Doing okay

I have been eating okay this week. I only exercised once. I am planning on getting a elliptical(sp?) machine so I can do cardio first thing in the morning.
I received a email from Schall (http://www.thehealingmeal.com/) it made me feel better. She said you do not need to be 100% raw to achieve the benefits. I need to hear that right now as I am at the moment struggling staying raw. I am not going to beat myself over it. I am so glad that I found the raw lifestyle.
I have been eating 5-6 small meals a day. Lately it's been:
M1- 1/2 cup Oatmeal, egg whites or protein shake.
M2- 1 apple with 1/2 cup of low fat cottage cheese
M3- Chicken breast, 1 cup of veggies and 1/2 cup of brown rice
M4- Protein shake and apple
M5- Salad
M6- Protein shake

I know I can achieve the results I want with an all raw diet but it will take me longer. I am to inpatient. I believe one day I will return to at least 75-80% raw. Right now I want to lose weight, leanout and build my body.
Since I will be exercising 6 days a week. I have decided to try some supplements. My friend Brenda is giving me samples of some products she distributes. Preburn a pre-work out powder and Afterburn. When I get these I will let you know how they do. I am on a mission. I need to achieve this body by August 2008.

M

Body For Life

I am starting my first Body for Life challenge tomorrow. I will do two 12 week challenges. Since my son last day of school is this friday I am going to start going to the gym in the evenings. That way I will not have to worry about him doing homework and being in bed at a decent hour. The gym childcare is open until 8pm. So I will most likely go from 7-8 after Steven's Tae Kwon Do classes.

I will be taking my before photos tonight or tommorrow night. I will take photos every two weeks to document my success. As I might have mentioned before I did give my mom my scale. I am going to go by inches and how my clothes feel. I do have an idea of how much I weight. After my first challenge I will weigh myself. I do know I have gained back weight after my Master Cleasne. I just refuse to get back on the scale. If I do it will put me into a deep depression.

I am excited to see how my body will transform.

Michele

MC over

I lasted 31 days on the MC. My weight went down to 201. I gave my mother my scale after the cleanse so I will not weigh myself.
Now I am going to start exercising. I am going to use the BFL exercise for now and tweak it as I need to. I really want to fo figure competitions. I have had that desire for years now. I never got off my lazy butt to exercise. Well I am going to now. I will be 33 in August. By next August at 34 I want to be able to compete. Can it get done in 15 months? Can I go from 200 pounds to a compete figure? We shall see.

Michele

Day 27

Just 13 more days to go and I am done with the MC. I am really happy I did this. I did the SWF this morning. It seems I still have a lot of cleansing to do. I need to make sure I do the flushes and teas every day. That will be my goal these next thirteen days.

M

Day 21

It has been really hard now to stay true to the MC. I am on day 21...but the last few days to be honest I have snuck food in my mouth chewed it up to taste it and then spit it out. I don't know what is wrong with me. Why would I sabotoge myself when I am doing so good. I need to drink more lemonade and water. I have to continue to rid myself of the junk food, cook food addictions. I am drinking my senna tea now. I do need to pray for strength to continue. I feel on the verge of tears. It does seem so hard.

Michele

Juice Feast

I was really tired yesterday. I went to bed at 5:30 in the evening. I woke up today at 6:15am. I was really tired. I feel really good today. I feel very alert. After church today I will work on getting my apartment together., do some yoga, clean my car out.
After my 40 day MC I will embark on a 20 day juice feast. My last juice fast I mostly drunk bottles juices from the grocery store. This time I am going to pull out the Jack Lalane and start jucing all my veggies. I am thinking of purchasing Angela's Stokes e-book on juice feasting. I am also going to purchase Green for Life.
I am very excited about this. I feel I am coming to terms with my body. I will know longer abuse it like I have in the past. This is going to be a great summer. I am going to transition my son Steven to at least 50% raw. I am going to find a good green drink that he will enjoy so he can have one everyday. Life is great!

Michele

Funny how the mind works.

When I was raw I was craving cooked food. It seem such a struggle the last month or so to stay raw. I always end up back on cooked food, drinking alcohol and junk food. Now that I am doing the master cleanse my mind keeps wondering to all the delicious raw foods not cooked foods but raw. I am craving my tahini salad dressing with a huge salad.
After this cleanse I feel I will enjoy raw more and stick to it like I should. I think I got it this time around. I really can't afford mentally and physicially not to get it.
This morning like an idoit I stepped on the scale. Major disappointment. I gain back almost 2 pounds..WTF!! I think I have a clue why. I need to do my SWF and senna more often. I need to drink more lemonade and more water and I need to become active. I haven't done the yoga dvd since the first time. I will try this weekend. I really need to go walking it's suppose to be really nice this weekend.

Michele

Day 10 of Master Cleanse

All is well here. I have not been taking my senna tea or my SWF. I really need to work on that. I am glad I have made it to 10 days. Last night I had real bad hunger pains almost most to the point of nausea. I had to drink some water I had by the bed. I was to lazy to get up to go to the fridge and drink lemonade.I did a yoga tape for the first time yesterday. I lasted about 7 minutes. It is really hard. I'm not giving up though. I will do it agian today.
M

Day 7

All is well. I am heating up some spring water for my SWF. I do need to go out today and buy some more gallons of spring water. I took senna tea yesterday and it worked in less than 2 hours. That surprised me. It usually takes about 8 hours to work. I am down to 219.4lbs. I really need to force myself to drink more of the lemonade because I am very tired.
I hate the way my breath smells. It is the detox. I can't wait until that is over. Well I'm about to go drink my SWF. Uck!

