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! :)
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Monday, January 25, 2010
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!
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!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Short Health Update
I have other fun stuff to post later, but thought I'd give you an update on some health issues going on around here. Plus, I'm laying on the couch while posting from my blackberry so I can't upload pictures in that scenario!
K.C. hasn't been feeling well for the last month or so. He's been to his Internal Med. Dr. and he can't find anything wrong - liver is doing fine as far as they can tell. They are going to do another liver biopsy on 9/11 just to make sure all is still going well.
So, that Dr. sent him to a Cardiologist. They did an EKG on him, along with some other things, and found exactly nothing. His heart is good as far as they can tell. He is scheduled for a stress test this Thursday to see if that will reveal anything.
In the meantime, he went to a Primary Care doctor to see what they could find. They told him to take the pills he was prescribed the last time he was in and not feeling well(some sort of ant acid I think). I think they think it's acid re flux so have told him to eat bland foods too.
Hopefully one of the doctors will figure out what is going on with him so that he can start to feel better soon. I must point out that he is on schedule to have some weird health thing happen!
As if that wasn't enough, I've got my own thing going on. I've already made an appointment for a physical because I've been very tired the last month or so. At first I thought it was due to work and going to bed late/waking up early. But I should be use to that by now I would think. Plus, I've been drinking my green smoothies, which are packed with tons of good nutrition and energy so why that isn't helping is beyond me!
My abdomen, I feel, has been bloated/swollen for several months. I refuse to think it's just fat. I have dramatically changed my eating habits and get plenty of exercise so I don't know why it's going out instead of in. Until very recently, I haven't missed a period and have even taken pregnancy tests, all negative, so THAT's not the reason! Although, I would be right on track with K.C., if history were to repeat itself: K.C. gets a blood clot in his lung - 5 or 6 months later, I'm pregnant with Quinn. K.C. starts feeling bad a week or so before Syd is born and is finally diagnosed with auto immune hepatitis about a month after she is born. Now, he's feeling sick and I'm dealing with a swollen belly, pain, and my period is a few days late (but the HPT was negative - although I did get it at the dollar store so not real sure of the quality). The funny thing is, a couple of weeks ago I mentioned to K.C. about how at work, the garlic had an offensive smell to me (which is what happened during both my pregnancies) and he was dealing with some weird health issue so that meant that I HAD to be pregnant for sure! I had the thought that my nose knows what my body has yet to figure out:-) Who knows! I guess we'll see what happens this week and what the doctors have to say.
Now that I'm reading all of my symptoms, I'm convinced that I have internal bleeding! Can you say hypercondriac?!
Anyway, a pretty long post just to say that K.C. is an old fart and I'm beyond help!
K.C. hasn't been feeling well for the last month or so. He's been to his Internal Med. Dr. and he can't find anything wrong - liver is doing fine as far as they can tell. They are going to do another liver biopsy on 9/11 just to make sure all is still going well.
So, that Dr. sent him to a Cardiologist. They did an EKG on him, along with some other things, and found exactly nothing. His heart is good as far as they can tell. He is scheduled for a stress test this Thursday to see if that will reveal anything.
In the meantime, he went to a Primary Care doctor to see what they could find. They told him to take the pills he was prescribed the last time he was in and not feeling well(some sort of ant acid I think). I think they think it's acid re flux so have told him to eat bland foods too.
Hopefully one of the doctors will figure out what is going on with him so that he can start to feel better soon. I must point out that he is on schedule to have some weird health thing happen!
As if that wasn't enough, I've got my own thing going on. I've already made an appointment for a physical because I've been very tired the last month or so. At first I thought it was due to work and going to bed late/waking up early. But I should be use to that by now I would think. Plus, I've been drinking my green smoothies, which are packed with tons of good nutrition and energy so why that isn't helping is beyond me!
