Well, fancy meeting you here....
Okay I know... it's been a while :P
As you all know exams just took over my life recently :(
For the last 2 months I've been preparing and sitting 11 college exams and I've been so stressed that I've really had no time to workout or come up with new recipes let alone blog :O
But tomorrow is my last exam so I thought I'd get back on the bandwagon :D
A bit of a last minute decision but at the beginning of the month we decided to take a weeks holiday after the exam, The date has crept up on me and suddenly the holiday/bikini wearing extravaganza is happening..... THURSDAY!!
Yeah that's right Thursday :(
Now don't get me wrong I'm dying to get away for a bit of rest and relaxation, but this whole bikini wearing situation?
Not going to be the highlight for me >:(
I haven't completely let my general healthy lifestyle go over study month but It's the coffee breaks, late night energy drinks, Chocolate comforting and lack of gym that have but me back a step.
I've gained 1kg on the scales (which I'm not delighted about but it could be worse) but I feel like my abs (especially obliques) have seriously suffered!
So the past 2 weeks I've really been sticking to my blogilates workouts and they've worked but I need to do something I hate and "crash diet" in the healthiest way possible...
Basically A JUICE CLEANSE!
Juice cleanse's have really become the it thing of 2014 with celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, Lauren Conrad and Millie Mackintosh all being fans and admittedly this isn't my first juice cleanse this year either!
I did my first cleanse in January as a kinda new year new me attitude and My worry about it at the time was, am I going to put all the weight back on again?
I dropped 2 kgs and over the space of a month of normal eating only put 1/2 a kg back on, so its not only water weight your loosing!
I Know I preach about not using the fadding diets but people forget that even on a juice cleanse your consuimg 1200 calories a day and for only 3 days
And to be honest I'm just feeling a bit "meh" after all this study and I need a bit of a reboot!
I'm following the reboot with go 3 day plan that you can find here! It has loads of free advice, recipes and guidelines and it's the plan I followed for my previous juicing!
I've decided to make my own juices because:
a) I have a good quality juicer to hand
b) It's much much much cheaper(all the fruit cost me €22 in lidl!!)
c)It's kind of satisfying making your own juices and deciding which ones to drink!
So here's my break down of the day's Juices so far:
Morning: Detox juice from Jump Juice (apple,carrot,celery,cucumber and beets)
Lunch: Garden Variety
Mid afternoon snack : Apple-Carrot-Ginger
Dinner :Garden Variety
Dessert: Pine-lime-lemon
Water : 3litres throughout
The great thing about reboot with Joe's recipes is that a lot of them make double so I currently have my leftover apple-carrot-ginger for the morning!( it was definitely my favourite juice of the day! :P)
So how am I doing?
Mood:
Have to be said I'm pretty good! not feeling cranky off caffeine withdrawals or sugar lows so no complaints yet!
Energy:
A bit of a slump at 4 o clock but I had a pick me up after my afternoon juice!
Hunger:
There's this weird hunger you get on a juice cleanse, its not a physical belly rumbling hunger but it's more like you really miss food? Like I'm mentally hungry for food but my body doesn't need it! I especially get cravings when people eat around me but in general I haven't caved yet!!
To be honest I've kept myself really busy all day and as a result haven't even noticed feeling hungry or think about food etc!
It might be the new way to help through the cleanse?
Il keep you updated on my progress ;)
