Good evening world, so I'm closer to the end of this challenge than to the beginning and that is encouraging. I will say I did have a slip-up yesterday. I've been fighting being sick all week and yesterday my body just didn't not want to deal with anything at all. So I gave into comfort foods and laying on my butt for the better part of the day. Then I woke up this morning and had no desire really at all to eat until around 2 this afternoon. I'm not sure if it's because I over did it yesterday on the "questionable" foods and my body was still trying to process. Or if I'm just still not really feeling all that well. But Sunday morning will be a wake up shake and the same for lunch then our annual seafood dinner with the besties. T.M.I. moment for you all - usually meal replacement shakes "stop business from flowing freely" if you know what I mean. I'm finding that these Nutriveda Achieve shakes are actually "moving business along in an orderly fashion". This is very exciting for me, because this means that I won't have any real problems using this product long term. Which is what I'm going to need to do to reach my goals. I absolutely WILL NOT spend my last year in my twenties looking like I belong on a television reality weight loss show. I am determined to regain my life and stop hiding behind fat clothes and food. I love myself and I want to prove just how much I really love me. This is a short post today, I need to finish laundry and fall fast asleep. Good night all
Peace and Love Namaste Ya'll
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Cravings
Hello all,
So I've passed the halfway mark in this challenge and all I can say is my cravings are driving me nuts. I know it's all in my head and I just have to push past it. I think it might just be because I haven't been feeling very well (my asthma has been bothering me and my job is stressing me) and all I want is something savory and warm and comforting. BUT that's what got my into this mess in the first place right? Comfort eating is NOT my friend!! It's not your friend either people, we have to take care of the problem at hand not feed it into silence. Right? I've been wanting everything from every culture's cuisine but I was good and I ate my veggies for lunch and mixed my shake for dinner. I even happily drank my shake for breakfast while sitting in a staff meeting full of doughnuts and kolaches!! I'm actually very proud of myself for that, but I'm still "achin for some bacon" hehe. Just four more days and then I'll back down to one meal replaced a day which will be much simpler. But I think maybe every other week I'll do my first two meals replaced, that feels reasonable to me. I'm really pretty sure I can do that successfully. Okay, back to my evening shake and my night of tv snuggling with the family.
Peace and Love, Namaste Ya'll
So I've passed the halfway mark in this challenge and all I can say is my cravings are driving me nuts. I know it's all in my head and I just have to push past it. I think it might just be because I haven't been feeling very well (my asthma has been bothering me and my job is stressing me) and all I want is something savory and warm and comforting. BUT that's what got my into this mess in the first place right? Comfort eating is NOT my friend!! It's not your friend either people, we have to take care of the problem at hand not feed it into silence. Right? I've been wanting everything from every culture's cuisine but I was good and I ate my veggies for lunch and mixed my shake for dinner. I even happily drank my shake for breakfast while sitting in a staff meeting full of doughnuts and kolaches!! I'm actually very proud of myself for that, but I'm still "achin for some bacon" hehe. Just four more days and then I'll back down to one meal replaced a day which will be much simpler. But I think maybe every other week I'll do my first two meals replaced, that feels reasonable to me. I'm really pretty sure I can do that successfully. Okay, back to my evening shake and my night of tv snuggling with the family.
Peace and Love, Namaste Ya'll
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Halfway through 10 day challenge
Okay as promised I'm giving an update on my 10-day 10-lbs Challenge with my NutriVeda Achieve. I have successfully and fairly effortlessly managed to lose 7 lbs so far. I have only a few more days with using the shakes to replace 2 of my day's meals. I have a wedding and an annual friendship dinner this weekend and I'm not dreading going to either because of my "diet" I'll just replace breakfast and lunch with my shakes and eat dinner on both days during the celebrations with my friends. No one has to know unless I choose to share with them what I'm doing. And at this point I'm really willing to share what I'm doing. I don't feel like having to be hush hush about this "just in case I fail". I honestly feel like this is going to be something I can maintain. There's not calories counting, no killing myself in the gym (though I am still getting my workouts in), no starving myself, none of the things that have always created barriers to my success because they failed to match up with my lifestyle. I'm feeling successful and that's not a feeling I've had in this realm of my life for awhile. Oh and I've discovered that the "waxy heavy plant taste" that I mentioned in my previous post was the result of the brand of Rice Milk that I was using. I drank some on its own and found the milk tasted "waxy". Oh and I just made myself a shake this evening that tastes like liquid Reese's Peanut Butter Cups!!!! And it is what I needed tonight after such a long day.
