Day 21

Day 1

Day 21

I made it!  I had ups and downs, moments of weakness and I was far from perfect but with the diet changes I was able to lose 9 pounds!  I started at 200 (boo!!!) and I'm now at 191!  I can't wait to get into the 180s and lower!!!  The 28 day challenge starts tomorrow and I'm looking forward to more success and health!

Blogger won't let me upload my video so here's the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVokiswlRc0

Day 18

So....... I haven't disappeared! :)

We went on vacation and I feel like I'm getting back in the groove.  So far 7 pounds have been released and I decided the last few days of the 21 day cleanse would be a juice fast.  I want to "reboot" before starting the 28 day challenge and feel like I can be successful since there are no more vacation or parties to attend the next few days!

I notice that doing something like a juice fast for a few days also helps my cravings.  I don't get hungry as often and I feel proud of myself for resisting temptation!  Like tonight - the family went out to our favorite Mexican restaurant but I took my green juice along with me and I surprised myself with how easy it was to stay strong!  Yay!  Go me!

Here's a pic of me tonight -I love how pronounced my jaw line is becoming!

Day 8

Our journal exercise for the day:  Emotional Brain Training! http://JoyFoodsDiet.com

- I feel angry that... honestly, I don't feel like I have a lot of anger.  If anything, I could be angry at media and the news when it contradicts with my beliefs

- I feel sad that... my dad is sick
- I feel afraid that... I will have to take care of my parents
- I feel guilty that... I feel afraid of above mentioned
- I feel grateful that... my family is healthy and blessed.
- I feel happy that... I get to go on vacation and I'm doing well on the cleanse!
- I feel secure that... my marriage is strong
- I feel proud that... my kids are smart!

Day 7

Day 6 thoughts

I am majorly detoxing today..... all I want to do is sleep!
Also, I noticed when I was walking this morning that a pain came back to my top left leg.  I seem to detox in this area - it has gone away with colonics so I think a call into my friend Sarah Moore is due.

Cravings are gone - lightness is here!

My skin has more elasticity - of course I did notice this after I took a 3 hour nap! haha!

I had a large glass of carrot juice, walked for 30 minutes and then took a 3 hour nap.  I'm about to go make a green smoothie and have fun with the family! :)

my gift to myself!

Yay!!!  I would have loved to get the Vitamix but that's just not in the budget right now.  I've heard good things about the Ninja!  Excited to try it!

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Day 1-3

Day 1
Food:  grapefruit for breakfast, raw tabbouleh for lunch, and jicama/guac for dinner.  My weakness was in the kids eating cheezits for a snack and I had several handfuls.  I'm not beating myself up but will work hard at being more self controlled.
Exercise:  10 minutes of yoga, walking 30 minutes, evening stretches

Day 2
Food:  Apple and grapefruit for breakfast, several glasses of kombucha through the day, greens and beet salad for lunch, kale and salsa for dinner.  At 10:00 I was starving and ended up eating 2 bowls of cereal with almond milk.  I think the best thing for me when I feel like that is just to go to bed.
Exercise:  I really didn't get anything in for exercise this day.
Thoughts:  When I feel that desire to eat and snack at night I should just go to bed!!!!  Also, the journaling exercise today asked what are our fears?  That is a big question that I could fit into different categories.  Of course my biggest fear is having one of my children die.  I don't know a mother that wouldn't list that as their top fear of their life.  I have had friends experience this and it is just heartbreaking and beyond tragic.  I don't see a relation to how that fear fits in to my eating and diet but if I were to talk about a fear that is related I would say having a disease because I'm not eating right would be my biggest fear.  I want to make good choices and feel great for my family!!!  I need more energy!

Day 3