Everything is going well. Tired of blended soups and green powder. Ate out at Applebee's on day 9. It was Grandma and Grandpa's last night in town. AND it was "Rejoice Sunday" so we celebrated. I sort of stayed close to the program with french onion soup and the Santa Fe chicken salad. Took most of the cheese and bread off of the soup (had to at least taste it) and gave the chicken to little princess. With the spicy ranch dressing on the side, it was just a really tasty salad and guacamole.
I realized something in going out to eat. In just 9 days on the detox I suddenly find I have willpower with food. Usually I would order a sandwich and fries. Or something equal to that. I don't go out to eat often, but when I do, most of the time I walk (roll?) out of the resteraunt feeling overstuffed and tired. My body has to work so hard to try and process all the food. But this time I left feeling satisfied and happy. The soup (though a little salty) and salad were great. The meal tasted good, I didn't feel exhausted afterwards. I feel like I can make better choices and enjoy those choices. Why eat foods that make me feel heavy and tired? Now I'm not talking about becoming a vegan. I think part of eating healthy is eating animal protiens with their natural animal fats. When I am done with this I will go back to turkey and chicken, occasionally fish, beef and pork. Occasionally because of expense, not because I feel it is unhealthy. But I plan to limit the foods that make me feel tired and slow down my digestive system. For me those foods are refined carbs and sugars. As a general rule of thumb, if I don't know/can't pronounce something in the ingredients, probably shouldn't purchase it. And if it is unrecognizable (corn syrup looks and tastes nothing like corn) steering clear. Of course these are only ideals. I try to live in reality, I won't refuse food when I am a guest. And I'm pretty sure when I'm traveling or on vacation, fast food will occasionally sneak into my mouth. But I know how much better I feel when giving my body what it needs.
And right now, I feel great! My aching knees don't ache, I bounced up the stairs today, holding baby, and didn't wince once. As far as brain fog and constipation, my two physical complaints on the detox, adding the protien helps so much to eliminate brain fog. I had scrambled eggs mid morning and a whey protien shake for dinner. No brain fog. And that is impressive since baby pulled an all-nighter last night. Planning on yogurt in the morning and lentil soup for tomorrow. As for the constipation, I just needed to take 4 of the "step 3" pills for the Perfect Cleanse, rather than 3, and drink a little extra apple prune tea in the morning. Things are moving nicely now. (side note: the Perfect Cleanse is only a 10 day program, since I decided to try for all 21 days, I picked up a 2 week Whole Body Cleanse from local grocery. No gross fiber drink, the fiber is in capsules :)
How does it get so late? I'd better be off to bed now, early day tomorrow.
Good night to all and God bless :)
oh and I forgot, gained back 2 pounds on day 9, lost one of them on day 10. So my total weight loss is 4 lbs in ten days. A little disappointing, but I did have cheat feast and go out to eat twice in those ten days.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling my weight loss might be slower because I am adding protien, but that is alright with me. It is hard to get too upset when I feel so good.
Arrived back home. I still feel really, really good. The drive from Little Anna's house is 17 hours and it always wears me out. After about 4 hours my back, legs, and bum begin to hurt and I am constantly rearranging myself. We drove 12 1/2 hours yesterday because of the monster storm that is coming today. The winds were averaging 15 - 25 mph so it was kinda stressful when it was my turn to handle the jeep. I had absolutely no problem with backaches or buttaches. I was ready to get out of the vehicle, but am amazed that I feel this good. I stayed strickly "on detox" program thanks to JP helping me pack everything from drinks to yummy tomato soup and brown rice. We just looked for a truck stop that had a fast food restaurant next to it. Grandpa was happy with Arby's and I was okay with the hot soup and rice. So glad I did that because I feel so good. When we arrived home and got unpacked I couldn't wait to see if my juicer was as cool as JP's. Yep...I just juiced my first green drink. Not as tasty as JP's as I only had lettuce, tomato, and garlic. I gotta go to the store SOON! I'll weigh tomorrow morning and hopefully I won't have gained TOO much back from sitting in the Jeep all day yesterday, then again today sitting in the jeep and sitting in my office. Having chicken, salad, and rice tonight for dinner. Planning on going home at 2:30 and making an apple/carrot drink and continuing to have juice and tea throughout the day and especially fruit 1 hour before mealtimes. Hope that'll keep the weight off.
ReplyDeleteHi Ladies,
ReplyDeleteSo I had this detailed post and it wouldn't send & I lost it! :-( I do have to get going, lots to do yet tonight.
I'll make it short for now. Colonic was a success!!!! yeah!!!!! Thank you to the Percy's for all that you did for us today!!! Jenny, you must get to Rapids sometime to visit, maybe on a Friday?! :-)
Mrs. Hess, We're so glad you are home safely and doing well!!!! It was a pleasure to see you again!