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Fifteen! 19 y
progress report
September 5, 2005 @ 11:04 AM
Day 15! Only 25 more day’s to go!
PROGRESS REPORT
CRACKED heals, skin on bottom of feet and big toes--COMPLETELY HEALED! This has been a chronic problem for me during this year. The skin on my feet was so dry and cracked it snagged on carpets and would bleed (gross I know). I am attributing this to water intake.
SLEEP greatly improved. Don’t need as much. Wake easily in the early morning.
ENERGY great. Have more energy than I have had all year.
WEIGHT loss 20 Pounds--TWENTY POUNDS!
FACE looks refreshed, more its natural shape, skin clearing up! visit the page Post-Fast Recipe Book-Salad Idea's #1 19 y
Some yummy ideas for healthy foods.
September 4, 2005 @ 8:07 PM
I am trying to redirect my thoughts when I start day dreaming about food, but every now and then I don’t catch myself and I come up with some yummy ideas for healthy foods. I am going to start keeping track of them.
Note* I am a very poor speller. I admit this freely. I used spell check, but it doesn’t catch eveything. You can correct me if you like, but if you catch the drift that is good enough for me!
MASHED BEAN SALAD
3 Cups Romaine Lettuce
1/4 Cup Pinto Beans (Mashed)
1/4 Cup Black Beans
1/2 Avocado
1/2 Cup Homemade Salsa
2 oz Shredded Almo ... read more No More Complaining 19 y
OK. I am done complaining. It used to help but now it only makes me feel worse.
September 4, 2005 @ 4:23 PM
OK. I am done complaining. It used to help but now it only makes me feel worse. My body is doing fine but my mind has been weakening over the past couple days. I just made my husband drive me to 24 hour fitness so I could see some results; because I can not see them just from looking at my body. I have lost 5 pounds in the last four days. Not bad, but still I don’t really feel inspired by it. The fact is this is going to be hard the whole way through. I think I have accomplished a few of my goals...distance from bad foods and unhealthy habits, but the past fe ... read more I Quit! 19 y
No Not Really.
September 3, 2005 @ 10:12 PM
No Not Really.
I am on day 13...it would be impossible to just quit. To just take a bite of the delicious veggie burrito I made for my husband. OK, I feel better now. I just needed to say it. He and I agreed that I am not going to cook for him anymore while I am fasting...I just can’t handle it! And he is going to eat out of my sight. The nights are just too hard for me. Not because of feeling hungry...but just because I want to eat! I have said that a lot haven’t I? visit the page Back In Time 19 y
He wished I could have seen how quickly the uterus shrinks down to its normal size, “It really is amazing” he said.
September 3, 2005 @ 11:46 AM
As I sat facing the doctor who had “delivered” my baby, I felt small, lifeless, altered. He stood across from me with his student to his left, telling me how he wished I could have seen how quickly the uterus shrinks down to its normal size, “It really is amazing” he said. I managed a smile. The student MD was a woman she met my gaze as he talked of shrinking uterus’s, I hope she understood how horrific the conversation was.
This doctor had sliced me open. Through skin, through fat, through muscle, through womb. He had reached into my body and pulled my u ... read more Ramblings From Day 12 19 y
Grilled peppers, onions, and broccoli...a few of the things I can’t wait to eat.
September 2, 2005 @ 11:28 PM
Grilled peppers, onions, and broccoli...a few of the things I can’t wait to eat.
I can wear an old pair of jeans...dropped one size, Yeah!
Day 12. This second set of 10 days really isn’t proving to be any easier. The nights are hard.
Trader Joe’s, Once Upon a Child, Great Harvest Bread Co., Albertson’s, the park...just a few of the places my daughter and I walked to today. We were out all day, it felt great!
I have been feeling really discouraged. Because I am so far from where I was physically. Because I am 31. Because I had a c-section and I do ... read more Write Next To My Daughter 19 y
I realized also that the reason I felt so dead inside all day is that I didn't drink enough lemonade.
September 1, 2005 @ 1:14 AM
What just happened fits right in with the day I have had or created which ever you choose. I had just written the beginning of a very long entry. Two paragraphs, ready to start the third. I hit some key, I have no idea which one and it was lost. So here I go trying to recreate what I had already written...something I really dislike doing.
I prefer to write in the living room or dinning room, but tonight I am writing in bed next to my baby girl as she sleeps (no where near as good as the first time I wrote it). After the day we have had I feel a strong need ... read more Strike That 19 y
My emotional state is different...I actually have them...a range of them...
August 31, 2005 @ 5:43 PM
My emotional state is different...I actually have them...a range of them...instead of mad being the only one I seem able to express, I can express happiness, joy, love. It isn’t that I didn’t feel these things and I certainly express a lot of emotion around my daughter, but to other people I have become muted in that department. Yesterday though, my little sister gave me her digital camera to use (because I lost mine in June and haven’t taken a picture of my baby for two months [tragic]). I was so happy, I smiled and said, ”Thank you” with so much enthusiasm it ... read more Ten! 19 y
I made it! Ten days!
August 31, 2005 @ 10:25 AM
To be very honest I have not had the same amazing experience as the first time I fasted. I do not feel all that different-spiritually, emotionally, etc. My body feels stronger and more energized, but does not look much different. My face looks radiant however, which is a nice change!
