Ok...sorry for long delay to reply...I've been busy eating.
Just kiddin.
I found the 5th day the hardest, felt like crap, tired and just wanted to sleep, woke up 6th day and felt much the same but I had to do some jobs and forced myself into them and within 30 minutes or so felt fine.
The start, say first few days or so, it is very hard, the smell of food drives you crazy....but you need to be strong and keep at it.
Drinking the juice will fill you up, so you will have no issues re being hungry after some time and what I did was keep a litre or so in the fridge and if feeling peckish, just grab a half a glass or such.
During the second half of the 15 days I started to have cravings for good foods....steamed vegies, fish and tuna sandwiches etc. No cravings for meat, steaks, pies or cakes and such....my tastes had changed.
On the day that I decided to eat...I did not really feel like eating, I wanted some juice, but I ate a light dinner of salad and such.
Over next few days I had things like tuna sandwiches, fish and salad, I had sausages and vegies on the 3rd night but it was half of what I would usually eat and I was full.
While not eating as much as before, this seems to be a natural feel and desire to not eat to much, rather than having to make a conscious decision every time. I did not purposefully reintroduce food over a 10 day period as suggested, but my gut is not quite normal as most others I think, little seems to effect it. However i did have a mild tummy...very mild...pain a couple of times.
Now 1 week after finishing I am still 7 kilos under the original weight...I can put 2 kilos back on over time if I want as wanted to only lose the 5 kilos. I am eating normally, but different foods, I snack on handfulls of dried sultanas, dried bananas and cranberries.
But the best thing from it all is the desire to eat good food, not that I did not eat good food before, but also ate a lot of other stuff and too much of all I guess. Now I only really want good stuff and less of it anyway.
The other best thing is that I had a knee operation before xmas and my blood pressure was high, it had been high and getting higher for 18 months.
I went to the doc 3 days ago and he said 'blood pressure normal'...it was the lowest and in quite a good range for the last 18 months at least.
So I believe I got 3 major benefits from having the willpower to do this 15 days and believe me, I did it hard with the wife and kids asking every day...'do you want dinner'...my kids waiving chips in front of my nose and such....but the 3 things are...
1. Loss of considerable weight.
2. Change in taste and desire of foods and amounts eaten.
3. Blood Pressure significant reduction.
If you are overweight, have some health issues perhaps relating to weight and possible BP issues....I would suggest highly trying it...it takes some mind power, but your attitude changes after a few days and it settles in and you enjoy it and relish the challenge.
The juice, if you find a good mix of fruits and vegies and perhaps add some honey if you like...I did...is full of micronutrients and is all you need to get on with normal life.
Another reason that I did it is that I do not like long drawn out processes.....like a 6 or 12 month diet would not work for me, too slow. I also hate regimented exercise for the sake of exercise, I detest gyms....so this quick hit solution worked well for me and had good results.....I intend to try to keep these results now as my normal range and improve on it with the desire to eat good now.
Just kiddin.
I found the 5th day the hardest, felt like crap, tired and just wanted to sleep, woke up 6th day and felt much the same but I had to do some jobs and forced myself into them and within 30 minutes or so felt fine.
The start, say first few days or so, it is very hard, the smell of food drives you crazy....but you need to be strong and keep at it.
Drinking the juice will fill you up, so you will have no issues re being hungry after some time and what I did was keep a litre or so in the fridge and if feeling peckish, just grab a half a glass or such.
During the second half of the 15 days I started to have cravings for good foods....steamed vegies, fish and tuna sandwiches etc. No cravings for meat, steaks, pies or cakes and such....my tastes had changed.
On the day that I decided to eat...I did not really feel like eating, I wanted some juice, but I ate a light dinner of salad and such.
Over next few days I had things like tuna sandwiches, fish and salad, I had sausages and vegies on the 3rd night but it was half of what I would usually eat and I was full.
While not eating as much as before, this seems to be a natural feel and desire to not eat to much, rather than having to make a conscious decision every time. I did not purposefully reintroduce food over a 10 day period as suggested, but my gut is not quite normal as most others I think, little seems to effect it. However i did have a mild tummy...very mild...pain a couple of times.
Now 1 week after finishing I am still 7 kilos under the original weight...I can put 2 kilos back on over time if I want as wanted to only lose the 5 kilos. I am eating normally, but different foods, I snack on handfulls of dried sultanas, dried bananas and cranberries.
But the best thing from it all is the desire to eat good food, not that I did not eat good food before, but also ate a lot of other stuff and too much of all I guess. Now I only really want good stuff and less of it anyway.
The other best thing is that I had a knee operation before xmas and my blood pressure was high, it had been high and getting higher for 18 months.
I went to the doc 3 days ago and he said 'blood pressure normal'...it was the lowest and in quite a good range for the last 18 months at least.
So I believe I got 3 major benefits from having the willpower to do this 15 days and believe me, I did it hard with the wife and kids asking every day...'do you want dinner'...my kids waiving chips in front of my nose and such....but the 3 things are...
1. Loss of considerable weight.
2. Change in taste and desire of foods and amounts eaten.
3. Blood Pressure significant reduction.
If you are overweight, have some health issues perhaps relating to weight and possible BP issues....I would suggest highly trying it...it takes some mind power, but your attitude changes after a few days and it settles in and you enjoy it and relish the challenge.
The juice, if you find a good mix of fruits and vegies and perhaps add some honey if you like...I did...is full of micronutrients and is all you need to get on with normal life.
Another reason that I did it is that I do not like long drawn out processes.....like a 6 or 12 month diet would not work for me, too slow. I also hate regimented exercise for the sake of exercise, I detest gyms....so this quick hit solution worked well for me and had good results.....I intend to try to keep these results now as my normal range and improve on it with the desire to eat good now.
