Day #3

Well today the day was a little challenging...I felt a little hungry, and fatigue. I also had some detox symptoms like headache.... Energy was kinda up and down, but at the end of the day I started to feel much better, but today I said goodbye to dinner since tomorrow I start only 1 meal a day for probably 4 days and than I go to only juice!
A positive thing about today is that my mind is very clear and I feel like I already lost a few pounds, but feel like I lost some body fat...weight is not my goal in these detox the goal is the health but will be good to lose some body fat :)
I am really looking forward to the more challenging phase even knowing that will be harder, specially because I felt a little craving for fat today!
Let's see how tomorrow goes :)
Feel good,
RW

2nd Day

Today I am still feeling good! My run was unreal, felt extremely strong and I ran before lunch, that means I only had a juice and a shake and the herbs.
What is surprising me more is the energy level and how my mind is clear.....is easier to think, concentrate and train, I know I will have a down size soon or later, but so far is really good!
The only bad side today was that I felt a little hungry, other than that all good and no cravings so far! I am really looking forward for the following days :) 12 days to go!

Cleanse day 1

First I gonna talk a little bit about my point of view. My big thing is that we don't eat the way we were design. For example the body don't digest processed foods neither chemicals, and those toxins can be stuck in our body for a long period of time or even forever. So I decide to be all raw and vegan, and is not only because of performance but because I feel better and healthier, is that simple. Why raw? I choose raw because is easier to the body assimilate the nutrients faster and better and I can get the full benefits from that food, cooked foods destroy all the enzimes, so that's why I choose raw. Why vegan? There are many reasons that I choose vegan such as: my love for animals, environmental, and health. Main reason here is health! Animal products make your body acid and a acid body leads to illness. So to avoid that I am vegan. Now if the body were desing to eat meat or not I don't know, but what I do know is that plant proteins are easier assimilate to the body, plants make your body alkaline, and if we were desing to eat meat for sure we were not desing to eat meat 3 to 2 times a day like most people do, neither we were suppose to eat meat full of hormones and antibiotic. As far as I know hunting probably was not an easy task, so when we did hunt we were probably eating meat every 4 to 6 weeks ( I'm guessing) and the meat was wild ( free from hormones and antibiotics). That is why I'm vegan and raw :)

So after talking to Jennifer ( www.healthybliss.net ) She suggest to do a cleanse, I did 2 in brazil but different from this one. I got super excited to do this before the triathlon season starts so I can have a brand new body :) for the season! Since I was over weight for a long time in my life ( 100 pounds over, got to 260 pounds at one point) I think this cleanse will be a great thing for me!

So today was the first day, and is going to be 14 days, and I have to slowly decrease the ammout of food intake, until the last 7 days is just juicing. So today was the shakes and hearbal mixes and 2 meals ( raw and vegan of course) the hard part is that is no fat on the diet, crazy!!! 14 days with no fat pretty much! I didn't feel hungry at all, specially because those shakes have lots of fibers, and also because I did juicing fast before, should be a little easier. Let's see, but today I did feel good!

My wife started doing with me, don't known if she wants to report her days, but I am planing on reporting every day my feelings here and I hope you all enjoy as much as I do!
Feel good!
RW

Day 4

Day 4 of juicing, and it is amazing!!! I woke up with so much energy, but what amazes me more how my mind is clear! I am able to think a lot faster and easier. The energy level is soooo good!!! Hard to explain how it feels!
Morning juice today was:
Celery
Zucchini
Apples
Beets
Carrot
ginger
I did use the juicer for all the ingredients!
Feel Good,
RW

Day 3

So today is my day 3 of Juicing! Everyday I am feeling a little bit better! Craving is becoming better and better and my energy level is going up!

Juice of the day:
Kale, spinach, lime juice, ginger, 1 small avocado, zucchini and bell pepper (green).

I used the juicer for the bell peppers, ginger and zucchini and the rest I blended!
Excellent green juice :)
Feel Good,
RW

Long season

After a long season I decided to do 2 weeks of juicing so I can help my body reduce the stress from all the hard training and racing from this year!
So far this is the second day (complete day) since last friday I have been juicing but eating a little bit, and yesterday was the first day that I did all juice!

Today I feel much better than yesterday and I slept a lot better as well!
Today's juice was:
Apple juice (3 apples) Juicer
One piece of ginger (big one) Juicer
Than I put the spinach(hand full), Nutiva Hemp protein (1 table spoon), Macca (1 tea spoon) and Chlorella (1 tea spoon) and blend until is mix well.
Feel Good,
RW

My juicing experience

Last Sunday I watched “fat, sick and nearly dead” where the guy only drank juice for 60 days, and he lost a great amount of weight, but what catch my attention was the amount of energy that he had!

So, coming into my biggest week on training (tomorrow I finish 30.000 yards of swim/250 miles bike and 50 miles run) I needed more energy, and I decided to test it out!

 Because my diet is very clean I didn’t have to worry about the detox period, so this is what I did:

-Morning my vega health optimizer shake as usual (since I am in training didn’t want to risk)

- Snack was a fruit juice;

- Lunch veggie juice lots of green with a little bit of fruit;

- Snack fruit juice;

- Dinner veggie juice with beats;

- I kept taking my vega sport protein after my workouts with Zico coconut water to don’t compromise my recovery;

The result was amazing! I had lots of energy, slept really well, and my results in training were a lot better on my hardest week of my coming up Ironman training, and I lost a little bit of body fat too!  

 I have the Ironman Louisville in 2 weeks, my nutrition is definitely going to help me out!!:)