I LOVE the cool air!! I don't know what happens to ones body during/after child birth, but I sure can't stand the heat anymore! Anyway.....
I'm posting from the treadmill again today. I did a post from the computer a week or so ago but it's not here! I have no idea what happened to it! Oh well, just as well I guess.
Acupuncture update: All is going well! We did a reassessment a couple of weeks ago and I am improving in all areas! I have been getting headaches recently but thought it was due to the fact that I may need glasses again(Quinn and I go in on Friday for eye appointments). My acupuncturer took my pulse and told me to drink more water. I had cut way down on my water intake so drinking more has really been helping. My last cycle, I barely knew I was having! I had maybe 1/2 a day of cramping and 'normal' bleeding and that's it! This cycle I haven't had the major cramping yet but I have started bleeding a week early, as I usually do. My mood is good and my temper is in check so I am very much loving the results up to this point! I should have done this YEARS ago!!
Work is going well. I'm working 34 hours in 6 days every week. It's what I requested so it's all good. I love membership and love getting home well before midnight each night!
I've quit the gym. I have free access to the corporate gym at work so I couldn't justify paying $70 each month any longer. The main reason though was that I thought I was going to have to start making car payments (my car is on it's last leg). But, I've told K.C. that instead of getting 50% of his 401k, I just want enough to buy a decent car for the girls and I.
And that leads me to the final update. We are moving forward with the divorce. We aren't getting lawyers, we are doing it all mutually and just getting help to file the papers (and know what papers need filed). We are both ok with it and are both looking forward to being friends and co-parents. Life is good! I'm in my happy place but, for the first time ever, it's in the real world, not the one in my head! Feels good.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
So Much For That Idea
I'm comfortably posting from the couch today. Quinn woke up with the cold that Sydney had last week so no gym time for me today:-( Bummer too since the fall schedule of classes started this week and I was planning on spending two hours each day there!
Well, after I got myself all psyched up to work a lot of hours, turns out I may not be able to after all! I guess they aren't as desperate as I thought. I'm a little relieved, I must say! I've worked too hard to get the awesome shifts I have in membership so why mess with that now? I have picked up a few shifts so will still try to work 6 days/week. I just won't be staying until 11 every night like I thought I would be.
Actually, I've been thinking about going full time across the street at the corp. office. I have to think about it some more over this school year, but I think once we move, I may look into it more. I wanted to wait so that I could spend more time w/the girls but the time we spend together now isn't real quality time. They watch TV while I run around the house like a mad woman. I'm thinking it would be nice to spend evenings and weekends with them again. Plus, K.C. and I could each get a little break and some time to ourselves if we worked the same schedule (when one has the kids, the other doesn't have to go to work to get their 'me' time). Plus, we can do more things together as a family - which is what we still consider ourselves even if we aren't together as a couple.
So many things to consider! I'm just going to see what falls into place.
Well, after I got myself all psyched up to work a lot of hours, turns out I may not be able to after all! I guess they aren't as desperate as I thought. I'm a little relieved, I must say! I've worked too hard to get the awesome shifts I have in membership so why mess with that now? I have picked up a few shifts so will still try to work 6 days/week. I just won't be staying until 11 every night like I thought I would be.
Actually, I've been thinking about going full time across the street at the corp. office. I have to think about it some more over this school year, but I think once we move, I may look into it more. I wanted to wait so that I could spend more time w/the girls but the time we spend together now isn't real quality time. They watch TV while I run around the house like a mad woman. I'm thinking it would be nice to spend evenings and weekends with them again. Plus, K.C. and I could each get a little break and some time to ourselves if we worked the same schedule (when one has the kids, the other doesn't have to go to work to get their 'me' time). Plus, we can do more things together as a family - which is what we still consider ourselves even if we aren't together as a couple.
So many things to consider! I'm just going to see what falls into place.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Treadmill Blogging
In an effort to make better use of my time, I am posting today while walking on the treadmill at the gym. I hope I don't get hurt!
Let's see, so many things I've been meaning to post about but just never got around to it. Guess I'll start with the most current stuff and throw in the older stuff as I remember.
There is an opportunity for me to pick up extra hours at work. I've been racking my brain before this, trying to figure out a way I could work more while not missing out on the time I have with the girls and not working late into the night. Living this far away from work, it just isn't possible. So, I'm going to bite the bullet and pick up some extra time by working until 11:00 again. That means close to 38 hours/wk. It'll probably only last until the first of the year though so I'd better take advantage of it while I can! Hopefully next school year we'll be closer to work so that I can work while the girls are in school.
I had a reassessment at my last acupuncture appointment. Overall, things are improving.I am happy to report no painful PMS symptoms this cycle. In fact, I've had NO symptoms at all! We'll see how the actual period goes. Of course, this has been the nature of the beast for me - one easy cycle followed by one difficult cycle. The next cycle will be the real test! We did some muscle testing for food allergies. We'll do more specific food testing today but in general, I show a sensitivity to anything w/B vitamins (pretty much all of the veggies I eat!), citrus, peanuts, chocolate, glucose (which I guess we make when we eat) and I don't know what else! So, each session we'll work on desensitizing me to all that I'm sensitive to and that should help me get energy from my food instead of wanting to curl up for a nap! Oh how heavenly that will be!!
Saturday I started getting a headache at work that progressively got worse. I took some aspirin but it didn't help. On the way home my stomach started feeling weird - kind of sick, kind of in pain. K.C. got me some 7-Up and soda crackers, which the girls so thoughtfully fed to me:-) The pains got worse as the night went on and probably for the first time ever I took some Pepto out of shear desperation! I had made/ate Chili and kept burping it up so thought maybe I had indigestion. I've never felt this before so I was a little concerned. At one point I considered getting everyone up so they could take me to the hospital! But, the pain wasn't steady - it would come and go but stay for a bit when it came. Almost like contractions. It finally went away and stayed away so I went to bed. The next day (yesterday) I noticed a little rash on my torso and on one spot of one of my arms. It didn't itch or hurt and I didn't feel like I was running a fever so I ignored it. When I was getting ready for bed that night, the rash was all over! This morning it seems to be pretty much gone. I'm just chalking it up to my body fighting off something or maybe even, dare I say it? Healing itself!
Well, I'm super sweaty and only have about 20 min left for my workout so I'll sign off now and catch up on FB!
Let's see, so many things I've been meaning to post about but just never got around to it. Guess I'll start with the most current stuff and throw in the older stuff as I remember.
There is an opportunity for me to pick up extra hours at work. I've been racking my brain before this, trying to figure out a way I could work more while not missing out on the time I have with the girls and not working late into the night. Living this far away from work, it just isn't possible. So, I'm going to bite the bullet and pick up some extra time by working until 11:00 again. That means close to 38 hours/wk. It'll probably only last until the first of the year though so I'd better take advantage of it while I can! Hopefully next school year we'll be closer to work so that I can work while the girls are in school.
I had a reassessment at my last acupuncture appointment. Overall, things are improving.I am happy to report no painful PMS symptoms this cycle. In fact, I've had NO symptoms at all! We'll see how the actual period goes. Of course, this has been the nature of the beast for me - one easy cycle followed by one difficult cycle. The next cycle will be the real test! We did some muscle testing for food allergies. We'll do more specific food testing today but in general, I show a sensitivity to anything w/B vitamins (pretty much all of the veggies I eat!), citrus, peanuts, chocolate, glucose (which I guess we make when we eat) and I don't know what else! So, each session we'll work on desensitizing me to all that I'm sensitive to and that should help me get energy from my food instead of wanting to curl up for a nap! Oh how heavenly that will be!!