So the goal is to keep going strong with at least one meal replaced everyday after the 10 day challenge and drop at total of 40 lbs by my wedding anniversary. I have a feeling I can do it, if not I can do better. Woo go me!!
Peace and Love. Namaste Ya'll
So the goal is to keep going strong with at least one meal replaced everyday after the 10 day challenge and drop at total of 40 lbs by my wedding anniversary. I have a feeling I can do it, if not I can do better. Woo go me!!
Peace and Love. Namaste Ya'll
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Zrii
Hello world,
Life this past summer has been obnoxiously jam packed with work. The honeymoon period ended about 6 months ago and now I'm over how much energy is sucked from me each day at this place. I still believe in the mission, but I have lost quite a bit of my patience for servicing the public. Because you know what, people in this country have terrible attitudes because somewhere down the road in our lives we've been told that we're entitled to any and everything without giving anything in return. "We want free healthcare.....but we don't want to pay taxes for it" "We want to be serviced RIGHT NOW and we don't care who was here and needing to be taken care of before us" "We want You to do all the leg work for us....because it's too time consuming to do my own work and research" BLAH. Needless to say I'm over this. I don't mind teaching those willing to learn and servicing those who understand that the sun does not rise ans set on them alone. I do however mind everyone else right now, and this is not my normal disposition on life or towards people. This tells me that I need to place myself in to something new to regain my love of others. And so the hunt begins
On another note, I learned (very quickly) that the all juice fast is not...I repeat IS NOT... a functioning cleanse. You cannot expect to work full time, take care of your family, and adequately take care of yourself while on such a cleanse. One would need at least a full week to isolate themselves and allow their body a change to detox and adjust. This was something I did not have the opportunity to do, unfortunately working for me right now is mandatory not optional. But I have found a plant based NON-synthetic product that I am finding amazing. The product is called Nutriveda Achieve and it's a meal replacement shake mix that you can add fruit and/or veggies to. It is actually filling so I'm not wanting to pass out 30 minutes later from hunger while I'm at work. It honestly holds my for 3 hours minimum, and I know it's because I can add actual food to it, not just the juices of the foods. This is only my 3rd day in the 10lbs in 10 Days challenge and I've already dropped 5lbs. I've been eating lunch at work and having a shake for breakfast and dinner. But I think I might switch to eating dinner and having the shakes for breakfast and lunch instead because I enjoy sitting at the table and eating with my family more so than eating with my co-workers (or alone depending on the day). I will say that this product seems to make my thirsty but this very well maybe me simply realizing how I've neglected my water intake. So I've tried the French Vanilla flavor (there's also a Dutch Chocolate) and I'll be honest, if you're not careful on what you choose to mix with the flavor is a bit difficult to deal with. I think it has an odd waxy heavy plant aftertaste. BUT when mixed well with good ingredients it's very tasty, even my 7 yr old was impressed with the banana, peanut butter, almond milk blend. And I know there are some of you who will say well how is this any different from Slim Fast or any other meal replacement drink? I feel the difference is how the products are made, what they are made from, and who is willing to put their name on these products. Is some celebrity who has no degree, a team of personal trainers, and personal chefs endorsing it? Or is there a world renowned highly respect integrative medicine physician willing to put his name on the product? Would you trust the product to adequately nourish your picky eater child because you know what's in it is wholesome, nutritious, complex, and complete? My body is tired of being deprived and abused. I've decided to take care of myself from the inside out and fully intend to live beautifully.
Oh yea, in my absence I've started training for a 5k and will be running the Relay for Life on Nov 13 this year. I'll keep you all posted on my progress and my yoga mat has been opened at least 3 times a week lately. I'm aiming to increase it to a full 7 days a week soon, for the next 4 weeks I'll be adding an additional day to my routine. At the end of my 10-day challenge I'll let you guys know how much I've lost.
