Day 8:
14 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
Wow it has been a couple days since I signed in. Things have been very busy at work. I still haven’t done anything for my wedding, but that is for another post. As for the master cleanse, well, I’m still on. I wish I knew the amount of weight Iv lost, I do feel much lighter. All around I’m doing great with this. I don’t have much time and mainly wanted to come in to report I’m doing well. These past few days have been the easiest, by far. I have realized that a lot of the eating I did was simply out of boredom and it has also been interesting as I remove myself from food how my feelings about food and my cravings for food have changed so much.
I have actually decided to take this to 20 days! I’ll be back to post the few pics Iv taken.
Day 5:
11 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
Ok, so I finally got back on track here. Day 5 is going pretty good in terms of the master cleanse. Energy is starting to lag but not anything severe, I’m just taking in some more of the lemonade. I did take another pic today for comparison. I don’t actually see as much of a difference in the photos as I feel in my body. I guess that’s a good thing, some people have been worried about me, at least now they can see I’m not wasting away. I do hope to see some weight loss by the end of this, too bad I won’t have an actual weight for comparison. I went to the Dr.’s office not long ago we can use that weight I guess. I guess that is all for now, since I made that other post today. Bye
Day 4: late again
11 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
Sorry guys. Iv been busy after work all week, but here I am. It’s the morning of day 5 here but I wanted to do a quick recap.
Day 4 went pretty well. I don’t think I can think of any discomfort at all during this cleanse, well, except for the cramps at night. Those are good though, ….moving old junk out. I’m getting kinda worried about my teeth, brush, brush, brush! On to the good stuff, my skin and hair feel much softer than usual. The congestion in my chest is still all cleared up, yay! I feel much better internally, I don’t know if that makes sense to anyone here. It’s like I always walked around feeling slight discomfort, like bloated or acid or what do I know. Just something, not good. That is all gone now. I do feel like I might have lost weight by now. I’m not focusing on that because I don’t want to fall into doing this longer to lose more or use this for weight loss. I know a lot of people use the master cleanse as a quick way to lose weight. Maybe that’s even why you took an interest in this blog. I don’t think that it’s bad, as a matter of fact part of the reason for me doing this is because I want to lose some quick lbs. I am just under sooo much pressure right now, and of course I want to loose weight but my main reason for doing this if for detox. The weight will continue to fall off once I transition into a diet high in raw fruits and veggies.
With that last comment in mind. I am seriously considering doing this for 20 days. I will decide on Friday.The reason for extending is that I can see and feel the benefits and I also know how much crap Iv been putting into my body this past year. I am feeling great and if it feels like I need to continue then I will allow myself that. I also want to help myself let go of that relationship I have with food. I’m thinking that this will help my transition back into raw. Not that raw fruits and vegetables taste bad, they actually are amazing, but those cravings always hit. It’s like being a junkie coming off speed, knowing it’s bad and wanting to stay away….but poor kid, living on the streets it’s all he sees. Well that’s me a food junkie and living in this “market driven” world, ads for food, people eating food…ok that might be enough food talk .I will talk later about raw foods and share anything I know about it. Gotta go for now. Peace
Day 3: kinda..
10 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
I wasn’t able to get on yesterday, but I wanted to report that I’m still hanging in there. Last time I was on here I mentioned cramps at night, well, those are for sure coming from the laxative because it happened on all nights so far. So, day 3 was brutal guys. Only in terms of cravings. I wanted food sooo bad, pizza especially. Somehow I managed to make it through to day 4. Honestly I had been thinking for pizza all day at work and I get home to…..well, my bf eating PIZZA! Luckily the drink isn’t too bad tasting.
Everything else is going well. Energy is up, I’m actually taking a little break at work to do this. Iv been super busy the pictures will come I promise. So far I only have the before pics, oh and I also did some face ones this morning. I want to be able to document as much as I can, but man life is busy right now.
120 days: Journal
08 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
You know I’m starting to think that countdown may not be the best Category name for these post. I wanted a space to just think out loud, vent, share ideas. We have been switching rooms and ran into some of my bf’s (yea i still call him that, it’s going to be a straight hop to hubby) old things and he had some pages out of a journal he kept. He had forgotten about that time in his life and we were both glad to have ran into it. That day kinda stirred something in me towards keeping my thoughts for later viewing.
I think that this is a special time for me and a great time to journal (or whatever this is). There is something big about putting your thoughts into writings. It makes them immortal. That’s exactly what I want to do with this time in my life. I want to write down what I think and feel as I come into this new way of being with a new title and a new role.
As for today……day 120 from 5/7 ………I AM IN LOVE! Of course I am, I’m getting married. I honestly feel like I am so lucky. Every day since I met him he has tried to do anything possible to make me happy.
He had been a casual friend of my brothers but I had only known him in passing. He is a very shy person and I as far as I can remember I never heard him speak during the time he and my brother knew each other. Anyway he had moved out of state for a couple years and I never saw him again.
Then one day while out for a jog I was approached by another of my brothers friends. My brother his friends and I all used to hang out but my brother had moved for college and I kinda fell out of that group. Ok so, he happened to be with that friend and we all became buddies. As the months went on he and I became closer friends and spent more and more time together. He was a great friend to me. We could spend all day together, sometimes he would hit on me but I would always blow him off. I really didn’t want to date on of my brother’s friends. I thought that things could fail and I would have shamed by brother (super old school, I know). Eventually our other friend (the one that he was with when we met) started to push us towards dating. We both always assured him that we were only friends, but he insisted that we needed to see that we actually liked each other.