Saturday I started getting a headache at work that progressively got worse. I took some aspirin but it didn't help. On the way home my stomach started feeling weird - kind of sick, kind of in pain. K.C. got me some 7-Up and soda crackers, which the girls so thoughtfully fed to me:-) The pains got worse as the night went on and probably for the first time ever I took some Pepto out of shear desperation! I had made/ate Chili and kept burping it up so thought maybe I had indigestion. I've never felt this before so I was a little concerned. At one point I considered getting everyone up so they could take me to the hospital! But, the pain wasn't steady - it would come and go but stay for a bit when it came. Almost like contractions. It finally went away and stayed away so I went to bed. The next day (yesterday) I noticed a little rash on my torso and on one spot of one of my arms. It didn't itch or hurt and I didn't feel like I was running a fever so I ignored it. When I was getting ready for bed that night, the rash was all over! This morning it seems to be pretty much gone. I'm just chalking it up to my body fighting off something or maybe even, dare I say it? Healing itself!
Well, I'm super sweaty and only have about 20 min left for my workout so I'll sign off now and catch up on FB!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Poke Free for Two Weeks
My acupunturist called and canceled my Wednesday appointment. He said he hasn't been this sick in years! So, I haven't had a treatment for two weeks now and I'm going on a week with no herbs.
I'm feeling things in my abdomen. Not pain really. Maybe I'm feeling myself ovulate? Not sure if I'm at that point in my cycle and am too lazy right now to check. Do you even ovulate when you're on the pill? I'm so ignorant to all of this stuff. You'd think I'd be an expert on it with all of the issues I've had over the years! Anyway, I also feel what I felt when I was pregnant and would move the wrong way and there would be a quick, sharp, shooting pain. I hope going two weeks without treatment won't set me back!
The meat eating is going surprisingly well. I actually made a dish with ground beef and not only ate it but have eaten a couple of days worth of leftovers too! Of course I bought the expensive grass fed beef so that may have something to do with it. I hope not though since my budget won't allow for the organic, grass fed stuff for every dish! Well, I guess it would if it were just me eating it and I made it the side dish instead of the main dish. It's so hard to relearn what a complete meal should look like! I'm trying hard to make my salad the biggest portion on my plate and the meat the smallest. I think I should just keep practicing cooking the perfect steak (for me, there's no trace of pink but it's tender enough to cut with a butter knife) and forget the casseroles. After all, I still am trying to get the whole family to eat healthy!
I thought meal planning would be easier but it's just as hard! So many yummy sounding/looking recipes out there. I think half of the problem is I don't think the recipe will taste as good as it sounds/looks and the other half is I just don't feel like making it! Yet another reason to just do the seasoned meat, big salad and veggies etc. Maybe I'll throw in one casserole a week or something. I hope I get it figured out some day! As it is, I've spent all morning trying to come up with a meal plan for next week!
I think I am ready to give chicken a try again. I know I'd love the breaded chicken strips that are so bad for us so I don't even want to go there! I'll have to search for a healthier recipe for my first bite in three years!
We made it to the gym every day this week except today! I still don't feel like I have enough energy to work out like I want but I did do a lot of walking and some running on the treadmill and then yesterday did some of the machines. I haven't made it to any of the classes yet.
I'm interested in trying Cross Fit. It's basically an intense 15-20 minute cardio and weight workout that a lot of army and firefighters do. A lot of folks run classes out of their garages around here. It would be great but I would need some sort of daycare for the girls - not to mention some more energy! I guess I could do it while they are both in school but that would only be two days a week (that they are both in school at the same time) - and those two days are when I'm going to try to work a few more hours so that wouldn't work at all! I'll figure something out, I'm sure!
We decided to have Quinn's birthday party at the gym! We can rent out the playroom and the exercise room for a good price and she can have up to 15 friends! I'm sure she'll want to invite all of the kids in her class (whom she hasn't even met yet!) so that will work out well.
Lazy day today! I've spent it on the couch with the girls, reading cookbooks while they watch their shows. I picked up a shift last night so I decided I deserved a day off before my long weekend shifts start! Yet another 6-day work week for me. It's no wonder I'm always tired!
Off to watch a Netflix movie before I have to get ready for work! Dishes/laundry/cleaning will have to wait!
I'm feeling things in my abdomen. Not pain really. Maybe I'm feeling myself ovulate? Not sure if I'm at that point in my cycle and am too lazy right now to check. Do you even ovulate when you're on the pill? I'm so ignorant to all of this stuff. You'd think I'd be an expert on it with all of the issues I've had over the years! Anyway, I also feel what I felt when I was pregnant and would move the wrong way and there would be a quick, sharp, shooting pain. I hope going two weeks without treatment won't set me back!
The meat eating is going surprisingly well. I actually made a dish with ground beef and not only ate it but have eaten a couple of days worth of leftovers too! Of course I bought the expensive grass fed beef so that may have something to do with it. I hope not though since my budget won't allow for the organic, grass fed stuff for every dish! Well, I guess it would if it were just me eating it and I made it the side dish instead of the main dish. It's so hard to relearn what a complete meal should look like! I'm trying hard to make my salad the biggest portion on my plate and the meat the smallest. I think I should just keep practicing cooking the perfect steak (for me, there's no trace of pink but it's tender enough to cut with a butter knife) and forget the casseroles. After all, I still am trying to get the whole family to eat healthy!
I thought meal planning would be easier but it's just as hard! So many yummy sounding/looking recipes out there. I think half of the problem is I don't think the recipe will taste as good as it sounds/looks and the other half is I just don't feel like making it! Yet another reason to just do the seasoned meat, big salad and veggies etc. Maybe I'll throw in one casserole a week or something. I hope I get it figured out some day! As it is, I've spent all morning trying to come up with a meal plan for next week!
I think I am ready to give chicken a try again. I know I'd love the breaded chicken strips that are so bad for us so I don't even want to go there! I'll have to search for a healthier recipe for my first bite in three years!
We made it to the gym every day this week except today! I still don't feel like I have enough energy to work out like I want but I did do a lot of walking and some running on the treadmill and then yesterday did some of the machines. I haven't made it to any of the classes yet.
I'm interested in trying Cross Fit. It's basically an intense 15-20 minute cardio and weight workout that a lot of army and firefighters do. A lot of folks run classes out of their garages around here. It would be great but I would need some sort of daycare for the girls - not to mention some more energy! I guess I could do it while they are both in school but that would only be two days a week (that they are both in school at the same time) - and those two days are when I'm going to try to work a few more hours so that wouldn't work at all! I'll figure something out, I'm sure!
We decided to have Quinn's birthday party at the gym! We can rent out the playroom and the exercise room for a good price and she can have up to 15 friends! I'm sure she'll want to invite all of the kids in her class (whom she hasn't even met yet!) so that will work out well.
Lazy day today! I've spent it on the couch with the girls, reading cookbooks while they watch their shows. I picked up a shift last night so I decided I deserved a day off before my long weekend shifts start! Yet another 6-day work week for me. It's no wonder I'm always tired!
Off to watch a Netflix movie before I have to get ready for work! Dishes/laundry/cleaning will have to wait!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Look Out World, I'm Hitting Snooze and Beef - The Gateway Meat
My first morning of getting back on track. Alarm went off at 6:30, I rolled over Sydney and turned it off. Next thing I knew, Sydney was asking me for breakfast at 8:30. So much for hitting the ground running! I got a total of zero chores done but we did manage to make it to the gym. Not in time for the Boot Camp class though so I just walked on the treadmill and sprinkled in some running here and there.
We invited Jack and Ben to the gym with us since we haven't seem them in over a week (gasp!) so brought them back to the house for lunch too. I really wish I had their energy! I just want to take a nap! I'm off tonight so we'll see how much (productive things) I can get done between now and bedtime.
As I knew it would, my beef consumption has turned into bacon consumption. Bacon is my favorite meat and what I miss the most when I eat vegetarian. How sick is that? Probably the nastiest, worse thing for you (hot dogs aside) and it's my favorite. I don't get it.
My acupunturist called this morning to cancel my appointment for this afternoon. He's sick. I'm out of herbs so I get a little reprieve from that. Although I think I'm getting use to it now. And I've only been doing once a day since I didn't see him last week to refill.
I guess the moral of the story is that I am starting to feel better but I'm not quite there yet.
