Drowning In Juice

Today starts my first ever ten day juice fast. Oh sweet baby Jesus (my favorite of all the Jesus), this is going to be hard for this sweet tooth, carb loving lady. But I realized as I move through my twenties that this is the time to be proactive to fix my health, because as they say, it's all down hill from here. Well I say nay life, I intend to never age! So here goes detox. I took a photo of my face for day one.

Me, this morning before work. Charming, I know. Rumor has it detox from fruits and veggies helps makes you skin vibrant. I'll take an after in ten days and you can tell me if I look lovely. My biggest struggle will be with the choice to give up coffee. I am supposed to drink herbal tea or water but I don't know if I'll be able to function without my caffeine kick. As you can see from the before coffee lazy eye I'm rocking in the above photo, I tend to rely on it to get going in the am. I will keep you posted on if I last the ten days, my struggles, successes, and favorite recipes!

Got A Lot of Luggage in My Name

       So, I started this blog a few years ago and then life got in the way. Over the past few years my life has gotten more and more hectic, dealing with the day to day of working two jobs and being a full time graduate student. It was about the time when this insanity started that I got out of my last relationship, and began to put on weight. The more unhappy I was in my personal life, the more stressed I was from day to day activity, the more weight I gained. Recently, the wacky relationship came to a definitive close that left me both comforted and heartbroken. The same feeling I'm often left with when I realize that I have compleated an entire pint of Ben&Jerry's. So in my twenty-fifth year of life, I attempt to move toward adulthood, and I am inviting you along for the journey. I mean this was bound to happen some time, and since people who are younger than me are accomplishing twice as much I figure it's time for me to stop watching life and start living. So here it goes, wish me luck!
   
                     
           "I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then." 
                                                                         - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland