March 22, 2014 - It's been 2 years since I updated this page. I'm thinking we don't really give a shit about BMI's anymore! LOL We've had so many other things to think about -- like graduation, marriage and overall health.
However, I will say that now I'm down to 161.8# and keeping it off. I have set a new goal of 155# for myself.
The newest medical challenge is finding out what is wrong with my body. One diagnosis has been verbalized... on to the next.
May 27, 2012 - We decided as a family that our BMI's were too high. We decided, as a family, that we would take the next 15 weeks and make a conscientious effort to lower our BMI's, build some muscle mass, tone our bodies, learn to eat better and maybe even drop a few pounds in the process. We will weigh in tomorrow with our official beginning weights and measurements and then weigh in every Friday morning until Sept. 7th.
Feb. 22, 2012- My weight has stabalized to 176#. I ended the last biggest Loser, according to my notes, at 176#. However, shortly after that I went down to 171#. So, I will be starting the next Biggest Loser at the same weight that I left it. I guess I'm alright with that.
Feb. 17, 2012 - My weight is just wonko, but I'm guessing that it is due to the fact that I will be getting my period any second now! LOL However, in all honesty, my weight is 176# Higher than I'd like. Higher than the 171# that I was in October, but in reality, it isn't terrible. I told Matt today that I really need his attention when it comes to my eating because I find it so easy to just not eat. After all of these years - after my teen battle with a healthy attitude towards weight and eating... I know better! However, when I feel so much better NOT eating (probably more related to being gluten free than being empty), it becomes even easier to say I don't want to eat anything. I feel that lately I have been looking at my body as if I was looking into a circus mirror with the center portion all fat and distorted. But, just this past week alone, I received two compliments about me looking as if I was STILL losing weight. So, the visual distortion is all mine. It frightens me just at tiny bit and I made sure that I shared that with Matt. I need an accountability partner in this weight thing or I know that I will go too far.
Boss-man let me know that the City is doing another Bigger Loser and wanted to know if I'd do that with him. WELL!! He only did it the first time with me because I begged him - so that I wouldn't be doing it all alone. He did fantastic too! He won first place - I got third! Not bad! So, I said that I would do it again. This time it starts March 2, 2012 and goes the 14 weeks to June. Weigh-ins are on Fridays though. That will be much nicer, since we all kinda wanted our free day to be Friday instead of Monday.
Today I bought strap on weights. They are 10# each and are made to strap on to your legs, however, there are a few other ways to utilize them. I look forward to exercising my muscles. However, with the fibro in the mix, I now know that I have to be patient with myself. If nothing else, having fibro will teach me patience!
Other than two small pieces of breading BBQ chicken meat from the deli, I've been gluten free for... hmm... over a week again. I don't think those two pieces will cause any pain. It's nice to poop a terd again! I used to think that I couldn't eat corn - at all! But now, I realize that it wasn't the corn causing me pain, it was the bread items that went with the dinner that caused me the pain. So, once again, I am enjoying the joys of buttery & salty corn!
February 14, 2012 - Bp is higher than I'd like, as is the number on the scale. We got sick after my last post and it's been one of us after the other since then. Right now - again with the yucks! I'm trying to NOT be frustrated, but I am TOTALLY!! I had a fibro flare up in there too! grrr.... Now this week I'll be getting my period!!! There's always next week I suppose....
Jan. 23, 2012 - My weight is 175# - not happy. Not sure how the bp is. I was going to do another fast over the last few weeks, but I was not able to get to that. However, I feel that I need to do this again because of my bp. I can feel the 'woosh' when I'm trying to sleep.
I will be starting to utilize the Walk Fit DVD's that I purchased. I like them - that and Yoga, I really think the yoga will help with my fibromyalgia and my blood pressure.
It's just that I'm lazy! I like to snuggle down into my bed and just read! I have time in the morning though and that's when I need to motivate myself to do any exercising. I really miss hiking, but I will make due.
Matt wants to lose weight also. I'm hoping that I can encourage him just by doing something myself. I don't want to mention anything or nag him. It has to be on his own or he won't keep with it.
12/20/11 Geesh!! Time to Update!
* I got the kidney infection to go away and my bp went down again.
* Been feeling kinda run down lately. Diet has been full of candies and munchies that everyone seems to make for the season. However, we are also fighting a bug of some sort - fever and yuck tummy. My fibromyalgia is acting up and annoying the hell outta me.
* All seems to coincide with in increase in our sugar intake....
* Not sleeping well for many reasons - hubby snoring, sick kiddo and pain.
Nov. 30, 2011 - My weight = 174# - not happy. However, my bp did go back down! - happy.
