Day 5 - June 2, 2012

It's day 5 and Saturday! the baby God's smiled upon us and our daughter let me sleep in this morning..... when i woke up, i woke up... i didn't need to lay in bed for another hour grumbling about wanting to go back to sleep... my body was done sleeping... which is a new experience for me.... i haven't been happily awake this early on a Saturday in years.. lol got out of bed easily to take the 2 Probiotic Restore pills... and was ready to go face the day :)



9:30am - Breakfast... i decided on a strawberry shake this morning... it simply sounded good... and it was :) i had my 2 Omegaplex with breakfast and felt perfectly sated.....



considering during the last 4 days, 9:30 was usually when i would have my morning snack.. so not sure yet how this will affect my day..... we shall see.....



11am - drank a spark... we were out running errands and i figured driving would be the best time to drink one... i still cannot get over how much the orange flavor really tastes like Tang... i really need to try out the other flavors :)



12:30pm - Lunch - since we were out, we needed to eat out... and i really really wanted Olive Garden... it was right next to the book store and i adore their salad so figured why not.....

before i tell you what i had, let me share what my lunch would have been in the past:

i would order a virgin strawberry daiquiri and either a dr pepper or one of their fancy lemonades... and a boat of alfredo sauce to go with the breadsticks... i would usually eat at least 5 or 6 breadsticks dipped in at least 2/3 of the boat of alfredo (my husband would have had the other 1/3)... at the same time, i would eat my share of at least 2 refills of the salad bowl (yes that is 3 bowls of the salad to share, so i probably had 5 or 6 helpings)... then my entree would be chicken parmesan with a side of fettuccini alfredo.... i would eat all of the fettuccini and at least half of one of the pieces of chicken... i would be full by then (and would put the other piece of chicken in a to go box) and i would still make room for some dessert... if we didn't have dessert at Olive Garden, then we would stop at Cold Stone or Dairy Queen on the way home...........

that was then.........

now? i had water with lemon, no breadsticks.. not even one... i tore them apart for my daughter to eat, but knew i needed to avoid bread this week and i was able to restrain myself.. i am so proud of me!!!!!! i had 1 helping of salad... and my entree was their salmon dish which came with broccoli (a dish i never even knew they had on their menu because i always went for the chicken parm and fettuccini.. or, God Forbid, the Tour Of Italy))... i could only eat half of the piece of salmon before i was full.. and i did not force myself to eat any more....... unfortunately i couldn't make myself eat the broccoli since i simply hate the stuff... but my daughter loved it :) so now i have half a salad, half a piece of salmon to make with something, probably corn i think, for dinner tonight.. yay!!



i should also mention that even tho my husband's 24 day challenge pack is not here yet, he is already being smarter with how much he is eating.. he did have a few breadsticks, and 1 helping of salad,.. but when his Tour of Italy came, he only ate the Lasagna.... so he has the fettuccini alfredo and the chicken parm to have for dinner.... hopefully he will be smart and eat only 1 with the corn i make later... what a savings if he does that... 3 meals out of 1... better for him overall and better for the wallet too... lol



this is the first time in my life i have gone to my favorite restaurant and 1) did not gorge myself, and 2) did not have pasta... and i was still happy when i left...... eating better for yourself really is a wonderful thing.



4:30pm - snack? i am actually not hungry at all for a snack, but i fear if i don't eat something i will be overly hungry at dinner and eat too much,.... this is where i wish i had thought to purchase a box of the snack bars.... will have to do that in the future...... right now tho, i think i will have the rest of those nuts i didn't finish last night... :)



6:30pm - Dinner! - for dinner tonight i had the rest of my Salmon from lunch, some of the leftover salad and beans that were leftover from last night... yummy! i still cannot believe i am eating this well and no longer gorging myself.... took 2 of the Omegaplex too, of course.. that has become habit...



i honestly believe i am turning into one of those people who will be using some of these products forever.....



i had a bit of an upset tonight... i have made the decision to get involved in the business side of this.. yep.. there is a business here just like any direct sales thing from Avon to Pampered Chef... this one just happens to be diet, health and wellbeing based... and i believe in it because i am using it... sure i am not a poster child for fitness... but i do have a story to tell and a lot of friends who have had success as well who can share their story too.... and i figured becoming involved in the business would be the easiest way for me to spread my story and getting the products to anyone i know who is interested in feeling better and getting healthier...



i decided to take the leap and tell someone i love about this program.. and i was met with skepticism.. not only about whether or not it is worth it and would actually work.. but the words "i can't believe you already feel that much better" really hurt... a simple "no thanks. not interested." would suffice.. but saying something like that... well... it felt like i was being called a liar.



i am here to say for the record that for the first time in my life, i believe in something so much i am willing to share it with everyone in my life... i honestly feel better than i have in a very long time. sure some of it may be psychological and not physical, but doesn't it all amount to the same results?

i feel better physically, emotionally and mentally. i have the energy to do the things i want to do without giving up when i get tired. i have pride in myself for sticking with the plan and not cheating because i want to achieve the best results i can.... i physically feel better too... i am no longer tired all the time... i am sleeping more soundly, i am waking more easily... i just feel better. and i want everyone i know to feel better too. and if that means proving the skeptics wrong... well i am now more determined than ever to succeed.



10pm - snack... i knew i will be going to bed late tonight so i decided to have my snack at 10 just before exercising to give me that little bit of fuel....... i decided on a banana.... and then i exercised.



the end of day 5 and i truly exercised for the first time... i have the Biggest Loser workout game for the XBox Kinect and figured right now it would be the best thing to follow for a real workout..... last time i used it was in January...and back then i could barely finish a 20 minute workout set on the easy difficulty level.... tonight i challenged myself by setting the routine at 30 minutes and moderate difficulty level... omg it was hard and i was exhausted by the end.. but i finished without giving up... i did find that there were 2 exercised i could not physically do... that is jogging in place and jumping jacks... my feet just couldn't stand the impact.. and my belly bounced too much not to be painful.. i am soo looking forward to losing some of this girth so it won't be painful to jog... on my belly and my feet.



midnight... bedtime.... got everything i wanted done tonight.. and time for bed.... taking the Herbal Cleanse tablets and heading for bed... my body is sore from the exercising i did a couple hours ago.. but it actually is a good kind of pain... i think i will sleep well tonight....