Day 2 - 145, 1lb lost!

3PM
I actually opened my blog this morning to post a morning update, but having 7 children ages 10,8,7,5,3,1, and newborn will....yeah, kind of keep you from getting the time to actually SIT and write! Thus, the afternoon update instead.

I weighed myself in the middle of the night (I like to do this, it's fun to watch the scale go down during the night when I get up several times to feed the baby) and it seriously was 149! That's alot to weigh after a whole day of just blended fruits & vegetables. Geez! Kind of annoying but that's okay, I know the green smoothie feast DOES WORK to lose weight so I'm not going to give up.

This morning I weighed myself and I was down to 145.6, 1 lb less than yesterday morning. Yay! And weighed myself again a few minutes ago and it was 145.0. So I expect to be at least another pound down tomorrow which is what I wanted, 1 lb per day. We'll see!

I was VERY glad I had two big sports bottles full of green smoothie this morning when I woke up. Because I lounged in bed with DH & the baby for a few hours and didn't actually "get up" until about 11am. I was really hungry by that time and of course, the kids were ready for lunch so I had to make them something. It was life-saving that I had a smoothie to just grab & gulp before starting my day.

My headache developed into a full-blown problem during the night so I took 2 Tylenol. Normally during fasts I refuse to take any meds unless it's absolutely dire, but last night I just couldn't handle another thing to deal with. So I was headache free when I woke up, thank God. I realize this might extend my detox but I'm OK with that - I need it to be as easy as possible or I will not be able to do it.

I've had some occasions where I catch myself starting to be a witch with a capital "B" and harping on the kids for really dumb things. Things that normally are not that big of a deal. I immediately realize I need to eat because I've been warned about this and I do NOT, repeat do NOT want to take it out on my kids. They don't need to suffer just cuz I'm trying to lose weight. So as soon as I eat, I feel better - but it's too easy to go too long with all the children's needs to take care of, so I'm being careful to watch for the signs.

Just now I made a big green smoothie with an entire bunch of Romaine, ground flax, pears, grapes picked from a neighbors vine, bananas, water, and bee pollen. I made one and 2/3 Vitamix pitchers full so that it'll last me a bit longer. That's always what keeps me from drinking green smoothies is that they have to be made. Even though it's pretty quick, you still have to wash the greens and/or cut up and wash the fruit - it's just time consuming and in my world where there isn't much time, it's good to do it ahead of time.

I'm really excited to have one whole day and a half under my belt, and still going strong! Yesterday I took 3 of my children to the farmer's market where I stocked up on lots of parsley, spinach, romaine, bananas, and pears. Spent $18 - but that should hopefully last me a good 3-4 days. (About $4 per day)

The house is asleep during naps so I'm off to do my HIIT running routine for 45 minutes - my new shoes arrived and I'm looking forward to trying them out!

11PM
My run went really well! I was proud of myself for actually doing it - I was tempted to not go at all in the name of "family peace", as we had a really chaotic morning trying to get our house cleaned up from being gone to the party last night. But things settled down and I got in exactly 47 minutes worth of exercise and excelerated heart rate. When I got back, on a whim I weighed myself and I was at 144! That's a pound less than I weighed this morning. I think it's fun to weigh myself randomly like that, usually in hopes that I weigh less than that morning - kind of fun when it actually happens!

Tonight I decided to make two Vitamix pitcher's worth of green smoothies. I used a bunch of spinach and split it between the two, adding in lots of bananas, apples, mixed frozen fruit (I LOVE the mix I buy from Costco, full of yummy summer fruit!), ground flax, bee pollen, and "Sun is Shining" powder. It's nice to know I won't have to refill until probably naptime tomorrow - a little more freedom!

I had alot of energy tonight after the kids went to bed. I did a whirlwind clean so that it'll be nice in the morning...and it felt good not to be in such detox like I was yesterday. Oh yes, I forgot to report that my poop was green this morning! Not that you wanted to know that, lol. But other than the "ewwww" factor, I wanted to share that little fact, since it means I am now officially clean of the SAD food I was eating previously.

I'm also noticing significantly LESS body odor. I rarely use deodorant, because when you eat raw foods you don't really have that much B.O. But eating SAD so much lately, gosh, I've definitely needed it! So I'm happy to say that the B.O. has significantly subsided and hopefully I will have none in a couple of days - it feels so nice not to have to wear that stuff!

I'm really enjoying the green smoothies now. I've never, ever had them for 2 days straight so it's been an interesting experiment, especially given the fact that I tend to get bored REALLY fast with food. I use it for my excitement, something to look forward to, thus the ice-cream and all those other SAD things I've been eating. It feels nice to be in control of my eating once again, and also to be enjoying and looking forward to drinking them. It feels like I'm drinking "Life"!!

G'night!