I think one problem is that I wasn’t committed to doing the salt water flushes regularly. I am sure that slowed down or hindered the detox portion of this fast.
I am looking forward to the second 10 day leg of my fast. I am going to drink the laxative tea, flush every mornin ... read more How Am I Doing? 19 y
Overall, I feel strong, focused, and more confident.
August 30, 2005 @ 7:42 AM
I am doing really well mentally and physically. I am hungry though. Hunger washes over me at least twice a day. When this happens I feel like a wild instinctual part of myself is going to force me to jump onto the table and scarf down the contents of my daughters food. Or when she sweetly holds her corn up for me to have a bite--watch out, I might turn into a mama lion! But those are only moments. Most of the time I am not concerned with being hungry. Most of the time I am focused on other things. It is only during meal times in my home that I struggle for a wh ... read more Post-Fast-Plan Note 19 y
I got up at 6:00 AM with ease is the real point.
August 30, 2005 @ 7:39 AM
I got up at 6:00 AM and made my husband a scrumptious plate of breakfast burritos. I got up at 6:00 AM with ease is the real point. I remember this from my last fast. Something about not having a lot of food in my stomach before I go to sleep means I wake up feeling refreshed--well it means I wake up naturally and without having to hit snooze seventeen times! (*Note to self-add that to my post-fast-plan, “No eating three hours before bed” or something like that).
visit the page Nine Days Strong 19 y
That thing, whatever it is, has kicked in and it is no longer a mental challenge to keep going.
August 30, 2005 @ 7:36 AM
Day number Nine!
I can pat my own back today. I am proud of myself for making it this far, and so grateful that my hubby has been so supportive. He really helped me get through the rough spots in the beginning. I am so motivated now to continue the fast. That thing, whatever it is, has kicked in and it is no longer a mental challenge to keep going.
Yeah! visit the page The Muscles In My Legs 19 y
I could feel the muscles in my legs working, burning, tightening, releasing, pushing, pulling, and spinning round and round--and it felt good.
August 29, 2005 @ 11:11 PM
Recently my husband and I moved to a place where the sun rarely stops shining. Where having a boat and a kayak and a bike and tons of camping gear are simply necessities of everyday life. So far we have the camping gear and the bikes.
The bike trails here are wonderful and endless. My husband has been riding almost everyday since we moved. Two Months ago he bought me a bike and bought the baby a bike seat. The first time I went for a ride was three weeks ago. What takes my husband 1 hour or less took me two hours or more. It was great to be outside. The tra ... read more The Seventh Day 19 y
It isn't mentally tough, but physically, at a cellular level I can feel my body wanting me to eat something with fat in it.
August 28, 2005 @ 4:32 PM
The seventh day of my fast is so, so, so, hard. It isn’t mentally tough, but physically, at a cellular level I can feel my body wanting me to eat something with fat in it. Hopefully because I am losing it.
Not eating (drinking) any lemonade today has really drained me. I am so hungry even after two glasses of lemonade. I want to eat really badly, but I won’t. I am disappointed that I am back here feeling like I am on day two. ”Tomorrow is another day” though as Scarlet reminds me. I can do this for just today I remind myself.
At the end of my fast I will ... read more Missing My Maple Syrup 19 y
I thought it was going to be kind of fun to slice my lime in the open air surrounded by tree's.
August 27, 2005 @ Morning
When I woke up in the morning I was greeted by my daughters cheery morning smile and her desire to read a book titled, ”in the Forest”. I smiled back at her and obliged her request. Afterwards we got dressed and headed out side to meet the day--my seventh day of fasting.
I thought it was going to be kind of fun to slice my lime in the open air surrounded by tree’s. I went about setting up to make my breakfast. Cayenne Pepper, table spoon, 1/8 teaspoon, lime, knife, cup--”Where is my maple syrup?”, I yell to my husband.
”Maple syrup? I don’t know.” He answ ... read more Camping and Fasting Don't Mix 19 y
It is just food I said to myself as my husband turned his sausages around and around in the open fire.
August 27, 2005 @ Evening
It is just food I said to myself as my husband turned his sausages around and around in the open fire. My stomach growls again. I am hungry, but I am not hungry at the same time. I can take a sip of lemonade or water and kill the cry from my stomach. This is hard though not to eat scrumptious food. Oh how I do enjoy eating while camping or is it camping while eating? No I am still enjoying myself. It is fun to be among the tree’s and hanging out in a big tent is great.
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Later That Night
As we climbed into our bed ... read more Eating Time 19 y
Let's Go To The (Name a Place) BUT! First I need to drive to someplace to get coffee and a danish/scone/name your sugary item that can be found in a coffee shop.
August 26, 2005 @ 11:53 PM
Something I really liked about my last fast (20 days) was the time that I gained by not eating. I had so much more time because I wasn’t planning a meal, thinking about what I wanted to eat, getting what I wanted to eat, preparing what I wanted to eat, and finally eating it.
Let’s Go To The (Name a Place) BUT! First I need to drive to someplace to get coffee and a danish/scone/name your sugary item that can be found in a coffee shop. By the time I had gotten my daughter ready to go and myself ready, and the diaper bag which deserves its own place in this pa ... read more |