Final Stats

The 10 day cleanse is ooovvver.

I lost exactly 5 pounds. Not the most poundage....but I'll take it. 5 pounds in 10 days, I guess thats not too shabby. I'm 2 pounds from pre Parker weight. I call that pretty good. I'm down 7 lbs since Jan 1. 7 pounds in 31 days? Win.

Inches lost:
hips: -2.5
belly button: -.5
butt: -1 (JK trish....sad.)
boobs: -2
rib cage: -1
waist: -.5

Not huge numbers, but since the 1st I am down an inch almost everywhere. -3.5 for my hips. That's exciting!!

I had something good to blog about, besides trying to lose weight.

Can I remember it? No.

P feels like crap. I am really hoping its just a tooth.

I thankfully got to go home early. When does mommy guilt kick in 10 fold?

When your baby is sick and you have to walk out of the house and leave them all day. Worst feeling ever.

So I get home early, he looks horrible. Absolutely horrible. Julie left and we promptly laid on the couch to cuddle for a while. Then all of a sudden he perks up and is ready to go.

So I let him play for a bit...then he starts screaming.

This has pretty much been the pattern all night. Play for a bit, love life for a bit...then scream...hate life for a bit longer.

Now that it's bedtime...its pretty much all "I hate life" on his part.

DONE!!!!

Day 10 is OVER!!!

WOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!

I do not know my total weight loss, though I don't think it will be more than 5. I am waiting until tomorrow morning to weigh-in. I'll take my measurements before I go to bed.

I am so glad its over. The last 3 days have been really hard. I just didn't care! I didn't binge or anything, I just let myself cheat a little more than I should have.

Monday I had a beer. Yesterday I was fine. Today I had some cheesy potatoes---just a few!! I made it through the weekend which has always been my downfall before. I made it a whole 7 days without cheating and the last 3 I stuck to it 95% I'd say.

I'm ok with that. 

I actually want to do it again. I'm looking forward to it.

I am going to eat like I'm doing the 24 day Challenge and I'll take the Advocare stuff that Liz gave me until I run out. I'm scared to not stick to it. I don't want to binge on Oreos the first chance I have. Although, they looked amazing at Target on Tuesday. I almost drooled. 

No lie.

Drool.

I am looking forward to SuperBowl Sunday. Cheeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaat Daaaay!!!!!

I want to eat good 90% of the time. I will however begin drinking coffee in the am again. I almost caved today and had one. But I held strong.

Tomorrow....I will be crazy at work. Sorry guys.

Welp, time to go stress out about where the hell all our money went. 

Sigh. There goes that Tattoo at 20 lbs. We are on a spending freeze, but that's another blog post.

Tune back in soon to see my final results. :)

Day 7- Stats Day

I usually weigh myself for real on Sundays...but I weigh myself every morning. It helps me stay on track and shows me if I did a good job the day before or if I should work harder the current day.

This morning I woke up excited to get on the scale.

Excited.

Who does that?

I am down 4lbs since the cleanse...and 6 since the 1st. 4 isn't much for the cleanse, I've heard of people losing a lot more. I'm not done yet, and even if I only lose 4...I'm pretty ok with that.

Well actually...no. I want to lose 3 more. Then I'm at Pre Parker weight again. A year and 3 weeks later...I'm back. :)

I'm almost back but man does my body not look the same. Weird how having a kid and then getting said kid cut out of you really changes your body. Huh.

Thank you to everyone who has kept me on track.

All your Facebook comments, asking me how its going at work, texts messages, or bringing it up when I see you out..keep me on track. If I am considering cheating on this I stop and think, " Ughh...then I have to blog about how I cheated." Those are not words I'd like to type. Blogging about this cleanse has been the reason I'm successful. Thank you for making me be accountable to all of you!

Thanks for reading the random crap that comes out of my head.

I am also down at least .5 inches everywhere. I haven't taken official measurements yet, I will do that on Wednesday night, but quick ones showed at least half an inch. I think it was a whole inch on my ass.

Boom.

So far, not a lot lost, but I already feel different. I feel better in my jeans. I feel better in my sweatpants! I am seeing results, more results than I have seen in a very long time.

I'm fully invested.

I might have to actually get that tattoo....