My abdomen, I feel, has been bloated/swollen for several months. I refuse to think it's just fat. I have dramatically changed my eating habits and get plenty of exercise so I don't know why it's going out instead of in. Until very recently, I haven't missed a period and have even taken pregnancy tests, all negative, so THAT's not the reason! Although, I would be right on track with K.C., if history were to repeat itself: K.C. gets a blood clot in his lung - 5 or 6 months later, I'm pregnant with Quinn. K.C. starts feeling bad a week or so before Syd is born and is finally diagnosed with auto immune hepatitis about a month after she is born. Now, he's feeling sick and I'm dealing with a swollen belly, pain, and my period is a few days late (but the HPT was negative - although I did get it at the dollar store so not real sure of the quality). The funny thing is, a couple of weeks ago I mentioned to K.C. about how at work, the garlic had an offensive smell to me (which is what happened during both my pregnancies) and he was dealing with some weird health issue so that meant that I HAD to be pregnant for sure! I had the thought that my nose knows what my body has yet to figure out:-) Who knows! I guess we'll see what happens this week and what the doctors have to say.
Now that I'm reading all of my symptoms, I'm convinced that I have internal bleeding! Can you say hypercondriac?!
Anyway, a pretty long post just to say that K.C. is an old fart and I'm beyond help!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
July Celebrations
We celebrated July events last night during our heat wave. I decided to grill out since there was no way I was going to turn on the oven or stove but felt the celebration dinner needed something a little fancier than sandwiches.
So, here's what we had, along with a nice green salad and some Food Should Taste Good brand multigrain chips (very, very, VERY yummy!):
K.C. and I enjoyed a pretty yummy vegetarian sausage (Field Roast brand Mexican Chipotle). If you've ever tasted soyrizo (the vegetarian version of chorizo), it tastes pretty similar. But, this one is a lot firmer so it can be grilled like a regular meat sausage.
The girls had Yves brand veggie hot dogs, which, in my opinion (and that of the rest of my family) tasted very mouthwashy/mediciney. NOT a big hit but definitely better than the soy hot dogs I tried several years ago (they smelled and tasted just like what dog food smells like). I think next time I'll just get the organic meat version for them (as much as it grosses me out!).
For dessert I made a raw chocolate cheesecake. This was super duper yummy but tasted more like chocolate pudding (SO not complaining!) but had the texture of cheesecake. And I love that it's good for you! Here is the ingredient list: pecans, coconut oil, agave, raw chocolate powder (I cheated a little and just used Hershey's cocoa powder, since I had it on hand and all), vanilla bean, sea salt, young Thai coconut meat (took me awhile to open that darn coconut!) avocado and cashews. Sounds like a weird combination, I know, but it tastes heavenly...or sinfully, whichever way you want to look at it;-)
Here's a view just out of the freezer. The marbled look is due to the plastic wrap that was on it.
And a big 'ol slice served up. Well, they weren't such big slices since the taste is so rich.
And this is who we are celebrating this month:
Birthdays:
- our friend Dawn
- my classmate Michelle
- our nephew Dylan
- America - of course!
- my classmate Launa
- our little friend Connor
- our friend Heather
- our friend & neighbor Evie
- my Grandpa Wake
- K.C.'s Great Grandma Genthe ( 7/25/1908 ~ 04/24/2008)
- our friend Mado
Anniversaries:
- Jeff & Kristie celebrate 1 year of marital bliss
Get Well:
- My dad is having the x-stop spacer surgery as I type. Here's to a fast recovery and a life without pain!
Milestones:
- My dad is celebrating a 0 reading on his PSA levels after having his prostate removed almost two years ago! We hope you continue to remain cancer free!
So, here's what we had, along with a nice green salad and some Food Should Taste Good brand multigrain chips (very, very, VERY yummy!):
K.C. and I enjoyed a pretty yummy vegetarian sausage (Field Roast brand Mexican Chipotle). If you've ever tasted soyrizo (the vegetarian version of chorizo), it tastes pretty similar. But, this one is a lot firmer so it can be grilled like a regular meat sausage.
The girls had Yves brand veggie hot dogs, which, in my opinion (and that of the rest of my family) tasted very mouthwashy/mediciney. NOT a big hit but definitely better than the soy hot dogs I tried several years ago (they smelled and tasted just like what dog food smells like). I think next time I'll just get the organic meat version for them (as much as it grosses me out!).
