Blue mood

I am giving this another go.  I'm not giving up because I know eventually I will get it right.  Yesterday I was so depressed and spent all day eating to the point that I felt sick to my stomach.  I just couldn't stop.  It hasn't happened in such a long time and I think yesterday, everything that I have been dealing with, got to me and I lost control.  So this morning I got up determined to make an honest effort at making this work.  Eating healthy and moving more.  I know this is the worst time to start but really if I can make it through the holidays then I can make it through anything.  I will try to post during my lunch breaks (the only down time I have for myself) and hopefully I can get back to blogging and doing good again.  I'm excited and from every failed attempt I'm learning something.  I will get it right and I will get there.  

All over again & so many changes.

Hi there, it's been a long time since I last logged into my blog so, let me give you a  quick update you on my life.  After moving from house to house we FINALLY bought our house! It needs a lot of work (and a lot of money) but I am thankful and grateful for what I have.  I am also (after four years) an officially working mother.  I found a job working with the county's special education program and I'm loving it and loving the hours even more.  Gives me enough time to drop my son off at preschool and pick him up at an early time.  Life is good!

Now, on to the dreaded subject........Yes, I gained some weight back..I'm 185 so while I haven't gained it all back, I still gained some.  Living with other people made it extremely difficult to stay on track.  I tried but it was way too frustrating and stressful for me.  Now, I have been home for over a month and I have tried over and over again to get back to what I was doing before we moved that first time, but I'm having such a hard time and to top it off it's holiday season so I mean, who want's to eat healthy during the holiday season?  Not me!

Weigh-in

Day three and doing pretty good.  I have been eating all raw and working out as well.  I did weigh myself yesterday and I am exactly 180lbs.  Not bad considering when I first started this weight loss journey I was 203 (if I'm not mistaken).  I'd like to lose another 20lbs and hopefully going raw will help me do that.

Since I'm fairly new to this raw lifestyle I have been eating raw cereals, smoothies, cold soups, and juices.  My husband's gift to me for Mother's day was a brand new Vitamix and I'm seriously loving it.  Makes, blending smoothies and juices SO much easier.

30 days strictly (plant based) Raw food

Hello again!:)

It's been a busy couple of weeks and I am still eating a (mostly raw) plant based diet but, living with my in-laws (temporarily) has made it harder because I feel I'm obligated to eat what they are eating.  This weekend I decided to get back on track and announced to my family that I'm doing a personal challenge of 30 days strictly plant based raw food diet in hopes that they will be understanding when I don't eat the same thing they are eating:)

I will do a weigh-in tomorrow morning and will make and honest effort to post pictures of my snacks and meals during these next 30 days.


Wish me luck!

Oh Happy Day!

This year has been, by far, the best ever.  I'm so excited about everything and I look forward to what tomorrow will bring!

I am STILL juicing (yes, you read right!) and eating right.  I have lost 17lbs (maybe more been a few days since I weighed myself).  I started working out last week and today for the first time in almost 4 years I was able to run for 30 minutes straight!  Watching "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" definitely gave me a clean start and watching "Hungry for Change" just made everything "click" in my brain.  I just got it.  I finally got it and it feels SO incredibly good to know that I can eat.  Yes, I can eat and I won't get fat...well as long as I follow a plant based diet.  I still eat meat and animal products but not nearly as often as I used to.  I can go to a party and eat pizza or a hamburger and maybe some chips with dip, followed by the cake and ice cream and I won't feel bad because I know that tomorrow I will go back to my now-normal way of eating.  It's just really great.  I just feel so at peace now...just really really great.

Onto other news (hehe) my hubby got a promotion and so we are in the middle of moving back up north.  We are finally going to buy our own house (yay!) super excited about that and I've decided to go back to work...part time maybe full time still thinking about it...not going to be easy after being a SAHM for 4 years.

I know I haven't been writing much lately and I'm sure it's going to be another few weeks before I write again but I'll come back:)

Have a happy Easter!

Day 17 of my juice fast

So, today marks 17 days of juice fasting.  I cannot believe I have been able to stick with this as long as I have and how easy it has been.  As of this past Saturday I have lost 13lbs and I'm feeling great.  No hunger, no anxiety, no stress.  I'm feeling great.

Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead

Hello!

I know I have been gone for quite a while, but seriously I had been feeling pretty defeated and down.  I gave up and was eating like a crazed elephant trying to fill a bottomless pit...not good.  Then, for whatever reason, my older sister started doing a juice fast (where you eat nothing but veggies and fruit juice) and told me about this movie that she had watched that inspired her to give it a try.  The next day my husband and I watched the documentary "Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead" and decided to give it a try.  Today I am on day 12 of my fast and I have never felt better.  I have more energy, I'm not hungry, I don't get those terrible muchies late at night anymore.  I'm satisfied the majority of the time and amazingly I am learning to deal with time not spent eating.  I'm watching t.v. and little by little that urge and need to grab something to eat, is slowly vanishing.  I'm so excited!  Yes, I have lost weight but what has kept me going has been that liberating feeling of no longer having to depend on food to get through my day, my anxiety, my emotions.  NOTHING BUT FRESH VEGGIE AND FRUIT JUICE OUT OF A JUICER.  NO SUGAR, NO SALT, NO COFFEE, NO DAIRY.  JUST JUICE.. and it's working!  I feel good!:)  I hope to do this for 30 days and then ease back into eating a veggie/fruit based diet with meat and grains once or twice a week.. this is like cleaning myself out inside and out  and learning to eat again:)