Cleanse me baby...

I don’t know what did it…. maybe I’m just fed up with feeling crappy but something clicked and here I am.  I was trolling pinterest (like I do) and I found a cleanse that showed this picture…

 

BOO!!!  This picture makes me wish I had my old stomach back…(before kids).  I had the best stomach and now it is flabby and what I sometimes see on the news when they are talking about the obesity epidemic…LOL  Whether it was the picture or some other timing related thing…I know I need to get my butt back in gear.  That said I had a great weekend but knew that come Sunday I was starting this cleanse.  I just needed something to kick start me back into healthy eating.  I’ve gained nearly 15#s since I started working here at Under Armour UNEXCEPTABLE!!  I know I’m busy but I’ve also lost some sort of motivation…

I modified the cleanse a little  but I can already tell it is working really well…here is my version:

DAY 1:  Only Fruit all day (no Bananas)

DAY2:  Only Veggies all day (complex carb in the am: baked potato)

DAY3:  Fruit and Veggies only

DAY4:  Lean Protein/Fruit and Veggies

All the above while drinking 100oz daily of water and doing 30 minutes of some sort of exercise

I’m on day 2…Veggies and so far today I’ve had

·         A baked potato

·         A steamfresh bag of edemamme

·         A steamfresh bag of brussel sprouts

·         Carrots

·         Veggie Salad with Avocado and vinegar dressing

·         Dinner tonight will be Sweet Potato Hash with onions and green peppers (which will also be lunch tomorrow)

Yesterday was Fruit day and I ate: a half a baby watermelon, a whole pineapple, a whole cantaloupe, 2 clementines and 2 cups of all natural applesauce.

I know it is working because today I felt guilty tasting some hummus.  That is a GREAT!  Change from my chips and chocolate binge I’ve been on recently.  I’m excited about my mind set and will try to keep ya’ll posted.

TTFN

Confession

I'm eating bread for lunch today because I forgot an ordered a turkey burger :(  The bun is whole wheat but I'm disappointed in myself for ordering the wrong thing :(  I wasn't even thinking...

Other than that I've done really well with the whole no sugar no bread thing.

Work outs have been difficult since the gym is so freaking crowded thanks to new years resolutions.  I had to wait for a treadmill last night, Boooo!  Oh well...I rocked it anyway :)

My food journals have been spotty and my eating this weekend was dreadful (no bread or sugar but lots of chips and cheese).

Why can't I get my act together?
I'll ponder and post later with my results!

TTFN

Purple Town!!!

Hola!

What a LLLLLLLOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG weekend?!?!  It was WONDERFUL!  I’m just back to work today after MLK and a day off with the kiddos yesterday J

We had a GREAT weekend leading up to Sunday Night….I’m sure all know I’m an avid Raven’s fan.  GUESS WHAT>!?!?  As if you didn’t know….THE RAVEN’S ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!  I can’t believe it.  We were screaming and jumping around like CRAZY people!  LOVE IT! 

Hence the Purple Blog!!! 

Eating has been bad and working out even worse.  Honesty…right??  I know I’ll feel better and have more energy if I just move my A$$ but I can’t seem to give a crap… 

Every morning I start over…lunch is good but by dinner I’ve given up and by 8pm FORGET IT!  What I really need to do is: 

a)      Give up sugar

b)      Give up bread

c)       Work out every day

d)      NO EXCUSES

I think if I can just make these changes (drastic as they are) for 21 days until my Birthday…I will finally get back on track.  Sugar and Wheat are very addictive.  I need to cleanse my system and get my healthy taste buds back!  I know that if I get to the gym at night…I’ll be doing that instead of snacking.

Now…we know I don’t like to make promises that I can’t keep; so I’m not promising anything.  It is just a thought and I’m hoping that I can make it work.

Will keep ya’ll posted on my progress J

TTFN

Stop looking at me swan

Hi this is me post gym!! Thanks to Ms. Lynne Ripley for texting me:). This wine is staring me in the face while I make dinner for me ( sweet potato hash)... Ok...just one glass.

