Bathroom Remodel...Finished

So 3 months ago I decided to tear apart my master bathroom, not realizing that what seemed to be such a simple job, would turn into a 3 month adventure that just about sent me to the looney bin.  I am finally done.  I've learned alot, had a great time, and am more than happy with the finished product.  So here are the before and after pics.

Before of the toliet area

After of the toliet area

I made those floating shelves all by myself.  Got to say wasn't too difficult and saved a ton of money

Before of the vanity



After of the vanity

Bought some pretty trim at Lowe's and made myself a frame to go around the mirror.  I think it dressed it up nicely.

Primed and painted the vanity.  Looks completely different.

I am on the lookout to buy some cheap bronze faucets.  Cant bring myself to spend what Lowe's wants for theirs.

Before of the flooring

After of the flooring

Sticky back linoleum squares that I grouted in to look like real tiles

Popcorn textured ceiling all scraped off

New Orange Peel Textured Ceiling

New Shower Curtain

Painted trim around window (we are still on the hunt for cheap double pane windows) & my $2 yard sale find hand towel rack

My husband installed a bathroom fan for me.  Yes, that is a bathroom fan. I had no idea that they made cute one's until we stubbled across this one. 

A good friend of ours came over and showed Aaron how to install crown molding.  They did a FANTASTIC job.

And last but not least the one and ONLY white door in our house.  Our 20 year old house is moving up in this world.

Living in the moment

Oh how I loved this when I read it.  I feel like it touched me to my inner core.  I personally feel like 90% of the time I go through life in Survival Mode. Just make it to the end of the day Michelle and you get a break.  I don't want to get to the end of life and look back at someone who survived raising her children, but rather someone who cherished raising her children.  I want to soak up and enjoy every little giggle, the endless smudge marks that cover my sliding glass door, listening to my one and half year old say pease (please) or nigh nigh Jo Jo a hundred times over, catching fire flys out at the bonfire, or the hundreds of stories and questions that come at me from the time my eyes open in the morning.  This is my moment, and I want to live in it, not merely survive it.

Day...(I don't know I lost count)

Ok so I think unless I do another actual fast I am going to stop with my juicing posts.  There's really nothing new to say.  As of now I juice 1 or 2 meals a day and eat the other meal/meals.  I am lingering at 209 at this point (thanks to all the different events/functions we have had going on) and can't get past it.  Maybe its time to put my "nose to the grind stone" and really go at it, to get these last 30ish pounds off.  I think what I'll do is as my juicing journey continues I'll post milestone pictures for you all to see.  So with that said, best wishes and good luck to all of you who are venturing out into the juicing world.  I can't express enough how much it has changed my life and health.  Juice on!!

209lbs and feeling good :o)

Tater-Salad

So about a month ago, my husband was driving home from school, when he called me and said I needed to login to his school email and read a paper he had wrote that night in English class.  I was slightly annoyed as I was presently trying to round up 4 kids and wrangle them in bed for the night.  However to appease his persistence, I went ahead and logged on to his email, and downloaded this paper he wanted me to read.  I got a paragraph into it and was already welling up with tears.  Anyway I thought I would share it with you all.  Enjoy!! 

Current Event: Tater-Salad

            My current event was not found in a newspaper. It was not seen on a cable news channel, heard on the radio, nor blogged on an internet site. It was revealed in a spoonful of potato salad. This was no ordinary potato salad. This was my wife’s culmination of at least ten years-worth of trials and errors culminating in one delicious revelatory bite.

            As I sat at my kitchen table with my four children and wife, consuming delicious fresh grilled hand pressed beef patties, fresh brewed sweet tea, and the for-mentioned tater-salad, my eyes were opened. I saw the most important event in the world that happened today. My family dined together in love, harmony, and peace (Well as much peace as could be had at a table with four children).  This was humanity at its perfection.

            It seems that from every angle families are under attack. From the break of dawn parents and children are separated between work and school. Husbands and wife s are then again separated to their respective tasks for the day, and siblings each in their own individual class bustling around the school yard. Then as evening approaches the migration home begins. One would think this would happen in a divergence of stories of the day, the high points and disappointments shared for all to hear, but no. As each respective family member crosses the threshold they once again withdraw to their own vices, alone, quiet.

            When did this become common culture? I don’t know, but to me this is a major issue that is not addressed enough. So while it may not be a breaking news story, the deterioration of family is (in my opinion anyway) a devastating disease riddling our society, and maybe even the world. We set our sights on the big news stories of the day and forget about the smaller things that really matter. 

