The scale says.......

       I'm writing this a little late as I just got out of work an hour or so ago. I weighed in at 225, which is where I started. The good news? I didn't gain anything. Now, I already expected this because I cheated bad this past week. Am I disappointed? No, because i really didn't do good this week. So here is what happened...

        During the first half of the week I did pretty good. I stayed away from Mountain Dew and had my Nutriblasts. However, I found out the most challenging time for me is not during work, but the last hour of work. I am so hungry! So, I have to put my mind into finding something that will work for me! So...here is what happened..

    Wednesday I got my hair done and after that was done we stopped at the Mexican restaurant. Jeremiah got a really strong craving on Friday for a hamburger. We stopped and got a jalapeno burger from Mcdonalds. I would lie if I said this was not the best tasting hamburger ever. I was literally in food heaven with every bite. We also went to Ihop! SO BAD. I had a big steak omlet with Mountain dew! A few days later Jeremiah and I got into a little fight and so I took the keys, got in my car, and got a large number 1..on Saturday. Sunday, my friend came over and brought me a foot long buffalo chicken sub from Subway! Later that night...bought the dreaded liter of Mountain dew. I felt lethargic, got a pounding headache, felt bloated, and extremely tired as a result of all of this. Needless to say, I wasn't surprised what the scale would say.

  What I learned from this past week? I am human so I get cravings and temptations all around me. When I feel angry or depressed my first instinct is to run to food! This temporarily makes me feel better, but then after the guilt/depression kicks in. Not worth it!

  This brings me to Monday. When I saw the 225, I felt disappointed in myself, but I told myself I can keep trying. I didn't gain weight! I felt an increase of energy all week and so that was amazing! I also felt more regular in my digestive system. I am not going to give up or even dwell on how bad I did this past week, but will remember how the food made me feel!

   Game plan this week? NO mountain dew! Continue with my water. Bring almonds in my water bottle so that the last 2 weeks of work, I can fill up on something healthy! If I feel emotional I will resist the urge to eat. I will ensure that I focus on how bad that food made me feel. Also, I will try to find alternatives when I feel upset or overwhelmed. I am still in this and I refuse to give up!

   Next Monday will be a better weigh in!

Good day today and Weigh in

                                                 

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Today was really good! Let's consider today day 1 because I cheated the other days. I had 

two nutriblasts today! One for breakfast and then one right now as I'm writing this. Experimenting is going a lot better now. 

Breakfast I know had to have a lot of protein in it so that I wouldn't get hungry. Therefore, I had a banana, peanut butter, maca powder, cocoa (real dark stuff), chia seeds, strawberries, protein powder, and almond milk. The taste was wonderful! I am a huge peanut butter fan! Jeremiah, not so much lol, so he made his own. Since it was really easy to clean he made his right up after mine! It's actually fun to experiment on what you want to try! So, just to recap...Saturday I had one and I was REALLY hungry by 7pm. Then, starving on the way home! Well, this one lasted me until my lunch break!!

I did prepare in case I got hungry like Saturday. I brought my water bottle that you see above and filled infuser with lemons and mint leaves. The bottom cup, I had protein powder in case I needed a drink to avoid getting shaky.Let me tell you the taste of the lemon/mint water was amazing. Unfortunately, a side effect is running to the bathroom every 1/2 hour lol. I just kept peeing water...but I kept in mind that it was my body cleansing itself. Now, everyone that knows me understands that I hate water. Mountain dew was my addiction! If it wasn't Mountain Dew, then it had to be flavored water via Crystal Light packets. This water naturally flavored allowed me to drink three of them with no problem at all. So good and refreshing! I also brought a protein bar, which you probably figured out was peanut butter! I also hard boiled two eggs and left them in my lunch. 

Lunch, I had one of those healthy choice frozen meals. I don't like eating those because I know the salt is bad for me, but considering this is the only solid food I eat it should be ok. I had one of my eggs.  Went back to work and around 10:30 started to feel some hunger pains, but knowing I had stuff prepared made it easier. I ate the protein bar and that did absolutely nothing for me! I don't know why those work for other's, but for me no way!! So, after work at midnight, had my egg and that held me over while going to the store to buy a few more veggies. We still have a lot of stuff left over so we may not have to go grocery shopping for awhile. Now how did I feel throughout the day?

I did have a lot of energy. My head seemed clear and I was able to walk up /down the stairs with no problem. I don't feel as bloated as I normally do! No headache today which is amazing! I did have a few mins of tiredness, but I think it was the emotional day I had. Sitting here right now, I feel energized! Something that I haven't felt in a long time. I wanted to go to gym, but Jeremiah didn't feel like it. 

Ok, we got home and of course by now I am hungry! I figured we haven't had a lot of "green" nutriblasts, so I decided that I would have a detox nutriblast. Jeremiah let me surprise him. I put in spinich, kale, parsley, chia seeds, maca powder, cucumber, blueberries, and water. I am not going to lie it tastes like we are drinking a cucumber. The color is really dark green..which is intimidating. However, it's really good. You sometimes feel like you a drinking a salad lol. I feel full and I don't even miss the sensation of chewing food. I think I finally found something that is going to work for me! I am ensuring that I have plenty of protein so I don't starve. I am very excited about how this day went!

