Days 3-6 flew by!

Like the title said! Days 3, 4, 5 and 6 went on without care. I had to restock my veggies on day 3 and again yesterday. Like I said before this isn't cheap BUT the benefits that are coming from this are amazing!!! Me a "I gotta have 3 or more huge cups a coffee a day" has gone without coffee for a week!  A week!!! Never in my life would I of thought that would happen!!! I have been replacing it with tea, specifically a Detox tea to help along ummm what coffee normally does in the mornings. However, Monday morning I ran out of my normal tea and wanted that hot cup in my hands so I steeped a different kind... I didn't know it had caffeine in it.... It had 35mg  when a 8oz cup of Joe normally has 90 mg. <---- and I drank 3 16oz cups a day!! Yeah, lets just say I was bouncing off the walls off that little cup of tea worse than a 3 year old on a sugar high, not to mention jittery!!

I have had more energy the past week than I have had in a looong time. My mood is better and my skin is looking better. Oh and the taste... well after day 3 I was making mostly green juices, I am talking Kale, Spinach, Swiss Chard and maybe 2 pieces of fruit and I have no problems drinking it down. So the tolerance builds!!!

I went out Saturday night with a friend and broke my detox for the evening. Reason being, well it was my first night out by myself since before Christmas and I was going to enjoy it... I defiantly enjoyed it! :) The introduction however of greasy foods sent me to the bathroom more than once during the short time we were there. Hey, I suppose my tummy wasn't use to that. It was like Whoa! You have been giving us all this good stuff then give us this crap! hehe no pun intended! But that is something I was not prepared for and honestly I am glad I know, however at the bar sucked ;)

I have been drinking/ eating nothing but fruits and veggies for the past week. Even adding in some peanuts as a snack and I have not only said goodbye to 12 pounds but I have never felt this good!


Well I guess since a blog post isn't a blog post with out a picture, here is one of my kids enjoying the 85 degree day yesterday, while rubbing temptation in mommy's face :) I am a sucker for Popsicle....

Whew! Made it through Day 2!

Made it through day 2 and feeling good!! I was a little sluggish in the morning but then I had this little concoction...

Oh you know you want some!! Actually this is my version of V8 but I think it tasted better because it tasted fresher. I just didn't over power it with tomatoes and carrots. Day 2 was easier than day 1 for sure because I knew what I needed to do. The caffeine headache was gone although I was still feeling tired. However that may of had to do with the hardly any sleep the night of day 1 due to a little boy that is insistent on sleeping on top of me instead of in his bed...  Oh well....

This was lunch!

Beets, Beet root, apple, carrott, spinach, pear and a piece of ginger. Wanna see what it looks like after it is juiced? This amount right here on the cutting board sent through the juicer is left with this:

That little refuse pile there doesn't go into the trash either. It actually gets thrown outside for the deer. I wish I had a composter to put the scraps in but with limited space in and out of the townhouse, it won't happen. But hey the deer get some yummy scraps.

By the afternoon I had so much energy and felt better than normal! It was nice!!! I worked out for 45 minutes and still felt good! P90X and juicing... okay maybe not the best combo but it is good. I modified my juicing last night. I had a meal. An actual meal. Still alllll veggies but cooked. No butter or seasoning, just the veggies in their juices with some garlic and onion. It is the "Reboot" 10 day version that is on the Join the Reboot however I think I will just do one "meal" a day and stick with juicing the rest. My biggest issue was not actually eating. By doing this I am still getting all the micro nutrients but just chewable :)


So are you wondering yet if it is working.... well I stepped on the scale this morning, Wednesday, and I am down to 180. Yes, 180. I fully know some of it will come back when I finish my fast but 8 pounds is a pretty damn good number and with 8 days left, I will be happy just keeping the 8!

Day 1!!!

I am not going to lie, Day one was tough! It seriously was. I am use to drinking 2 - 3 cups of coffee in the mornings but this morning I drank a Detox Tea. Sure it was hot so that helped and I like tea so that wasn't the issue either, it was the no caffeine!!! I knew when I started this that the first few days would be tough so I was up for the challenge. Beside the goal at the end is way more important than a cup of coffee. I have done a ton of research on this before starting so it wasn't like I was coming into this unprepared. If you are interested, here are a few sites for you to look at. Join the Reboot, this one is created by the Joe Cross. He did the documentary Fat Sick and Nearly Dead and if you are wanting to do this, I highly recommend watching this film! My Juice Cleanse  is also another great site. It also has a lot of recipes and tips. The main thing to remember is if you have ANY health issues at all, you need to talk to your doctor before starting a juice fast! Me, I am healthy, just over weight. I was excited to start this!

This is my fridge, thankfully we have 2 fridges because the one upstairs is full of stuff also as well as veggies!

Starting a reboot is not cheap! Produce is expensive and you want to get Organic as much as possible. We have a Costco membership and they carry a lot of Organic produce so I went there since the Farmers Markets are not open yet. Between buying a juicer and buying the produce you are looking at a good chunk of change so that is why I made sure I was committed to doing this. Nothing worse than quitting when you have so much invested. I bought the GE Juice Extractor from Wal-mart and got the year replacement plan so if I burned it up, I could get my money back.

This was Breakfast:

It is called Mean Green. 6 Kale leaves, 1 Cuke, 4 celery (still in the sink) 2 apples, 1/2 Lemon and a piece of ginger. I just cut it up, stripped the cuke because of the wax on it and sent it all through the juicer. I don't know if it was operator error or what but the kale made one hell of a mess by blowing out the sides!!! My daughter drank the heck out of it, so it is an added bonus to juicing, my kids are getting the benefits as well! For me, I drank it but I had to get past the texture. There were kale pieces through it, that is the juicer but I can deal considering it has rocked so far! The rest of the day went on about the same, although lunch was a little less to be desired, okay I had to chug that one... I added too many beets to it. Blah. Dinner was my treat to myself. Even though it still had veggies in it, I had some yummy fruits :) Spinach, Cuke, Pineapple, Strawberry, Kiwi and Mango. That was good.

