new me!

had a good talk with claire (as always) yesterday, and it was a wake up call almost.  i need to get rid of some bad habits and start unleashing my potential.

bad habits to kick:

• being lazy (appearance, presentation, mentality): let myself shine, be the person i CAN become, starting with a me-first mentality and attitude. time to class it up and own up to who i want to be and the life i want
• prioritizing others: me first. be flexible but accommodate only when my own well being is not affected. can't go around and cater to everyone

and with that, i'm starting a blueprint juice cleanse for the next 3 days. a mental and physical reset, but also for the vegas trip this weekend (teehee). planning on documenting the progress since this is the first i'm trying it (and also that i should be able to stick to a shorter/3-day commitment).

so here's day ONE:

• 8am: started with the green juice at 8am this morning and wow, it's just so ... leafy tasting.  took me a while to get it down.  not pleasant..
• felt sleepy all am, not sure if it's because of the juice or just that i didn't get a lot of sleep last night. also feeling sore/achy, but that's probably from yoga and the equinox metcon class i took this weekend
• 10am: getting really hungry after juice #2, and still feeling sleepy. wonder if i should just have a few sips of black coffee since that's part of the cheat sheet. having a looming headache too... no bueno
• 1pm: was starving so started juice #3 at 1pm. oh man, it's the green juice again.  but probably because it's the green juice, now i barely feel hungry.. i mean who would have an appetite after this??
• 2pm: juice #3 is taking me a WHILE to finish.. but hey, suddenly around 2pm, my sleepiness is gone and my mind is sharp now (hence i'm starting the blog).  and not very hungry any more, woot!  headache still seems to be there though
• 3pm: feeling hungry again but have a meeting..
• 4:20pm: juice #4! this is a yummy one, tastes like lemonade. just wish it was more substantial...
• 5pm: so full... feel like i'm about to explode from all the liquids... and so cold.  is it me or the AC??
• 6pm: chugged #5, which is ANOTHER green juice, ugh. cold.. soooo cooldddd. drinking decaffeinated tea
• my knee started hurting at some point during the day.  am i going crazy..??
• turned out that the floor thermostat was turned all the way down to 60 degrees -___- 
• 8pm: #6 - oh so yummy cashew milk before sleep no more.  sucks i couldn't drink but not feeling hungry at all.  this is not so bad after all :D

day TWO:

• 8am: juice #1. yuck still..
• 10am: juice #2. been feeling sharp minded all am.  this is nice!
• 11:35am: hungry...
• 12:30pm: starving! #3 green juice... sighh...
• 3:00pm: almost fell asleep during a meeting. unclear if it was from juicing or the discussion
• 4:00pm: yummy lemonade #4
• 6:15pm: #5... (3 more to go!)

day THREE:

• feeling GREAT!  loving it :D