Seeds of doubt

And so we are into the last third of the initial plan and I am now starting to miss food a bit. This weekend has seen a bit of a challenge.  On Friday night, I cooked a large Chilli con Carne for the family and out of force of habit, instinctively tasted the dish to make sure the seasoning is correct.  Now that won't do any harm to the diet, but it did give me a taste of proper food for the first time in 10 days and that has stirred doubt and temptation.

Then today, we went to a friends birthday party where there was cake, cake, cake, more cake, Prosecco and oh, did I mention cake?  No sooner had I resisted all temptation and arrived home than two girls knocked at the door selling fairy cakes they had made and were selling for charity. ARRGGHH!

To make things worse I made a chicken roast dinner for the girls with peas, roast potatoes and glazed carrots and the smell has been driving me insane!  Almost every Facebook status update that hasn't been about the localised flooding seems to feature some unbelievable food that my friends are making, eating or savouring.

Should I continue on the juice fast at the end of the 15 days or should I drop to two juices a day and a meal? I decide to take two courses of action - 1) Weigh myself to check the latest weight loss and 2) Venture into the garden to see the natural produce we are growing and which will hopefully form part of the juices and salads soon.

So, the weight loss - I am on day 11 of the plan and have lost 1 stone 8 lbs and wore a loose shirt today that was almost tight just 2 weeks ago.  This gives me the impetus and encouragement I need... is it possible that by the end of the 15 day plan I could have lost TWO STONE! I know the weight loss will decelerate but further 10 days could mean another half a stone.  I think I'll soldier on.

So, noble follower, your juicing blogger is back on track and as everyone has been posting pictures of their food, I'll leave you with my pictures of the apples, pears and tomatoes in the garden that we'll soon be able to harvest.  Yes, those red apples are really that red.