My starting weight is 225.0. This is the weight I always come back to when I stop trying to eat right. I've always given up and right back up to 225. My first mini goal is going to be to get under 200! That would be amazing! I think I'm going to have my peanut butter nutriblast every morning. Detox at night for this week. This way I'm not having too many sugary fruits! I'm kind of on a high right now with the amount of energy I have. SERIOUSLY! It's not the placebo effect because Saturday and Sunday I was questioning whether I would be successful at this because I felt terrible! 

I'm not sure if I will do a blog daily or weekly during the weigh ins. What do you all think? Would you like to see a youtube video of me nutriblasting? A lot of exciting things going on right now. I just hope they continue! I am very determined!! I am kind of nervous to weigh in next week! 

NutriBlast and starting off this New Year good!

       We bought a juicer about a year ago after watching Fat, Sick, and nearly dead. This didn't get hardly used because it mashed all the fiber into a basket rather than putting into the drink. Therefore, it was missing the bulk of the nutrition.. Plus, it was a pain to clean it. We came across this infomercial this year and it let us know we can put seeds, skin, and everything (except certain ones like orange skin, kiwi skin, etc) and it would grind it all up to get all the value. This also was given great reviews, so, we ordered! It was delivered last Wed and we were so excited to try it. We went to the grocery store that Friday night!!! The first use was this past Saturday!

      I have to admit that I was scared because I get really shaky throughout the day because of my PCOS. I also worried about the money that would be spent at the store for all the veggies/fruits. This product suggests we should try replacing two meals with a nutriblast and so that's what we thought we'd try. We decided with our schedule we would do the meal before work and then when we came home at midnight have one. This makes most sense because having a meal before work is usually hard for me and since we get home at midnight it's not good to have a lot of calories. We only bought the stuff for the drinks and then just frozen meals for our lunch at work. We also got eggs to hard boil so that I could ensure I would have something incase I was to get shaky. Furthermore, we got a box of protein bars. Normally, we spend 100.00 a week on food. This trip we spent 104.00, but it saved us a bunch of processed foods and I knew I was doing something good for myself! So, I think it's a good trade off.

   We got home and washed all the berries with white vinegar and water and amazingly it is Sunday and they are still keeping. Berries normally seem to go bad over night. The leafy greens we rinsed and put away of course in air tight container. We have the berries left out so they don't go bad in the fridge! This brings me to the first nutriblast. The first one we tried had blueberries, blackberries, spinich, nuts and strawberries. The taste wasn't too good lol. I drank it at 2pm and wasn't hungry until 7pm. My lunch is normally at 8:15pm. I felt completely full until then! I also had a water bottle filled with strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries to flavor my water. I drank two large bottles of water. On the way home at midnight, I was starving. Like, cranky, shaky, and very unhappy lol. Came home and grabbed two pieces of pizza :( I was very disappointed in myself, but I told myself that I'm not going to give up.

    The next day we made another one. We had banana, spinach, peanut butter, strawberries, and almonds, and maca powder. This one was amazing! So, this showed me that I need to research some recipes to be sure I find ones that I like. Today, I had one with two oranges, strawberry, turmeric, maca powder, and spinach. It was really good as well! I noticed that yesterday, I could barely keep my eyes open when we came home. This is highly unusual for me as we normally stay awake until 4 am! I was out by 1:30. I also had a really bad headache. I slept late today as well. I thought well maybe this isn't working out. I did some research and found out the first week is "detox" and it's a good thing. It's your body eliminating the toxins in the body. It's also teaching your body to burn fat rather then processed foods. So, I'm going to keep going this week and will post an update at the end.

    I am doing this because if I can give my body as much natural foods as possible then maybe my body will lose weight. Furthermore, I'm hoping that it will kick in ovulation so I can get pregnant. I decided that in the middle of the day as snacks I'm going to have hard boiled eggs and a protein shake to get me through. I know that if I let myself get shaky then I will grab the closest thing to me. I will weigh in tomorrow (Monday) and then weigh in each Monday. We are going to try to go to the gym as well. Might not be this week if detox keeps being hard like this. I know that this is working and I'm learning a lot. I have had a lot of people announce their pregnancy around me lately and it just puts motivation into me to keep going. I won't give up on this. It's hard at first, but I know I can do it! I have to! I'm tired of the high blood pressure, fatigue, and being overweight. Jeremiah is doing it with me as well! He said we won't give up either.

   I would say that the nutribullet is worth the price and it's super easy to use and clean! I'm the laziest person ever and if I have no problem washing it then that's saying alot. I will continue to update as I really like the accountability of posting a blog through my experience. I like getting my thoughts out and re-reading what I've done in the past.

Thanks for reading :)