Not Bad!!!

My headache never truly went away but I dealt with it all day.  Shake for lunch again.  Like the chocolate flavor better.  It is frothy but the vanilla is more "milk" like when it is made.  Like the thickness of the chocolate.  Wish vanilla was more like that.  Had a morning snack and afternoon snack simply because I was supposed to.  Didn't feel like I "needed" it.  I must say the afternoon Isagenix Slimcakes (cookie with fiber) was YUMMY!  It was the best 90 calorie snack I think I have had!  I mean that!  You get 14 cookies for $18.  Hmmm... $1.25 each.  Is that good for an afternoon snack?  What do you think?

I took a "before" photo of me today.  I should have done it yesterday ... before my crazy 3 lbs weight loss.  LOL

Here is my photo.



Okay... that isn't me!  Duh!  NOT showing my before picture just yet.  You are going to have to wait for that one.  But I promise in 28 more days, I will.  What kind of experiment would it be if I wasn't completely honest?  OMG... I need to start the exercise part of this plan!!!

Well, off to my Junior Service Meeting.  This is a big test.  We go out after and I can't really drink.  That will bug me.  I am going to have one vodka & water, I think.  Dinner was supposed too filling!  I didn't realize I was full until I was too full.  I was hoping to only consume 400-500 calories at dinner so I could have that extra 100 for my drink... but I think I was closer to 600.  Balsamic Chicken in the crock pot!  Super good.  One calorie counting website that I went to and entered teh recipe said it was about 400 calories but another ones said 600.  Augh!

Ingredients:
4-6 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts
2 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 onion thinly sliced (Not chopped)
4 garlic cloves
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tblsp olive oil
1 tsp each: dried oregano,basil, and rosemary
1/2 tsp thyme
ground black pepper and salt to taste

Preparation:

Pour the olive oil on bottom of crock pot
place in chicken breasts, salt and pepper each breast
put sliced onion on top of chicken
then put in all the dried herbs and garlic cloves
pour in vinegar and top with tomatoes

Cook on high 4 hours, serve over angel hair pasta.

Day TWO!

Let's start with the good stuff... I am going to weigh myself every day.  I have read about a study that confirmed people who weigh daily lose more weight (up to twice as much) and are more likely to keep it off.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20051118/daily-weigh-in-may-help-dieters-lose

Weight... 140.3

That is a loss of 3.5 lbs!  I peed a TON yesterday so guessing that is what it is.

Woke up at 5:30 with worries running through my head and major sinus headache!.  This is normal for me, unfortunately.  So 6.5 hours of sleep is all I got.  Laid there and tried hard to get more with only minor dozing. 

Fatigue is bad this morning!
Mood is good... even though Lexi got up earlier then normal so I haven't had my "me" time to wake up yet.

I started off with the first daily step ... drink the 1 ounce of Ionix Supreme.  This is NOT yummy!  It says to take with ice or some water but I found that it is better to just hold your nose and shoot it back.  Then keep your nose held and breathe through you mouth a few times.  Not too bad that way.  Have to do that on an empty stomach and let it process a bit before having my shake for breakfast.  This is where I messed up yesterday.  This is what is supposed to help my body process stress and day to day activities.  I have had a couple friends that have told me that they even react better to their kids because of this.  I am hopeful about this!

(30 minutes later)... did the vanilla shake.  It is not as frothy as the chocolate one.  Feeling kind of sick while taking it... gagged.  But I think it is because I had to take 4 ibuprofen on an empty stomach 10 minutes prior.  I tried to wait but my sinus headache was crippling me.  Took the accelerator pill right after.  This thing cracks me up!  It is made of a lot of the same things that Shawn's great aunt has been taking in a liquid homemade shot every morning and I must say she is sharp as a tack and skinny even in her 80's!

This breakthrough formula contains only the most carefully selected natural thermogenic ingredients such as cayenne, green tea, cinnamon, and ginseng to help your liver metabolize fat quickly helping you lose weight and inches—minus potentially harmful stimulants including, caffeine, ephedra or ma huang.  Natural Accelerator helps reduce appetite. It also contains antioxidants and fat-burning nutrients, which help to support the liver’s ability to metabolize fat quickly.

We shall see what the day holds!  I hope it is better then the headache filled morning with a VERY crabby little boy who just left for school.  Wow!  He slept 12.5 hours and I still had to drag him out of bed because he was tired.  And he broke down crying over everything.  Could he be having PMS?  Never been so happy for quiet!

Day #1 is Complete!

Made it through the first day!  My blog posts will be less wordy and more visually appealing in the future.  Very foggy brained today.  I do not blame that on the Isogenix.  I have days like this!  Hoping those become fewer and farer between.  Farer... that is not a word! Far-er... hmmmm...

I was very tired today.  I peed a LOT!  That is good.  Annoying but good.  I do not drink enough normally.  This change alone will be good for me... and my dehydrated brain, I'm sure. 

I drank my "Want More Energy" powder drink during the day too.  Taste much like Crystal Lite but without the fake sugars I am trying desperately to cut out of my diet.  It has 35 calories per serving.  I think I made my one tube into four servings instead of two though.  So not bad.  An added 70 calories today without being too sweet which I don't like.  I only have the citrus one.  I am curious about the other two flavors.  The write up states:

While most energy drinks contain excess amounts of caffeine and sugar that cause you to crash, Want More Energy? gives you endurance and sustains your energy naturally without caffeine or other stimulants like ma-huang or ephedrine, so you never experience a “sugar crash.” Want More Energy? may also increase and improve mental and physical performance.

They recommend you do your meal for lunch.  But that is just not logical for me.  I am NOT going to make my family a healthy meal that smells good... and then drink a shake!  Really?  Here wonderful family.  Please eat what I am subjecting you to while I drink this chocolate shake. 

