Scotland

So yesterday I voted in the most important political event to happen in my lifetime, possibly my children's lifetime.

I will not be putting what I voted but I was up all morning from 3am watching sky news for the deets and needless to say I am now wanting diet coke fed intravenously to me as the kids scream and run round the place.

I wish I drank coffee.

Oh and my "diet" that you are supposed to maintain after the detox is non existent. In fact I've just eaten a packet of quavers and for the past 2 days I had pasta for lunch as that's what the baby had and of course I make too much.....

My thighs are taking over the world.

Weekend After

So the weekend is nearly done. And since my detox finished on Friday naturally all my good work (can we call 5 pounds of water weight good work?) has gone out of the window. It's not like juicetou don't send you out a follow on diet plan either - they do! A very concise very graphically nice leaflet laying out water intake, breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner. Already failed then. Great.

But naturally, feeling fabulous after the detox and being told I looked awesome on twitter by the lovely juicetou, I had to go shopping on Saturday and needless to say, naturally, feeling fabulous didn't last long whilst trying on clothes! I also forgot to drink any water when I got up as I was rushing, obviously didn't eat any breakfast and had to resort to a bottle of diet coke as my stomach was hollow with hunger and I was a narky bitch. But hey ho.

Then I was shopping we passed the cinema and ohhhhh the smell of the popcorn was so delightful I went in and bought myself a tub. A large tub. And then went to asda and ordered a create your own 14 inch pizza for me and hub to share that night.

FAIL. Massive massive fail.

So today rolls around and I need to go help my friend out, which is fine you think, nothing unhealthy in that except it's at a wedding fayre and there's cake and shortbread. I had about twenty pieces of shortbread, no cake - hurrah!, and a diet coke. Come home and hub (love him) has made salmon for dinner with lovely steam veg.... and chips..... with mayonaise by the vat.

FAIL. Massive massive fail.

I have told myself I will start a fitness dvd I've had my eye on for a while tomorrow. But it's hard to do that when you have a baby who won't sit still and let's you know that she doesn't want to be merely put in the travel cot AT ALL with all her toys and no of course she won't sleep cause sleep is for LOSERS and you have a toddler big boy who wants to do everything you do and also won't sit still. Do it after their bedtime you say? Sure. Is that in between all the cleaning and ironing and tidying I have to do before I too call it bedtime? 

Hmmm!

Still a slummy mummy folks.

Maybe I need to do another detox.

Results!

Forgive my lack of posts for the rest of yesterday. The reason is because my husband surprised me by taking me out because it was.... our anniversary! And I FORGOT! Massive massive fail. Well needless to say it was fun sitting in a bar with a glass of water but we were together and that's all that matters... Aww. (I'll need to make it up to him tonight with copious amounts of beer, ugh.)

Well.

And now to results!

I have to say I'm actually surprised. I was really struggling, really, really. Far more than I thought I would normally. But it looks like it paid off!

5 pounds!!!!

I am honestly so chuffed with that as I so worried I'd let myself down. Not to mention being picked to try this lovely product, moan about it the whole time then not lose anything! 

And even better, my measurements show I've lost 6 and a half inches overall! 

Before:

  After:

And these are a selection of my after photos too:

And finally a comparison:

Thank you juicetou, now I'm on the rise to being a yummy mummy and it feels good. And now I know (for me) it works I would be very tempted to try the detox again (only in a holiday time when my husband was here to help out so I could sleep!) and please please please consider putting let's glow in the shops to buy. I would so buy it. It's so yummy.

Thanks and bye (for now!)

Day 3. 2nd juice - let's glow

I really do love this juice. I could drink it all day everyday. 

Along with eating quavers.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I saw on twitter this morning as I was having my clean green the befores and afters of people; one had lost 7 pounds and looked amazing. I just want it to work for me but I don't know that it is. I don't know whether it's my mindset or the tiredness from having kids or the having to be around and cook food that I can't eat. I mean come on I was even drooling over fish fingers last night and they normally make me want to throw up.

Before kids this would have been so easy. Hell I used to sometimes only eat a couple of slices of toast a day I wouldn't be that bothered. Now being in the house with them or even out and about means all I think of is food. Because their mealtimes are so regimented I can't separate myself from food or the temptation. Even the baby now we're introducing more and more foods for her to eat. I made her an omelette for lunch yesterday I could have licked the plate after I was that hungry.

I'm taking this juice earlier because my stomach has been making embarrassing noises.

And cause it's my favourite.

I'm quite sad that it's my last actually.

Day 3 - Thoughts

Ended up going to my bed early again last night. My son's still ill and now my daughter has it so we were up half the night with them so today I'm a walking zombie. I came downstairs and put on cartoons and just lay on the sofa. I haven't even changed my daughter or made their breakfast yet.

Mum of the year, huh?

I'm finding the tiredness and lack of energy very debilitating. I was always low energy before but this is a whole new level. It may not be the healthiest of ways but man can a diet coke give me enough energy to actually move and do things. I also have spots on my face whereas before I wasn't prone to them. Not a case of keeping makeup on overnight - I haven't been wearing any.

Last day.

I better have lost an insane amount of weight but the way my trousers are fitting today.... not so much.

Day 2. 3rd juice - Berry Good

I'm having this early because the smell of my sons fish fingers for dinner was appetising to me.

And I hate fish fingers.

Day 2. 3rd juice - clean green

Well after the debacle of my attempt to do some housework this afternoon I was late in taking the clean green 3pm juice as the baby needed fed, took longer to settle into a nap and then I had to put tonight's chicken and sausage casserole on.

Which I won't get to eat.

I'm so hungry.