For dessert I made a raw chocolate cheesecake. This was super duper yummy but tasted more like chocolate pudding (SO not complaining!) but had the texture of cheesecake. And I love that it's good for you! Here is the ingredient list: pecans, coconut oil, agave, raw chocolate powder (I cheated a little and just used Hershey's cocoa powder, since I had it on hand and all), vanilla bean, sea salt, young Thai coconut meat (took me awhile to open that darn coconut!) avocado and cashews. Sounds like a weird combination, I know, but it tastes heavenly...or sinfully, whichever way you want to look at it;-)
Here's a view just out of the freezer. The marbled look is due to the plastic wrap that was on it.
And a big 'ol slice served up. Well, they weren't such big slices since the taste is so rich.
And this is who we are celebrating this month:
Birthdays:
- our friend Dawn
- my classmate Michelle
- our nephew Dylan
- America - of course!
- my classmate Launa
- our little friend Connor
- our friend Heather
- our friend & neighbor Evie
- my Grandpa Wake
- K.C.'s Great Grandma Genthe ( 7/25/1908 ~ 04/24/2008)
- our friend Mado
Anniversaries:
- Jeff & Kristie celebrate 1 year of marital bliss
Get Well:
- My dad is having the x-stop spacer surgery as I type. Here's to a fast recovery and a life without pain!
Milestones:
- My dad is celebrating a 0 reading on his PSA levels after having his prostate removed almost two years ago! We hope you continue to remain cancer free!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Catch up posting session....again!
I use to be so good at keeping this thing updated! I have no idea why I can't do it now. The house looks the same as it ever did - chaotic - so me focusing on getting other things done isn't what's keeping me from posting. Oh well, I'm doing it now so I guess that's good enough. Now, if I could just remember what all I was going talk about....
Following this post will be a couple more that have pictures. One is the Fourth of July and one is the Relay For Life, so I won't go into those ones on this post.
Potty Training:
We are doing SO good with potty training! Sydney is wearing underwear all the time during the day now - even for naps! She still wears a pull-up for over night. She's gotten up a few times with a dry one so once that starts happening a little more regularly, we'll be done with the pull-ups! Hooray!
As a side note to Sydney, I just have to mention here her cute names for K.C. and I. She calls K.C. Daddad (just like what we call my dad) and she calls me Mommom. It sounds so cute!
Whole Foods Journey:
We LOVE our Blendtec blender and use it several times a day. The girls ask for smoothies now! I've also kind of gotten into raw eating. I've just started with it and in no way will probably ever eat totally raw, but I am going to try to eat mostly raw. I've found some pretty good recipes on Raw Food Art - a pink smoothie, protein complete bar and vanilla cookies. I'm looking forward to trying some dinner recipes soon. I hope they are good since I had to pay for them! I've even ordered a dehydrator to aid in my raw eating. We'll see how it goes.
However, I am having a hard time trying to figure out why I'm gaining weight instead of loosing weight! I feel like I'm getting good exercise through Stroller Strides and working 4 days a week. I feel like I'm eating pretty healthy - way better than before. Yet I'm gaining weight. In fact I told K.C. that if it weren't for the fact that I haven't skipped any periods, then I would swear I was pregnant since my gut is where all of the weight is going (and my thighs, of course!). He likes to remind me that just because something is natural, it doesn't mean it's healthy or good for you. Maybe all of the agave we are putting in the smoothies is doing it? Maybe I'm just simply eating too much? I don't know but I'm damn sure going to figure it out! My clothes are getting waaaaaaay too tight for me!
Tomatoes:
Remember when Sydney pulled all of the tomatoes off our plant while they were all green? Someone at work told me to wrap them in newspaper, so I did. I'm happy to report that about half of them are red now and ready to eat! We'll have to give them a try soon.