I was recently "diagnosed" by a naturalist/homeopathic practitioner as probably having fibromyalgia. The Endometriosis probably brought it on. On my endo boards I asked if anyone else had fibro along with endo -- a big resounding "yes!". sigh... well, at least I have some idea of what's going on with me. Honestly, I've been thinking it was a bit more than 'just endo' for quite some time. Now I know I'm still NOT crazy. I should have listened to myself a long time ago! Just like before, if I had listened to ME, I would have gone to the doctor sooner! Ah well... live and learn and learn again.
Nov. 7, 2011 - My weight is up a tiny bit - not happy. However, it's my bp that is outta whack. 140+/100+. Quite honestly, I think I have a kidney infection and that makes my bp go crazy. So, I will monitor the kidney for a few days and then see if I should get into see a doc or not.
Oct. 20, 2011 - I'm holding at 172#. That makes me happy.
Today I made chili, but I kept the elbow mac separate. I then took out a kettle full of mac-less chili for me and then added the elbow mac to the kettle for Matt and the boys. To my smaller kettle of chili I added some rice pasta. Rice pasta takes almost 20 min. to cook!!! Good grief Charlie Brown! Gotta remember that in my planning. But, it's good and my tummy does NOT hurt tonight! Even with the chili beans!!
Oct. 12, 2011 - 172# My bp is 123/80 - I'm so pleased. The one thing that scares me the most would be my bp being too high and my not being able to lower it naturally. The next thing that scares the beejeebers outta me would be internal bleeding with my endo problems. Thank you Lord for protecting me!! But back to the lowered bp ~~ It has lots to do with weight loss I'm sure, but it was down before I lost this weight this summer, so I believe it also has lots to do with my diet. I'm still drinking 2 oz. of aloe vera juice in the a.m. and in the p.m. I still drink caffeinated drinks and eat lots of chocolate, so... I'm not so sure that I need to keep them out of my diet for bp reasons.
As for my weight-loss, I plan on continuing. As a matter of fact, today was an irritating endo related pain day on my descending colon. Therefore, I will be fasting Thursday and Friday to help things along. I don't believe in continuing to eat if you can't have a comfortable bowel movement. So, it's soup, juices and water for me tomorrow and Friday! I always feel so great while fasting!
Oct. 10, 2911 - 172.6 @ City Hall - I missed 2nd place by .2 of a pound. At home I weighed 171.0 I'm disappointed in my 3rd place. I intend to keep going though. Slow and sure to keep it all off. At one point in 2010 I was 196#. I got rid of all of my larger sized clothing, so now I have to keep it all off!
Oct. 5, 2011 - 173.2 @ home. Yesterday was hubby's birthday, so I ate tator-tot hotdish, spinach salad, ice cream and one bite of the topping off of his cake. Bad tummy troubles today though - by way of gluten thinking.... there's gluten in the cream of mushroom soup. Dammit.
So, it's a liquid fast for me again for the next 5 days. I feel so much better fasting! It's for the next 5 days because Monday is the final weigh in for our biggest loser contest. Then I've got to re-evaluate my eating habits and re-incorporate solid gluten free meals into my diet.
Oct. 3, 2011 - 173.2 @ City Hall (and at home surprisingly enough!) today! Yay! I am a little disappointed though - again. I gotta remember that I'm not doing this for the number on the scale.
I ate a little bit for lunch today. I should have eaten a smaller amount and it should have been something like soup with potatos and carrots or part of an egg maybe. Blech... I wish I could get rid of it.
Sept. 28th - 174 today. I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed by that number. Oh well. I am NOT doing it to lose weight. I'm doing it to clear out my system of gluten and to let my system heal after gluten problems. I have to remember that. Although, with the Biggest Loser local contest I'm in, I'd sure love to lose another 11 pounds! Then I think I'd win. The prize is almost $100.00. That money would sure go a long way at GoodWill in getting me some clothes that fit!
I haven't taken my blood pressure in quite some time. I wonder what it is... I think it's good, as I'm sleeping very well and very still.
I made some chicken stock for my fasting this week. I was able to get 1.5 gallons. The second batch was about half a gallon. The second batch - usually weak and not as rich as the first - was too rich for me on a fast. I'm so surprise by the richness of it. I cannot imagine how thick and rich the first batch must be. I made it from chicken necks. Maybe the necks make a more rich and thick stock?
Today was water, Brags Apple Cider Cinnamon vinegar, kefir, chicken stock, aloe juice, fasting tea and I was going to drink a glass of milk before bed, but that stock is so rich, I'm going to skip it tonight.
Sept. 26th - 172.6# Cycle not bad at all this time! YAY! I was really careful with my cream and supplements.
Have decided to continue fasting this coming week. I can't believe how great some food items are tasting - and how yuck others taste.
