Detox Day #1...Gone Awry

Hey there!  Well Detox Day #1 is almost to an end.  Things did not go 100% according to plan.  But at least I have finally started my detoxing.  I made 2 juices today, the Mean Green Juice and a Green Lemonade Recipe that I modified to my purpose! LOL! 

So the first drink of the day made a nice big 20 ounce cup of juice.  Perfect for starting the morning.  The Mean Green Juice as featured in the DVD Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.  In all honesty, this is the first time in almost 2 years of juicing I have actually made the juice!  It is excellent! 

Recipe:

6 stalks of Kale
4 Stalks of celery
1 cucumber (my cucumber was not organic so I peeled it before juicing)
2 Green apples
1/2 lemon
1 inch of Ginger

I was truly amazed on how good the juice was!  I was missing out on a great green juice all these years! 

 

 

 

 

My second juice of the Day is my Modified version of Green Lemonade

 

3 leaves of Red Leaf Lettuce

1 stalk of celery

1/2 lemon

handful of parsley

1 apple

 

This made about 6 ounces of juice, also very yummy, and my first time juciing parsley!  I forgot to take a picture so please forgive me. 

 

Can you believe after I finished my Mean Green Juice and got to work, I had the audacity, to still walk my greedy butt into Coffee Bean and get a Latte & a croissant?  Bad choice!  I have decided that while on this detox..cash and debit cards are staying at home.  I can not face the temptation of Coffee Bean on daily basis! 

 

 

Lunch went according to plan, ate my salad.  Had some zuchinni, and corn and some home made pico de gallo.  So all I have to do tonight is drink a cup of my Yogi Detox tea and its a wrap. 

 

Excercise:  54 minutes walking at a very leisurely pace

 

Water:  1.5 Liter

Operation Kill the Kit Kat Tapeworm!

Well gang today, Wednesday April 25th, was kill the Tapeworm day!
I was talking to my sister last night, and I was telling her how I was going to do a detox today since I have been craving all these weird things.  To keep this short, I told her how everyday for maybe the last week, I have been craving Kit Kats.  And I don't eat just a normal size Kit Kat, I eat the King Size Bar!  In the conversation, I told her I think I had a tapeworm that craves only Kit Kats!  I have a Kit Kat Tapeworm!  LOL!  Just had to share that so you can understand the blog title!

So the day did not go 100% as intended with the detox.  But nonetheless, I think my digestive tract and some time to recoup and flush itself.  I started the detox on Tuesday night with my Liver Detox drops in my smoothie.  By 8am, I was already in the bathroom.  My stomach and inward parts were grumbling and making all kinds of strange noises!  By 10am, I had already made 2 trips to the bathroom.  Some kind of reaction was going on inside of me!

So here is how the eating went for the day:

Breakfast:  
2 Hard Boiled Eggs
Berry Smoothie (the frozen berry mix, apple juice, 2 drops full of the Liver Detox Tonic, and one drop dull of Liquid Vitamin B Complex)
White Chocolate Latte
My Confession:  I really really tried, not to go get coffee, but I did!

Mid Morning Snack:
Herbal Teas  I seaped a bag of Yogi Peach Detox Tea and Wellments Daily Detox Tea, a little honey, and the juice of one lemon.
Ate an apple

Lunch
Salad..Lettuce, cabbage, carrots, cheese, and Albacore tuna w/ my own homemade dressing (details later)

Mid Afternoon/Pre-Workout Snack
an apple

After Workout Snack
Some baby carrots, I didn't count them

Dinner
Another Berry Smoothie(like this morning, except no Vitamin B Complex)

Workouts
50 minutes of Spinning
15 minutes of treadmill (something came over me, I got on the treadmill after spin class...CRAZINESS)

The Homemade Dressing Story...
Lunch time comes and I realize I had no salad dressing!  I asked some people at work for dressing and I was offered a some Raspberry Vinagrette.  It looked a little strange, but I said made it needed to be shaken.  I shook it up and the lumps didn't go away.  I started looking for an expiration date...it expired March 26, 2012.    So that was a no go.

Well I have a small bottle of olive oil & I had my Apple Cider Vinegar at teh office, so I made my own dressing! Used some Olive Oil, the vinegar, salt, pepper, and lemon juice and voila...Salad Dressing!  It was pretty tasty!  I amaze myself! 

The day is almost over and for right now, I am feeling okay. I don't know if the tapeworm is dead, but I may  try this tomorrow.  I shall see how I feel in the morning.  I will drink another cup of Detox tea before I go to bed.  I will be up for a few more hours, its Criminal Minds and Hot in Cleveland Night.  But so far, I have drank 104 ounces of water, and  had 3 trips to the bathroom.  So that is all for now.  Talk to you later!

Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock

Oh My Goodness!  This was the most slow moving day at work!  I literally felt like I was in a time warp and the time was standing still!  Today, still battling my thoughts of worry.  Things became better as my beloved little sister came to my rescue!  There is always a ram in the bush, I need to remember that.  I don't know why I be just trippin' sometimes!  But I need to spend some time to really get wisdom on how to handle my finances.  I am too old to be this broke!  I am not saying I should be millionaire, but sooner or later I got to be able to live without overdrafts and borrowing money!  Okay, let's get to the real matters at hand.

Breakfast
     2 hard Boiled Eggs
     Portobello Mushroom Cap
     1 cup of Yogi Detox Tea

Mid Am Snack
     1/2 Cucumber
     1/2 Tomato

Lunch
     Cobb Salad w/ bleu Cheese

Mid Afternoon Snack
     2 snack size Snicker bars

Dinner (a food mixture that I just don't comprehend)
     1/2 cup of Cottage Cheese
     Slice of Ham
     Collard Greens

I did drink a whole lot of water today.  I didn't think I had that much capacity for water & food!  But I have just been eating like a mad woman!  But I think I figured out why, I looked at the calendar and PMS day is just 3 days away!  Between that and my financial stress I can see why I am eating like I am.  I am not giving up hope though..I will do my darndest to regulate my eating and workout as I can while my family is here.  Onward March!