In other news, I got Quinn signed up for the Jr. Kindergarten class at Sonship (her old preschool). Oh, I just got a call that Sydney has a spot in the Tues/Thur class at the same school (with Quinn's teacher from last year no less)! That is going to be so much better than the Lake Wilderness class! Sonship has a day care that we can utilize so that I can go to work earlier and get some more hours at some point. BIG stress off me now. Whew!
Well, on that note, I guess I'll go try to get some chores done.
We invited Jack and Ben to the gym with us since we haven't seem them in over a week (gasp!) so brought them back to the house for lunch too. I really wish I had their energy! I just want to take a nap! I'm off tonight so we'll see how much (productive things) I can get done between now and bedtime.
As I knew it would, my beef consumption has turned into bacon consumption. Bacon is my favorite meat and what I miss the most when I eat vegetarian. How sick is that? Probably the nastiest, worse thing for you (hot dogs aside) and it's my favorite. I don't get it.
My acupunturist called this morning to cancel my appointment for this afternoon. He's sick. I'm out of herbs so I get a little reprieve from that. Although I think I'm getting use to it now. And I've only been doing once a day since I didn't see him last week to refill.
I guess the moral of the story is that I am starting to feel better but I'm not quite there yet.
In other news, I got Quinn signed up for the Jr. Kindergarten class at Sonship (her old preschool). Oh, I just got a call that Sydney has a spot in the Tues/Thur class at the same school (with Quinn's teacher from last year no less)! That is going to be so much better than the Lake Wilderness class! Sonship has a day care that we can utilize so that I can go to work earlier and get some more hours at some point. BIG stress off me now. Whew!
Well, on that note, I guess I'll go try to get some chores done.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Are you there Motivation? It's me, Traci.
I'm glad to have some energy back but wonder what the heck happened to the motivation?! It's driving me nuts!
I told K.C. last night that it takes so much energy for me to eat meat. I know it sounds crazy but I have to pshyc myself up to eat it. From the time I wake up until I actually eat it, that's what I'm doing in my mind. Telling myself what I'm going to eat and how good it's going to taste. Maybe that's where my motivation is. I'm spending it all for one meal a day.
At any rate, I really need to get back on track! The house is a disaster and the girls are borderline stinky. The only reason I have been showering is for work. I have to say, when I'm on track, I rock it pretty good. The house is clean, the kids are clean and happy, I don't feel like I run out of time during the day and my mind is calm. Why don't I just keep on keeping on? I know going back to work threw me off track - but that was two years ago! Why is it taking me so long to get back on that damn track?! I think this is a job for Flylady (sorry, posting from my phone so can't put in a link)!
I did get through one shelf in the garage yesterday. At least I pulled everything off of that shelf that I didn't want anymore. We'll see how long it takes to actually get that stuff OUT of the garage!
In the mean time, I've decided to give myself the rest of the week to be unmotivated and unproductive! Come Monday, I'm jumping back on track: Up early, chores done, gym time, fun time, work time, bed time. Operation Multi-Motivation is going into effect! Whatch out world, here I come....on Monday!
I told K.C. last night that it takes so much energy for me to eat meat. I know it sounds crazy but I have to pshyc myself up to eat it. From the time I wake up until I actually eat it, that's what I'm doing in my mind. Telling myself what I'm going to eat and how good it's going to taste. Maybe that's where my motivation is. I'm spending it all for one meal a day.
At any rate, I really need to get back on track! The house is a disaster and the girls are borderline stinky. The only reason I have been showering is for work. I have to say, when I'm on track, I rock it pretty good. The house is clean, the kids are clean and happy, I don't feel like I run out of time during the day and my mind is calm. Why don't I just keep on keeping on? I know going back to work threw me off track - but that was two years ago! Why is it taking me so long to get back on that damn track?! I think this is a job for Flylady (sorry, posting from my phone so can't put in a link)!
I did get through one shelf in the garage yesterday. At least I pulled everything off of that shelf that I didn't want anymore. We'll see how long it takes to actually get that stuff OUT of the garage!
In the mean time, I've decided to give myself the rest of the week to be unmotivated and unproductive! Come Monday, I'm jumping back on track: Up early, chores done, gym time, fun time, work time, bed time. Operation Multi-Motivation is going into effect! Whatch out world, here I come....on Monday!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Acupunture Week 4 - and other stuff
Last week was a little rough for me. By about Friday I was feeling a lot better. I've been eating my serving of red meat daily - sometimes even two servings. My energy level is getting better, as is my mood. I don't think it's necessarily due to eating meat but rather where I am in my cycle. Week two of bleeding but this is my 'period' week so it's heavier. But, I have energy to get up out of bed and stay off the couch so it's all working together for me.
I don't get poked at all this week as my acupuncturist is on vacation. I'm curious to see how I'll feel at the end of the week. I've got a busy week with work too. Today is my only day off and yesterday I did an 8-hour shift. K.C. took the day off and went to the zoo with the girls. Saturday is inventory so that will be an easy work day. Plus, since I'm in membership now, I get to sit at a table and key things instead of doing the actual counting of things. Nice!
I have two main goals this week. One is getting preschool all finalized. I'm not sure about the one I currently have them registered for. I keep trying to get info but I'm not getting any calls back. And they have sent me a bill for Quinn but not for Sydney. I'm thinking I might try to go back to Sonship (where Quinn went last year) since they have a daycare too. My plan is to be able to work the 12:30-9 shift so that would mean that I would drop the girls off at 11:30, they would be in the daycare room for an hour or less then go to their respective classes (Q in jr. kindergarten and S in preschool). (If we go with Lake Wilderness, they might be in the same class). After class they would go back to the daycare room (the BIG room, as it's called - Quinn always wanted me to send her there last year) for a few hours until K.C. gets them picked up. That would only be 2 days during the week. The other days I wouldn't be working so there wouldn't be any daycare involved. That's how it would all work out in my perfect world, of course. We'll see how it all actually falls into place!
My second main goal is to start working on the garage. I want to get rid of the stuff that is trash or that we don't want anymore then get it all cleaned up. That way, I can start packing away all of the extra stuff from inside and we'll actually have a place to put it - other than stacked up in our rooms. We'll see how much I actually get done. My thought before yesterday was that I would just work on getting the house ready to sell a little bit at a time over the school year so that we could put it on the market in the Spring or so. But, K.C. told me yesterday that he may be getting an 8% pay cut (I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner, to be honest!) so the need to move is getting a littler higher on the list. But, if I'm the only one doing anything towards getting the house ready to sell then it's going to be ready when it's ready!
That's it for this post. I'd better get after it and make the most of my only day off!
I don't get poked at all this week as my acupuncturist is on vacation. I'm curious to see how I'll feel at the end of the week. I've got a busy week with work too. Today is my only day off and yesterday I did an 8-hour shift. K.C. took the day off and went to the zoo with the girls. Saturday is inventory so that will be an easy work day. Plus, since I'm in membership now, I get to sit at a table and key things instead of doing the actual counting of things. Nice!
I have two main goals this week. One is getting preschool all finalized. I'm not sure about the one I currently have them registered for. I keep trying to get info but I'm not getting any calls back. And they have sent me a bill for Quinn but not for Sydney. I'm thinking I might try to go back to Sonship (where Quinn went last year) since they have a daycare too. My plan is to be able to work the 12:30-9 shift so that would mean that I would drop the girls off at 11:30, they would be in the daycare room for an hour or less then go to their respective classes (Q in jr. kindergarten and S in preschool). (If we go with Lake Wilderness, they might be in the same class). After class they would go back to the daycare room (the BIG room, as it's called - Quinn always wanted me to send her there last year) for a few hours until K.C. gets them picked up. That would only be 2 days during the week. The other days I wouldn't be working so there wouldn't be any daycare involved. That's how it would all work out in my perfect world, of course. We'll see how it all actually falls into place!