Sept. 25th - Cycle is not hurting at all; not significantly anyway. I have to eat something today though, otherwise it will stop and start up when I'm done fasting and mess me all up. Therefore, today I ate 1 scrambled egg and 1/2 of a fried onion with fresh chopped spinach. Will still do the broth, kefir, milk, kombucha and water. What I find surprising is that (WARNING!! - Gross body movement info coming up... skip to next paragraph if you don't want to read. This IS MY journal ya' know!) I had a bowel movement(s)!! I can't believe how much I'm still 'dumping' - compared to how little I am eating.
I was going to stop fasting tomorrow - and I guess by eating due to my cycle I have already, technically STOPPED. However, I really want to clean out. Since I'm not hungry or tired, I think I'm going to keep on with the light eating for my cycle, but then go right back into a liquid fast as soon as my cycle is done.
Sept. 24th - 174.6# - Still fasting, however, I'm supposed to get my period today - so if I want to stay on schedule, I need to eat something so I can get it! My period won't cycle thru unless I"m eating. So, I ate a tiny bit of mashed potatos, fresh spinach and kraut. BINGO! There it is!
Sept. 23rd - Friday night. I treated myself to some Sour Cream & Onion Jays Potato chips. Still had the broth - chicken today. It tastes so good. Kefir too. Not very hungry. Chocolate tasted even sweeter today - don't need to eat very much of that -- it's almost TOO sweet! 175.8# Chicken broth and chocolate.
As I fast more and more, the flavors of foods become stronger and stronger. So, today I tried a few chips to see if they taste better/worse... they tasted pretty darn good. Chocolate is getting to be too sweet. I also tried a teeny tiny sip of Sierra Mist - blech!!! Tasted like all chemicals. My sense of smell is more acute too.
Sept. 22, 2011 - 176.something. Not really caring about the # on the scale right now. Right now, I am more concerned about clearing as much gluten out of my system as possible. I'm feeling really good right now! Things that weren't salty to me before are incredibly salty to me now! Chocolate still tastes delish - thank goodness. However, it is very sweet, so I don't need as much. Broth today - water, tea, milk, spinach & kraut and a tiny bite of bacon. Okay, so the bacon is NOT fasting worthy, but it was only about 2" long. The kraut is to keep my gut healthy and the spinach is to make it a bit easier to re-incorporate solid foods next week.
Sept. 21, 2011 - Drank beef broth, milk, tea, kefir and water. I also ate some chocolate. Chocolate is my freebie when fasting. I'm also still taking my supplements. I was pretty thirsty yesterday too. I also made gluten free pumpkin-butterscotch muffins - which I let everyone else try - tried one bite and them promptly froze them to save them for next week.
Sept. 20, 2011 - 178.something# - extrememly thirsty today!
Tues., Sept., 20th - Beef broth, kraut and a bit of rice, milk (raw). I'm feeling really good and I'm not hungry at all.
However, I will say that now I'm down to 161.8# and keeping it off. I have set a new goal of 155# for myself.
The newest medical challenge is finding out what is wrong with my body. One diagnosis has been verbalized... on to the next.
May 27, 2012 - We decided as a family that our BMI's were too high. We decided, as a family, that we would take the next 15 weeks and make a conscientious effort to lower our BMI's, build some muscle mass, tone our bodies, learn to eat better and maybe even drop a few pounds in the process. We will weigh in tomorrow with our official beginning weights and measurements and then weigh in every Friday morning until Sept. 7th.
Feb. 22, 2012- My weight has stabalized to 176#. I ended the last biggest Loser, according to my notes, at 176#. However, shortly after that I went down to 171#. So, I will be starting the next Biggest Loser at the same weight that I left it. I guess I'm alright with that.
Feb. 17, 2012 - My weight is just wonko, but I'm guessing that it is due to the fact that I will be getting my period any second now! LOL However, in all honesty, my weight is 176# Higher than I'd like. Higher than the 171# that I was in October, but in reality, it isn't terrible. I told Matt today that I really need his attention when it comes to my eating because I find it so easy to just not eat. After all of these years - after my teen battle with a healthy attitude towards weight and eating... I know better! However, when I feel so much better NOT eating (probably more related to being gluten free than being empty), it becomes even easier to say I don't want to eat anything. I feel that lately I have been looking at my body as if I was looking into a circus mirror with the center portion all fat and distorted. But, just this past week alone, I received two compliments about me looking as if I was STILL losing weight. So, the visual distortion is all mine. It frightens me just at tiny bit and I made sure that I shared that with Matt. I need an accountability partner in this weight thing or I know that I will go too far.
Boss-man let me know that the City is doing another Bigger Loser and wanted to know if I'd do that with him. WELL!! He only did it the first time with me because I begged him - so that I wouldn't be doing it all alone. He did fantastic too! He won first place - I got third! Not bad! So, I said that I would do it again. This time it starts March 2, 2012 and goes the 14 weeks to June. Weigh-ins are on Fridays though. That will be much nicer, since we all kinda wanted our free day to be Friday instead of Monday.
