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.
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
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! :-)
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! :-)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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.
:-/
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.
:-/
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
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!
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
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
Friday, October 15, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Life As I Knew It
It's been over 9 months since my life at work changed. There have been ups and downs but "at least I have a job". Yeah, I have to remind myself of that every now and then.
I'm not happy anymore. I don't enjoy what I do and I have no clear picture of what road I want to take. I've been going with the flow of things but haven't been motivated for much. I've thought about what could change to make me happy again and my brain is taking me places where I never thought it would. Silly me even considered politics as an option! Wow, desperate times call for desperate thinking. lol....
I miss being excited about work. I miss learning to grow. I can't even provide that for my own employees. I can teach them all I know but can't get them the promotions they deserve.
I do find comfort in my office. I love my boss, my employees, and even some of my clients. I love living so close to work with only a 10 minute commute to worry about. This for now is providing some happiness.
The other thing providing me happiness is my apartment. I love it. One day I got home from work and thought about how happy I am in it. I had the sudden urge to hug my apartment. I wanted my arms to stretch so I could wrap them around my home to give it a tight hug, almost not wanting to let go.
My mom finally has her own apartment. She's busy furnishing it and I hope once she's done she'll love her place as much as I love mine.
2010 has been a shaky year for everyone I know. It's been a year of highs and lows, ups and downs, ying and yangs, etc. I sometimes think I miss the time when a year was all good and then the following year was kind of bad. What would get me through the bad year was looking forward to the good year that was inevitably next. Seeing a clear differnce between the good and bad years has become more difficult as I've gotten older. I am now realizing that every year will have its share of ups and downs, highs and lows, ying and yangs, yada yada yada yada.
So when you're in the middle of your high, enjoy it to the fullest because the low isn't too far and you have to remember how good the high felt.
When you're in the middle of your low, you have to look deep within yourself and find that glimmer of light at the end of tunnel. You tell yourself that the low will not last because another high is not too far.
Some people call this being positive. I call it survival. This is what gets me through life's rollercoaster. Otherwise I would just go nuts and self destruct.
Xoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo.............. Princess Sandra
I'm not happy anymore. I don't enjoy what I do and I have no clear picture of what road I want to take. I've been going with the flow of things but haven't been motivated for much. I've thought about what could change to make me happy again and my brain is taking me places where I never thought it would. Silly me even considered politics as an option! Wow, desperate times call for desperate thinking. lol....
I miss being excited about work. I miss learning to grow. I can't even provide that for my own employees. I can teach them all I know but can't get them the promotions they deserve.
I do find comfort in my office. I love my boss, my employees, and even some of my clients. I love living so close to work with only a 10 minute commute to worry about. This for now is providing some happiness.
The other thing providing me happiness is my apartment. I love it. One day I got home from work and thought about how happy I am in it. I had the sudden urge to hug my apartment. I wanted my arms to stretch so I could wrap them around my home to give it a tight hug, almost not wanting to let go.
My mom finally has her own apartment. She's busy furnishing it and I hope once she's done she'll love her place as much as I love mine.
2010 has been a shaky year for everyone I know. It's been a year of highs and lows, ups and downs, ying and yangs, etc. I sometimes think I miss the time when a year was all good and then the following year was kind of bad. What would get me through the bad year was looking forward to the good year that was inevitably next. Seeing a clear differnce between the good and bad years has become more difficult as I've gotten older. I am now realizing that every year will have its share of ups and downs, highs and lows, ying and yangs, yada yada yada yada.
So when you're in the middle of your high, enjoy it to the fullest because the low isn't too far and you have to remember how good the high felt.
When you're in the middle of your low, you have to look deep within yourself and find that glimmer of light at the end of tunnel. You tell yourself that the low will not last because another high is not too far.
Some people call this being positive. I call it survival. This is what gets me through life's rollercoaster. Otherwise I would just go nuts and self destruct.
Xoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo.............. Princess Sandra
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