            With all of the commotion that surrounds my life, from politics to the shootings in Afghanistan to my less than stellar day at work, today I had peace on earth with my family. Each one of us being different and unique we talked, drank and broke bread. Now I do not believe that the things that go on around the world or nation are unimportant, they are just the opposite. But I genuinely believe that what would solve this world’s problems is a spoon-full of tater-salad. 

Day 4 of round 2

So today is day 4 of my 2nd reboot.  And I'm pleased to say that I weighed in at 209 this morning, 4lbs in 4 days.  I have been drinking my juices normally for breakfast and lunch and then having a small dinner that normally consists of grilled veggies.  However, last night we had a birthday party to go to and I ate one and a quarter slices of pizza (thank you Eden for not finishing your piece, mommy needed those few extra calories). 
I have found with juicing I get some weird and not so weird side effects, one being:

1. I am awake and ready to go at like 6am.  Normally I get up around 7:30ish, but when I start a reboot my body starts waking up even earlier...weird.  Its happened both time I've juiced.
2. I have tons of energy.  I know not necessarily weird but when your accustomed to tanking around lunch time and again just before dinner time, being able to go from 6am - 10pm without every needing that "second wind" is weird...just saying.
3. The headaches I used to get are GONE when I juice.  I think they were partly due to dehydration (when you reboot you have to drink TONS of water) and partly due to unhealthy eating habits.

So all in all I guess they aren't THAT weird.  I can't say enough how grateful I am to have stumbled across Joe Cross and the Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead documentary.  I know there are people who are mocking me, or think this is just another "diet fad", but I don't care.  It probably is in the Grand Scheme of things, however, this works for me so say what you want ;o) 

I have alot of people ask me what I juice, what juicer I use, and so on, so here are a few of my tips:

1. I use this juicer and LOVE IT!!  Did you get that?  L O V E I T!!! http://www.amazon.com/Breville-BJE200XL-700-Watt-Compact-Fountain/dp/B000MDHH06/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334320725&sr=8-1
2. Why do you love it you say?  Because I get alot of juice from it.  Its easy to clean up.  And I can plunk a whole sweet potato down it and it doesn't even hesitate to take it on.  Or how about a pineapple.  I cut a pineapple into 1/4's and stick it in skin and all.  This thing is a hoss!
3. I juice whatever I have in my fridge.  Normally for breakfast its a fruity juice and for lunch and dinner its a veggie juice.  ex. this morning was: pineapple, pear, apple, carrot.  I added that to a blender with some spinach, banana, & blueberries...YUM                                                           For lunch or dinner I do celery, beet, bell pepper, cabbage, & a apple.  Whatever I have it goes into the juicer.
4. Sometimes I have to choke down a juice, but its during those times I think "its better this goes in me than a stupid cheeseburger and fries!"  Or I sure can't wait to fit in those size 12 pants!!! 

Lets Do this!!!

Ok so I have had a month to eat all the yummy foods I had been craving the month-ish I was on my juice fast....HOWEVER...it is time to get my rear in gear.  I still have some more weight I would like to say BYE BYE to.  I have been fluctuating between 207 & 215 in the last month.  Today I weighed in at 213, thank you Easter candy!  I just haven't had the self control to say "No Thank You," to the stupid starburst jelly beans and reese's eggs that are sitting on my counter.  Well enough is enough, so here we go...round 2. 

I think this time around I am going to drink my juices, hot tea, & water.  But also incorporate grilled veggies if I feel that DESIRE to chew something.  My GOAL is to get under 200lbs.  I started this morning off with a banana, orange, pear, apple, carrot, & spinach juice.  You can't juice a banana so I actually juiced everything else and then blended the banana in....SO YUMMY!!  So 199lbs here I come!

The small things in marriage often times say I love you more than the big things

For you who might not know my husband started going to school at Kennesaw State University this last fall.  I had mentioned to him a couple times that I wanted a KSU hoodie (I know cheesy but you got to represent) haha.  I walked out and found this laying on the back of my couch this morning with a note attached. 

This little gift said, "I love you" more than words can express.

My husband worked all day yesterday, came home got dressed and left for school, was at school for a good 4hrs.  Came home late and went back to work this morning at 3am.  In the midst of his hectic, overloaded, busy schedule he went and purchased this shirt and wrote the little note to go with it. Lets just say it meant the world to me.   

