I'm Back in the Saddle Again! YeeHaw!

That's right! 

I bet y'all thought I fell off the face of the earth, huh? Well, I didn't. 

I decided around the New Year that I wanted to start a new (long term) juice fast/feast/reboot/cleanse. I know I want to go 30 days, but beyond that, I'm not sure. I can't decide if I will stop at 30 days or keep going until I hit my goal? I just don't know. I suppose when I get to Day 30, I'll know. 

I'm also getting closer to figuring out my goal weight, I think. I believe my goal is 135-140. That puts me in a healthy weight range according to BMI standards. That's just 19-24 lbs!!! Whaaaaaat!?!?! I. CAN. DO. THIS. 

What's been going on with me? 

I was diagnosed as having PCOS which means I'm insulin resistant. I now take another medicine and try to avoid carbs. I've been learning to avoid all grains, dairy, refined sugars, and peanut and vegetable oils. We've replaced our processed flour with either coconut flour or almond flour. We don't drink cow milk and instead drink unsweetened almond milk (and vanilla almond milk for the kids). We eat fruits for snacks now, not fruit-roll up's or candy bars and we cook with coconut oil. 

I won't lie, I'm not perfect. I give in on occasion. Sometimes we go out to dinner or I'll go out for a drink or two with my girlfriend and I'm perfectly fine with that but now, giving in is a rarity, not a daily occurrence like it was before. 

So I was eating healthy and I got this Beach Body Yoga Booty Ballet DVD set and I would juice for breakfast, have a healthy, clean lunch and then Shakeology for dinner. I felt AMAZING and was working out 6 days a week, and about a month into it, I got this foot injury. Long story short, it required surgery on the bottom of my right foot and I've been off my foot since then. 

I decided that on December 30th I was going to start a juice fast. I didn't want to shout it from the roof top like I have before, because that's not always worked out for me....and let's face it, no one likes falling flat on their face, right?  So I told myself that if I made it one full week, I would start blogging again. 

So here we are. 

The detoxing symptoms this go-rounds weren't particularly hard. I got a slight headache before bed one night and I was tired, but that was really it. I was shocked. And extremely grateful. 

Day 4 is usually my worst day and this time was no exception. Except this time, the bad things that happened on Day 4 had nothing at all to do with juicing. 

I got the worst of the injuries, thank goodness. My back and neck hurt instantly. I was taken to the hospital by ambulance. 

Because of my recent foot surgery, I was on a moderate strength Vicodin so when the hospital tried to give me two pain pills with less strength, they looked at me like I was an addict when I told them that it had no effect on me. It literally hurt to breathe, so it obviously hurt to talk. They gave me a shot of something strong and asked if it helped. I said yes, but I knew they weren't sending me home on that so I asked for something stronger to go home on, not as strong as the shot, but stronger than Tylenol 3. They refused. Then I told them I wanted to stay there until the pain was under control and not only did they call security to escort us out, they also called the police, I can't describe how angry, hurt and humiliated I was. I will be writing a complaint to the medical board against the physician assistant who refused to allow me to stay and I am also going to file a complaint against the hospital. 

When I got home, I wasn't making much sense. I would sit and type something, then look down and it was gibberish. My husband said that I wasn't making sense and I found out later that I was sending emails to potential clients of mine and the things I was saying made absolutely no sense. I'm concerned that I somehow got a concussion so I went to see my physician (which was a stud move on my part, because we don't get along and we haven't for a long time now, I've just been too lazy to switch doctors). He didn't order an MRI or anything, he told me he thought it was the pain medicine!!! I explained to him that I've been though MANY surgeries and two c sections. I've been on pain medicine. I've actually been on stronger pain medicine than what I was on at the time. I've never experienced anything like that. Ever. I mean, I woke up the day after the wreck wondering why it hurt to lift myself up out of bed. And where where my kids? (I forgot about the wreck) My husband says he has never seen me confused like that.

Since then, I've got to admit, it's been easy to stick with the juice fast. I don't want to eat because the medicine makes me feel sick anyway. 

I've felt so terrible that I've not yet taken my "before" photo. Sorry. 

(I took my photo on January 7th, finally uploaded it on January 8th)

My starting weight was 

169 lbs (12/16/13)

159 lbs (01/06/14)

154 lbs (01/23/14)

151.7 lbs (01/27/14) 

Well, the muscle relaxers are kicking in now. It's about time to lay this body down. Take care everyone out there! And thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog! I really appreciate it. You are AWESOMESAUCE! 

Stay strong and juice on, my friends! 

-Teela Juicing Herman