Peace and Love. Namaste Ya'll
Life this past summer has been obnoxiously jam packed with work. The honeymoon period ended about 6 months ago and now I'm over how much energy is sucked from me each day at this place. I still believe in the mission, but I have lost quite a bit of my patience for servicing the public. Because you know what, people in this country have terrible attitudes because somewhere down the road in our lives we've been told that we're entitled to any and everything without giving anything in return. "We want free healthcare.....but we don't want to pay taxes for it" "We want to be serviced RIGHT NOW and we don't care who was here and needing to be taken care of before us" "We want You to do all the leg work for us....because it's too time consuming to do my own work and research" BLAH. Needless to say I'm over this. I don't mind teaching those willing to learn and servicing those who understand that the sun does not rise ans set on them alone. I do however mind everyone else right now, and this is not my normal disposition on life or towards people. This tells me that I need to place myself in to something new to regain my love of others. And so the hunt begins
On another note, I learned (very quickly) that the all juice fast is not...I repeat IS NOT... a functioning cleanse. You cannot expect to work full time, take care of your family, and adequately take care of yourself while on such a cleanse. One would need at least a full week to isolate themselves and allow their body a change to detox and adjust. This was something I did not have the opportunity to do, unfortunately working for me right now is mandatory not optional. But I have found a plant based NON-synthetic product that I am finding amazing. The product is called Nutriveda Achieve and it's a meal replacement shake mix that you can add fruit and/or veggies to. It is actually filling so I'm not wanting to pass out 30 minutes later from hunger while I'm at work. It honestly holds my for 3 hours minimum, and I know it's because I can add actual food to it, not just the juices of the foods. This is only my 3rd day in the 10lbs in 10 Days challenge and I've already dropped 5lbs. I've been eating lunch at work and having a shake for breakfast and dinner. But I think I might switch to eating dinner and having the shakes for breakfast and lunch instead because I enjoy sitting at the table and eating with my family more so than eating with my co-workers (or alone depending on the day). I will say that this product seems to make my thirsty but this very well maybe me simply realizing how I've neglected my water intake. So I've tried the French Vanilla flavor (there's also a Dutch Chocolate) and I'll be honest, if you're not careful on what you choose to mix with the flavor is a bit difficult to deal with. I think it has an odd waxy heavy plant aftertaste. BUT when mixed well with good ingredients it's very tasty, even my 7 yr old was impressed with the banana, peanut butter, almond milk blend. And I know there are some of you who will say well how is this any different from Slim Fast or any other meal replacement drink? I feel the difference is how the products are made, what they are made from, and who is willing to put their name on these products. Is some celebrity who has no degree, a team of personal trainers, and personal chefs endorsing it? Or is there a world renowned highly respect integrative medicine physician willing to put his name on the product? Would you trust the product to adequately nourish your picky eater child because you know what's in it is wholesome, nutritious, complex, and complete? My body is tired of being deprived and abused. I've decided to take care of myself from the inside out and fully intend to live beautifully.
Oh yea, in my absence I've started training for a 5k and will be running the Relay for Life on Nov 13 this year. I'll keep you all posted on my progress and my yoga mat has been opened at least 3 times a week lately. I'm aiming to increase it to a full 7 days a week soon, for the next 4 weeks I'll be adding an additional day to my routine. At the end of my 10-day challenge I'll let you guys know how much I've lost.
Peace and Love. Namaste Ya'll
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Reboot Day....Sorry I lost track
Ok the days have been blurring together lately.Working 10-12 hr shifts 6 days a week for a few weeks at a time will eventually take its toll on your extracurricular activities. My rebooting has been okay and not so okay. To be honest the absolute worst part of it has been (TMI alert) the constipation, and having to be around people who are eating and me not being able to eat, also I've been feeling as though I smell like a walking expired multi-vitamin. This isn't cute at all....I decided to help with the constipation I'm going to have a completely vegan lunch each day so things can move along, rather than taking some manufactured potentially harmful chemical aid. LOTS of leafy greens should help and I'll juice for my other 2 meals. This is still so much better than how I've been treating myself, I'm proud to have started this venture and I'm determined to complete it. Now if I can somehow get paid what I make in a year now but only have to work 20 hours a week then I'll REALLY be on to something. LOL
Peace to ya'll. Namaste.
Peace to ya'll. Namaste.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Reboot Day 4
Day 4 nearly complete.
Hello all,
I'm sure you remember me considering going to bed early last night to avoid eating, so that I did veer from my amended Juice plan. Well, I did in fact go to bed before 9:30pm last night. My husband was cranky because he had been under-eating for the past two days. So I was sure to feed him well and let him play his video games in peace. After he was taken care of I curled up and watched cartoons until I drifted off into dreams of food. I know I know......it's a shame, but at least dreaming about the food didn't add any unintended meals to my belly.
With that said, Day 4 has been better-ish. I ate a vegetarian lunch that was free of the restricted foods and I was very happy to do so. But again it's dinner time and this juice/water thing isn't cutting it. Having to cook a meal and not be able to eat any of it is torturous. I'll probably drink a cup of hot tea and go to bed before 10:00pm yet again. Now don't go thinking that I'm usually up until midnight on a regular and that's why pre-10:00pm is a problem for me. On the contrary I'm typically asleep no later than 10:30 on a normal work night. But being in bed and passed out at 9:30pm makes me feel a bit extra lame. Ha!