Good night...TTFN

I miss you Planet Fitness

OK not really…I really need to get back into my groove…what will do it?  How did I do it last time??  Oh right, I became a freak J  LOL  I really just need to stop making excuses.  My excuse this week has been that Aunt Flow has joined me for a visit.  Oh and BTW…she is 2 weeks early!?!?  WTH?  I really don’t like her so I’m not sure what has caused her early visit.  That is enough TMI for one day J  As for the rest of this week…I can go tonight, then tomorrow night I want to get my nails done (lame excuse…I could get my nails done THEN go to the gym).  Take a look at why that is required ASAP!!

Gel polish rocks!!!  This is 2 weeks old and you can only see the growth.  The polish is still shiny and everything!!!

Then Friday I am having Marywood (neighborhood) HH and wine wins J

Today was a yicky day outside…perfect day to go to work.  I don’t mind going to work on yucky days…what else would I do? J 

  

Food was really good today

Scary Monster was black this morning thanks to lots of blueberries!

Gotta love Starbucks in the morning :) #rainydaytreat

Strawberry Oatmeal as a snack???  #delish

(minus the Roses candies that Elisa – coordinator at work – brought back from the UK for me)

They are really good though!

Tonight’s dinner is a toss-up J  So far this week we’ve had Chili, Tacos and tonight should be stuffed peppers but I’m not up to it so it’ll probably be breakfast (eggs and pancakes sound good to me) J  I HEART breakfast for dinner!!

Dear April, Please get your butt to the gym tonight!!! 

TTFN

WHAT A WEEKEND!!!?!

We had a GREAT WEEKEND! 

GO RAVENS!!!  WE WON!!!!  WAHOO!!!  We were so freakin excited on Saturday night I thought we were going to wake up the baby but we didn't!!! 

Sunday we took the kids to the Science Center for an awesome day downtown!  All the pics are below from our GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

Food was another thing :)  I had some pizza and chips but mostly healthy...no gym though.  I need to get on the ball beginning today!  Note: I hate being a woman...if I wimp out, it is because Aunt Flow is being very mean :)  More later...Promise
TTFN

Catching Up...

I went on Hiatus at the end of August.  So what has happened since then??

Day Care Change:  We identified in September that we could save over $700 a month by making some adjustments to before and after school care for the boys.  We were paying the YMCA (at their school) a bucket of money each month for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon…  I decided to adjust my work schedule and forfeit my early mornings to include my boot camp class and put the boys on the bus and come into work a little later.  That also means I get home a little later but to be honest…it has been GREAT!  I get to spend some serious quality time with the boys in the morning and I love it!  Plus…traffic is not as bad a little later in the morning.

Gym:  No more boot camp made me sad…Alicia was so good at keeping me motivated and I loved the support of the group of people who worked out each Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6am.  I was sad to see it end…but hey $700 is $700!!!  I decided to join the Planet Fitness in my neighborhood instead.  $10/month…you can’t beat that!  I LOVE my planet fitness.  In September I went EVERY day…sometimes twice a day.  I often do 20 minutes on the treadmill, 10 minutes on the bike then arms or legs (Circuit Machines) then some ab work (situps, planks, etc).  I was obsessed J

Food:  I did a great job through September and October with clean healthy eating even losing a few L.B.s in the process.  Then November came along!!!  DJ and I went away for a late anniversary trip (9 years…WOWZA) and we had a wonderful trip that resulted in a lot of naughty food J  LOL!  Then Thanksgiving then the Christmas Holiday and I seemed to have lost my healthy taste buds.  I know for a fact that you can become addicted to wheat and sugar.  This seems to be my problem…  I have become addicted to icky food again L  I know we aren’t judging food as good or bad but beginning in early January I have decided to need to rebuild by healthy taste buds so my choices are automatically better.  I know that if I can stay strict with myself for 10 days…I’ll be addicted to fruit instead of sugar (aka Chocolate) J    We will see how it goes…  

Wine:  I don’t know what it is about the holidays but wine had become a nightly event.  I HEART Wine, that’s not a secret but every night will only add L.B.s and when I’m trying to lose them…I need to cut back.  I plan to only have wine on special occasions until I lose 20#s.  The first special occasion will be book club on Friday night J  LOL

All in all it has been a GREAT but exhausting time in my life.  January will provide a little down time and I’m really looking forward to it!

I’ll post my food tonight…til then

TTFN