Food today on my cheat day:

Breakfast: Biggest Loser Pancakes with a dollop of syrup. Not the best? But for being on the cleanse they weren't too bad. It was better than drinking a shake and watching the boys enjoy their pancakes.

Lunch: Tuna with plain greek yogurt and cucumber on a whole wheat sandwich thin. It was awesome. Thank you Shelly for the idea! Sorry Frannie...this may be my lunch a lot in the near future.

Snack: grapes and banana oatmeal cookies. They were awesome. They are literally just 3 smashed bananas and a cup of rolled oats. Cook at 350 for 15 mins and boom. delicious healthy cookie!

Dinner: chicken linguine. awesome and easy sauce. Just chicken broth and corn starch.  Pinterest win. oh and zucchini fries....not the best? I didn't enjoy the mushy texture. Sweet potato fries are better in my opinion.

Day 6...Cheek Swab

What a crazy busy day we had!

The Bone Marrow Registry was today.

It was such a well put together event. Ilya's family really did a great job. 236 people showed up to get registered. Pretty amazing.

As far as the testing went, super easy. You have to swab inside your mouth, all four corners, with like a big Q-Tip. Totally quick and painless.

The form you had to fill in before you can do said swab...intense and long, but worth it.

Parker's buddy Bruce was there. P is a little like Lenny from Of Mice and Men with Bruce. He was trying to be a good friend and rock him in his car seat...and was just a little over zealous with it. I'm surprised Bruce didn't fly out. Apparently he also tried to eat Bruce's hand? Sigh..sorry Tanya.

Saw my friend Heather on our way out...thank for going Heather!!

After the registry we went to Target, met an old parent's new baby. Jonah. Adorable.

Hit up Costco for the first time with my new card!!

I just found out last weekend that I have had a Costco membership for quite a while now...so I thought I'd actually use it.

It was *beyond* packed. So busy. I saw my mom's coworker and his wife and while we were catching up, we caused about 30 traffic jams. While I was walking slow to wait for Sara, I had like 4 people in a line behind him...like butt to cart traffic. (get it? like bumper to bumper?)

I can't believe a store that huge can be that packed.

I grabbed P a sample of pork loin because he hadn't had lunch yet. He mowed for a bit and then wanted nothing to do with it. There was too much to look at. I ate his leftovers...sold.

I wasn't sure if that was ok on the cleanse, but I figured it had to be. Before I could go grab my own I ran into my old coworker Kathy, who is big in Advocare, so I could confirm that pork loin is in fact ok to eat. Great timing lady!

So this leads me to what I ate today:

Breakfast: Vanilla Meal Replacement- I had planned on eating eggs with chicken, but I ran out of time getting out the door. So shake it was. I just got a blender bottle and it made a HUGE difference in the shake. No chunks of powder? Win.

Lunch- Egg whites and one yolk with chicken and peppers.

Dinner- Pork Loin with carrots and red potatoes. I cheated and at the potatoes. But if eating these potatoes is wrong...I don't want to be right. They were SO good. I sprinkled olive oil and Italian Dressing mix on them and the carrots...even better than when you sprinkle the Ranch mix. Try it guys. The pork loin...it didn't even need ketchup!!

Here is the recipe: mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thane is currently eating ice cream. Chocolate fudge crazy shit head. or something like that.

I plan to start lifting soon. Can't wait!!

Day 5...The Binge.

It was pizza day today.

Little Caesars.

Man..when you have only eaten chicken, tuna, lettuce, fruits and veggies for 5 days, the smell of that pizza sure makes your mouth water.

I left for a bus run...walked by the HUGE stack of pizzas, and didn't touch a single one.

Got in the van...the van that had just brought 30 pizzas from Little Caesars. I'm surprised I didn't gain weight just from smelling it.

mmmmmmm...

Then I have to go to Starbucks to get a coworker.

Starbucks.

Come on.

Fast forward to me being back to work...I make my lunch (chicken and broccoli) and get back to work- ignoring the pizza and its terrific smell.

I walk back into the kitchen after I finished my lunch and I couldn't help it. 

I gave in.

I stuck my fork in the most delicious food I have had in 5 days...and then keep stuffing my face. I only stopped because I ran out of food.

I'm sure if you had seen me at the moment I looked like a weirdo. Grin on my face...probably nodding my head thinking "my god..this is good. This is gooooooood."

Pineapple is amazing.

I binged on Pineapple. Is that possible?