My second main goal is to start working on the garage. I want to get rid of the stuff that is trash or that we don't want anymore then get it all cleaned up. That way, I can start packing away all of the extra stuff from inside and we'll actually have a place to put it - other than stacked up in our rooms. We'll see how much I actually get done. My thought before yesterday was that I would just work on getting the house ready to sell a little bit at a time over the school year so that we could put it on the market in the Spring or so. But, K.C. told me yesterday that he may be getting an 8% pay cut (I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner, to be honest!) so the need to move is getting a littler higher on the list. But, if I'm the only one doing anything towards getting the house ready to sell then it's going to be ready when it's ready!
That's it for this post. I'd better get after it and make the most of my only day off!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
A Vegetarian No More
Well, one thing is for sure. I'm totally out of practice cooking steak! Not that I was ever really a great steak griller/cooker etc. I brought home a cilantro/lime marinaded flank steak from work the other night. I slapped it on the grill yesterday for lunch. I didn't leave it on there long enough on one side so it was half cooked, half rare. I was going for not pink but still tender. After putting it back on the grill a second time, I finally finished cooking it in the microwave. The girls and I were hungry and couldn't wait anymore.
I fixed carne asada-type steak tacos for us. Sydney did pretty well with hers. She ate all of her steak so that she could get another tortilla with just cheese in it. Quinn had a few bites of steak but just didn't want to finish all of hers - and I really couldn't make her! I had halved my large tortilla, put in some steak, a little shredded cheese and some taco sauce. I got all of that one down. I made another one but only got about 1/2 of it down. I just didn't like the texture of the steak - too tough. I think I should have taken the advice of friends and went out for steak!
Anyway, nothing major happened. I tolerated it well. No immediate burst of energy. In fact, I just cried all afternoon - but more on that later. I headed to an acupuncture appointment and then we decided to go out for burgers for dinner. We ended up at Dairy Queen. I ordered a cheeseburger. It was actually pretty good. The texture wasn't perfect but I ate it with no problems. So far, I seem to be digesting it all well enough.
What finally pushed me to eat the meat in the first place is my energy levels. I couldn't believe it on Monday - I had no energy or even desire to do anything. The girls basically ate out of a cheerios bag for most of the day while I sat on the couch watching TV. It was really pathetic! I did manage, after a couple of handfuls of M & M's, to make us a late lunch. We were headed to the baseball game later that night so I just couldn't afford a 'hungry' meltdown before we could get there and get food. I actually had to stop and get a coke for some caffeine to get the energy to drive us all there. Pathetic!
The rest of the week hasn't been much better. I haven't been to the gym in I don't know how long. That's part of it, I'm sure. But I just can't get the energy to go! And when I was going, I didn't have the energy I needed for the rest of the day. I've also been very emotional this week. I cry at the drop of a hat. I haven't done that in years! I'm keeping us locked up in the house instead of getting out with friends. I stay in bed until the kids are begging me to give them breakfast. I feel like I'm being pulled back into my constant state of depression that I was in for so many years. Maybe it's the herbs doing it to me. Maybe it's my body healing itself and finding then riding itself of all of those bad emotions. I don't know but I don't like it one bit! I'm hoping it will get better soon. I don't like being this kind of mom that has no patience/time/energy/emotion left for her kids.
It all goes hand in hand with my cycle. I don't start my placebo pill until this Sunday yet I started bleeding a week early. Although it's not a lot of blood (thanks to the pill), it still takes all of the energy I have. It's getting worse too, which is why I am trying to get help for it. Maybe it's going to be that I need to eat meat at only certain times during the month. I don't know. What I do know is that having energy to be a mom is way more important to me than being a vegetarian!
I fixed carne asada-type steak tacos for us. Sydney did pretty well with hers. She ate all of her steak so that she could get another tortilla with just cheese in it. Quinn had a few bites of steak but just didn't want to finish all of hers - and I really couldn't make her! I had halved my large tortilla, put in some steak, a little shredded cheese and some taco sauce. I got all of that one down. I made another one but only got about 1/2 of it down. I just didn't like the texture of the steak - too tough. I think I should have taken the advice of friends and went out for steak!
Anyway, nothing major happened. I tolerated it well. No immediate burst of energy. In fact, I just cried all afternoon - but more on that later. I headed to an acupuncture appointment and then we decided to go out for burgers for dinner. We ended up at Dairy Queen. I ordered a cheeseburger. It was actually pretty good. The texture wasn't perfect but I ate it with no problems. So far, I seem to be digesting it all well enough.
What finally pushed me to eat the meat in the first place is my energy levels. I couldn't believe it on Monday - I had no energy or even desire to do anything. The girls basically ate out of a cheerios bag for most of the day while I sat on the couch watching TV. It was really pathetic! I did manage, after a couple of handfuls of M & M's, to make us a late lunch. We were headed to the baseball game later that night so I just couldn't afford a 'hungry' meltdown before we could get there and get food. I actually had to stop and get a coke for some caffeine to get the energy to drive us all there. Pathetic!
The rest of the week hasn't been much better. I haven't been to the gym in I don't know how long. That's part of it, I'm sure. But I just can't get the energy to go! And when I was going, I didn't have the energy I needed for the rest of the day. I've also been very emotional this week. I cry at the drop of a hat. I haven't done that in years! I'm keeping us locked up in the house instead of getting out with friends. I stay in bed until the kids are begging me to give them breakfast. I feel like I'm being pulled back into my constant state of depression that I was in for so many years. Maybe it's the herbs doing it to me. Maybe it's my body healing itself and finding then riding itself of all of those bad emotions. I don't know but I don't like it one bit! I'm hoping it will get better soon. I don't like being this kind of mom that has no patience/time/energy/emotion left for her kids.
It all goes hand in hand with my cycle. I don't start my placebo pill until this Sunday yet I started bleeding a week early. Although it's not a lot of blood (thanks to the pill), it still takes all of the energy I have. It's getting worse too, which is why I am trying to get help for it. Maybe it's going to be that I need to eat meat at only certain times during the month. I don't know. What I do know is that having energy to be a mom is way more important to me than being a vegetarian!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Acupunture, week 3
Here's a recap of weeks 1 - 3:
After muscle testing, pulse taking and tongue looking, it was determined that I am blood deficient (low on blood and nutrients). The fastest way to get my levels back up to where they need to be? Eating red meat. Not a welcomed suggestion for a vegetarian! However, the suggestion came from a man who was a vegetarian for 15 years, so I listened. After all that, it was determined that I have an allergy/resistance to beef. No wonder! So, I had to be desensitized to beef. It has taken me 4 weeks to buy a stupid steak. We'll see if I actually cook it and then eat it!
I have to say, I'm really conflicted about eating meat. I refuse to eat lamb and I refuse to eat ground anything. So, it's steak. To most, eating steak everyday would be a dream. But for me, it's going to take a lot of psyching myself up and then trying not to throw up afterwards. Taking a bite out of a steak for me (or any other meat) is like taking a bite out of a person. GROSS!
But, I don't have to eat it forever, just until I can get my levels up to normal again. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.....
Last week I was given my first dosage of Chinese herbs. They are granules that I dissolve in hot water and then try to gag down. Imagine the smell of burnt hair. That's what this smells like. Now imagine what burnt hair would taste like and now you know what this tastes like. Three times a day I drink this crap. So gross. But I am determined to feel good so will suffer through all of this uncomfortable, disgusting short-term nastiness - for now!
My acupuncturist has set up a treatment plan and K.C. was nice enough to pay for half of it for me. My insurance covers a good portion of naturalpathic stuff but, of course, my treatment plan goes beyond what insurance covers. My thought is that I only have to pay this once and then insurance will cover all of my maintenance from then on out. Fingers crossed!
After muscle testing, pulse taking and tongue looking, it was determined that I am blood deficient (low on blood and nutrients). The fastest way to get my levels back up to where they need to be? Eating red meat. Not a welcomed suggestion for a vegetarian! However, the suggestion came from a man who was a vegetarian for 15 years, so I listened. After all that, it was determined that I have an allergy/resistance to beef. No wonder! So, I had to be desensitized to beef. It has taken me 4 weeks to buy a stupid steak. We'll see if I actually cook it and then eat it!