Today I bought strap on weights. They are 10# each and are made to strap on to your legs, however, there are a few other ways to utilize them. I look forward to exercising my muscles. However, with the fibro in the mix, I now know that I have to be patient with myself. If nothing else, having fibro will teach me patience!
Other than two small pieces of breading BBQ chicken meat from the deli, I've been gluten free for... hmm... over a week again. I don't think those two pieces will cause any pain. It's nice to poop a terd again! I used to think that I couldn't eat corn - at all! But now, I realize that it wasn't the corn causing me pain, it was the bread items that went with the dinner that caused me the pain. So, once again, I am enjoying the joys of buttery & salty corn!
February 14, 2012 - Bp is higher than I'd like, as is the number on the scale. We got sick after my last post and it's been one of us after the other since then. Right now - again with the yucks! I'm trying to NOT be frustrated, but I am TOTALLY!! I had a fibro flare up in there too! grrr.... Now this week I'll be getting my period!!! There's always next week I suppose....
Jan. 23, 2012 - My weight is 175# - not happy. Not sure how the bp is. I was going to do another fast over the last few weeks, but I was not able to get to that. However, I feel that I need to do this again because of my bp. I can feel the 'woosh' when I'm trying to sleep.
I will be starting to utilize the Walk Fit DVD's that I purchased. I like them - that and Yoga, I really think the yoga will help with my fibromyalgia and my blood pressure.
It's just that I'm lazy! I like to snuggle down into my bed and just read! I have time in the morning though and that's when I need to motivate myself to do any exercising. I really miss hiking, but I will make due.
Matt wants to lose weight also. I'm hoping that I can encourage him just by doing something myself. I don't want to mention anything or nag him. It has to be on his own or he won't keep with it.
12/20/11 Geesh!! Time to Update!
* I got the kidney infection to go away and my bp went down again.
* Been feeling kinda run down lately. Diet has been full of candies and munchies that everyone seems to make for the season. However, we are also fighting a bug of some sort - fever and yuck tummy. My fibromyalgia is acting up and annoying the hell outta me.
* All seems to coincide with in increase in our sugar intake....
* Not sleeping well for many reasons - hubby snoring, sick kiddo and pain.
Nov. 30, 2011 - My weight = 174# - not happy. However, my bp did go back down! - happy.
I was recently "diagnosed" by a naturalist/homeopathic practitioner as probably having fibromyalgia. The Endometriosis probably brought it on. On my endo boards I asked if anyone else had fibro along with endo -- a big resounding "yes!". sigh... well, at least I have some idea of what's going on with me. Honestly, I've been thinking it was a bit more than 'just endo' for quite some time. Now I know I'm still NOT crazy. I should have listened to myself a long time ago! Just like before, if I had listened to ME, I would have gone to the doctor sooner! Ah well... live and learn and learn again.
Nov. 7, 2011 - My weight is up a tiny bit - not happy. However, it's my bp that is outta whack. 140+/100+. Quite honestly, I think I have a kidney infection and that makes my bp go crazy. So, I will monitor the kidney for a few days and then see if I should get into see a doc or not.
Oct. 20, 2011 - I'm holding at 172#. That makes me happy.
Today I made chili, but I kept the elbow mac separate. I then took out a kettle full of mac-less chili for me and then added the elbow mac to the kettle for Matt and the boys. To my smaller kettle of chili I added some rice pasta. Rice pasta takes almost 20 min. to cook!!! Good grief Charlie Brown! Gotta remember that in my planning. But, it's good and my tummy does NOT hurt tonight! Even with the chili beans!!
Oct. 12, 2011 - 172# My bp is 123/80 - I'm so pleased. The one thing that scares me the most would be my bp being too high and my not being able to lower it naturally. The next thing that scares the beejeebers outta me would be internal bleeding with my endo problems. Thank you Lord for protecting me!! But back to the lowered bp ~~ It has lots to do with weight loss I'm sure, but it was down before I lost this weight this summer, so I believe it also has lots to do with my diet. I'm still drinking 2 oz. of aloe vera juice in the a.m. and in the p.m. I still drink caffeinated drinks and eat lots of chocolate, so... I'm not so sure that I need to keep them out of my diet for bp reasons.
As for my weight-loss, I plan on continuing. As a matter of fact, today was an irritating endo related pain day on my descending colon. Therefore, I will be fasting Thursday and Friday to help things along. I don't believe in continuing to eat if you can't have a comfortable bowel movement. So, it's soup, juices and water for me tomorrow and Friday! I always feel so great while fasting!
