Juice diet Day 1

Today I started two things I have never done before. One is I have embarked on the juice diet and the second is that I have started a blog. I am skeptical about both of them. I have never been one who starts something and then sticks with it till the end or whatever outcome I am looking for. I usually start something and then get bored or discouraged and leave it. Only in case of my education did I dedicate myself till I felt I was done.

In the past I have successfully lost weight once and maintained that for many years. And then I came to US. As people had told me, that I will gain weight, I did gain weight and like all overweight people, I have many reasons as to why I am so much overweight. I had stress, no time to exercise etcetc. Also it may sound pretty cliche but I am a vegetarian so I did not eat fast food, or pizzas, chocolates and icecreams etc. The usual suspects.

But my Achilles heels is carbs. I am addicted to carbs. Especially breads that I make myself. They are delicious Indian stuffed flat breads and I love them. I cannot imagine life without them. And when I am hungry I eat it, and when I am not hungry but feeling  sad and depressed I eat carbs and some more carbs. And the result is obvious, I have gained weight and with the weight has come all its friends. I have diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I have very low energy and feel miserable most of the time.

Today I finally got the courage to start a juice diet. I am not sure how long I will do it. I have asked the return policy for the juicer because I am sure after sometime I will get tired of it and return it. But just to track myself, I have started this blog. I am planning to write everyday how I feel and also every week an update as to how much weight I lost, if I lost any.

I will not write how much I weigh now cos that is how ashamed I am of the number. But I will track the pounds lost, or Kgs lost in my case. I like Kgs as it is always a lower number than equivalent pound and it does not make me feel that bad. 94 is always better than 200 when it comes to weight.

Well I got the juicer which was very expensive. But in my mind I am thinking, I will return it, so its ok. Then I went straight to the grocery store and got lots of vegetables. Came back home and first washed all the veggies. Then the big task of opening the juicer and putting it together. Every step of the way I felt like giving up. Even lifting the box and opening the package was feeling like a lot of work. But I stuck with it.

The recipe for today's dinner juice is:
1 packet spinach
1 Green Apple
2 Carrots'
3 Cucumbers
1 pound of Indian gourd
2 tomatoes
1 Inch cube of ginger
handfull of mint leaves

The juice tastes really good. And it was filling. I got two large glasses of juice and right now I am having the second glass.

I am waiting for the carb craving to kick in any moment and I will go down and get a piece of bread or cake or something. But I have given myself some slack. If I do want carb. I will have it but in moderation. And for the most part I will stick with juices. Lets see how it goes and how long it goes. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.........