This doesn't even scratch the surface of selfless things this man has done for me in the last 10 years.  Its just one of those little things he does that make me fall in love with him all over again.

 Aaron Harrison I know that eventually you will see this, and I want you to know how grateful I am to be married to you.

Till Death Do Us Part,
Shell Bell

25 lbs LOST in 27 days

So I offically made it 27 days. I know lame, I hate odd numbers, I think it's the OCD part of me. I was ready to start eating something though. So when our friends asked if we wanted to go out to eat after church last Sunday I was ALL in :o) We were a week away from vacation, so I wanted to start putting food in my body before we headed down to Florida for our SURPRISE vacation to Disneyworld (that's another blog). I broke my fast with a yummy greek salad.....and a slice of tomato garlic pizza HAHA. I know I know, I was supposed to eat fruits and veggies for 2 days, but oh well, it was worth it. Lets just say I spent ALOT of time in the bathroom after I got home ;o). So I am offically 207lbs. I lost a GRAND total of 25lbs, and I feel awesome! Sooo my plan is when we get back to start up again. I am really wanting to lose another 40ish pounds. I think my goal as of right now is 165. I beat myself up alot because I really wanted to be out of the 200's by March 4th, but when I stand back and see the big picture, that Michelle Harrison lost 25lbs in 27 days, I get over my pity party real fast.

My biggest goal in this now is to KEEP IT OFF. That was alot of weight to lose in a short amount of time. I've often heard it said that, "when you lose alot of weight fast, your chances of it coming back on are greater!" I hope that in the last month full of prayer, self reflecting & juicing, that the Lord has instilled some self confidence in me, and that I have got into a habit of feeding myself food that it needs. I know one thing...juicing may fail me, but the LORD never will. He is my ROCK! So with that being said...JUICE ON! But remember you can attempt to accomplish great things in life, but you can do ALL things through Christ who gives you strength!

Here are some before & after pics for those of you who are interested. The before picture screams "white trash"!  Makeup and hair would have done small wonders in the before pic...ha ha ha. 

Day 26 of my Reboot

Well I am 4 days away from FOOD!  Wow!  What a journey.  Lately I have been just stuck.  There was actually a day I gained a pound :o(.  Maybe in muscle due to this bathroom remodel, hauling stuff up and down the stairs and so forth, but to not eat and gain weight messed with my mind a bit.  I am proud to say I am FINALLY out of the teens.  I weighed in this morning at 209....YAY!!!  Ten pounds away from being out of the 200's.  And 7lbs away from losing a total of 30lbs.  I promise to do an after picture, I just want to wait till day 30 to take it, so stay tuned!

Day 22 of my Reboot

Geesh I'm getting behind on here.  I thought I would be good and update everyday...ha...there I go thinking again.  I guess all in all there isn't much new to say.  I am down another 2lbs and feel like I'm just stuck.  I was really hoping I would get to 200 by February 29th, but at this rate I'm not too sure.  I am not going to allow myself to get down about it if I don't.  This girl has lost a total of 21 pounds in 3 weeks, and in my opinion that is not to shabby.  Im feeling like a new person!  More than just the weight loss the amount of energy I have is ridiculous.  I seriously  haven't felt like this since I was a kid.  My body started waking itself up at 6:30am and goes until around 10pm without ever needing that "second wind".  Its amazing!  No coffee, no nap, no nothing....just juice.  The headaches I used to have, on almost a daily basis, are now COMPLETELY gone.  I think I was 70% dehydrated and the other 30% was diet. 
I have had a few people ask me about the juicing.  If you are interested in checking it out here is where it all began for me: http://www.jointhereboot.com/index.php?lang=au.  I also recommend watching Joe Cross' Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead documentary.  Super inspiring!! 
Well I never thought I would make it this far, but here we are Day 22.  Just goes to show how little I believe in myself ;o)  I have decided that I will go until February 29th.  We leave to go on vacation March 4th, so I want to eat and enjoy time with my family, and not have to worry about juicing.  So hopefully by then I'll be down to an even 200, go on vacation, and come back ready to work on the last 30-40lbs that I would like to lose.  I hope that my juicing story has inspired just a few, to get a healthy start on life!!

Day 14, 15, 16, & 17 of my Reboot!