Life:
I've made it a point to try to play more instead of stressing about the house - since it's never as clean as I'd like it to be anyway. We've gone on another hike with the mom's group, played in the sand and water at Lake Wilderness and even had a couple of play dates with friends. I still seem to rush things on the days where I have to work, but I'm trying to calm down with all of that and just go with the flow.
I am very excited that we got a web cam and were able to video call Nana & Dadad and my sister Tami and her family last night! We are going to try a conference video call tonight to see if we all can be on at the same time!
So, that's about all of the catch up that I have this time. Two more post with pictures to follow.
Following this post will be a couple more that have pictures. One is the Fourth of July and one is the Relay For Life, so I won't go into those ones on this post.
Potty Training:
We are doing SO good with potty training! Sydney is wearing underwear all the time during the day now - even for naps! She still wears a pull-up for over night. She's gotten up a few times with a dry one so once that starts happening a little more regularly, we'll be done with the pull-ups! Hooray!
As a side note to Sydney, I just have to mention here her cute names for K.C. and I. She calls K.C. Daddad (just like what we call my dad) and she calls me Mommom. It sounds so cute!
Whole Foods Journey:
We LOVE our Blendtec blender and use it several times a day. The girls ask for smoothies now! I've also kind of gotten into raw eating. I've just started with it and in no way will probably ever eat totally raw, but I am going to try to eat mostly raw. I've found some pretty good recipes on Raw Food Art - a pink smoothie, protein complete bar and vanilla cookies. I'm looking forward to trying some dinner recipes soon. I hope they are good since I had to pay for them! I've even ordered a dehydrator to aid in my raw eating. We'll see how it goes.
However, I am having a hard time trying to figure out why I'm gaining weight instead of loosing weight! I feel like I'm getting good exercise through Stroller Strides and working 4 days a week. I feel like I'm eating pretty healthy - way better than before. Yet I'm gaining weight. In fact I told K.C. that if it weren't for the fact that I haven't skipped any periods, then I would swear I was pregnant since my gut is where all of the weight is going (and my thighs, of course!). He likes to remind me that just because something is natural, it doesn't mean it's healthy or good for you. Maybe all of the agave we are putting in the smoothies is doing it? Maybe I'm just simply eating too much? I don't know but I'm damn sure going to figure it out! My clothes are getting waaaaaaay too tight for me!
Tomatoes:
Remember when Sydney pulled all of the tomatoes off our plant while they were all green? Someone at work told me to wrap them in newspaper, so I did. I'm happy to report that about half of them are red now and ready to eat! We'll have to give them a try soon.
Life:
I've made it a point to try to play more instead of stressing about the house - since it's never as clean as I'd like it to be anyway. We've gone on another hike with the mom's group, played in the sand and water at Lake Wilderness and even had a couple of play dates with friends. I still seem to rush things on the days where I have to work, but I'm trying to calm down with all of that and just go with the flow.
I am very excited that we got a web cam and were able to video call Nana & Dadad and my sister Tami and her family last night! We are going to try a conference video call tonight to see if we all can be on at the same time!
So, that's about all of the catch up that I have this time. Two more post with pictures to follow.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
My Whole Foods Journal
GSG suggests that we journal each month to track our progress on our journey to eating whole foods. So, here is my first entry.
I started drinking the Sole on Saturday. I woke up Sunday with stiff and puffy fingers. But I think it was the salt I used to season my dinner with. I had the same dinner Sunday and had salted it when I packed it up Saturday night so, Monday I woke up with stiff and puffy fingers too. I used some sea salt in our dinner Monday night and woke up this morning with slight stiffness but no puffiness. We'll see where that goes.
The weird thing I noticed is my knees. They are killing me! They are so sore - I've never had pain in them like this. I did spend a lot of time on them and bending up and down at work on Sunday (I was detail cleaning the front end so was crawling under and around the registers) so that might have something to do with it. I started feeling it Monday and they were still sore today. Something to keep an eye on.
Today was also the first day of green smoothies. I liked it, it filled me up and didn't taste horrible. What more could you want?!
