It is Tuesday. AKA, the day I start slamming water and cutting junk food. Time to roll out of bed with the same pathetic lack of energy I've had for far too long. Thank you God, after months of owning and operating it, I finally decided to read my manual to my Keurig and set the automatic turn-on switch.
So I never eat breakfast...like ever. I drink coffee as one of my main food groups. Sometimes a breakfast sandwich from Starbucks on my way to work if I have a few extra minutes. I stopped doing froofroo lattes after slinging beans at a Dutch Bros for a few years and the syrup and heavy milk just kind of ruined me.
So anyways, I packed my little bag of food for the work day, and drank a Medifast strawberry shake. Not too shab! At some point during my 45 minute commute, I looked in my rear-view mirror to see this fury creature thing on my face....did I smudge my mascara up that high? What in the? I look a little closer...Oh no, no dear, that there is your eye brow creeping to the middle of your forehead. Yea ok....how did I not notice this caterpillar? I guess unibrows and flat line brow styles are becoming all the rage in some countries..yea no, not me, not into that. So whatever, added that to my list of things to take care of.
So I get to work and conduct a vision screening for the kids at one of our elementary schools. Before you know it, I'm at my 3 hour mark. Time to eat! *Trust me, all I can think about today is eating...which is weird because I don't normally think that way. The old saying goes, "you always want what you can't have." Guess the quote gods were right. But really I wasn't craving burgers or anything, just the concept of food. I ate the brownie. It was fluffy and decadent...and it was also 10:30 in the morning, so I felt like a rebel. 1:00 comes around and by then I've traveled to another school. Ziti marinara for lunch. Ahh! A little piece of Heaven for me right there. I push through the day, eat my cookie dough bar and make it home. No changes in energy. Still feel like a melted Popsicle when I get through the front door. I prepped Mr. Man and I a lean and green buffalo chicken salad for dinner that was full of zest. Mmmmhmm.
Pretty impressed with the ease of day one. I used my food journal today which seemed really helpful in keeping me on track.
Oh and I still haven't touched my eyebrows.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
1 day to launch: The 25 Pound Box
My headaches and jaw clenching have sent me over the edge this month due to the wear and tear of adulthood, college, and my job. Yoga and running aren't putting me into a 'woosaaah' state like they should and my chiropractor told me that I am something along the lines of a train wreck. I am tossing and turning throughout the night, and I have caught every single bug between the 4 schools I work at even though I wash my hands about a hundred times a day and basically bathe in hand sanitizer. I crawl through my front door around 5 o'clock and don't make it too far from there.
A few weeks ago, I decided I needed to make a change for the better and wanted to start paying it forward. I have an excellent resource, as my sister and brother-in-law are health coaches for Take Shape For Life. They gave me the skinny about the company and I decided "What do I have to lose?" Seriously guys, I had no extra energy, my skin looked unhealthy, my mind was out of whack, my scale was rising like the sun and it wasn't healthy muscle I was building since I rarely make it to the gym.
So here we are! Me and this 25 pound box. My UPS driver husband personally delivered it to our doorstep today. I start program tomorrow. Baby steps right? I crack it open and see the meals that I'll be spending the next month with. Clinically proven. Developed by a physician, recommended by more than 20,000 doctors since 1980. Alright then. I also ordered my health coaching kit because I know that I will want to pay it forward and I will not end my journey after I finish this first month. I am a nurse after all and we as nurses know that there is NEVER a stopping point to transformation. So I sift through the lovely coaching kit and then go back to deciding which 5 meals I will eat tomorrow. Ooook I decided: a cookie dough bar, strawberry shake, ziti marinara, oatmeal raisin bar, and a brownie. I can deal with that.
On to Day 1!
A few weeks ago, I decided I needed to make a change for the better and wanted to start paying it forward. I have an excellent resource, as my sister and brother-in-law are health coaches for Take Shape For Life. They gave me the skinny about the company and I decided "What do I have to lose?" Seriously guys, I had no extra energy, my skin looked unhealthy, my mind was out of whack, my scale was rising like the sun and it wasn't healthy muscle I was building since I rarely make it to the gym.
So here we are! Me and this 25 pound box. My UPS driver husband personally delivered it to our doorstep today. I start program tomorrow. Baby steps right? I crack it open and see the meals that I'll be spending the next month with. Clinically proven. Developed by a physician, recommended by more than 20,000 doctors since 1980. Alright then. I also ordered my health coaching kit because I know that I will want to pay it forward and I will not end my journey after I finish this first month. I am a nurse after all and we as nurses know that there is NEVER a stopping point to transformation. So I sift through the lovely coaching kit and then go back to deciding which 5 meals I will eat tomorrow. Ooook I decided: a cookie dough bar, strawberry shake, ziti marinara, oatmeal raisin bar, and a brownie. I can deal with that.
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