M

Day 5

Just 35 more days to go woohoo!!
I made another gallon of my lemonade. The gallon I made monday lasted until Thursday. I put less syrup this time and a little more cayenne pepper...boy what a kick that pepper has. I have not been able to do the SWF except once. I will do one tomorrow morning. I still haven't done yoga. I am going to go throught some boxes I have in my living room from moving and make room to do my yoga. I am excited about that. I have notice that I do not drink as much lemonade. I mostly drink it at work and when I get home I have a habit of not drinking anything. I really need to work on that. Now that the weekend is coming up I am sure I will be drinking more.
I will work on a video when I get my camera back. I am lending it to a friend who is going to the Bahamas. I want her to take pics of the Anna Nicole sites...I know..I know...but I really want to see it. :)

In health,
M

Day 3 of Master Cleanse

I am a little irritable today. It seems like everyone and everything is getting on my nerves. It does not help that it’s raining today. I had intense hunger pains earlier to the point of actually hearing my stomach growl. It’s my fault for not drinking anything when I got home last night. I had no liquids at all when I got home around 7:30pm. I just did not feel like drinking anything. I was to lazy to make my tea. I need to really get my gallon of water in everyday. I stayed up way to late last night watching “The Workout” on the Bravo channel. I just did not feel sleepy. I should have been unpacking my apartment.
I am down 2 pounds.
I need to go to bed early tonight so I can get up to do my salt water flush and yoga. That will be my goal tonight.

M

Day 2 of Master Cleanse

I am on day 2 of my 40 day Master Cleanse. I am a little tired but that is to be expected.
This fast I must say it is different than my juice fast I have done in the past. I am looking forward to all the great things I have read about the Master Cleanse. Google Master Cleanse to learn more. I have to get to work will post later.

Michele

One lazy chick!!

Boy I am one lazy chick! It has been forever since I posted. I have got to do better.
My 40 day fast only lasted about 21 days. I decided to fast at least 7 days every quarter.
I have been very inspired reading Angela Stokes blog about her 90 day juice feast. I would love to do something like that. Of course with a 9-5 and the hustle with city life it's just not gonna happen. Maybe when Steven and I are able to visit exotic places and I can relax my body, mind and spirit I will attempt one...well at least a 40 day.
I have been really depressed lately with where I stay. I will be moving out next month. My son and I are really looking forward to the change. I am going to get rid of a ton of stuff. I am such a hoarder. So we will be starting over fresh next month.
I am more adament now in trying to get my son to at least 80% raw. With this move no junk food will enter our new apartment.
With this new apartment I get a free gym membership of a gym up the street. I am excited about that. I am going to buckle down with my fitness.
When I move into my new apartment I will be posting more and will be posting videos of me and my son's journey.

Michele

Day 7

All is well here. I am down 12 pounds. I feel pretty good. I am helping my son work on his science project about popcorn. We have to count how many kernels different brands of popcorn leave un popped. It is tough to count the popcorn and not want to lick my fingers. I am getting through it.
I am about to go and drink some senna tea. Hope everyone is having a great new year!

M

Day 3

So far so good. I just finish drinking some senna tea. I just hope it works before I go to work in the morning. I watched about half or more of Jinjee and Storms documentary video. It is really good. You can pick up a copy at http://www.TheGardenDiet.com
Tonight was funny. Like a bad mother I brought pizza home for my son and my mom. I had in my purse 2 tangerine. My son devoured the tangerine. He was begging for more. He did not even want the pizza. When I get my act together I know it will be easy to transition Steven in to a raw vegan lifestyle.

Michele

Day 2 of fast.

Today was pretty good. I did have the usual headaches. I just had juice and tea. Harris Teeter had collards buy one get one free. I guess the whole new years thing where you eat greens on new years. I will be having a green drink.

M

40 Day fast!!

Well it is time to get in gear. I am starting off the new year with a 40 day fast. I am very excited. I have crept up to the horrid 200's again. This will be the last time. I am also going to try harder to transition my son to a mostly raw diet. I am very excited about this new year coming up. I will also try to post a video diary of my fast and of Steven's raw transition.
I am also going to write more on my blog and stop being lazy, finally get the ACE personal trainer home study, try yoga, move out of this horrible apartment, have a closer relationship with God....boy I'm on a roll.
Today is day 1 of my 40 day. I will keep you posted.
God Bless.
Michele

Day 2

Today was a good day. I did drink 3 cups of coffee with a energy drink called Mochatonix and it had me a little jittery. I need to give up the coffee. I had a salad for lunch and apple for snack. When I got home this evening I had a big salad. I really do enjoy salads. I am going to try to stay off the scale and only get on it once a week. This morning I did get on it and I was 203lbs. I lost a pound from yesterday.

Back on track

Okay I am back on track. Today is day 2. I fasted until about 8pm last night and then I had a salad. My tahini dressing came out to vinegary. That's what I get for not measuring. I have decided to just weigh myself just once a week. We will see how that goes. I know how I am I will mist likely be on the scale everyday. I have gain so much back. At the height of my last fast I was down to 187lbs. When I weighed myself yesterday I was 204lbs AARRGGGG!!! I am so sick of this cycle.
I really wanted to weigh around 160 Christmas time....well really 135 to 140. Since I screwed up so much. I doubt that will happen. I am not going to fast right now for any long period of time. Maybe next year. I am going to fast once a week.

Just pitful!!

I am so pitful. I don't even know where to began. I am not even going near the scale for a few weeks. I tried to eat all fruit today. I came home and ate a ton of Lance crackers. God only knows what is wrong with me. I will try again tommorow and eat fruit and drink my carrot juice and drink tea.
We will see. I know as soon as my cycle is over I will get my butt on the treadmill....how many times have I said that over the past months.
Please pray for me :)
Michele