Workout
     30 Minute Treadmill

Still on the Emotional Rollercoaster.....

Howdy...still very emotional today.  Got myself into a little emotional pity party and started eating junk!  I am doing better now..as one burden has been lifted aka given an extension until October.  What a relief.  I kept running through and through in my mind how did I get myself into such a financial bind.  Today the thoughts of I give to people, I do for people, why doesn't anyone do for me?  Why is it when I am struggling and in need there is no one to help me?  I know its not good to think that much less feel that way, but I do.  Sigh...all I can do is continue to patiently wait for a financial breakthrough.  I have prayed and asked and asked and prayed, begged and pleaded and some days down right grovel for my money situation to get better.  I believe it will, but for now this is the hand that I have been dealt and I must play my best hand.  Ya feel me?

Breakfast
    2 hard boiled eggs
    1 portabello Mushroom cap (grilled in toaster oven @ work)
    coffee

Lunch
     Salad:  Lettuce, spinach, tomato, cucumbers, dill weed
     Lemon juice & hot sauce for the dressing

Mid Afternoon Snack aka "Emotional Eating"
     2 (yes 2) Snicker bars

Dinner Now that regret for the snickers settled in:
     Cup of Yogi Detox Tea

Workouts (notice that's plural)
     1.  Spin Class in Hawthorne w/ Cindy *new instructor*
     2.  30 mins with Jenny Personal Trainer

Pushing myself through my PMS blues....(recap Thurs 28th)

Oh My goodness!  Woke up with mega cramps of the day..as I got to work they progressed into an intense pain I have not felt in a while.  So I spent most of the morning cursing and thinking obsecenities!  Once I got to work I rememember my beloved co-worker Bill, has some super high dosage ibuprofen!  So off to his desk I went.  I got 2 pills of 600mgs (so total of 1200mg) of IB and took 'em.  Do you know those bad boys did nothing but made me sleepy?  At 12-noon I was still in much pain, and ended up going in the car to catch a power nap.  I overslept during my power nap...OOPS!  But that nap did wonders..I officially now feel better.  I am also grateful to Sharon who keep a heating pad in the office.  I also had that on my stomach and back all morning.  I was having killer back pain as well. 

Breakfast
     Cup of Berry Detox Tea
     Omellete (eggs, spinach, mushroom) I intentionally did no cheese

Mid AM Snack
     2 crackers
     smidgen of cheese

Lunch
    Salad (lettuce, cabbage, carrots, tomato, cucumbers, egg) lemon juice for dressing

Finally 3pm came and it was time to go home.  I feel so week and still a little pain in my back.  But got home and just laid down.  Thursday is usually my day to go to spin class, but I could not imagine going to spin the way I was feeling.  I also learned from past experience sitting on those tiny little seats while on my period makes things even that much more uncomfortable, and then my pad gets wedged into places that I don't think its meant to.  So the point of this story is, I didn't go to spin. 

Dinner
     Chicken Breast & 1 Wing
     2 tortillas

Walking Wednesday

Howdy!  I could not think of anything snazzy to label today, so today is Walking Wednesday. Nothing exciting to report today.  I did try a new breakfast concoction today, you will see it below.  It was pretty tasty.  Have a great afternoon walk and a great training session! 

Breafast
   1 blended cup of Yogi Berry Detox & Tradional Medicanals Everyday Detox

Mid AM Snack
     Kyra Clarke Creation, that I'm calling: Tomato Egg Salad
     Ingredients:
     2 hard boiled Eggs
     1/2 Roma Tomato (or whichever kind of tomato you prefer)

    1. Cube the tomato and add to a bowl
    2. Cut boiled eggs in half and add to bowl
    3. With a fork or knife mash & combine the times, lightly.
    4.  Sprinkle salt & pepper to taste.  Eat & Enjoy.

Here was my finished product:














Lunch
     Salad with Chicken (lemon juice for dressing)

Dinner
     Chicken & a tomato!  I eat the wierdesst stuff sometimes! 

Workout
     1 hour walk @ Kenneth Hahn Park (4 laps)
     30 minute cardio/weight training with Personal Trainer

Product Recommendation: Yogi Berry DeTox Tea

Here it is my first official write up on a product that I enjoy, 

Yogi: Berry Detox Tea
Product Information website: Yogi Teas
Take a minute to click the link above to read what Yogi says about the tea.

I will start my review off by saying, I am by no means a regular tea drinker.  I actually consider myself a hater of hot tea.  I got motivated one day to try this tea, which I purchased From Lindberg Nutrition here in Southern California.

The first cup of tea I made, the tea tasted fine, it was something I could definately drink, there was no horrible taste.  My personal preference with this tea, was to squeeze some fresh lemon juice & sweeten with a little agave nectar, but even with out this the tea tastes fine.  The first cup of tea I made, I drank it at night, maybe an hour before going to bed.  When I woke up the following morning, I had to had straight to the restroom for a "RELEASE"!  You catch my drift!  I remember thinking wow, that worked fast!  The actual "release" was rather plentiful and came out with ease.  After I released, I just had an empty feeling internallly.  There was no bloating or constipated feeling.  I really felt like a great amount of waste was removed.  I drank another cup of tea that morning and went to work.  By the time, I got to work, I was heading for the restroom for another "Release".  Again, easy passage, no bloated or constipated feeling.  But after the second release, I felt lighter.   So it works, it tastes good, and you feel good after the waste is removed. 

My Personal Rating

Kyra