What Sophie Said

After a busy week, I'm finally sitting down to write up the results of my February challenge. I'll start by saying exactly what everyone else has said: where did February go?! I can't believe we're already at 11th March... February's challenge was: to drink 2-3 glasses of juice, and 3-4 glasses of water, per day Let's start with the juice. I think I was partially influenced here by the amount of people I had seen doing juice cleanses. I can see all the benefits, and the fact it adds another portion of fruit to my daily total, but I have to day the amount of sugar in them was what was at the front of my mind throughout the month. I quickly settled on one glass a day, with my breakfast, and I think I'll stick at that level. Also, I'm so fussy! I've found a few juices I like, so I think I need to branch out more, to add in different fruits and vegetables. In terms of drinking water, I've done pretty well. I upped my daily target to 6 glasses...

A new month means a new challenge! We’re a couple of days into the month and I’m doing well so far, so hopefully writing it down will persuade me even more to continue. The challenge: to drink 2-3 glasses of juice, and 4-5 glasses of water, per day. The water is a fairly normal step. It’s all I really drink, but I don’t feel like I drink enough of it. Obviously, some days I will need a little more or less, depending on what I am doing, but I want to make more of an effort to get the hydration my body needs. It seems everybody is doing ‘juice cleanses’ at the moment, and whilst I don’t think I’d ever go as far as that, I can see the benefits of drinking juices. I’m pretty fussy, so I’ve picked up three tasty ones from Morrisons. They are from the store’s own range, and are 100% fresh, pressed juice, not from concentrate. I picked up red berries, clementine, and cloudy apple juices. They’re all so tasty, and after a few days of drinking them regularly I do feel more alert an...