Oct. 10, 2911 - 172.6 @ City Hall - I missed 2nd place by .2 of a pound. At home I weighed 171.0 I'm disappointed in my 3rd place. I intend to keep going though. Slow and sure to keep it all off. At one point in 2010 I was 196#. I got rid of all of my larger sized clothing, so now I have to keep it all off!
Oct. 5, 2011 - 173.2 @ home. Yesterday was hubby's birthday, so I ate tator-tot hotdish, spinach salad, ice cream and one bite of the topping off of his cake. Bad tummy troubles today though - by way of gluten thinking.... there's gluten in the cream of mushroom soup. Dammit.
So, it's a liquid fast for me again for the next 5 days. I feel so much better fasting! It's for the next 5 days because Monday is the final weigh in for our biggest loser contest. Then I've got to re-evaluate my eating habits and re-incorporate solid gluten free meals into my diet.
Oct. 3, 2011 - 173.2 @ City Hall (and at home surprisingly enough!) today! Yay! I am a little disappointed though - again. I gotta remember that I'm not doing this for the number on the scale.
I ate a little bit for lunch today. I should have eaten a smaller amount and it should have been something like soup with potatos and carrots or part of an egg maybe. Blech... I wish I could get rid of it.
Sept. 28th - 174 today. I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed by that number. Oh well. I am NOT doing it to lose weight. I'm doing it to clear out my system of gluten and to let my system heal after gluten problems. I have to remember that. Although, with the Biggest Loser local contest I'm in, I'd sure love to lose another 11 pounds! Then I think I'd win. The prize is almost $100.00. That money would sure go a long way at GoodWill in getting me some clothes that fit!
I haven't taken my blood pressure in quite some time. I wonder what it is... I think it's good, as I'm sleeping very well and very still.
I made some chicken stock for my fasting this week. I was able to get 1.5 gallons. The second batch was about half a gallon. The second batch - usually weak and not as rich as the first - was too rich for me on a fast. I'm so surprise by the richness of it. I cannot imagine how thick and rich the first batch must be. I made it from chicken necks. Maybe the necks make a more rich and thick stock?
Today was water, Brags Apple Cider Cinnamon vinegar, kefir, chicken stock, aloe juice, fasting tea and I was going to drink a glass of milk before bed, but that stock is so rich, I'm going to skip it tonight.
Sept. 26th - 172.6# Cycle not bad at all this time! YAY! I was really careful with my cream and supplements.
Have decided to continue fasting this coming week. I can't believe how great some food items are tasting - and how yuck others taste.
Sept. 25th - Cycle is not hurting at all; not significantly anyway. I have to eat something today though, otherwise it will stop and start up when I'm done fasting and mess me all up. Therefore, today I ate 1 scrambled egg and 1/2 of a fried onion with fresh chopped spinach. Will still do the broth, kefir, milk, kombucha and water. What I find surprising is that (WARNING!! - Gross body movement info coming up... skip to next paragraph if you don't want to read. This IS MY journal ya' know!) I had a bowel movement(s)!! I can't believe how much I'm still 'dumping' - compared to how little I am eating.
I was going to stop fasting tomorrow - and I guess by eating due to my cycle I have already, technically STOPPED. However, I really want to clean out. Since I'm not hungry or tired, I think I'm going to keep on with the light eating for my cycle, but then go right back into a liquid fast as soon as my cycle is done.
Sept. 24th - 174.6# - Still fasting, however, I'm supposed to get my period today - so if I want to stay on schedule, I need to eat something so I can get it! My period won't cycle thru unless I"m eating. So, I ate a tiny bit of mashed potatos, fresh spinach and kraut. BINGO! There it is!
Sept. 23rd - Friday night. I treated myself to some Sour Cream & Onion Jays Potato chips. Still had the broth - chicken today. It tastes so good. Kefir too. Not very hungry. Chocolate tasted even sweeter today - don't need to eat very much of that -- it's almost TOO sweet! 175.8# Chicken broth and chocolate.
As I fast more and more, the flavors of foods become stronger and stronger. So, today I tried a few chips to see if they taste better/worse... they tasted pretty darn good. Chocolate is getting to be too sweet. I also tried a teeny tiny sip of Sierra Mist - blech!!! Tasted like all chemicals. My sense of smell is more acute too.
Sept. 22, 2011 - 176.something. Not really caring about the # on the scale right now. Right now, I am more concerned about clearing as much gluten out of my system as possible. I'm feeling really good right now! Things that weren't salty to me before are incredibly salty to me now! Chocolate still tastes delish - thank goodness. However, it is very sweet, so I don't need as much. Broth today - water, tea, milk, spinach & kraut and a tiny bite of bacon. Okay, so the bacon is NOT fasting worthy, but it was only about 2" long. The kraut is to keep my gut healthy and the spinach is to make it a bit easier to re-incorporate solid foods next week.
