Juice 2

Thanks to my mom, we have all sorts of juicers and blenders at home. So this definitely made the whole process a lot easier. Around 1PM, I mixed one green apple, one cucumber, bunch of kale leaves, half a lemon and some ginger.

I had no idea how this juice was going to turn out. Going by the color I expected it to be bitter but the cucumber and green apple dominated and it actually tasted really GOOD ! yum :)

Juice 3

By the time it was 3PM, I started getting really hungry. I got a major hunger pang but I talked myself out of eating solid foods.

Instead, I tried to focus on what was coming next - the Strawberry Banana Smoothie! yay!

At around 4:30 PM, I blended together a banana and some strawberries in almond milk.

I NEEDED this smoothie because it was filling, tasted delicious, and got rid of my sweet craving for the day.

Juice 4

At 7PM, I blended some watermelon and threw some ice cubes into it - SO refreshing.

By this time I was really enjoying all my juices and constantly looking forward to the next one. I didn't feel the need for any other food and was quite pleased with myself.

Juice 5

At around 9PM, I blended the most dreaded juice. I absolutely dislike celery. I don't like the smell and I definitely don't like the taste.

But celery is such a superfood that it was important to include it in my diet.

So I (sulkingly) blended a stalk of celery, bunch of spinach leaves, one pear and some grapes

Once again, the pear and grapes balanced out the flavors but I could totally smell and taste the celery. This was my least enjoyable juice - but when juice is all you got, you just down it :D

At the end of Day 1 I was definitely hungry but I controlled myself. I just kept telling myself that my body has already received all the nutrients it needs - anything more is just me being greedy.

It was difficult but I managed to get to bed and sleep the night off.

Day 2

I woke up and had the Lemon and Ginger juice to start my day. I was expecting Day 2 to be really hard - but was surprised at how easily I got by.

I did feel hungry, but each time I had a juice, I felt healthier and brighter.

I repeated all the juices from day 1 except for the watermelon juice. Instead I mixed oranges and carrots for a little change :)

Day 3

My stomach was so flat ! :D I felt lighter, my skin felt great and overall I felt really good.

I repeated all the juices from Day 2 and my day went by real smooth. I was never hungry and never lethargic. Infact, in all the 3 days, I never felt low energy or starved.

So how did I benefit from the Juice detox?

Ofcourse I lost some weight and my clothes fit better

It was a great jumpstart to my healthy eating

No more bloating and uneasiness

And the best part of all - I had been getting small rashes on my skin every night (for the past few weeks) - some sort of allergy I was not able to figure out. The detox got rid of it :)

I went on a no carb diet for 4 days following the Juice cleanse. I would mostly eat salads and drank lots of water. Gradually, I started eating other foods and now I'm continuing the healthy eating and exercise and I feel great :D

I've managed to keep off the 2 kilos I lost in this entire process and plan on shedding some more.

This is just a start so I know it looks ugly - but you have to keep going.

However, the client corrected me and said he wanted a rearing horse and wants the words to only create the outline.

So I literally printed about 20 silhouettes of horses and began outlining them with the words (pencil on paper - good ol hand drawings). I think by the time I reached my 12th or 15th outline, I had a pretty decent idea of how I wanted the placement to be. It was really fun to explore which lines I could elongate and which words I can curve to form specific parts of the horse.

I think the hardest was doing the face and tail. Because the rest of the body still looked like a 'body' but the face and tail gave me a hard time.

But a little tweak here and a little pull there later, here is the final:

The client was so pleased with it, he said - "its like you got into my mind and drew exactly what I was thinking".

Happy clients equal happy Madi :)

What do you think of the logo?

Power On Rangers:

Suncity Gladiators:

The main symbol of a Gladiator - the iconic helmet, was already taken by another team. So I really had to scratch my head to come up with another symbol. But I think this symbol fits perfectly because there is a tradition in cricket - where the winning team members pick up the stumps from the game and keep them as a memory. So the arrow in the hand symbolizes stumps and victory.

You Got Flipped Titans:

This is my team ! :) A Titan is someone who is god-like, or powerful and influential in a certain field. The word comes from Greek Mythology. So it made sense to have a crown. The position that the 'king' is in is also a batting position in cricket right before the batsman is about to strike.