Amandabythepound

HW: 287 SW: 256 CW: 193 Jean Size 18 to size 11 XXL shirt to a L 42DDD to 38 D

It's been a while since I've posted, but I'm doing about as fabulous as y'all are!!! Down from a size 18 pants to 11's that I actually bought yesterday, and XXL to L in shirts! Haven't worn 11's since 8th grade! And I bought a new bra, get this, 42DDD to a 38D!!!!! Haven't been that small since 7th grade!!!

I wouldn't try peanut butter for about a month, it's hard to digest and being so fresh out of surgery, it would put a lot of strain on fresh incisions

The side by side pictures are insane. Mine and everyone else's! Congratulations you guys! Can you believe we are really doing this!!!!!!!!

At my highest weight, 287, size 20 pants, in September 2008 Taken yesterday, 195, size 10 shorts, last time I was a size 10? I was in the sixth grade

We aren't made to digest it naturally, just like cows milk ( why there's such a large population o lactose intolerant people) we're the only species on the planet that drinks another animals milk, that's also why soy/rice/almond milks are so much better for us and easier on our digestive system

My favorite recipe so far is 3 cups kale, 3 1/2 cups broccoli stalks, 7 carrots, 2 cucumbers, 1 mango, 1 lime, 1 lemon, 1 grapefruit, 1 cup strawberries, 1 knot of ginger, 7 celery stalks, and a bundle of cilantro. It makes 3 quarts of juice and the nutrition looks like this

I get a few recipes online, but honestly, I make up my own most of the time! Learning the nutrients base of every fruit and vegetable had allowed me to decide what sort of juice my body needs!

Awesome!! No worries guys, we're doing right!! Thanks worm!!

Alright guys, we started talking about juicing in a few different forums the past couple days and I said I'd go ahead and make a thread just for juicing for anyone who is interested or had questions, wants recipes, curious about the benefits etc, I'm here to answer them! And anyone else of course who wants to put in their two cents I'll start off with how I got started. I have always been a foodie, and I've been a chef for about 4 years, and I've always been interested in nutrients but I never delved into it. After my surgery 11/5/12, I struggled with the idea of a balanced diet with so many limitations we have now. I wanted to do some research! I wasn't working at the time and school hadn't started yet, so my days turned into information finding adventures!! I watched documentary after documentary, read medical journal after medical journal, trying to figure out what the experts had to say as far as nutrients and a healthy diet. There was a lot, but I stumbled onto juicing and and an organic whole foods plant based diet. With these two things I found the most positive things and so I went with it! I started slow and cheap with the juicing, but 3 days into adding juice to my diet, I was hooked! I found more and more recipes, tips, and Vitamin information, and now, simply because of how amazing I feel, if it doesn't help me get to my nutritional goal for the day, I don't put it in my mouth! Minus a treat every now and then of course Anyway, that's my story!

Same here sister, you exactly! 60 pounds down and I went from a 16 to almost a 12