Side effects so far... stinky pee, I worked out a little harder than I should of so I was whipped, and I started to smell like green veggies. All in all a good day. I did go to bed early because I wanted food but I wasn't hungry. That is the thing, I was not hungry, I just wanted something to chew on. 

Day 2 HERE I come! I am ready for you!!!

My jump start to a healthier me!

So I have decided that I am going to do a 10 day juice fast. My reasoning for this is because I am a food addict... I like bad foods, especially sugar! Oh how I love my sugar. Sure I have been eating okay the past week but not like I should be. So my husband and I sat down and watched Fat Sick and Nearly Dead and it gave me even more of a push at the detox than before. Hubby is telling me I won't follow through with the full 10 days.... well we will see! I hear days 1-3 suck but after that it gets better. This is me Friday. 4-20. The only reason I am showing these is because I am determined never to see this again.

I weighed in at 188 pounds.... yup. Ouch. I have joined a weight loss challenge with a very good friend and it goes until May 31st, there is also the extra push I need! Oh geez, not to mention my kids and the beach! Eeek!!!

So I am going to blog about my juicing journey as well as the weight loss journey I am excited about!

Time to lose it... for good!

It has been a while since I have posted here... like a good while. So I figure I am going to attempt to start reblogging on here :) I seriously cannot believe my son will be 2 next month!!! Oh my! Where has it gone!!!

It is seriously crazy how fast time is going!!! He got his first hair cut last weekend and now all the baby-ness is gone! He looks so grown up!! He actually did really well, he would cry, stop, grab a fruit snack and go back to fussing. I think he knew how much mommy loved that hair!!!

Now time to get on top of the party stuff... yup totally slacking on that....

Miss Thing is as princessy as ever! Like this child is the pure girl! There is absolutely no doubt about that! She refuses to wear pants (although I do manage to get them on her) and she plays with barbies and princesses.... Man total opposite from me... BUT she will still pick a bug up and play with it! Now that's my girl ;)

As for mommy... well mommy is in serious need of a makeover... a body make over and it is starting now! I have been having issues with the Mirena that I had put in 6 months ago. I have gained a little bit of weight (20 lbs) YUP seriously, 20 pounds.... I am swollen regularly and the pain I get in my girly area when I exercise just isn't worth it anymore. Time to start thinking of me. So here it is... this blog is going to be used as updates of my journey with getting the weight off and getting life in order!!!! New Year, New me :) At least I hope so!!!

UhOh....

Wow, I am seriously slipping on this blog, well my photography one as well. Ugh! I had good intentions by wanting to do these in hopes that I would keep my family updated on what we are doing and stuff. Haha! Oops ;)

Things have been busy as can be around here. My business is taking off, which makes me extremely happy but at the same time it keeps me busy at nights. My husband has been so supportive in this. Thank you honey :) When I had this thought over a year ago about this i wouldn't of imagined it would be this tough at times. I am always studying and learning, just paying a lot more attention to details that I would of never noticed before. photography makes me happy, it helps me express my creative side. I love it, every minute of it, even those tough sessions. My biggest pleasure from this is being able to capture my kids in these moments and that I will be able to have these forever. not only by memory but in photographs.

 Speaking of the kids, dang they are getting so big!!! Where is it going! Louden is just a regular brut these days! Seriously all boy! He can take the simplest of things and turn it into a boy toy. It is just to funny! Victoria is so princess driven it makes me wonder where did she get this extremely girly side. Had to be from my husbands side. We have been doing preschool activities with Victoria hoping to give her some sort of a head start before she starts school next year. OMG wow, school. Okay its preK but still!!!!


My goal is to start updating this blog as well as my other at least once a week!!! I hope I can do it! But for now I gotta run! Mommy duty calls!

What am I doing!!!

Really should I be doing a blog? I can't keep up with the damn thing but it is such the release I want and there it is. A bank page waiting to be filled up as I watch the keyboard and type. This past month has been crazy. Between trying to take off in my business and the kids it has literally been hectic. I love it and wouldn't trade it for a single minute. The things that I have learned the past few weeks working with clients is something that I cannot buy. Good and bad. It has really been draining. I am a people pleaser. Always have been unless you piss me off... That is a different blog that will probably never happen. So a little fill in of the past month or 2, okay probaby two. Its been great. My kids are finally healthy! No more crap but although it is seriously coming to light that my daughter has asthma. Her daddy had it bad as a child and luckily we are only on one treatment a day, sometimes 2. It breaks my heart every single time that I have to put that medicine in the nebulizer and hear that brrrrrrmmmmmm of the motor. It breaks my heart to hear her wheeze when she is just playing like any normal healthy child would do. It haunts me;. It really does and I can't fix it. i cannot hold her close and say everything is going to be okay because really I am scared. I am scared at night when she is sleeping or if she crawls in our bed at night. Each cough my belly tightens. I cry,. I do. But I am thankful she is here with me. I know she will grow out of this but for now I am scared. She is becoming such the young lady. The one thing that I instil in my kids that I think is a lost art is manners. The excuse me, or yes please, thank you or even yes mam no mam or sir is something not seen often! I will be damned if my child is rude to a stranger. I do correct her and right there in front of them. i do not wait. Victoria is very respectful to others. Okay maybe not kids her age but adults get the good stuff :)


Well I started this this morning and I will probably finish up tomorrow :) Damn I love my life. With everything that has happened in the past it has made me who I am today. I wouldn't change it for anything!!!!