So I am doing the meal at dinner.  And just hoping to not have our dinner later then 5:30 at night (at the latest).  Tonight that meant dinner had to be ready by 4:45.  Yep!  That is early!  But Nicolas has Grogan's Martial Arts tonight at 5:30 and it doesn't get over until 6:30.  So there is going to be no more eating that late!  I decided to try Black Beans Scallops and Zucchini recipe from a book I got at the library on healthy cooking in my new wok.  How did it turn out for about 500 calories a serving? 

Well... honestly thought it was a bit bland at first.  (just found out there is a difference between our black beans and "chinese" black beans... their canned version has more flavor!) It is disheartening when you take the time to cut up all that stuff.... my first attempt at real wok cooking.  Not to mention the cost of scallops! 

We had a small side salad too so I went to put my Fit & Active (Aldi's) Sundried Tomato dressing on that...
and then looked over and wondered where my dressing went.  Um! 
My salad was dry!  But I remember drizzling on some dressing!
I drizzled it on the meal instead of the salad.  Did I mention that I worry about my brain right now?  How awful!  I already ruined the food! 
Taste....
Wait!  I think it is good this way!  Drizzled a bit on the families and everyone was happy! 

Ironically, I found a new magazine which I think I am going to subscribe.  And it covers everything I am trying to change to.  Clean Eating!  Tonight when I was reading it at Nicolas' practice tonight and found an article about all the different vinegar types to use to add flavor to food.  Cut it out and taped it to my pantry door. 

Anyway, dinner was at 4:30 because of practice so I did have some almonds for a snack later instead of having any this afternoon.  Now a hot glass of red tea before bed. 

Losing my motivation already!  Was this hard?  NO!  But thinking ahead of going out after JSC meeeting tomorrow night and would normally drink.  Can I?  Probably one low calorie beer.  Then Friday going out for a GNO at Springer... but we will have food and wine.. and how do I enjoy myself like I normally would?  I am not obese.  I am just not quite comfortable in my skin and don't like what I put in my body for food.  Oh who am I kidding I "love" what I eat... but I know it isn't good for me.  Chemicals and man made stuff. 

30 days.  Just 30 days and then I can have only one shake a day and try to stay eating "clean" foods.  Right? 

My end of the day notes...
My mind was ... very cloudy
My body was ... very tired.  My knee still hurts (heck people it is just the first day)

My mood ... has shifted tonight from uplifted to blue.  Not sure why.  So now is the hardest time of the day for me.  I want to eat because of my mood!

So no real problem not eating more other then habit and mood cravings.  Should have had a snack this afternoon but didn't crave one so didn't feel bad having that snack at 6:30 instead.  (5-6 almonds)  Let's do some laundry and get to bed so I can see how it goes tomorrow!

Trina 2.0

Three years ago I started this blog.  Just for me!  Not one I told anyone about and was going to use it as a mental diary... mental... as in sometimes I can be mentally draining!  Ironic that it is titled what it is because now my entry goes with how messy I really am!  I am messy in my mind... my home and my body!  From here on I will be addressing the body portion... which might then address some of the other mess in my life.

Today I started Isagenix.  My friend Jamie sells it and I have a few friends who use it.  I purchased it through my friend Shelly as I have watched her positive changes via FB and our life together over the last few months.  It fits into her busy working and family life. Wondered how it would fit into my chaotic SAHM life.  Will it give me the kick in the ass I need to:

• start a healthier diet
• get the nutrients I need but never seem to take any of the supplements I buy (latest was my Ubiquitol purchase a week ago)
• start exercising
• address my fatigue issues and feeling like my brain can't focus
• health issues (headaches every day, joint pain, sinus issues)
• body and weight changes I would like to see... but do little about

Will these changes happen just because I bought a single box (30 day supply) of Isagenix products?  I am not sure.  Join me in my own little science experiment!  Yep...I am going to journal this 30 day journey and see what changes happen... what doesn't... and where I should go from here.

I know what a 1200 calorie diet with light exercising will do for me.  I will lose 1-2 lbs a week.  It is not a huge call to action.  I have to count all my calories (in my phone with the app that I use) and try to remember to exercise which doesn't always happen.  So how will this change things?  I will still be consuming about 1200 calories and doing 20-30 minutes of exercise each day.  Let's see...

Starting!  I weigh 143.8 lbs today.  Not huge but I am flabby and would like to be back down 15+ lbs like I was a couple years ago. 

Measurements (I will only journal this once a week)
Arm - 12"
Waist - 35 1/2" (can you believe I used to be a 27" waist)
Butt/hip - 41"
Thigh - 24"
Calf - 14"

I woke up this morning in my usual fog of fatique!  Tired!  As tired as when I went to bed last night at 11:00.  I got a rough 8 hours of sleep (awake and back to sleep all night).

Headache was there but not too horrible today.  shew!

Mood was fine so far.  But very forgetful!  Lost my cell phone within the first 30 minutes. 

I did my shake first... oops, did this in the wrong order on day #1!  Supposed to do Ionic Supreme first. A shot of that on an empty stomach is supposed to boost your energy and your mind.  Dang it!  Screwed up on day #1!  And realized I need to buy a Magic Bullet because I cannot get these shakes blended enough.  So I gulped down a chocolate shake that was a bit... um ... chunky.  Still not awful.  I took my accelerator pill and was good to go.  Not hard. 

Now it is lunch time and I want to eat.  Yep... want food!  But not going to.  Going to try and mix up another one of these shakes for lunch.  250 calories each.  So that is 500 calories plus 2 of their snack wafers this mid morning.  Will check in tonight and see how it is then.

Please keep me going... funny words, questions, thoughts.  I need to be accountable knowing my friends are watching or I will stray.  I am easily distracted, people!