Reflections on Week 1 of the cleanse

I was a little bit nervous heading into this cleanse because I thought I may not be able to eat the foods on the cleanse due to my fussiness but I was pleasantly surprised.  The food is amazing on the cleanse and I figured out that I can adapt things too as portion sizes are huge and with only me doing this it leads to tons of leftovers. I still have quite a few things leftover heading into week 2 so as I said before I will really have to sit down and think about my menu for week 2.  This has always been such a key for me to stay on the healthy eating bandwagon…menu planning and meal prep.  I really think that this cleanse will help me get my butt back in gear so get on the wagon again and just keep going and not look back.

On the exercise front I have done ok.  The runs/walks I did ok with but really want more strength training workouts.  I should be able to get 3 in next week (mon, fri and sunday).  The rest of the days I will use to run (saturday I have a 5K race which will be so hard but I am happy I am doing it),

The scale was un believable today when I got up.  I know a lot of it is due to the fact I have done a lot of night shifts this week and water weight but I was down 11.2 lbs…so crazy but I am so happy with those results.  This is the jump start I really needed to make me motivated to eat healthy.

Mentally I just feel clearer and have more patience then I do when I am not eating healthy which is another reason to keep this up.

Well I need to take advantage of the fact I didn't have to work my full night last night and get some work done around the house (mainly in our bedroom…we need to paint it before we bring in our new furniture).

Work and More Work

Not quite looking forward to this but I have to work friday and saturday night.  These are switches.  I will be so happy at 1930 on Nov 2 at 0730 when my crazy work schedule is over!!!!!  I know that switches that I have done really help me out but man it is so hard working that much in a row.  I have so much that I should get done around the house that I really need to take advantage of days off that I have.  Today does not really count as a day off as I had a horrible sleep and need to have a nap.

Things are still going well on the cleanse front.  still enjoying the foods and won't really have to make anything things weekend to eat as I have so much leftover from dishes I made earlier in the week.  I really need to look at stuff on sunday to see what I will eat next week so I can make a grocery list. I need to remember to take my weekly menu to work so I can make some photocopies of it (no ink at home).

I went to Jills today.  Had a great workout.  I just wish I could always go 3-4x/week.  I love the format of our workouts.  it is hard to go that often with my schedule.  I would love to go on sunday but it would be on my way home after nights but I should focus on a run instead as I have a 5K race on the 31st.  It will be a walk/run race for sure but it may give me the motivation I need to run more then I have been.

Well time to try and nap.  Have a great weekend.

mid week cleanse update

I can't get over how much I am enjoying this cleanse.  I am really liking the foods and I now know for next week to just pick and choose a few of the dishes and make those and have them through out the week since they make such big servings (will save some money doing it this way).   I feel like I am sleeping a lot better then normal.  There really isn't the time spent thinking about stuff which is awesome.  I go to sleep relatively quickly.

Exercise is going ok.  I have ran for 3 days now and tomorrow I get to go to bootcamp which is awesome.  It will be fun to see how everyone else is making out.  I probably will do my measurements when I go to class on monday.

I am not really missing the coffee and pop that much which is surprising.  Other then the 1 slip with 1/2 a bottle the other day I haven't touched any more pop.  I thought for sure I would have headaches for days but so far so good.  Just one day and I don't know if I can really blame it on the lack of caffeine.

I will probably take a look tonight at what is suggested for the menu for next week and make out my weeks worth of foods and make a grocery list.  I love having all these ideas for the meals on this cleanse.  It really makes it so much easier to get back on track.

The scale has been going down really fast but I am thinking it could be because of the time I weighed myself on the first day.  Oh well when I weigh myself on sunday I will use that total for week's 1 results.  I had eaten so bad over thanksgiving that I am not surprised that the weigh came off like it has. I know that it will slow down now.

off to make supper for the little man.

Clean Eating Cleanse

So before thanksgiving I was doing great with eating clean but  then we went home for thanksgiving and I fell off the wagon face first.  So on sunday I started the clean eating cleanse that has been all over Facebook.  I started 1 day earlier then the girls in my bootcamp class as I was starting my set on sunday.  So far I have been pretty impressed with what I get to eat and only 1 item I just could not eat.  I am going to make tweaks when I am pretty sure I won't like a certain dish.  I did make a soup though that I wasn't sure what I would think since it had Kale in it but I was pleasantly surprised by how great it tasted.

This cleanse also includes no coffee and no pop.  Last night I had about 350 mls of diet coke and I think i could have done without it.  So no more diet pop till the cleanse is over and even then I will try to avoid it as much as possible.

I finally got up a bit earlier today and went for a 3K walk/run.  I am hoping to get out 5x this week.  I wish I could get to bootcamp more but due to my crazy schedule that won't be happening.  I won't be there until friday.  When I go next monday I will do my measurements.  I want to try and do them 1/week during this cleanse.