One day (we were all very drunk) there was some sort of wager that I am not too clear on. Actually I do remember but I can not tell as to protect my future husband from global humiliation. Let’s just put it nice and say that a bet was lost (or I guess more of a twisted dare) and to make things right or even, my bf and I had to kiss. Our first kiss was not even a kiss it was more like a peck. I have to say that small, tiny, almost not even a kiss at all kiss, was the best kiss I ever had. It was packed with so much emotion. It was our first kiss but it was like I could feel real love behind it. That night led to a big talk. I was still so confused and unsure but my eyes were now open to my heart. I guess our friend put us in that position so that we could truly see what was before us. We had a talk again the next day and established a relationship. Well on one condition, no two. I told him that I needed to talk to my brother before anyone else knew. I also told him that if my brother asked me not to date him, I would not date him. Lets say my brother was not happy but he gave me the ok anyway.
A week later he said to me, “I know I shouldn’t be saying this to you, I am so embarrassed, you don’t have to say anything, please don’t say anything……I don’t want to do this now but I feel like if I don’t tell you I’m going to explode….I love you.” He has been so good to me ever since, and we have been living happily together for the past year.
I am so in love, even a year after living together. I see his faults now, but I love those too, I love everything about him. This is the kind of stuff I wanted to jot down. This feeling, being so happy and in love. I want to look back on it 5, 10, 25 years from now. No matter how good or bad things get, this is where it started, in love. If our love grows everyday and I look back at this, or if things turn out shitty (they wont) I can look back and remember that I was part of the greatest love in the world, that this feeling was real in my life today, just like my bf reading back on his writings.
Day 2:
08 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
Yay!! I’m coming into the end of day two of the master cleanse and everything seems to be going o.k. No real hunger pains or headaches all day. There was temptation for food and I did some small cheating (I added the pepper powder to a left over lemon and sucked on it.) I know that your not supposed to eat anything because chewing stops the detox. But hey, sucking is not chewing…right? Ugh, whatever…that was the worst of it. Oh wait that’s not true. Last night I was awaken with THE WORST stomach pains EVER. I thought I would just quit. It was sooooo bad and I have to say that the only reason I’m still hanging in there is because I woke up feeling great. Anyway this was just a quick update,……..sigh, (as if any1′s following) well whatever keeping this log is at least helping me, so that’s 1 person…..and when I started I said, “if I can only encourage 1 person” lol, didn’t know it would be me.
Day 1:
07 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
Hi again. So I am about done with day one of the master cleanse. Last night I had the herbal laxative and this morning I started with the salt water flush. Let me just say that although the swf was not pleasant, I did not find it to be as bad as I was prepared for. All over the internet I heard people complain about the horrible taste and how they couldn’t get rid of it all day. I am happy to report that this was not the case for me. Yay! As far as my energy so far so good. I have to admit that I do want food at this point. I am not really hungry but I think its just the need to chew on something. Well gotta hang in there. 10 days of this and then moving on to better eating and better living.
I took some before pictures for this yesterday but I don’t have time to post them now. I will try to take another a couple days from now, and every couple days just to track a difference in weight.
I also want to add that although I know I am going to lose weight, and I want to lose the weight….I am mostly interested in detoxing. I had wanted to get some lab work done before and after but I wasn’t able to make the time. I still want to get the lab do some blood test before I go back to raw foods.
For those of you who don’t know raw foods is not as creepy as it sounds. What that means is eating only organic, fresh, raw fruits and veggies along with raw nuts and seeds. I know what you guys are thinking this is a bit extreme but the whole reason in eating this way is to get the most out of our food and to keep toxins and hormones out of our bodies. I encourage everyone looking to eat better to add more raw fruits and vegetables to their diet. I also encourage that you look up some info on that raw food diet I just mentioned. I think I should let you guys know that it’s not so much a diet but a lifestyle.
Well I’ll leave you with that. You guys have a great day!
Hi Everyone!
06 Jan 2012 1 Comment
in Welcome!
Well here I am. Just thought I would share a bit about me and what I am trying to do with this blog. I think I should mention before we go any further that this is my very first blog post EVER. Now that we got that out, we can continue. Well as Iv mentioned I’m 4 months away from my wedding. It was just the other day that I realized the date is right around the corner.
I’m super excited but also very worried because I have not done a single thing. Just by saying that I haven’t even told my parents should tell you enough. Don’t worry everyone no drama here. We just honestly haven’t got around to it. Hmm, maybe today 
That’s just the first thing I need to do…..
Things you will be able to watch me do on this blog:
Shape up- 10 day master cleanse (starts tomorrow 1/7/12)…..then get back into raw foods (something I left over a yr ago)….and p90x (work outs will be in moderation, but i will post pics and videos…if i can figure it out…along the way)
Wedding Planning - Iv got so much wedding planning to do. At this point all I know is that we want a small beach wedding and a nice outdoor reception. Any ideas here would be very appreciated. I need everything from wedding colors to wedding dress.
DIY Wedding Decorations- I don’t have ideas on this yet but because of time and money, I know I want to do whatever I can myself. Again, any ideas would be great here.
Self Portrait Project- So i ran into something put together by photographer Jeff Harris. He has been taking a picture a day of himself for like 12 years or something. I thought it was really cool and Iv been wanting to keep a journal but this seems more doable for me. If you like the idea maybe you should try it too, sounds like fun. Challenge yourself to make them interesting. I know I’ll be off to a slow start but hope the pics get better as I go along. That is something he faced too, he said that at first the pictures we kinda boring but got better as time went by.
Guess that’s it for now. Iv got so many things to get to.