Haha...can you tell I've been just a little bit preoccupied lately???  Between the bathroom remodel, raising babies, homeschooling, house cleaning, and yada yada yada I've gotten a little behind on updating this.  Fortunately there isn't anything much to report.  Still going strong!  I feel like I am to a point now, where juicing is just a part of my life.  I have found that even the food I feed my family has changed.  Instead of throwing chips and fruit snacks on a plate with a sandwich for lunch, I find myself cutting up veggies with a little ranch dip, a piece of fruit, and cheese chunks.  Or pita chips with some hummus and fruit.  I take alot more pride in the dinners I make now.  So anyway with all that being said, I finally felt the other day as I was getting ready for church, that for the first time in YEARS, I am beginning to feel comfortable with myself.  No more trying to squeeze myself into X-large shirts or size 16/18 pants.  I am down a shirt size, pant size, and am weighing in at 213.  My goal is to finish this month out, which will be a total of 31 days.  I am hoping (fingers crossed) I can get down to an even 200 by then.  We go on vacation the beginning of March so I am going to enjoy my time and eat with my family.  Then when we get back I'll get back to my juicing.  My goal is to get down to a healthy weight, and then reboot from there 5 days a month. 
Thanks to all who read this and encourage me with little comments or messages.  It keeps me going strong.  It's difficult to share my weight and clothes size with you all, but I just got to a point in my life where I needed some serious accountability and I figure that would be a great way!

Day 13 of my Reboot

Source: thebeautyofhope.tumblr.com via Michelle on Pinterest

This has been my motto the last few days.  It has kept me going strong when I am standing at the stove making my family Parmesan Corn Chowder...YUM, or when baby back ribs have been cooking in the crockpot for the last 7 hours, or I sit with my friends at Moe's while they all devour yummy burrito's, queso, and taco salads, and I'm sipping on my lemon water.  I'm determined, I'm done, I'm ready to take care of Michelle, I CAN DO THIS!!

So I weighed in at 216 this morning.  Down another pound :o)

Day 12 of my Reboot

Not much new to report.  Weighed in at 217 again.  Figured this would happen after a 4lb weight loss in 2 days.  Anyway we'll see what the next couple of days bring. 

Day 10 & 11 of my Reboot

Ok so I was really busy yesterday. This bathroom remodel is consuming all my extra time, and I never got a chance to update my blog. So here's day 10 & 11 squished together :o)   I have some really good news to report.  The last 3ish days I have been lingering at 221.  Yesterday I got on the scale feeling kinda down about it, and I swear its like the scale knows when I have just about had it, therefore, has pity on me, and coughs up 219...WAHOO!!  I am down another 2lbs.  Well thats not the end of my good news.  I got on the scale this morning and it read 217, now thats what I'm talking about!  Down 4lbs in 2 days and feeling AWESOME!
 Last night was a really difficult night for me.  Probably not as difficult as the first 4 days of my fast, but I had to go grocery shopping, like BIG grocery shopping for the first time since my fast.  Normally I get most my fruits and veggies from a local farmers market vendor, so I don't have to confront the local grocery store too much.  I consider myself an AVID couponer.  So because of my stockpile I haven't had to grocery shop since before Thanksgiving.  Minus of course things like milk, cheese, lunchmeat, bread, you know all those staples you get every week.  Anyway just to be around all the food, the smells....geesh I couldn't take it!  At one point my husband bought my 19 month old a couple chicken strips from the deli and watching the two of them eat them was not helping the problem.  I finally told Aaron (my husband) to get them (the chicken strips) away from me...ha! Needless to say I left the store victorious! I even managed to pick my kids up from children's choir and Awana's, come home and put all the yummy food away, and put myself to bed before I did something I regretted.  So I think I deserved those 2lbs this morning ;o) 

In total I am down 15lbs.  6 of which I lost the first week I started, cutting out meals and substituting juice. And 9 from the actual "juice fast".  If my numbers are ever skewed, feel free to correct me.  I started at 232 and I am currently at 217...so 15lbs.  Now with 5 more days down the question is to stop or keep on (I said I would take this 5 days at a time), but I am feeling sooo good, how about another 5.  Soooo onward we go!! :o)

Here's a recent (around Thanksgiving-ish time) picture of my darling hubby and me. I am sooo embarrassed of myself in this photo.  I feel like Aaron is having to reach his arms around, as far as he can, just to embrace me.  And THAT makes me sad, embarrassed, wishing I hadn't been in the family pictures that day, but had to because it wouldn't be a "family" without Mommy in it.  Anyway I COMPLETELY realize  that this isn't just a weight issue, its a Michelle issue, which THANKFULLY I have an awesome God that is chipping away at ALL my silly insecurities, some which have been  rooted in me from childhood.  And for Him I am MOST thankful!  And also for my sweet husband, who despite all my flaws, LOVES ME UNCONDITIONALLY!