Sept. 21, 2011 - Drank beef broth, milk, tea, kefir and water. I also ate some chocolate. Chocolate is my freebie when fasting. I'm also still taking my supplements. I was pretty thirsty yesterday too. I also made gluten free pumpkin-butterscotch muffins - which I let everyone else try - tried one bite and them promptly froze them to save them for next week.
Sept. 20, 2011 - 178.something# - extrememly thirsty today!
Tues., Sept., 20th - Beef broth, kraut and a bit of rice, milk (raw). I'm feeling really good and I'm not hungry at all.
Monday, Sept. 19th - Tea, kefir, yogurt, tomato soup and kraut. I feel great today!
Sunday, Sept. 18th - my best friend's birthday party - I did eat a piece of cake. I tell you though that cake hurt so bad and made me feel so nauseous. I thought I was gonna puke it up. No cake for me. My hubby had an epithany moment: I've always said that if I eat too much on an empty stomach - that I'd be close to vomiting. This was before gluten knowledge. Maybe it's all connected???
Sat., Sept. 17, 2011 - I've really been realizing the effects of gluten on my tummy. It isn't a pretty situation. I've been thinking that I'd love to get all of the gluten out of my system as quickly as possible. To do that, I think I need to fast for a few days. So, this time, I'll be fasting not for blood pressure or for weight loss or for water bloat. This time, I'm fasting to try to clear out my system. I've always felt better after fasting, so I'm excited about it. I recently found an article that said it can take a body 6 months or more to recover from gluten intolerance/allergy damage. I don't want my body to get to that point of pain or damage. Wish me luck.
Sept. 13, 2011 - 177.2#
Sept. 5, 2011 - 176.7# I can't weigh in today - have to tomorrow, because today is Labor Day. Hope it stays low. Salsa and saurkraut again today. I'm not hungry, but my mouth is bored. I craved Cheeto-s!! So I bought a small bag and ate 4 pieces. Did the trick and the guys ate the rest. Kinda thirsty though - gonna make more of that fasting tea.
Setp. 4, 2011 - Salsa weekend. Lots of canning to do. I found a yummy tea. Called Fasting Tea. It leaves a sweet taste in my mouth after each sip.
Sept. 3, 2011 - Hmmm.... a complete fast didn't work out - we have a grad party to go to. ~~ Later: I didn't eat at the party. Decided to just eat my fresh salsa and saurkraut today with some tortilla chips.
Sept. 2, 2011 - Gonna fast this weekend.
Aug. 29, 2011 - 179.8 - lost weight, but STILL!!! grrrrrr! Well, what do I expect? I am lazy and I don 't like to exercise in front of a telly. I'd rather go hike. I did try to walk, but it hurt later in the hip joint. I wonder why walking hurts more than hiking? Whatever the reason, tomorrow is a new day! I can still lose a few more pounds. I think the weatherman said it was going to be hot and humid though... dang it. I hate sweating. I have my period and my plantar fasciitis is also acting up - something MORE to keep me from moving. These last 9 pounds are NOT LEAVING ME!!!!! I am such a good hostess ;) everyone always says so when they come over ~ LOL ~ no one wants to leave! Neither does my last 9 pounds.
On a good note, my BP is still a nice number! I've added spinach to my food choices. I like it much more than lettuce. I've also added more liquid to my intake and less soda. (Actually, less soda because I don't want to spend any money on it. Hey, whatever works!) I have also found through all of this Biggest Loser stuff that gluten really does aggravate my intestines and I feel much better without it. (I can't understand why I'm not losing more weight than I am, since I am not eating as many carbs.)
Aug. 25, 2011 - hmm... I am terrible at this weight loss thing. I've only lost .99% Oh well. I added water aerobics on Tuesdays and maybe Fridays. I tried walking today. We were able to go about 2 miles before my hip joint started to burn. So I was happy for that. At least I was moving.
Aug. 22, 2011 - 180.2# Well... at least I didn't have to pay in. Also, this next week and hopefully the next I will be feeling really well, physically, and I'll be able to do some additional physical exercises. I'm wanting to try jumping rope - as well as my Walk-Fit videos by Leslie Sansone. Wish me LOSS!
Aug. 21, 2011 - I have to weigh in tomorrow for Biggest Loser - I'm not looking forward to it. I know I didn't lose this week as there were too many food activities going on with a week long family reunion. I will do better next week --- LOL can't get any worse!!
Aug. 21 - I am disappointed with the 7 day cleanse. I didn't lose any extra weight and my butt was sore after 5 days. So, I stopped at day #5. Hubby was going to finish up the last 3 bottles. The taste was fine - I didn't mind that at all and the flavor didn't change as I went along. When reincorporating food, one should do it slowly - as if one had been fasting. The gas was tremendous and quite painful.