I have to say, I'm really conflicted about eating meat. I refuse to eat lamb and I refuse to eat ground anything. So, it's steak. To most, eating steak everyday would be a dream. But for me, it's going to take a lot of psyching myself up and then trying not to throw up afterwards. Taking a bite out of a steak for me (or any other meat) is like taking a bite out of a person. GROSS!
But, I don't have to eat it forever, just until I can get my levels up to normal again. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.....
Last week I was given my first dosage of Chinese herbs. They are granules that I dissolve in hot water and then try to gag down. Imagine the smell of burnt hair. That's what this smells like. Now imagine what burnt hair would taste like and now you know what this tastes like. Three times a day I drink this crap. So gross. But I am determined to feel good so will suffer through all of this uncomfortable, disgusting short-term nastiness - for now!
My acupuncturist has set up a treatment plan and K.C. was nice enough to pay for half of it for me. My insurance covers a good portion of naturalpathic stuff but, of course, my treatment plan goes beyond what insurance covers. My thought is that I only have to pay this once and then insurance will cover all of my maintenance from then on out. Fingers crossed!
Update in a nutshell
Well, I'm doing what I do best - avoiding housework! I can't believe it's been 7 months since I last updated my blog!
Let's see, I guess the major update is that K.C. and I are separated. I've tried to come up with a short answer as to why and this is the best I can do: He is the same person I married 15 years ago, but I'm not the same person he married. To his credit, he has always known who he is and I am still trying to find out who I am. The split is totally mutual. We are planning on selling our house and moving into two apartments in Issaquah (where we both work). It's just taking a long time to get the house ready to put on the market. So much crap we have!
I have finally started seeing an acupuncturist. After several expensive ultrasounds and no real answers as to how to help me, I've given up on western medicine and going the alternative route. I know what my problem is - endometriosis. I want a cure, not a bunch of expensive, useless tests! The acupuncturist I have has helped lots of women with my condition so I'm hopeful again that I can get a handle on this. More on that in the next post.
I have the girls all signed up for preschool. I haven't heard when and what time yet but it looks like it'll be Monday-Thursday for almost 3 hours each day. Not sure if they'll be in the same class or what. It's a new class that was just added at one of the elementary schools. Quinn is so ready for kindergarten but misses the age cut-off. I've thought about getting her tested to see if she qualifies to start early but everyone says the test goes for 2 days and cost $500! Yikes! I don't want her to be bored in school but I also don't want to start her earlier than she is ready. Such dilemmas!
We got to take a fun trip back to Colorado/Wyoming at the end of July. We did the whole Frontier Days experience and had a blast! Tami and her family were there so the whole clan was together. Great fun!
Work is going well. I'm out of the vault and in Membership/Returns now. I really like my new department. The hours, I can't beat, and the people are great. I think I found my place there - at least for awhile:-)
Guess that's about all the major stuff over the last 7 months. I'm sure I've forgotten something here or there! At any rate, it's good to be back blogging!
Let's see, I guess the major update is that K.C. and I are separated. I've tried to come up with a short answer as to why and this is the best I can do: He is the same person I married 15 years ago, but I'm not the same person he married. To his credit, he has always known who he is and I am still trying to find out who I am. The split is totally mutual. We are planning on selling our house and moving into two apartments in Issaquah (where we both work). It's just taking a long time to get the house ready to put on the market. So much crap we have!
I have finally started seeing an acupuncturist. After several expensive ultrasounds and no real answers as to how to help me, I've given up on western medicine and going the alternative route. I know what my problem is - endometriosis. I want a cure, not a bunch of expensive, useless tests! The acupuncturist I have has helped lots of women with my condition so I'm hopeful again that I can get a handle on this. More on that in the next post.
I have the girls all signed up for preschool. I haven't heard when and what time yet but it looks like it'll be Monday-Thursday for almost 3 hours each day. Not sure if they'll be in the same class or what. It's a new class that was just added at one of the elementary schools. Quinn is so ready for kindergarten but misses the age cut-off. I've thought about getting her tested to see if she qualifies to start early but everyone says the test goes for 2 days and cost $500! Yikes! I don't want her to be bored in school but I also don't want to start her earlier than she is ready. Such dilemmas!
We got to take a fun trip back to Colorado/Wyoming at the end of July. We did the whole Frontier Days experience and had a blast! Tami and her family were there so the whole clan was together. Great fun!
Work is going well. I'm out of the vault and in Membership/Returns now. I really like my new department. The hours, I can't beat, and the people are great. I think I found my place there - at least for awhile:-)
Guess that's about all the major stuff over the last 7 months. I'm sure I've forgotten something here or there! At any rate, it's good to be back blogging!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sydney is 3!
Sydney had her 3 year check up today. She was a brave, brave girl and only had to get one shot - in her arm (last of the chickenpox). She grabbed the needle with her other hand but the nurse had already shot it all in. I think she got a little scratch on her arm from all of that, but she never cried! She just made it known that she did NOT like that one bit! As with Quinn, I declined the flu and H1N1 shots. I hope I don't regret that!
She is 39 inches tall (85%) and weighs 34 pounds (79%). So, she is tall and skinny!
She was really excited about going to see the doctor - we go at least twice a year so she's a pro at it! When I was checking her in and updating insurance info, she kept telling me "MOM! See doctor! Now!" lol!
She is 39 inches tall (85%) and weighs 34 pounds (79%). So, she is tall and skinny!
She was really excited about going to see the doctor - we go at least twice a year so she's a pro at it! When I was checking her in and updating insurance info, she kept telling me "MOM! See doctor! Now!" lol!
Quinn went to Jack's house so it was just Sydney and I and boy is she a different kid when she's the only one around! We'll have to have more of those dates - only we'll do things a little more fun than going to the doctor!
I love this little outfit on her. She got it for her birthday. When I bought it I thought the pants would be just right. While it was in the dryer I noticed the tag I cut off of it that said the pants would shrink two sizes and fit just right! Well, and I wouldn't know about this, but I guess when you have long legs, nothing fits 'just right'.
I love this little outfit on her. She got it for her birthday. When I bought it I thought the pants would be just right. While it was in the dryer I noticed the tag I cut off of it that said the pants would shrink two sizes and fit just right! Well, and I wouldn't know about this, but I guess when you have long legs, nothing fits 'just right'.
Day 5 of 33
Today was my breaking point. I am not ready to go all raw. Not that I really want to. I'd just like to eat MORE raw. So that is what I am going to focus on. I'm going to still try to finish out the 30 days of drinking a half gallon of smoothies. There just isn't enough time in the day (or your stomach) to eat a whole lot else when you drink that much smoothie, so it's not such a bad thing!
This morning I drank some cabbage cool-aid for breakfast. Lunch was a nice big salad made with romaine, arugula, beef-steak tomatoes, onions, avocado, chia seeds, salt & pepper and balsamic vinegar. It was good and filling. I had some fudge for dessert:)
My snack was our usual green smoothie. I made a smaller batch and ended up making it really sweet so I didn't finish all of it. But I drank most of it.
I couldn't stand not having some cooked food any longer so steamed some broccoli, cauliflower and carrots and made a vegan cheese sauce to drizzle over it for dinner. I made sure my green salad portion was bigger than my cooked portion so I did do good there. The salad was just romaine and I caved and added croutons and bottled Caesar's dressing (maybe that wasn't so good!). Like I said, I just couldn't stand it anymore! I finished it all off with some more fudge. Ahhhhh!!!
But I don't feel guilty. I put the girls in the stroller after lunch and took a good walk. I probably walked about 4-1/2 to 5 miles today so that's not bad. Our weigh in is tomorrow - maybe. The "coach" is a little sick with some sort of food allergy she's trying to figure out (probably the whey in those protein bars and shakes that she's doing!!!!) so we may not have a weigh in tomorrow. We'll see.