Really I just want to EAT!! I miss food! I just don't see how anyone gets used to NOT eating. Yea yea, I guess it's really all in my head and that is exactly what got my into this position with my poor physical condition and self-esteem. But dang it I Love Food........*Le Sigh* okay, this reboot is about breaking my addictions and dependencies. It's about changing the way I think about food. "Food is fuel for my body not my friend who comforts me." Umm, I'm not sure how well I believe this yet, because food is/can be very comforting and as a person who isn't very well understood by most of my peers food/books/movies have and will always "get" me. But I need to let go of my emotional dependency and grow up, right? Oh well, my husband has been fed. Off to bed I go to dream of delicious meals that I will create again when this journey has come to its end.
Peace to ya'll (if anyone is out there ) Namaste
Hello all,
I'm sure you remember me considering going to bed early last night to avoid eating, so that I did veer from my amended Juice plan. Well, I did in fact go to bed before 9:30pm last night. My husband was cranky because he had been under-eating for the past two days. So I was sure to feed him well and let him play his video games in peace. After he was taken care of I curled up and watched cartoons until I drifted off into dreams of food. I know I know......it's a shame, but at least dreaming about the food didn't add any unintended meals to my belly.
With that said, Day 4 has been better-ish. I ate a vegetarian lunch that was free of the restricted foods and I was very happy to do so. But again it's dinner time and this juice/water thing isn't cutting it. Having to cook a meal and not be able to eat any of it is torturous. I'll probably drink a cup of hot tea and go to bed before 10:00pm yet again. Now don't go thinking that I'm usually up until midnight on a regular and that's why pre-10:00pm is a problem for me. On the contrary I'm typically asleep no later than 10:30 on a normal work night. But being in bed and passed out at 9:30pm makes me feel a bit extra lame. Ha!
Really I just want to EAT!! I miss food! I just don't see how anyone gets used to NOT eating. Yea yea, I guess it's really all in my head and that is exactly what got my into this position with my poor physical condition and self-esteem. But dang it I Love Food........*Le Sigh* okay, this reboot is about breaking my addictions and dependencies. It's about changing the way I think about food. "Food is fuel for my body not my friend who comforts me." Umm, I'm not sure how well I believe this yet, because food is/can be very comforting and as a person who isn't very well understood by most of my peers food/books/movies have and will always "get" me. But I need to let go of my emotional dependency and grow up, right? Oh well, my husband has been fed. Off to bed I go to dream of delicious meals that I will create again when this journey has come to its end.
Peace to ya'll (if anyone is out there ) Namaste
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Reboot Day 3
Day 3 nearly finished....
Okay all so I've made it through Day 3 (pretty much), I did in fact have a light salad for lunch today in order to keep my brain functioning through work. But now I'm home and I've had to cook dinner for my husband and all I want to do is eat. So I may end up going to bed REALLY early. Which isn't really fair to my husband because we haven't seen each other all day and he isn't even home yet. But I don't know if I can make it with out binging if I stay up until my normal 10:00pm. I just keep telling myself to make it through each day, don't worry about how long this is supposed to be for, and that the foods I'm passing up aren't actually going anywhere. I can recreate (or order in the case of work provided lunches) anything at another time. I'm going to love myself more later if I can say NO now. Rather than hating myself instantly AND later if I cave in to the temptations floating around me. So, I'm going to take the advice of a sweet little fish and "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming"......But I'm struggling right now so I'm going to lay my head down until my husband comes home to keep myself out of trouble.
Peace to ya'll. Namaste
Okay all so I've made it through Day 3 (pretty much), I did in fact have a light salad for lunch today in order to keep my brain functioning through work. But now I'm home and I've had to cook dinner for my husband and all I want to do is eat. So I may end up going to bed REALLY early. Which isn't really fair to my husband because we haven't seen each other all day and he isn't even home yet. But I don't know if I can make it with out binging if I stay up until my normal 10:00pm. I just keep telling myself to make it through each day, don't worry about how long this is supposed to be for, and that the foods I'm passing up aren't actually going anywhere. I can recreate (or order in the case of work provided lunches) anything at another time. I'm going to love myself more later if I can say NO now. Rather than hating myself instantly AND later if I cave in to the temptations floating around me. So, I'm going to take the advice of a sweet little fish and "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming"......But I'm struggling right now so I'm going to lay my head down until my husband comes home to keep myself out of trouble.
Peace to ya'll. Namaste
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