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Sorry I am not good about updating every day!



I have decided that I am going to "weigh in" and take measurements every Sunday.  I will make myself crazy by weighing in every day, as your weight can fluctuate (especially as a female with our wonderful menstrual cycle!)

That being said, I plan on updating more than just on Sundays.  Be prepared for a lot of crap that has nothing to do with losing weight!

Yesterday it was an amazingly gorgeous day!  My friend, Ashley, and I took Mason to the park and we walked a few miles and had a nice picnic and laid in the sun.  It was wonderful!  I can't wait for spring to be in full swing.  No more of this crappy cold.  As for the summer, that could wait, lol.  I really hate the heat and I am totally not ready for bathing suit season!  We do have a vacation planned to The Outer Banks, NC for the end of July though, so I am looking forward to that, and it helps me stay in check with my diet because I plan on being in a bathing suit the entire time we are there!

The diet has been going really well.  I think that I am going to start writing down everything that I am eating throughout the day though.  I find myself having trouble recalling exactly what I ate and what time I ate it.  I know that makes me sound so dumb...but I swear, I am not.  I just get my eating times confused with the times that Mason ate, and then I think I need to eat when I don't and my kid is starving!  So tomorrow, I am starting a food diary!

On a lighter note, Sunday, while shopping in Target with Andy and Mason, I actually smiled while walking by the bathing suits (more specifically the bikinis)!  I smiled because I can't wait to come shopping for a bikini.
In my first blog, I was so unsure about this whole process...I didn't have a set diet plan.  I didn't have a set work-out plan.  I just knew that I was making it public because Andy recommended that I do so.  I also expressed in my first blog about wanting my rock bottom to be right now.  I didn't want to get any fatter before I hit rock bottom.  I was sick of being fat NOW!   

Before all of this, I expected rock bottom to be something like seeing a picture, or not fitting on an amusement ride or in a booth at a restaurant.
Putting all this out there to the public made me hit a rock bottom, but not the one I was expecting.  I still fit in restaurant booths and I am not getting turned down at amusement parks, but I am being held accountable by strangers.  I am getting messages about how I have inspired people.  I get inquiries of what I am doing and how I got the guts to put all this out there.  My rock bottom is the thought of disappointing all of the people who take the time out to message me every day to see how I am doing.  My rock bottom is the thought of people continuing to check my update-less blog.  My rock bottom is not being able to pull through all of this and not actually end up any type of inspiration to anyone.  My rock bottom is knowing that I am going to see Jamie Eason at the Arnold Classic 2011 and not looking my best.
This is never the rock bottom that I would have expected.  I am grateful to have this rock bottom instead of a "can I please sit at that table because my fat butt won't fit in that booth" rock bottom.
Thank you for continuing to check up on me.
Thank you for calling me an inspiration (and I hope to continue to inspire you and others).
Thank you for all your support and encouraging messages and comments.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you.

The results are in...

drum roll, please!
After my 3 days cleanse/prep, I lost a total of 6 pounds and 5.5 inches!!!
I am so excited!  Definitely a great jump start to my diet, but it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.  It wasn't hard to cut out carbs for 3 days...it was hard to cut out carbs, and dairy, and coffee!  I am a coffee ADDICT!  And I could have drank coffee during these three days, but I couldn't use sugar or cream, so I figured there was not point!

By the end of the day yesterday, the idea of putting salad and chicken in my mouth was making me want to vomit.  I ended up just having ground turkey for dinner because I couldn't bring myself to stomach anything else. The first day was easy because I was excited to have a plan and to be doing something.  Day 2 was a little tougher but I had lost 1 pound since day 1, so I knew it was working.  Then day 3 came, and I was pumped because I had lost 4 more pounds, but by the end of the day, I didn't even want to say the word 'salad'.
I know I am making it sounds terrible...it wasn't that bad.  And I do think it was a great jump start and would totally recommend it.  I also think it makes it easier for when you get to add carbs back in....it's like a treat!

My biggest obstacle with this (or any) diet is my sweet tooth!  I love chocolate.  Actually, not just chocolate, but anything sweet!  Chocolate, candy, ice cream, cake, pie, whatever!  If it's bad for you and contains sugar than odds are that I like it.  
All that being said, I hope that I found the solution to my problem...Detour Bars!  They are a really great tasting protein bar that I found at BJ's Wholesale ($20 for a box of 24).  They taste like a Snickers bar!  They have 170 calories, 5 grams of fat, 17 grams of carbs, and 15 grams of protein.
I use these as a snack in between meals or as an after dinner/before bedtime snack (that's always when I crave sweets the most).

No gym today.  I am also trying to start a custom cake business (High Stakes Cakes) and I had orders for this weekend and my gym is only open until 7pm.  Gym tomorrow morning (after breakfast...I don't get a good workout when I haven't had a meal).

And to add to this great weekend, the Phillies home opener was yesterday, where they rallied back in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Astros 5-4 and just beat the Astros again 9-4 with my boy, Cliff Lee, pitching!

"Life is good today"

P.S. if anyone is interested in the cleanse program or program that I am on now, I can post it or email it to you, just let me know!