10 day cleanse

Tomorrow I am starting the Advocare 10 day cleanse.  I'm pretty excited! On it I need to make sure I am eating clean - that means nothing processed.  I can have days where I eat quite a bit of processed foods - so I think this is going to be good for me.  On the cleanse - for 10 days only - no dairy, no wheat (even whole wheat), no coffee or soda, no sugar, no fried foods, no alcohol.  After the 10 days food restrictions are off - but the goal is to continue to eat clean - and to cut soda completely.

So tomorrow morning I start with this - Spark (which is supposed to take the place of my soda) and my fiber drink in the cleanse box.  Then in the evening I have some pills from the cleanse box to take. I can drink 1-3 Sparks a day - but I only bought the variety pack to try it out - and it only comes with 12, so I only have 2 extra.  So my plan is to save those for days when I really need it.  

My breakfast - egg muffins with bacon and green peppers - I also have hard boiled eggs for breakfast and snacks thanks to Easter

I have my lunches ready for 4 days - tilapia, brown and wild rice, and broccoli

And I have my gallon of lemon water ready for tomorrow. Goal is to drink at least 1 gallon a day.  

 I will be taking my measurements tonight before going to bed and will weigh myself in the morning.  I'm excited to try this. It seems like, on the average - everyone has lost about 8 lbs during the cleanse.

Ok - That is all for tonight... later gators!

Color Me Rad

So, Saturday I did the Color Me Rad 5K in Chattanooga and it was AWESOME! For not really training (all I really did was my Les Mills workouts - not really running) I didn't do too bad. I averaged about 13 min. miles - I finished in about 40 minutes.  I'm okay with that since I haven't ran that much in a long time. I pretty much ran the first half completely. I did have to stop to fix my headwear once. I walked when I drank my water at the turn around point - and then ran/walked the rest of the way.  I probably could have ran a little more than I did...  Anyways - here are some pictures....

Beforehand with my race twin - we totally didn't plan this!

Mid-race. I got covered in pink! (Thankfully it's my favorite color) I still have some pink dyed skin. 

I finished and feel wonderful!

 It was so nice to have Aiden there to cheer me on! Adam said he wanted to run so bad... so looks like the next one we may try to do as a family!

  

 This is one of the color bombs at the end

 My team from work "Live in Color" afterwards

I really do enjoy the run. I need to do more of it at home!!

skipper

i skipped the gym today....

i feel like crap! i shouldn't have skipped - but i needed some family time.  i will do some extra at the gym tomorrow - running on the treadmill and then my BodyFlow class at 6:45pm.

i'm just 4 lbs away from my next reward - pedicure!

i am going to do the advocare 10 day cleanse - i should have my stuff next week. I ordered from Skinny Meg - so you can email her if you are interested in more info.

my Berry 5k didn't happen.  it rained and poured and thunder and lightning. the thunder and lightning kept pushing the race back... and then all the rain caused it to be cancelled because parts of the trail were flooded.  rumor has it that there were some areas where you would be up to knees. not sure what is going to happen - if they will reschedule or what. we are supposed to get an email this week.

this weekend is the Color Me Rad 5k - can't wait! it should be tons of fun.  i need to get some more runs on my calender!

Run Disney

So I have this goal line up on my closet in my bedroom.  For each 10 lbs I loose I get to reward myself with something on my list... It starts off with a manicure (already done) pedicure, massage... there is also rewards of a new work out shirt - once I hit 50 lbs. off  I'm going to get this bracelet from Adeline Mae

*but with a 50 - not a 20*

My reward once I hit 90 lbs... a trip to Disney World. I just can't wait to take Aiden!  This reward was Adam's idea - because he know I wanted to go so bad.  I thought it was perfect.  Well I just told Adam that I wanted to amend my 90 lbs reward.... I don't just want to go to Disney - I want to do the Disney Princess half marathon!  In February 2014!! 

So - I'm putting this out there - I'm gonna do it!! Anyone want to join me??

feeling great

i'm feeling so good and so happy with how i'm doing on my journey... i'm a little up in weight - but my official weigh in isn't until wednesday morning.  it's also my measurement day :) i have a good feeling about these measurements - last month i lost about 5" overall.

i've had so many comments on how i'm looking - really makes you feel GREAT!

i've been reading Mama Laughlin and Skinny Meg - they are both so inspiring and have great tips! they just completed a 10 day cleanse - i think i have decided to try it out... it's just supplements to help clean out your body and then you eat clean. i'm hoping that it will help me to cut sugar from my diet along with other processed yummy goodness. i want to eat better and healthier.

totally haven't been doing my meditation like i want to... maybe i can start late.

this weekend i'm doing the berry 5k - my last 5k was 4 years ago and it was the berry 5k :) i'm looking forward to it. and then the following weekend i'm doing the Color Me Rad 5k with people from my work up in chattanooga. that is going to be FUN!!

okay folks - it's getting late and i need my beauty sleep!

rough weekend

this past weekend was my son's birthday party... not so great on the food scale and no exercise at the gym... just active with my son... and we still have cupcakes and other goodies still in our house! need to try to stay away! i gotta get them packed up tomorrow.  i will be back to the gym tomorrow - adam is gone to valdosta for training, so aiden will go from one day care to another so i can get my workout in.... time for the mommy guilt to slip in... (it's just a week - well 4 days) i'm trying to get to work earlier in the mornings so that i can leave work by 4:30.

a friend commented on one of my pictures from this past weekend that i need a new pair of jeans because i was swimming in the pair that i was wearing. YAY!! although i can't be buying new clothes every 10 lbs gone so it'll have to wait a bit more.... but i did have adam dig out my smaller clothes so that i can hang up my skinny jeans to help motivate.

tomorrow i start a 21- day meditation challenge. i'm excited. i used to meditate every night when i was losing weight the last time. i think it's going to be good to get back into it.