Cleanse - Day 5, 6, and 7

I finished the cleanse! Woohoo! That was one of the toughest things I've done but I don't regret it. I had several benefits from it and I may consider doing it again sometime in the future.

Days 5 and 6 were hard days for me. I had a lot of yummy food around me and it was really hard to stay away. Day 6 was the mose stressful day I've ever had at work. So to deal with the stress while on a crazy diet was challenging to say the least. Good thing was that I was so busy I barely had time to think about food.

I was suppose to go the Farmers Market in my neighborhood to go chat with a cutie but I didn't have time. Hopefully I'll see him next week.

POST CLEANSE - well I did a predictable thing and made my first day cleanse free an "Eat whatever you want" day. I know that wasn't good but I just need to get these damn cravings out of my system so I could move on. You see, I AM an adult who makes my own decisions. Good or bad, it is I who decides what I do, say, or eat. Being restricted these past seven days was my choice but still frustrating because I truly believe that you can eat, taste, or sample whatever you want as long as you manage it correctly.
So being off the cleanse finally gave me the green light to do what I want. In the end I knew it wasn't healthy eating and I tried to modify my dinner to bring some healthy balance to my meals.

A couple of people tried to bully/boss me into not eating what I wanted to and it really bugged me. It made me rebel and want to eat more bad stuff. Seriously people, I'm not your 8 yr old child!

Anyway, I came home and weighed myself. I don't think I've told you but I ended up losing 11 pounds after my cleanse. So tonight I saw something on the scale I didn't like. I saw 1 pound come back. Oh Hell No! This means that tomorrow I'm hitting the gym for the first time in years. I need to be more active to continue to enjoy my weight loss. I also want the freedom to eat what I love without the huge guilt.

((yawn)) Okay, time for bed. Good night peeeps!

P.S. A special shout out to my only reader... Weenie! Thanks my dear for subscribing to my nonsense. Muah!

Cleanse - Day 4

This day was a little easier for me. I can't say food didn't interest me but I didn't struggle as much to ignore it. I didn't drink as much tonic as I was supposed to because I had a busy day. First I drove to Ontario to babysit my niece and nephew. Once I was done with that I drove to South Gate to get a haircut and then drove to USC area for some waxing.

Overall, it was a long day with lots of driving. I tried drinking water to help me until I got home and could drink more tonic. That barely helped. I realized that my body really needed the sugar from the tonic. I must admit that I go to sleep early so I won't have to think about food for long.

The good news about this hard struggle is that I'm losing weight. So far it's been an average of 2 lbs per day. I know that's alot but so far I don't see much of a difference.

Tomorrow is my first day back to veggies and fruits. It's funny to admit this but I can't wait to eat veggies & fruits all day!

Stay tuned...

Cleanse - Day 3

My first day of liquid only. And not just any liquid, tonic and water only. Interesting thing is that I still long normal food. I want it so bad and the only thing holding me in check is the idea of giving up. I hate giving up.

Work was pretty crazy too. In the end I stuck through it and am happy.

Cleanse - Day 2

Thank you God for making this day much easier. It was kind of a rough start but I definitely felt an improvement as the day wore on.

A headache woke me up at 3am and pretty much stayed with me all day. It wasn't horrible but present enough to affect my mood. I wasn't as hungry as yesterday and my will power was slightly stronger. I still had cravings and the sight of some food was mild torture. A sympton I hadn't been told about (but makes complete sense!) was fatigue. My energy level was soooo low. All I wanted to do was lay down and take a nap. I spoke with my sis, my coach, and she says "Oh yeah, of course." Excuse me sis but a heads up on that would have been appreciated! All I kept hearing about the cleanse was that I would feel a lot of energy. I was thinking I did something wrong. Anyhow, somehow everytime I talk to her I feel better. So soon afterwards I felt better and got a surge of energy late in the day at work. The hunger pangs were pratically gone and my brain wasn't going as crazy. My meals today were planned better so I felt more in control.

**A good example of my self control / will power - my friend came to my house and ate In 'n Out in front of me. I didn't go nuts but I also couldn't bare to see him eat so I busied myself cleaning and chatted while he ate. To be fare, he didn't know I was cleansing. He now knows and promises to eat before he visits. ;-)

Tomorrow is my first day of just drinking the tonic and no veggies, fruit, or nuts. I'm scared but I hope that my will power and appetite will be on my side.

Well time to go to bed. I can't wait 'til tomorrow's post! :-)

The Great Master Cleanse

OMG!! It's only my first day and it is soooooooooo hard! I was very close to quitting many times today. My coach, my sister, told me it would get easier. I truly hope so.

My sister is so awesome! She did this cleanse not that long ago & gently tried to talk me into it. Haha... she knows me so well!

Veggies, fruit, seeds, nuts, water, lemonade. That's my cleanse / diet.

I truly hope tomorrow is a better day.

:-/

2010 Elections!

Waaaaaaaah! The crazies are coming!

I voted today! Yaay! The crazy Tea Party politicians are winning. Waaah! I was very passionate about today's elections and felt so proud after I voted. But then I get home and see the news across the country and I feel the same dreadful feeling when Bush won the presidency two times in a row.

I just had a thought. ABC News just did a sound clip of Sarah Palin saying that the only way to turn things around would be to send their people to Washington. Maybe this is a blessing is disguise? They'll see how things will not improve with their ideas. My concern is how much more can we afford to allow these Republicans to mess up our country? The truth is we can't afford it at all.

California? Well I'm wasn't happy with my Governer choices. Brown or Whitman? Bleh! It's sad when you have to pick the lesser of two evils. I hope I chose correctly.

I hope Boxer wins. I do like her.
Prop 19? I think we need the tax dollars and reduced crime would be a plus!
Prop 23? Hell to the no! We must protect the enviroment and California has always been ahead of the curve on this. We must not change this!

Those were the most important items for me. What shall happen...

Well it looks like Brown won for Governor. Hooray...
Boxer seems to have won too. Yaay!
No tax money from Prop 19. Boo!
Death to Prop 23 and a HUGE win for our enviroment. Yaay!

The Democrats held control of the Senate but lost it in Congress. What does this mean? Pelosi lost her job Speaker of the House.

I hate to sound like Dooms Day is around the corner but I can't help it. I said it when Bush won and I may be more serious about it now.

I'M MOVING TO CANADA!

National Blogging Month

My BFF or sister from another mister informed me today (via Facebook) that November is National Blogging Month. Waaaaah? Really? There's a day, week, and month for everything nowadays. :-)

So according to her our challenge is to post a blog entry every day this month. We're both a day late but I have a feeling we will more than make up for it.

I'm looking super forward to checking out her blog. She's super creative and always has great pics and stuff posted. Hahahaha... my fortunate readers (all zero of them) will enjoy only my constant ramblings and miscellaneous thoughts. No awesome artsy pics here. Gotta set the expectation low so I can later impress!! lol..........

Yes, we've established in a earlier blog entry that I am a dork.

Looking forward to this blogging month!

xoxo............. Me