Today is day 10! Yesterday I weighed in at 140 pounds and today I weighed in at 139.5. Amazing! I can not remember the last time I was in the 130's!
Since going without food for nine days, and dealing with PMS was not enough, yesterday I decided to stop smoking too. I have been wanting to for a while, but it is just so hard! I have quit so many times and gone back to it....but this time I have really made some other healthy changes in my life and I really want this to stick! So yesterday I did not smoke, and I have not smoked today either. So far, it has not been too bad. Usually the third day is the hardest for me though...so we will see.
Back to the cleanse though. Things are good. My mood is pretty good, and the little bit of irritation I feel is most certainly from the PMS and not from the cleanse. I am super excited to begin the "easing out" process, and slowly work my way back to solid food (YEA! CHEWING!)
Kevin and I went to the grocery store last night for a quick trip. I needed to pick up some oranges for fresh squeezed orange juice, I needed lemons, another bottle of pure maple syrup, and some broth type "soup". I also picked up some actual food though. Now I have food sitting in the cupboard for myself!
My main goal coming up for the rest of this week and really from here on out, is to be active. I want to make sure I take a daily walk...at least around the lake, some days longer, and maybe take some nice bike rides around town. I want to start to stretch on a regular basis on our living room floor, and I want to start doing some basic exercises that I can do without a gym. I want to get my metabolism burning well and keep this weight off as much as possible. After not eating for 10 days, my body has gone into starvation mode and it will probably want to hold on to every calorie and fat gram that I ingest at the beginning, so it is very important to get my metabolism revved up.
So that is about it. I will try to report about the "easing out" process and how my body reacts to eating solid food again.
Since going without food for nine days, and dealing with PMS was not enough, yesterday I decided to stop smoking too. I have been wanting to for a while, but it is just so hard! I have quit so many times and gone back to it....but this time I have really made some other healthy changes in my life and I really want this to stick! So yesterday I did not smoke, and I have not smoked today either. So far, it has not been too bad. Usually the third day is the hardest for me though...so we will see.
Back to the cleanse though. Things are good. My mood is pretty good, and the little bit of irritation I feel is most certainly from the PMS and not from the cleanse. I am super excited to begin the "easing out" process, and slowly work my way back to solid food (YEA! CHEWING!)
Kevin and I went to the grocery store last night for a quick trip. I needed to pick up some oranges for fresh squeezed orange juice, I needed lemons, another bottle of pure maple syrup, and some broth type "soup". I also picked up some actual food though. Now I have food sitting in the cupboard for myself!
My main goal coming up for the rest of this week and really from here on out, is to be active. I want to make sure I take a daily walk...at least around the lake, some days longer, and maybe take some nice bike rides around town. I want to start to stretch on a regular basis on our living room floor, and I want to start doing some basic exercises that I can do without a gym. I want to get my metabolism burning well and keep this weight off as much as possible. After not eating for 10 days, my body has gone into starvation mode and it will probably want to hold on to every calorie and fat gram that I ingest at the beginning, so it is very important to get my metabolism revved up.
So that is about it. I will try to report about the "easing out" process and how my body reacts to eating solid food again.
you have got to be proud of yourself. I looked at the cleanse and wondered if it was something I could do. After thinking about it, I just don't have the discipline to do it, especially not being able to make the lemonade ahead of time.
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at your strength. Good luck with the stopping smoking...I just gave it up one day after smoking for more than 10 years. It was easy to do. I just drank a glass of water and went for a walk every time I wanted to smoke. But the giving up food thing? Yeah, I don't think I could do that.
Congratulations!!