The man behind the scenes...

Ok so its not a man...its a machine, but this thing makes it happen day in and day out.  So for all you who have asked or are wondering what juicer I use and absolutely LOVE.  Here you go. 

Day 9 of my Reboot

So something possessed me, not sure what, to make homemade taco's for the kids and hubby tonight.  Homemade meaning, instead of the normal "hard taco shells" or "soft flour tortilla," I made my own (I know not that big of deal), but I grew up with my mom making them this way, so its the tradition in our house now to continue that.  If you know me at all, you know that I ADORE mexican food.  So lets just say making this dinner was utter torture.  I have come to realize in the last 9 days that my obsession with food is still as strong as ever.  I know that food is necessity, but I want to get to a point in my life that I don't base my day and mood on what I am going to eat that particular day.  I consider myself a very spiritual person, and I wish that I could think about God and all the wonderful things He has done for me as much as I think about my next meal.  Anyway I'm praying for God's freedom in this area of my life.  So with that being said, I am still weighing in at 221 :o(,  I figure 11lbs is alot of weight, so maybe my body is just in shock and holding on to whatever it can.  The amount of energy I have makes up for the weight loss anyway.  I haven't felt this good since well before I had all my little people. So back to my liquid spinach, cabbage, carrot, apple, and ginger dinner....it actually isn't too bad ;o)

Day 8 of my Reboot

So my breakfast juice was plum, apple, carrot, spinach, & cabbage...YUMMO in my TUMMO!  Lunch on the other hand "Joe's Mean Green."  I have to say my liking Kale is decreasing rapidly ;o)

Day 7 & 8 of my Reboot

So I was really busy yesterday with church and the superbowl, and didn't get a chance to update my blog...sorry.  We'll not much to say really. Still floating at 221, but not feeling discouraged because I feel great!  The intense hunger pains have subsided, however, I still long for food.  Its amazing to me how comforting I find food to be.  Or how much of a social thing it is.  We went to a friends house yesterday for the superbowl, she had made some bbq chicken sliders, a sausage/rotel/cream cheese dip with chips, I brought potato salad, and a fruit bowl,  as I sat there and watched everyone eat ALL this yummy food, I felt alone.  Don't feel sad for me, I choose this ;o) It was just eye opening to me how often social events and food go hand in hand.  Anyway I told my friend, when this JUICING thing is all over, bbq chicken sliders and sausage, rotel, & cream cheese dip is on the menu ;o)  Anyway I can sit back and say, I survived superbowl and all the yummy dishes that went with it VICTORIOUS! 

Day 6 of my reboot

Still at 221 this morning.  Feel GREAT!  Still struggling a bit around dinner time, but a juice, water with lemon, and hot tea normally help that.  This mornings juice was: cantaloupe, apple, peach, cauliflower, and spinach....SUPER YUM!  Juice On!!

Day 5 of my Reboot

DAY 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I MADE it!  I know...your probably thinking ok what now?  Well onward we go right?!?!  Lets just say the first 3 days I felt HORRIBLE.  The night of day 3 I got on the Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead FB page (which has been a huge motivation for me from the start) and came across this  http://www.juicefasting.org/detox.htm.  Thank the Lord!  Had I not read this, I would have thought I was killing myself and quit.  It explains the steps of detoxing and what happens to your body at each stage.  Made perfect since to me, and encouraged me to keep on.  I am down 11 pounds! Weighed in this morning at 221.  Since I STARTED my fast last Monday I have lost 5bs, but the two weeks prior to that preparing for the fast I lost 6lbs.  Not to confuse anyone. :o)  So if nothing else, I hope I have encouraged any of you out there who may be thinking about juicing or a juice fast, to GO FOR IT!  If even for 5 hard, but SO worth it days! 

Day 4 of my Reboot

Well I'm officially down 10 pounds since the start of my juicing journey, 4 pounds since I started my Reboot.  Today I have felt a 100 times better than the past 3 days.  Lots more energy, and can tolerate being around food, without it affecting me too much.  Weighed in at 222 this morning.  I find it hard to stomach some of the veggie juices, especially lime and kale, hope this gets better.  This morning I made a cantaloupe, peach, and pear juice...DELICIOUS, but really how can you go wrong with those 3 combinations.  Well I am a bit tired so going to hit the hay.  Good night and happy juicing!