The thought of depraving myself of anything that I like just makes me want to gorge myself on that stuff. How healthy is that? Eating it in moderation is best. I'll be curious to see what my weight and measurements are at week 6 and then again at the end. I think adding the walking (and eventually running) along with not eating anything after dinner will help me out a lot. And, still experimenting with the raw recipes will give me some good variety and, hopefully, some good recipes to add to the 'ol food rotation!
I'll post about this again at the 6 week mark of the weight loss challenge. Until then, Bon Appetit!
This morning I drank some cabbage cool-aid for breakfast. Lunch was a nice big salad made with romaine, arugula, beef-steak tomatoes, onions, avocado, chia seeds, salt & pepper and balsamic vinegar. It was good and filling. I had some fudge for dessert:)
My snack was our usual green smoothie. I made a smaller batch and ended up making it really sweet so I didn't finish all of it. But I drank most of it.
I couldn't stand not having some cooked food any longer so steamed some broccoli, cauliflower and carrots and made a vegan cheese sauce to drizzle over it for dinner. I made sure my green salad portion was bigger than my cooked portion so I did do good there. The salad was just romaine and I caved and added croutons and bottled Caesar's dressing (maybe that wasn't so good!). Like I said, I just couldn't stand it anymore! I finished it all off with some more fudge. Ahhhhh!!!
But I don't feel guilty. I put the girls in the stroller after lunch and took a good walk. I probably walked about 4-1/2 to 5 miles today so that's not bad. Our weigh in is tomorrow - maybe. The "coach" is a little sick with some sort of food allergy she's trying to figure out (probably the whey in those protein bars and shakes that she's doing!!!!) so we may not have a weigh in tomorrow. We'll see.
The thought of depraving myself of anything that I like just makes me want to gorge myself on that stuff. How healthy is that? Eating it in moderation is best. I'll be curious to see what my weight and measurements are at week 6 and then again at the end. I think adding the walking (and eventually running) along with not eating anything after dinner will help me out a lot. And, still experimenting with the raw recipes will give me some good variety and, hopefully, some good recipes to add to the 'ol food rotation!
I'll post about this again at the 6 week mark of the weight loss challenge. Until then, Bon Appetit!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Day 4 of 33
I made our usual breakfast smoothie this morning. Since I have to drink a half gallon instead of my usual pint for this cleanse, and since I had company this morning, I was still drinking my quarter gallon of smoothie at lunch time! But, that didn't stop me from eating a salad! It was pretty simple (romaine, red pepper, cucumber, celery, carrots, chia seeds, salt, pepper and Green Smoothie Girl's basic dressing with garlic) but I really, really, really wanted to put some croutons on it.
Today was the day to start getting active again. Sydney and I took a nice long walk after we dropped Quinn off at school. It felt good to get out there in the fresh air! I figured I'd just walk this week since my knees have been hurting and then maybe next week I'll start my 5k training again.
I made another Cabbage Cool-Aid smoothie for our snack and had a few Teriyaki almonds with it. I made popcorn for the girls and really wanted some of that too!
Dinner was an arugula salad with pear, spiced pumpkin seeds and meyer lemon dressing from one of my raw cookbooks. It wasn't too bad - the dressing was too sour for me and the girls (I finally added more honey to mine and then the remaining dressing) but the salad was good.
Sydney and I made some Chewy Chocolate Freezer Fudge (another recipe from one of my raw cookbooks)so we had some of that for dessert. YUM!!!! I'm not real sure if I'm supposed to be having it on this cleanse - probably not since it's not exactly plant-based - but that's okay. I can live with myself if I eat some:)
Right now I am relaxing with some home brewed Kombucha tea.(I'm not technically supposed to have tea for the cleanse, but I figured the Kombucha is good for me so why not?!) It's not as good as the store-bought stuff so I've added even more grape juice to it (I added some when I bottled it). I think I don't care for it because I'm using green tea to brew it and it's a strong flavor. I'll have to experiment with some other teas I guess.
I never did get around to eating that avocado! But, my tummy didn't growl once today:) I stepped on the scale and think I lost some more weight, but we'll get the 'official' results on Wednesday (and I'll see how close my new scale is to Marrisa's).
It's good to be chewing food again! :)
Today was the day to start getting active again. Sydney and I took a nice long walk after we dropped Quinn off at school. It felt good to get out there in the fresh air! I figured I'd just walk this week since my knees have been hurting and then maybe next week I'll start my 5k training again.
I made another Cabbage Cool-Aid smoothie for our snack and had a few Teriyaki almonds with it. I made popcorn for the girls and really wanted some of that too!
Dinner was an arugula salad with pear, spiced pumpkin seeds and meyer lemon dressing from one of my raw cookbooks. It wasn't too bad - the dressing was too sour for me and the girls (I finally added more honey to mine and then the remaining dressing) but the salad was good.
Sydney and I made some Chewy Chocolate Freezer Fudge (another recipe from one of my raw cookbooks)so we had some of that for dessert. YUM!!!! I'm not real sure if I'm supposed to be having it on this cleanse - probably not since it's not exactly plant-based - but that's okay. I can live with myself if I eat some:)
Right now I am relaxing with some home brewed Kombucha tea.(I'm not technically supposed to have tea for the cleanse, but I figured the Kombucha is good for me so why not?!) It's not as good as the store-bought stuff so I've added even more grape juice to it (I added some when I bottled it). I think I don't care for it because I'm using green tea to brew it and it's a strong flavor. I'll have to experiment with some other teas I guess.
I never did get around to eating that avocado! But, my tummy didn't growl once today:) I stepped on the scale and think I lost some more weight, but we'll get the 'official' results on Wednesday (and I'll see how close my new scale is to Marrisa's).
It's good to be chewing food again! :)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Day 3 of 33
LAST DAY of just smoothies! I gotta tell ya, I don't think I could take another day of this!!! It didn't help at all when I went into the break room at work to get some more water and the company had bought pizza for us!! I almost cried - I wanted to eat it so bad. I think if there wasn't a room full of people, I would have taken a whole pizza - wouldn't have mattered what kind, just the first box I grabbed - and shoveled it into my mouth. ~sigh~
Today's smoothies:
K.C. made our usual breakfast smoothie this morning so I had some of that. Then I finished off the rest of the Tomato Tonic. I have to say, that one really grew on me:) In fact, I was wishing I had it after I saw that damn pizza! I think it would have helped. But, since it's heavy on the garlic, I spared my co-workers in the vault my nice garlic breath. Tonight I was trying to finish up the rest of the Kiwi Banana Krush, but I just can't do it. I'd rather my tummy growl at this point! I think it's because I drank a pretty sweet one all day at work and I just can't handle any more sweet. If I had more Tomato Tonic left.....
Anyway, this is the new one I made today:
Cabbage Cool-Aid
-water/ice
-green cabbage (I used napa cabbage)
-frozen mixed berries (blueberry, raspberry and blackberry)
-bananas
-tart apples
-agave
Can I just tell you how stupid crazy this stuff tastes like cherry kool-aid?! It's freaky! I made my co-workers taste it and they thought the same thing. SUPER good! I already know we'll be drinking this one A LOT this summer! If we add even more ice to it, it'll taste like a slushy. YUMMY!
Things I expected: more breakouts and a small headache.
Things I didn't expect: no more than usual bm's, more knee pain, some finger aches (think arthritis) and questioning my sanity (okay, so that happens pretty frequently). :)
I am so freakin excited to EAT tomorrow!!! I've cut up some carrots and celery and made some raw salad dressing in preparation. I threw some carrot sticks in the dehydrator too so I can toss them with some olive oil and salt tomorrow and eat them like chips. I hope they turn out how my mouth is hoping they will! I'm going to clean some romaine and chop up some red peppers and cucumber and onion and maybe have a salad for breakfast (okay, I won't but it is going to be REALLY hard to get another smoothie down first!)! Oh, I almost forgot about the avocado!! I hope I at least peel it before devouring it:)
Today's smoothies:
K.C. made our usual breakfast smoothie this morning so I had some of that. Then I finished off the rest of the Tomato Tonic. I have to say, that one really grew on me:) In fact, I was wishing I had it after I saw that damn pizza! I think it would have helped. But, since it's heavy on the garlic, I spared my co-workers in the vault my nice garlic breath. Tonight I was trying to finish up the rest of the Kiwi Banana Krush, but I just can't do it. I'd rather my tummy growl at this point! I think it's because I drank a pretty sweet one all day at work and I just can't handle any more sweet. If I had more Tomato Tonic left.....
