3rd Week: July 16, 2012

Hi Everyone! Sorry for the delayed post I know I usually update on the weekends but I was busy and didn't get around to it. I hit up happy hour with my coworkers on Friday, had to go shopping on Saturday for a baby shower and then on Sunday I had the baby shower to go too :) So as you can see I didn't have a lot of time to sit down and write a post.

Thank you for the comments from the weeks before. I did see a request to explain more about the nutritional cleanse that I am on. And I'm more than happy to share that with you! :) Right now I am on a 30 day cleanse, and to answer your question YES I can eat solid food! On shake days I'll have a shake for breakfast and usually a shake for lunch then dinner with be my one meal for the day. The meal consists on lean protein, 1 serving of whole grains (either brown rice, or whole wheat pasta), and vegetables. I'll have 6-12 almonds during the day and 1 serving of organic fruit. Plus my cleanse comes with delicious chocolate bars that I usually eat one with my almonds. It make it feel like I'm eating a Hershey's Dark Chocolate Hug :) For cleanse days I drink the cleanses liquid four times through out the day, have a snack in the early morning, then another snack in the afternoon. (My snack is usually the serving of almonds and 1 chocolate bar, then a serving a fruit for the next snack) In all honesty the cleanse liquid that I make with water is really not that bad, I've gotten use to it, but the first day I ever drank it was the hardest. In between those times I am drinking ice cold water. You are suppose to consume half your body weight in ounces. So as you can imagine I go to the bathroom once an hour. I feel like a pregnant women ;) If you are interested in starting the cleanse I am on please let me know. They have a 9 day cleanse as well as the 30 day. If you need more information or have any questions please leave a comment :)

So to follow up with my post from last week on Wednesday I completed half of my homework for Kelly. I did manage to get both of my walks in on Thursday however for Friday when I went to get up it was storming outside. Hence no walk. :/ (I did get to sleep in for an hour for the first time in a long time so that was nice) Whenever I tried to workout this past weekend, the sky's would open up. I also had more than one meal on Friday, hey I hadn't had a drink in over a month so the two Strongbows and one shot I had really did me in, I knew if I wanted to drive home I was going to have to put something in my system, I hadn't eaten since lunch. So my girlfriends and I ended up going to Smashburger. It was my first time, and it was really good! Not too healthy what I chose (single burger, with blue cheese, lettuce, onions, mayo and french fries plus a coke), but they do have healthier options that I will have to check out the next time I go. This moring was the first workout I had had with Kelly since she left last week. For those of you who are friends with me on Facebook, you saw my status this morning. For those of you who aren't let me share it with you "I may not want to get out of bed in the morning but the feeling I get after my workout is the greatest feeling :)" My friend JD and I were talking last week about the high you get after your workout. I love that feeling! It helps to keep me motivated and to want to continue to workout! For my friend SR (and those of you needing motivation) that first step is always the hardest, you have to prepare yourself mentally and not give up. There are going to be days when you don't want to get out of bed and go to the gym and days were you fall off the wagon and pig out. But remember that tomorrow is a new day and to keep going and focus on the end goal. You're going to have bad days and good days in life, this is a journey that I am on and I remind my self that everyday. I hope by sharing my highs and low on this Journey to Fabulosity that I inspire and motivate you to make the changes in your life!

Now for your viewing pleaseure here are two new videos :)

Thursday morning 7/12

 

 Monday afternoon 7/16

Well that's all for now, I will update you later this week and let you know how things are progressing! :) As I am writing my new post it is still thundering and lighting outside plus it has started to rain so no walk for me tonight. In the mean time, please remember to stay focused and stay motivated!