Aug. 13 - Day #5 continued - I was going to do the cleanse today, but I really wanted to give my tushy a rest!! This is extremely personal!!! LOL But, now that it's closer to bedtime, I think I'll drink some - not the whole amount, just some. I'll continue and finish up by tomorrow evening. So far, I haven't lost any weight at all! My tushy is sore and I'm gassy - that's it. Very disappointing!!! I ate very well all week - not strictly veggies, but I ate very healthy, except for today when I had some extra sweets. However, today was well into the 7 days. I would have thought that if I was going to have lost some weight, I would have already.
Aug. 12 - Day #5 - didn't do the cleanse today because I was away from home all day.
Aug. 11 - Day #4 Arbonne Cleanse - 11:00 a.m. started drinking the juice. By 6:30 p.m. I had to go into the bathroom to fart every 10 min. I was afraid to fart w/o a toilet... Finally, by 9 p.m. I had something worthwhile move thru. The juice still tastes fine, I don't know what all the hub-bub is about. I won't be drinking the juice tomorrow though -- we are going to the lake and they have pit toilets!!
I was told that we carry anywhere from 3-40 or 60# of extra sludge in our intestines... I don't know that I believe that or not - leaning towards NOT. So I did some research online and found others that think that piece of information is a hoax.
Aug. 10 - Day #3 Arbonne cleanse - 9:00 a.m. - I still like the flavor, it tastes the same. I didn't feel the urge to utilize the bathroom until 7:00 p.m. - and it was just a quickie. I don't have any bathroom horror stories to share. I'm eating lots of spinach and drinking liquids. I ate some roast beef and pots tonight and had some V-8 juice.
I can't help but wonder if this cleanse is so gentle it won't get into the 'down and dirty' of a cleanse. On the other hand, maybe I don't have loads of gunk to clear out!!
Aug. 9 - Day #2 Arbonne cleanse - 9:00 a.m. flavor still not bad. I kinda like it!
Aug. 8 started the 7-day Body Cleanse by Arbonne.
Day #1 9:00 a.m. Arbonne Cleanse - not bad. The flavor of the liquid added to 32 oz. of water was not bad at all. Tasted like a tart date juice. By 3:30 p.m. all the beverage was consumed. By 5p.m. my insides were gurgling. By 6 p.m. I had to use the loo. Again at 7p.m. I used the loo and at 10:30 p.m. I used the loo one more time. Not bad at all - no pains, just... you know...
Started the City's Biggest Loser contest at 182# - we go until Oct. 11th.
My computer just shut down on it's own and I lost a year's worth of my journal! Bloody mess!!! Now I gotta try to redo - what a crapful event.
In the past year ~ August 2010 to August 2011 ~ I also drank aloe vera juice in the morning and in the evening to further help with my bp ~ worked wonders!! I still do that.
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Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - Dang it!! I wasn't hungry, but I forgot I was fasting. My Mother-in-Law brought us fresh baked bread and I had a little. Then my girlfriend made us a snack and I ate a piece. No biggie, it was just a piece of bread and 3 tiny pieces of puffed rice, not rice krispies, the puffed stuff. Anyway, I'm doing great, then the boys and I go do errands and they get hungry, so I buy them dinner and I ate some! Crap! sigh... so, I didn't eat much, but I did eat! Dang it! So, tomorrow is another day.
I really want to do this correctly. The last time I did, my blood pressure was nice and low. Now it's high again. I feel that now I HAVE to do this regularly for my health. I want to try to be diligent with this for at least 6 months and then check my blood pressure again. If it still doesn't STAY low for a month after, then I know I need to get medical help with the bp stuff.
I'm almost done reading a book, Adventures of Diet Girl. It was slyly recommended by a 'sort-of' friend. It's alright. It's a great inspiring read, don't get me wrong. I just don't want to read about someone losing weight over a six year period!! I'm inspired by her doing it - just want to do it faster than six years!! The main thing for me is to figure out why I want to lose the weight or why I need to lose the weight. There is a difference. Then I need to remember that I don't have to seek anyone's approval but my own and the Lord's. I have to stop trying to gain the approval of a mother that doesn't really give $.02c what I do!
My fasting started out as a possible way for my body to cleanse itself of my excess endo scar tissues; then my blood pressure went down to a normal level, but losing 10# and keeping it off for a month is very addictive! Now I'm conflicted as to why I want to keep fasting. Can it be for all three reasons?
Monday, 6-21-10 - I really did feel better fasting and when I was coming off. I ate some chicken Sunday and it just didn't set right with me. Was it because it was meat?? I don't know. At any rate, I felt kinda yucky.