I am going to be working 4 nights in the next 5 days so I need to make sure I pack more snack type items in my lunch so I won't be tempted to deviate from the cleanse.  It will be so awesome if I stick to this for 4 weeks.  I do know though that 1 night I will have a couple of drinks as it is a big fundraising dance that my husbands hockey team is putting on.  I need to be careful not to drink too much as I am sure my body will be extra sensitive since I am going to be eating such healthy foods.

speaking of healthy foods I need to make my supper for tonight.

Happy Cleansing :)

Week 2

I am now on my 2nd week of trying to clean things up in my diet/lifestyle.  as you know I had a great first week and just from avoiding my trigger foods I am down 7 lbs!!!!!!  that is the added bonus of eating healthy.

I had a great class at Jills today and am a little bit sad that I will be missing a few classes while we are away.  I just need to make sure I do some of her daily challenges while away and get some form of activity (run or walk) each day that I am away.

I also need to work on my attitude at work.  I tend to get caught up in the moment when talking about someone etc and I really want to stop doing that.  I would not want people to talk about me so I am sure they feel the same way.  It makes me look bad if I gossip etc.  This will be a goal that I want to reach by the end of the year.

I have a concert to go to in 11 days.  I would love to have 15 lbs off but realistically I am hoping for 10 lbs.  I am really looking forward to this concert.  2 great canadian country singers will make for an awesome show and going with my good friend/concert going buddy.

I have a lot to do today and tomorrow so I should get going…heading to the mall to see if I can get a couple of outfits to wear when down east.  Another reason why reaching my goal weight will be so awesome…having more fun shopping for clothes :)

Reflections of week 1

So I did it.  I complete my first week of being clean.  It actually wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.  I feel amazing and really want to keep feeling this way.
things that I believe helped me get back on the wagon:

1.  meal planning and menu prep
2.  a lot of self talk
3.  taking this addiction seriously

Entering week 2 with a positive mind set and lots of motivation to eat as healthy as possible while we are away.  Hopefully I will have a positive post when we get back home.

Stay on the wagon!!!!

1 week almost complete

I can't believe that I made it through my set at work without falling off the wagon.  That is such a huge accomplishment for me.  Now just to make it through the 6 days of being away.  I will just need to make sure that I have lots of healthy options for myself and that i remember to avoid all trigger foods as they make me slip into a very unhealthy state of mind (which I do not want to be in again).  It really helped to that I wasn't really thinking what I was going to eat each day but that I had everything ready to go and just had to grab.  I am a big believer in menu planning and meal prep!!!

I just sent an e-mail to drop down to the 5K race instead of the 10K on the 31st.  I know i won't be ready for the 10K and just need to build up for the 5K.  I will start doing more running tomorrow (which will be hard when I am away but I will make it happen).  I will be going to Jills tomorrow and then it will be over a week before I am back.  I will need to try and do some stuff when we are away.

I need to make a list of stuff I want to get done over the next 2 days before we leave.  I want a relatively clean house when we come back.  I will make a reasonable to do list so I won't feel overwhelmed.  I will need to head to the mall too and get myself some fall clothes as I don't really have much.  I am still wearing flip flops so I may get myself some type of shoes to wear down there.

When we get back from our trip I will be doing more reading on the cleanse that I will be doing for 4 weeks.  I don't think I really have anything planned (except the hockey fundraiser) so I should be able to stick to it almost 100% (provided there aren't too many weird dishes….I am sure I will have to make some substitutions when it comes to veggies and fish).

Well I should get going and make my to do list and maybe start working on it.

October

I can't believe that it is October already.  Time is just flying by!!!  I have just 2 more shifts to go and I will be off for 2 weeks.  We will be going to visit some family for 6 of my days off which will be nice.  Like I mentioned it will be hard to avoid those trigger foods but I must do it.  I have 4 days under my belt which I am happy with.  I am feeling so much better after just 4 days.

Exercise I still need to work on.  I just couldn't get myself out of bed to go for runs before my day shifts.  I think I will just plan on going to the gym before work.  I may have more motivation to do that then running outside that early.  I just wish the gym opened right at 5 instead of 530 (well they usually are open by 515 but 5 would work so much better for me.  I went to Jills fora bootcamp class today and it was good but hard.  I need to make it there as often as I can.  I hope to do some strength training at the gym too with previous workouts she has given me.  I want to get in the best shape of my life and start 2016 feeling great about myself

We have to have our vacation requests in by November 1st.  I already know 2 sets that I want off and I am so worried I won't get what I have asked for.  if I don't I just hope that I will be able to get switches.    I have the Nashville trip and then the trip down east and boots and hearts.  2 big and expensive events that I really really need to have off!!!!

have a great weekend :)