Day 3 of my Reboot

I can't believe I'm saying DAY 3!  I know 3 days doesn't seem like alot, but trust me when you haven't ate in 3 days and you have to stand over the stove while beef stroganoff is simmering away, or watch your husband down a bowl of choc. chip ice cream while your trying to make the best of your vanilla sleepy time tea, you'll think 3 days is HUGE progress too ;o)
Ok so anyway today started off horrible.  I shouldn't have been so quick yesterday to say MORNINGS are soo easy, because this morning wasn't.  I almost gave up, when I walked in the bathroom and saw the scale sitting there.  I knew in my head if I stepped on that thing and it blinked 226 at me I would immediately walk into the kitchen and eat the first thing that came into site.  Ready to give up and finally eat something, I stepped up on that scale and to my amazement 223 blinked in bright blue numbers.  I had to get off and do it again cause I just didn't believe it, and yes it really read 223.  Well lets just say my morning started off horrible but got GOOD real quick!  Is got GOOD even proper English?  So since I started my Reboot I am down 3lbs in 3 days, that'll make any girl EXCITED!  And in total I have lost 9lbs.  YAY!!! 

Day 2 of the Reboot

Wowzaa!!!  This is no joke!  So mornings seem to be really easy for me.  I wake up feeling like I could do this FOREVER.  Lunch time can be a bit of a challenge, nothing I can't overcome though.  Of course PB&J is starting to look like a juicy filet mignon, but I manage to get the kids fed and move on with some sort of distraction. THEN dinner rolls around....oh Lordy.  Lets just say last night I went to bed at 8:30 because I just couldn't take the lingering smell of the dinner I cooked anymore.  I sat on the couch a minute ago and considered breaking out the tears.  I know boo-hoo me, I'm who got me in this position in the first place.  I really feel like I have struggled with weight my ENTIRE life, and I'm just sick of it.  I don't care one iota to be super thin, I just want to feel comfortable with myself.  I believe my weight issue comes between my hubby and I, not on Aaron's behalf, (he thinks I'm BEAUTIFUL...silly man), but on my own behalf.  I want there to come a day when Aaron can pick me up, and I don't feel embarrassed because he has to strain himself to do it.  Anyway I am done blabbing.  I must go conquer that thing called DINNER.  Wish me luck!  (weighed in at 226lbs this morning)

Day 1 of Reboot

Ok so I started today off GREAT!  I weighed in at 226 today, down 6 lbs from a week and a half ago when I started introducing juice into my diet.  My day rapidly declined when I had to make all 4 kids lunch.  I survived that by just keeping busy.   My husband and I (well as of right now just I) are redoing our master bathroom, so I was able to finish some stuff we have going on in there.  Once dinner time hit, I thought I was going to give this WHOLE thing up over hamburger patties, stove top stuffing, and brussel sprouts in a butter sauce.  I know....crazy, laugh if you must, but I'm SERIOUS.  I can still smell the lingering scent of hamburger and it's taunting me.  Anyway I hope I can do this!

To juice or not to juice....

I know....weird to start of my new Blog on juicing, but its whats on my mind, and why I actually started this blog, so here goes nothing...ha! 
I came across this girl on pinterest that did a 60 day juice fast, inspired by the documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.  Well it got me interested.  And if you know me it doesn't take much for this to happen.  I am one to jump in with both feet and then two seconds into it realize, "I probably shouldn't be doing this."  My husband is normally the one to take the hit or our checking account.  Either way I like to refer to myself as someone that likes to "GET ER DONE!"  Ok that was lame...sorry.  I started doing some research on juicing, and actually started implementing it into my diet a couple weeks ago.  I would substitute breakfast or lunch, or sometimes both with juice.  I am happy to annouce I have lost 6 lbs in doing just that :o)  Well...I have decided to "jump in with both feet"!  I know what can I say, its just who I am.  So I shopped around and got myself a WAY better juicer.  A Breville compact juice fountain arrived at my front door a few days ago.  The second I made eye contact I was in love.  Ok I know its just a juicer you say, but gone are the days of chopping everything up.  This thing can take on a whole apple in one fell swoop!  Anyway enough about my juicer.  Today I kick of my REBOOT (juice fast).  Because I am also one to make unrealistic goals for myself, I am going to take it 5 days at a time (Im secretly hoping to go 30 to 60 days).  So wish me luck!  My goal in doing this is to feel better about myself both inside and outside.  So with all that being said....her goes nothing!