting.  It did give me a full feeling though, and my husband said it was his favorite juice so far.  Go figure.

All in all, I feel pretty great.  And though the smell of food in a grocery store or cafe (I was there with my co-worker) still makes me want a meal that I can chew, I have to say, there was something liberating to me today about restraining myself against a craving.  I've lost 2.6 lbs in the last three days and I still have 10-15 that I would like to loose to feel like I was at my perfect weight.  This juice fast is going to get me closer to that goal, but I think it might also give me a one up on cravings.  I don't want food to control me.  I want to be in control of what I eat and feel great after I eat, not guilty.

Off to bed . . . it's 10pm.

~Callie

7 Lbs in 7 Days

So, my mom recently finished 7lbs in 7 days, a 7-day juicing fast, and she says she can't remember the last time she felt so good!  She's down 13lbs and says she will never go back to eating any other way.  We've always eaten healthy for the most part, organic as much as we can, and lot's of vegetables at every meal, but she said she needed something to really help her change her body and how she felt.  This did it for her.

She got the 7lbs in 7 Days app for her iPhone and it told her exactly what juices to make and how to make them for the entire 7 days.  I thought that was brilliant and so easy!

So, after my mom and her best friend came to visit last weekend and raved about how much they enjoyed doing 7 Lbs in 7 Days, my husband and I decided to try it.  I LOVE juicing and have juiced as part of my morning routine on and off for about 7 years.  I think it's one of the best things since sliced bread, and it makes me feel a lot better than sliced bread.  

So, I thought, "Why not try it?  I've never fasted for a week, and I'm up for the challenge."

Tonight, my husband and I are currently ending our 2nd day on the program, and I thought it might be fun to try and blog about how I feel each day.  

Day 1:  Since I started a day late, I will briefly tell you that I felt quite good on the first day.  The juices tasted fantastic (not as fantastic to my husband, but he doesn't like veggies much) and I felt slightly hungry a couple of times, but nothing too bad.  However, by 10pm, we were both in bed.

Day 2:  Today, the juices have tasted great all day and for the most part, I haven't felt hungry too much.  Well, that is until my husband would remark about how we couldn't eat and then I would think of how great juicy chicken and a salad would taste, or when driving through town with the temperature outside in the 80's, a huckleberry shake!  Though, all in all,  the day was pretty good.  I noticed that at about 4pm on both days was when I felt the hungriest, and tonight, really for the first time, I have felt quite hungry.  I've been keeping busy to keep my mind off of the fact and made a hot cup of peppermint tea, which helped, but didn't solve it.  It's 10pm now, and I'm going to go to bed because when I get up in the morning, I get to have a freshly made juice!  Woot!

My mom says after day 3, I won't really feel hungry.  At the moment, I can't wait until next Thursday when I can eat a meal.  Ha!

We'll see how I feel tomorrow . . .

Goodnight.

   ~Callie

She's BAAAAACK!

So, I just find out yesterday that my hands down favorite Etsy seller is back after some months on hiatus.  And I am ecstatic about it!

Here she is . . . Go check out her site, she has fabulous things!  I would buy all of them if I could.  :)

The Old Red Hen

Isn't she fab?  And, Julie is the nicest lady.  Go see her shop, buy something for yourself or a friend from her . . . I promise you won't be disappointed.

Welcome back Julie!  Woo hoo!

~Callie

New to Sterling and Grace

I just finished and listed a collection of wonderful matte gold charm necklaces to Sterling and Grace!

Come see!

Each pendant is matte gold and hangs from a feminine yet strong gold filled link chain and is finished off with a gold filled lobster clasp.  Prices range from $17-$22.  

Give yourself or a friend a new year's gift!

Enter my shop here.

Happy New Year!

~Callie