Anyway, this is the new one I made today:
Cabbage Cool-Aid
-water/ice
-green cabbage (I used napa cabbage)
-frozen mixed berries (blueberry, raspberry and blackberry)
-bananas
-tart apples
-agave
Can I just tell you how stupid crazy this stuff tastes like cherry kool-aid?! It's freaky! I made my co-workers taste it and they thought the same thing. SUPER good! I already know we'll be drinking this one A LOT this summer! If we add even more ice to it, it'll taste like a slushy. YUMMY!
Things I expected: more breakouts and a small headache.
Things I didn't expect: no more than usual bm's, more knee pain, some finger aches (think arthritis) and questioning my sanity (okay, so that happens pretty frequently). :)
I am so freakin excited to EAT tomorrow!!! I've cut up some carrots and celery and made some raw salad dressing in preparation. I threw some carrot sticks in the dehydrator too so I can toss them with some olive oil and salt tomorrow and eat them like chips. I hope they turn out how my mouth is hoping they will! I'm going to clean some romaine and chop up some red peppers and cucumber and onion and maybe have a salad for breakfast (okay, I won't but it is going to be REALLY hard to get another smoothie down first!)! Oh, I almost forgot about the avocado!! I hope I at least peel it before devouring it:)
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Day 2 of 33
Today's smoothies:
Tomato Tonic
-water
-English cucumber
-celery
-carrots
-tomato
-spinach
-garlic
-salt
-pepper
-tobasco
Sounds like a bloody mary without the booze, right? I was hoping it would taste like one too. It kind of does I guess, bit it's super garlic-y so there will be some tweaks to it next time. It was a nice change from the usual one that I drank all day yesterday! Since this was a pretty strong one, I decided to make another one to have today too - for a little variety.
Kiwi Banana Krush
-water
-chard
-spinach
-kiwi
-banana
-pears
-frozen berries
-agave
This one is good! Will be even better when I let the fruit ripen more - oops! :)
I got to bed late and was up early but, I slept like a baby! Of course I've been grouchy all day because I'm tired and because I'm not acting on my food impulses! Tomorrow, aside from being the last day of just smoothies, I'll be at work for part of the day so I think that will help. And getting some more sleep, that ALWAYS helps!
So the things I expected that happened: breakouts, fatigue and grumpiness.
Things I didn't expect: knee aches and peeing all the time! You'd think I'd have the other bathroom issue but, no. I swear, I haven't peed this much since I was pregnant! It makes sense though, considering all of the smoothie recipes start with water!
Tomato Tonic
-water
-English cucumber
-celery
-carrots
-tomato
-spinach
-garlic
-salt
-pepper
-tobasco
Sounds like a bloody mary without the booze, right? I was hoping it would taste like one too. It kind of does I guess, bit it's super garlic-y so there will be some tweaks to it next time. It was a nice change from the usual one that I drank all day yesterday! Since this was a pretty strong one, I decided to make another one to have today too - for a little variety.
Kiwi Banana Krush
-water
-chard
-spinach
-kiwi
-banana
-pears
-frozen berries
-agave
This one is good! Will be even better when I let the fruit ripen more - oops! :)
I got to bed late and was up early but, I slept like a baby! Of course I've been grouchy all day because I'm tired and because I'm not acting on my food impulses! Tomorrow, aside from being the last day of just smoothies, I'll be at work for part of the day so I think that will help. And getting some more sleep, that ALWAYS helps!
So the things I expected that happened: breakouts, fatigue and grumpiness.
Things I didn't expect: knee aches and peeing all the time! You'd think I'd have the other bathroom issue but, no. I swear, I haven't peed this much since I was pregnant! It makes sense though, considering all of the smoothie recipes start with water!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Day 1 of 33
Here I go! I'm not expecting too much today, other than reminding myself to drink my food instead of eating it!
My smoothie today is my usual one - the one we have every morning for breakfast:
-Water
-Flax Oil
-Coconut Milk Kefir
-Hemp Protein Powder with Fiber
-Bee Pollen
-Vitamineral Green
-Agave
-Rainbow Chard(I try to very my greens week by week but usually end up with some sort of chard and collard greens)
-Bok Choy
-Spinach
-Cilantro (just because I have extra on hand)
-Cayenne Pepper
-Banana
-Frozen Mixed Fruit (peaches, white peaches, strawberries, pineapple, honeydew and blueberries)
I forgot to add my 1/4 of a lemon to this one, but it still turned out good!
The weightloss challenge I'm doing is 12 weeks so I'll just post my stats from that. I have my begining weight and measurements and will weigh in once a week. We'll do measurements again at week 6 (2/17) and then again at the end (3/31). My 33 days of detox and cleanse takes me to about the end of February so we'll see how well I do to maintain for another 30 days after that!
Let's see,these were my stats as of week 1 of the challenge (1/13):
Height = 5'1"
Weight = 131 pounds
Upper chest = 32.75"
Chest = 33.75"
Waist = 27.75"
Hips = 35"
Right thigh = 22"
Left thigh = 21.75"
Right arm = 10"
Left arm = 9.75"
At the weigh-in this week I was at 129.8 pounds. I'm already off to a good start!
My smoothie today is my usual one - the one we have every morning for breakfast:
-Water
-Flax Oil
-Coconut Milk Kefir
-Hemp Protein Powder with Fiber
-Bee Pollen
-Vitamineral Green
-Agave
-Rainbow Chard(I try to very my greens week by week but usually end up with some sort of chard and collard greens)
-Bok Choy
-Spinach
-Cilantro (just because I have extra on hand)
-Cayenne Pepper
-Banana
-Frozen Mixed Fruit (peaches, white peaches, strawberries, pineapple, honeydew and blueberries)
I forgot to add my 1/4 of a lemon to this one, but it still turned out good!
The weightloss challenge I'm doing is 12 weeks so I'll just post my stats from that. I have my begining weight and measurements and will weigh in once a week. We'll do measurements again at week 6 (2/17) and then again at the end (3/31). My 33 days of detox and cleanse takes me to about the end of February so we'll see how well I do to maintain for another 30 days after that!
Let's see,these were my stats as of week 1 of the challenge (1/13):
Height = 5'1"
Weight = 131 pounds
Upper chest = 32.75"
Chest = 33.75"
Waist = 27.75"
Hips = 35"
Right thigh = 22"
Left thigh = 21.75"
Right arm = 10"
Left arm = 9.75"
At the weigh-in this week I was at 129.8 pounds. I'm already off to a good start!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
My Last Supper
I spent today eating a bunch of crap! I made my version of a taco bravo (flour tortilla then refried beans then a corn taco shell then some avocado then some onion then some Taco Bell hot sauce and finally some mexican blend shredded cheese on top. I was just missing the sour cream to make it perfect, but that's okay! It was damn good as it was! My only conflict with it is using Taco Bell hot sauce on a Taco John's inspired taco! :)
Anyway, I call it my last supper because tomorrow I am embarking on a 3 day green smoothie detox (The Green Smoothies Diet by THE GreenSmoothieGirl, Robyn Openshaw) where I will only drink green smoothies for those three days. Right after that I will do a green smoothie cleanse, where I will drink a half gallon of green smoothies a day plus eat as much as I want of other raw plant foods, including salads, sprouted grains/legumes/nuts/seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc.So I'm not going to starve! That's a relief! I can even have some steamed veggies or a baked potato if I crave cooked food!