Day 5...still haven't cheated. Boom.

Well, I guess I don't know if pineapple is on the list of ok food for the cleanse, but it's fruit..so I don't care.

I worked out 4/5 days this work week. I gave myself Thursday off. My body needed it. Gotta listen to that old lady sometimes...

Gorilla in the Locker Room

The third shower on the left is the best.

 

The showers at the P Club are SO hot. The only go from 90 degrees to about 250 degrees for water temperature Because a 90-degree shower is exactly what I want after becoming a sweaty mess on the treadmill on my break.

 

Oh but the third shower...that one is broke. Maybe? I don't know. But I do know that the temperature gauge goes past the 90 and the water gets not scalding hot.

 

I am pretty sure a female gorilla also loves this shower.

 

Today there was a gigantic clump of hair about the size of a small Boulder sitting in the corner.

 

Totally disgusting.

 

I gingerly move it with my flip flops, trying not to think that I have to then put my flip flop back in my gym bag after touching this small Chihuahua. Then I look to my right.

 

It was like a zoo.

 

My god.

 

Hair everywhere!!!

 

Did she cut her friggin hair while showering?? Seriously.

 

I mean come on, maybe something is wrong with her that they sheds that much...and that totally sucks..but PUT IT DOWN THE DRAIN!

 

*shudder*

 

I left the shower, did a quick scan and did not see a gorilla.

 

10 naked 90 year old women walking around buck naked? Check.

 

*shudder*

 

Locker room stories are the best. I saw Grace in there the other day and couldn't help but notice the 97 yr old women having an in depth conversation totally naked. One was getting dressed, but the other had the towel draped around her neck just gabbing away. For a very long time.

 

Best part? They were right next to Grace. Ha!

 

I shared this with my coworkers only to find out that the men's locker room is worse.

 

Men shaving naked. Blow drying their goods naked. Talking to each other with one foot on the bench naked.

 

*shudder*

 

Locker rooms are so gross.

 

Anyways, cleanse day 3.

 

I did great, but I felt like shit.

 

I felt horrible after my workout. Dizzy. Crabby.

 

So I ate some grapes. Boom. Better.

 

Meals for the day:

 

Breakfast- Meal Replacement

 

Lunch- Tuna salad with some chicken pieces and lemon juice. It was awesome.

 

Dinner- chicken breast with broccoli.

 

Snack- grapes and half of a small smoothie.

 

It was chicken alfredo day at work...and I didn't eat any! Not as hard as I thought it would be...but it wasn't easy.

 

So day 3 of not cheating. Better than any other time I have tried the cleanse. Thanks to all of you for making me accountable and supporting me!!

 

Pinterest Find:

 

 

 

My birthday is in November.

 

Gross.

Day 2

Went well again.

I got on the elliptical when P went down...and man did I not want to be there.

I watch Scandal when I work out...that pretty much makes me stay working out for 40 minutes, at least.

Today, I thought I heard Parker wake up from his nap after 10 minutes. I was totally ok with getting off to go hang out with him. I stopped...ran upstairs....sleeping.

Damnit. I made myself get back on the elliptical and finished my workout. Then I wanted to watch another episode, so I did 43 more minutes!!

Ha! Jokes. I was a sweaty mess. I'll watch it tomorrow.

I didn't cheat at all today. Pretty impressive. Especially considering I walked into work and there were like 6 bagels, cookies, and good bread sitting in the kitchen. I just yelled at Craig about it and walked out.

Go me.

Breakfast: Eggs with turkey and green peppers. It was amazing.

Lunch: Meal replacement shake

Dinner: leftover Chicken fajita.

Snack: 3 hard boiled eggs, and soon to be grapes before I go to bed.

I am thinking this weekend I will make spaghetti with turkey and wheat noodles. But now that I say that..maybe not. I happen to like spaghetti a LOT and I'm not sure I can stop after 1 cup of noodles.  So there that goes....

After I showered from my workout today I was thinking that I should work out again when I get home to get a full hour in today. I was hoping I'd become obsessed with working out. I could use a good 2 months of being obsessed with it.

Sadly, now that I am home...the ambition of doing those last 20ish minutes is gone. Its still early though...maybe I will.

I think that is why I'm so determined to finish this cleanse though. If I can do 10 days...I can do 50 pounds. Right?

That's the hope.