I really want to be careful coming off though because I don't want to gain all of the weight back. I know I'll gain some back because it's water that comes off, from what I've read. However, I don't want to gain it all back. I want this to work for my endo tissues, but I think I'd have to be fasting for longer than I really want to. But then again, for my health, I feel that I should "go the distance" I've very torn with this decision. I'm not sure what to do.
Thursday, 6-17-10 - I decided I felt better fasting! 
Monday, 6-14-10 I can't believe how good things taste! -
Sunday, 6-13-10 @ 6:41 p.m. - Still not very hungry.
Sunday, 6-13-10 - Done with water fasting last night.
8:00 a.m. - This morning I made a kefir smoothie with pineapple and diluted it with coconut water. I got most of it down --- very slowly. At times I felt queasy, so I drank water along with every sip. That helped out LOTS and LOTS. The queasy feeling went away then. I never did feel TERRIBLE. I could feel a dip in my energy level on Day 2, but I drank a coconut water and that helped. On Day 3 when I felt an energy dip I drank kombucha. My breath never got septic smelling, but my tongue did feel gunky - I brushed often. Also, I used to get laryngitis/sore throats every year like clock work. I haven't for at least 7 years now (nothing significant like before), since I started ionic colloidal silver. However, with this fast, I felt like the back of my throat had a "lump in it" like when your gonna cry, but aren't crying yet. Like that.
I figure, either some of the stories of fasting are exaggerated, worst case scenarios, or I've got so much fat and excess junk in me that my body didn't get to that point yet! On the other hand, maybe I DON'T have the same excess toxic junk in my system like some other people do. I mean, I've been going organic for several years; I stay away from soy as much as possible; we rarely, if ever, eat out (it makes me literally ill and $$$); our water is completely filtered; I've juiced previously -- I mean, we are as natural as the City will let us and as we can afford to be. So, I don't know, but I'll be doing it again in July.
Weight this morning: 180# - I've lost 13 pounds. I can harldy believe it. When I read other journals of fasters, many of them said that they didn't want to undo all of the good and hard work they just accomplished thru fasting. I can totally relate to that!
Saturday, 6-12-10 - Still fasting. I started fasting at 8:30 p.m., so I'll be going all the way to 8:30 p.m. tonight. I'm not hungry! I can hardly believe it. I read LOTS of articles online about fasting; breaking fasts; fasting with kombucha; fasting with raw milk; water fasting; juice fasting - ugh!! There are so many ways to do this. However, there is only ONE way to come off of or break a fast and that is slowly. I made sure I got hubby on board for tomorrow and Monday for when I break my fast. We decided that I'd start with veggies, then add rice and go from there.
Weight tonight at bedtime was 184#
Friday 6-11-10 - Fasting again. I feel pretty good. The scale dipped down 4.5 pounds since last week. I'm not fasting to lose weight. I'm hoping that by fasting for as long as I can - and then monthly, that my body will reabsorb the scar tissue and endometrial tissues that are covering my organs. At one point, my OBGYN said that my body COULD reabsorb the endo tissues, but that it would take years to do. Also, it wouldn't really happen with any significant results until I went through menopause. Some professionals in the natural health field state that by fasting, a body will reabsorb things like excess scar tissues, even small tumors. The body will do this because it needs nutrients, so it will use up the excess first. We'll see. I'll keep track of how I feel here. I'm not feeling poorly or tired at all - so far.
Weight today was 186#
Thurs., 6-10-10 - Weight today was 190#
Wed., 6-9-10
I don't know what I weigh today, but Monday or yesterday I was 193#
6-8-10 This morning I felt great, but now I feel like a nap.
6-7-10 I'M NOT EATING VERY WELL!! THIS IS BAD!!
6/1/10
5/31/10 (Not enough veggies today)
I didn't weigh myself today.... too scared to!
5/30/10 (Not a very healthy day I admit!)
PHYSICAL - stretching today, I'm stiff from our 3 hour hike yesterday!
5/30/10
I've been trying to figure out why my abdomen sticks out. I know, that sounds so funny!!! It's because you're fat!!!
Actually, in 2005-2006 I was down to 165#. Then I got sick and ballooned up to 195# in about 7 months. Diagnosis and surgery later, the super large cysts were removed, but scar tissue remains, as well as an increase in the number around my mid-section. For awhile, the scar tissues kept multiplying. I'm hoping I have that under control now. This is part of my reason for wanting to keep a Food Journal.
When it was suggested to me to keep a Food Journal, I was told to keep track of how much I ate. Since I THINK I eat relatively healthy, I must be eating too much. That's what this page is for.
So, in an effort to eliminate WHAT the problem could be - endometriosis struggles vs. I'm getting fat... I'm going to try a "Food Journal".
As a combination of health responsibility, I'm also going to log in what my physical activity for the day(s) is/are.
I hope this goes well and I hope that I have a good support system/cheerleading section!
