Day 2 of 9 Day Detox

I had a challenging day yesterday. I did good with the eating, I ate my intended fruits and veggies and drank 48oz's of water. I did my early morning oil pulling and drank 1oz of LimuPlus. What I didn't do was my 30 minutes of walking. It's not that I didn't have the time, I pretty much chose not to.

I feel that I pretty much went through a withdrawel stage last night. I've noticed when I used to binge eat it was usually around dinner time or late at night. I would snack on high-calorie food, eating chips, chocolate, drinking soda, etc. I had this urge last night to go raid the fridge. I can't explain it. But I was consciously aware that my mind basically was debating as to whether or not I should go get something to eat ( other than fruit or vegetables ). Seriously, I was even coming up with justifications or reasons why I should. Like, "it won't hurt, you can always get back on track tomorrow" or "you deserve it, you've been doing good so far... no one will know". That reminds me of the definition that I heard about excuses, which is; Excuses is a well planned lie. So that's what I felt that I was doing at the time. I was coming up with the reasoning or the excuse before taking the action so I can justify my behavior. It was interesting and i'm happy to say that I did not give in to the temptation. I could have easily, but it was also easy not to. I'm a victor!

So the thing is, if you can do something once... you can do it again. And I definitely feel that when I get these urges to eat from my list of no-no's I will know how to resist. Normally in the past I would have gave in and then feel guilty afterwards. I no longer want to return to those bad habits. Habits are developed over time, and by me removing my old habits and replacing them with new habits that will serve me and assist with me reaching my goal weight. I noticed also that once I distracted myself from thinking that I needed/deserved something sweet or salty... the urges disappeared. I was on a training soon after that episode and afterwards I was no longer wanting to eat.

My goals for today is to get my 30 minutes of walking in. I'm also going to continue having my fruits and veggies and drink 64oz's of water. I'm thinking about investing in some excercize equiptment to help me with excercizing at home. Maybe some dumbells or one of those excercize balls. I will also continue doing my oil pulling and drinking my 2oz's of LimuPlus.

Day 1 of my detox

I decided to do a 9 day detox. The nine-day first phase of the diet is a time for me to eat primarily fruits and vegetables, to allow my body to cleanse itself of impurities and toxins and 2 liters of water everyday. Dr. Ian has this detox included in his book "Fat Smash". I will follow it for the first stage and basically take it from there and customize it to something that I feel will suit me best. I'm not focused on that right now. I'm just going to focus on getting to Day 9, one day at a time.

I'm so proud of myself! I actually went did good with my eating. I was surprised that I didn't have much of a craving. All that water somehow didn't leave any room for tempted food. For lunch I had a mango 16oz of water and a cup of grapes and that alone pretty much had me stuffed. And I remember thinking... are you serious?

I walked for 30 minutes today. So I got my excercize in. WooHoo! I wanted to also do my Taebo, but it was getting late. That's ok.

During my 9 days I will be drinking 2 ounces of Limu Plus daily. I love to drink it about 15mins before my work-outs because it actually helps energize me and i'm not so worned out during and afterwards. I am also oil pulling.

One day at a time...

Lol.

I just laugh at myself when I come back to posting and noticing the gaps between my latest entries. At least it's progress. I feel that I am at a different place now in my weight releasing journey than where I was when I "tried" to release weight previously. I can't really explain it, but I know what i'm feeling. Now, I am not going to set expectations on myself. I will still set goals and set out to acheive them. If I acheive them, good. And if I don't, that's ok too. But the whole point is to never give up until I have reached my desired goal weight.

I'm in the process of reading "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle. And what I am getting out of the book is that we shouldn't live in a place of regrets, when looking back at the past. Neither should we focus on the future because it's pretty much an illusion. Although the anticipation of getting to where we going is there, we are basically not "present" in what we are doing today... right NOW. Anyways, it's insightful so far. I relate alot of what he talks about in his book to my personal life, especially my journey to health and wellness. So for me it's all about taking it one day at a time. And that's how we all eventually get to our destination. But it pretty much started to sink in ... i'm really starting to "get it".

Getting back on track -- Take 2

I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last entry in this blog.

So what's new?

Nothing at all. Same ole habits, got sidetracked again, had some things going on and I really didn't care or pay attention to the fact that I was in the process of releasing weight.

Just moved to a new town. So that means new people to meet, new surroundings and environment. I love that we have a view of a lake from our patio and now I have the chance to go on a somewhat nature walk!

I did go to the gym yesterday! Yes, and I really enjoyed it. I was planning on going all day today and I will be doing just that right after I finish this entry. I just had my supper and I wanted to wait before getting on the eliptical machine. My water intake can use some increasing and I would like to also increase my fruits and veggies.

Once again I am getting back on track. It's funny how I say these things over and over again. What a bad habit of not following through with what I start. Anyways, I am FOR REAL this time. I will release this weight and be under the 200lbs mark by December 31st 2007. Mark my words...

So the two important words that I need to focus on is CONSISTENCY and DETERMINATION. I really need to have a desire of wanting to release this weight in order to be determined and motivated enough to go out there and do something. I still can't believe it's been a month. Do you know how much progress that I could have had if I was consistantly doing my excercises and eating right between July 11th and August 9th?

Well, I did set a mini goal for myself. I want to lose 5lbs by August 18th. And a total of 10lbs for the month! And of course under 200lbs by December 31st. My daily goals are to excercize at least 45minutes a day, drink plenty of water and eat healthly and in moderation. I KNOW I CAN, I KNOW I CAN.

I'm off to go work-out now...