Today was also my first day with no caffeine. Usually if I don't have access to a coke then I'll drink some Spark from Advocare. But not today. One of the first steps is to get off all stimulants. So headache city for the next couple of days baby! I did pop a couple of Ibuprofen to help get me through the day. I also took a pretty good nap so that helped out.
I've been rubbing the coconut oil on my face the last couple of nights. We'll see if it helps my mug look better. I'm not big on beauty regimes so we'll see how long this lasts. Quinn is quite the pro at it now. She gets some serious chapped lips so we've been putting the oil on her lips. She thinks she needs it for everything now. Sydney hasn't been left out. She got a little red/diaper rash going on last night so I used some on her and by this morning the red was gone and she didn't act like it was sensitive like she did the night before. Good stuff!
I made my first batch of granola tonight. It smells so good and it tastes good dry too. We'll see how good it is in a bowl with milk tomorrow morning. I got some more stuff at the store so we'll sweeten up our green smoothies with some bananas and mixed berries. I can hardly wait until breakfast!
My first batch of granola.
I started drinking the Sole on Saturday. I woke up Sunday with stiff and puffy fingers. But I think it was the salt I used to season my dinner with. I had the same dinner Sunday and had salted it when I packed it up Saturday night so, Monday I woke up with stiff and puffy fingers too. I used some sea salt in our dinner Monday night and woke up this morning with slight stiffness but no puffiness. We'll see where that goes.
The weird thing I noticed is my knees. They are killing me! They are so sore - I've never had pain in them like this. I did spend a lot of time on them and bending up and down at work on Sunday (I was detail cleaning the front end so was crawling under and around the registers) so that might have something to do with it. I started feeling it Monday and they were still sore today. Something to keep an eye on.
Today was also the first day of green smoothies. I liked it, it filled me up and didn't taste horrible. What more could you want?!
Today was also my first day with no caffeine. Usually if I don't have access to a coke then I'll drink some Spark from Advocare. But not today. One of the first steps is to get off all stimulants. So headache city for the next couple of days baby! I did pop a couple of Ibuprofen to help get me through the day. I also took a pretty good nap so that helped out.
I've been rubbing the coconut oil on my face the last couple of nights. We'll see if it helps my mug look better. I'm not big on beauty regimes so we'll see how long this lasts. Quinn is quite the pro at it now. She gets some serious chapped lips so we've been putting the oil on her lips. She thinks she needs it for everything now. Sydney hasn't been left out. She got a little red/diaper rash going on last night so I used some on her and by this morning the red was gone and she didn't act like it was sensitive like she did the night before. Good stuff!
I made my first batch of granola tonight. It smells so good and it tastes good dry too. We'll see how good it is in a bowl with milk tomorrow morning. I got some more stuff at the store so we'll sweeten up our green smoothies with some bananas and mixed berries. I can hardly wait until breakfast!
My first batch of granola.
Our First Green Smoothie
Our Blendtec blender showed up this morning! I saw the UPS truck pull up across the street so watched every move that the driver made. It was all I could do to let him get on the porch and ring the doorbell!
The girls *helped* me unpack it. They were as excited to make green smoothies as I was. Until they found out what was actually IN the green smoothie. All I had in the house was spinach and frozen strawberries, so that's what went into our very first green smoothie.
I must say, it didn't turn out too terrible! I could definitely taste the spinach, but it wasn't really strong or anything. Quinn just flat out refused to taste hers. Sydney sucked hers down like she was drinking a chocolate milk shake. I was both surprised and impressed. And can I just say that this blender kicks ass?! I'm so impressed and I've only used it once!
While Sydney and I were drinking our smoothies, Quinn was off doing this:
Apparently she likens drinking green smoothies with going into battle. This must be her princess camouflage! She even decorated her legs since they were exposed and all. Or maybe she was just trying to hide from me so I'd quit asking her if she was ready to try her smoothie. She finally did try some later on. I think she thought it was okay but decided that she wouldn't be drinking it today. Sydney ended up drinking all of Quinn's too. Hooray for one victory!
Quinn ended up winning this battle but the war has just begun!
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