Weight: 215.8
This lends credence to my belief that a large portion of my weight gain when I return to solid food is water retention and solid food in my system. This leads me to further conclude that I may need to place my goal at 170lbs so that when I return to solid food I meet my actual goal of 180lbs.
My lunch yesterday was a Spicy V8.
My dinner yesterday was juice consisting of:
4 Apples (3 Granny Smith, 1 Red Delicious)
1 cup Grapes
2 large Kale leaves
1 small stalk Celery
1 1/2 Pears (half of one of the pears was ... icky)
2 oranges
2 lemons
Several loose broccoli stems
It made about 40oz of juice.
I also soaked in the sauna yesterday.
30 minutes sauna
5 minutes cooldown
10 minutes hot tub
10 minutes sauna
As I got to the end of my second sauna time, I was wanting to go 15 minutes, but I was starting to feel "claustrophobic". I was bored. I was feeling "oppressed". It seemed more of an emotional reaction than a physical one. It may have been that I stayed too long in the sauna. I'm not sure.
I was in the sauna from 6:00 - 7:00 and I made my dinner at 7:30. For my body (and it may not work this way for everyone) the longer I go between meals, the better my weight-loss is. Almost as if I get past a 4-6 hour interval and my body says, "Well, no food is coming, I better start eating up the fat reserves..."
Hunger hit me last night, but almost like a vague, "Didn't we used to have food about this time? Where is it?" The empty feeling is actually pleasant and welcome to me. I felt full and bloated and lethargic when I was eating solid food. And my body really responds to the juice. When I got home from the sauna last night, I was *Tired* -- note the italics and capital "T". After I had my juice, and I mean within minutes, I was perky and alert and functioning on all cylinders.
My wife even commented that she could see an immediate difference in my body, especially my face, now that I was on juice again. (It's the water-weight and associated bloating that's disappearing, I'm sure.)
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