I've been drinking a pint of green smoothies per day (sometimes more) for several months now and just don't feel like I'm gaining any energy or losing any weight. Granted, I haven't exercised in the last few months and I still eat tootsie rolls and crap like that.
I've been reading up on raw eating and it seems everyone does a cleanse of some sort first. Since I'm very interested in eating raw, I figured I'd give it a try. And, since I'm involved in a weight loss challenge, what better time than right now?!
Anyway, I call it my last supper because tomorrow I am embarking on a 3 day green smoothie detox (The Green Smoothies Diet by THE GreenSmoothieGirl, Robyn Openshaw) where I will only drink green smoothies for those three days. Right after that I will do a green smoothie cleanse, where I will drink a half gallon of green smoothies a day plus eat as much as I want of other raw plant foods, including salads, sprouted grains/legumes/nuts/seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc.So I'm not going to starve! That's a relief! I can even have some steamed veggies or a baked potato if I crave cooked food!
I've been drinking a pint of green smoothies per day (sometimes more) for several months now and just don't feel like I'm gaining any energy or losing any weight. Granted, I haven't exercised in the last few months and I still eat tootsie rolls and crap like that.
I've been reading up on raw eating and it seems everyone does a cleanse of some sort first. Since I'm very interested in eating raw, I figured I'd give it a try. And, since I'm involved in a weight loss challenge, what better time than right now?!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
WLC - 2# down!
So the weight loss challenge. My friend Cindy saw an add in our local paper for Maple Valley Biggest Loser. She went to the meeting, joined the challenge and lost around 30# in 12 weeks! She was so excited about it and wanted to keep going so got a challenge going with her friends!
Turns out it's an Herbalife deal, but they aren't pushy about you buying the stuff or anything. You pay $35 into the pot and the challenge lasts 12 weeks. You weigh in each week at the meeting, where they go over nutritional stuff (and just so happen to have a product that goes along with what they are talking about) and we did measurements at the first meeting (last week) and will do them again at week 6 and finally at the end. If you gain weight you pay into the pot. The top three losers (they say they go by body weight so we'll see as I'm one of the smallest) win a share of the pot (1-50%, 2-30%, 3-15%) and then whoever loses the most inches that isn't a top 3 winner, wins the remaining 5%.
So, my goal for myself is to lose 15-20 pounds. Their goal is for me to lose about a pound a week. At last week's weigh in I was 131 pounds. Today I was 129.8, so almost 2 pounds lost in a week - without taking any Herbalife stuff!! So far so good!
Turns out it's an Herbalife deal, but they aren't pushy about you buying the stuff or anything. You pay $35 into the pot and the challenge lasts 12 weeks. You weigh in each week at the meeting, where they go over nutritional stuff (and just so happen to have a product that goes along with what they are talking about) and we did measurements at the first meeting (last week) and will do them again at week 6 and finally at the end. If you gain weight you pay into the pot. The top three losers (they say they go by body weight so we'll see as I'm one of the smallest) win a share of the pot (1-50%, 2-30%, 3-15%) and then whoever loses the most inches that isn't a top 3 winner, wins the remaining 5%.
So, my goal for myself is to lose 15-20 pounds. Their goal is for me to lose about a pound a week. At last week's weigh in I was 131 pounds. Today I was 129.8, so almost 2 pounds lost in a week - without taking any Herbalife stuff!! So far so good!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
I'm Pooped!!!
Ugh! Sydney was up all night last night (she has a stuffy nose), which means I was up all night too! I think the two of us got a total of 3 hours sleep - on the couch no less. I say it again - UGH!!!!
I would have just laid on the couch all day but we had a little birthday party planned for Sydney. More on that later.
So, on top of feeling like crap because I'm tired, I feel like crap because I've been eating like crap. I am starting a weight loss challenge this week so am eating all of the crap still left in the house before the challenge begins (more on the challenge later).I was eating really well when we got home from our trip - mostly raw. I've even gotten compliments - one friend asked if I was pregnant. She said I was glowing. In fact she's asked me more than once about that. I'm not, for the record. Another friend said my skin looked really good - I didn't even have makeup on that day! I haven't really noticed a change (aside from my 'pizza face') so those compliments were nice to hear.
I'm bummed about our dinner tonight. I had raw tacos planned. But, the "beans" are taking longer in the dehydrator than planned so that is throwing everything off. I still have to make the shells in the dehydrator, but now there is not enough time for them to get done for tonight. So, we are having a cooked meal (left over pasta and sauce from the weekend) and will do the tacos tomorrow I guess. I got some money for Christmas for some more dehydrator accessories so I really need to order those!!!
So back to being tired. I tried napping but that didn't go well. My next plan was to plop the kids in front of the TV upstairs while I sat in front of the TV downstairs and posted this blog. Somehow the girls have made their way downstairs and the chaos is swirling around me again. So, maybe I'll head upstairs and post pictures or something. I want to try to do something productive this afternoon!!! Wish me luck!
I would have just laid on the couch all day but we had a little birthday party planned for Sydney. More on that later.
So, on top of feeling like crap because I'm tired, I feel like crap because I've been eating like crap. I am starting a weight loss challenge this week so am eating all of the crap still left in the house before the challenge begins (more on the challenge later).I was eating really well when we got home from our trip - mostly raw. I've even gotten compliments - one friend asked if I was pregnant. She said I was glowing. In fact she's asked me more than once about that. I'm not, for the record. Another friend said my skin looked really good - I didn't even have makeup on that day! I haven't really noticed a change (aside from my 'pizza face') so those compliments were nice to hear.
I'm bummed about our dinner tonight. I had raw tacos planned. But, the "beans" are taking longer in the dehydrator than planned so that is throwing everything off. I still have to make the shells in the dehydrator, but now there is not enough time for them to get done for tonight. So, we are having a cooked meal (left over pasta and sauce from the weekend) and will do the tacos tomorrow I guess. I got some money for Christmas for some more dehydrator accessories so I really need to order those!!!
So back to being tired. I tried napping but that didn't go well. My next plan was to plop the kids in front of the TV upstairs while I sat in front of the TV downstairs and posted this blog. Somehow the girls have made their way downstairs and the chaos is swirling around me again. So, maybe I'll head upstairs and post pictures or something. I want to try to do something productive this afternoon!!! Wish me luck!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
I have the face of a teenager!
To have tight, unlined, bright skin is awesome! Too bad that's not the kind of teenage face I have. Nope, I have the blemished, pizza face skin right now. But, I'm okay with it! That's because I expected it. I know that the more good stuff I eat plus the less bad stuff I eat will equal my body purging all of the crap by any means it can. So, I look at it as a good thing....just as long as it doesn't last too long! On the positive side, my friend Tina asked if I was pregnant. She said I was glowing. Must just be the lights bouncing off all of the blemishes! :)
In other news, my Kombucha tea is almost ready for tasting! I'm excited to see how it turns out.
Let's see, what else....oh, I started my period early and boy is it a doozy!! I really hope my new eating plan will help with that! I'm just so tired of feeling tired, feeling like my body is being pulled apart and not being able to deal with things rationally! It's just getting worse. And we don't want that!
And finally, I go back into the vault next week! I'm so excited! I actually got to go in there for a few hours on Saturday. It was a little hectic as I was in there by myself during a really busy time! But, I managed. I found out today that I'll be closing by myself a few days in the next couple of weeks - yikes! I'm sure it'll be fine.....I hope anyway:)
In other news, my Kombucha tea is almost ready for tasting! I'm excited to see how it turns out.
Let's see, what else....oh, I started my period early and boy is it a doozy!! I really hope my new eating plan will help with that! I'm just so tired of feeling tired, feeling like my body is being pulled apart and not being able to deal with things rationally! It's just getting worse. And we don't want that!
And finally, I go back into the vault next week! I'm so excited! I actually got to go in there for a few hours on Saturday. It was a little hectic as I was in there by myself during a really busy time! But, I managed. I found out today that I'll be closing by myself a few days in the next couple of weeks - yikes! I'm sure it'll be fine.....I hope anyway:)
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