8 Day Cleanse: Done

I finished my 8 day cleanse. I'm down 7 pounds and 3 inches off my waist. I only measured waist, hips and thighs. I am down 6 inches total. I feel GREAT!!!
Today I started phase 2. The Post-Ignite plan is pretty easy too! I almost feel like I can't eat this much food!! Definitely not starving here!!
Today I started with exercise. Something relatively easy. Leslie Sansone's WALK IT OFF IN 30 DAYS. Easy to do... but it is a good workout. My legs are a bit in shock...
When I get my body used to exercising again, I will have to try something a little more challenging to really give this 90 day challenge my all.
I'll have Roger take my pictures again when he gets home, so I have a comparison for the 8 day. Not sure I'm ready to share that yet tho.
I'm wishing I would have measured around my belly (pooch)... that is where I am seeing the most difference after this first 8 days. I can live with that!
Looking forward to seeing an even bigger change on that tape measure, and to see the scale keep moving downward.
The other day I read that a lot of people will have abandoned their New Year Resolutions within 7 days. Here I am on day 9. This feels good !!!
Onward and forward.

Day 6

Oops. I was going to post here more frequently. I get caught up in day to day stuff, facebook, and just keep forgetting. Sorry bout that.

As of this morning I am down 6 pounds. When I measured on day 4, I was down 3 inches off my waist as well. I'll take it!

I am feeling so much better already!!! After the holiday splurges, I really was starting to feel like a slug again. Not comfortable at all. Clothes were getting tight. I was not happy about that. Wasn't happy when I finally stepped on the scale again either. Perhaps if I wouldn't have avoided the scale, I would have had better self-control. Something to keep in mind for future reference.

At any rate, it feels good to be in control again.
In a couple days I will be adding in some exercise. I'm thinking I'll start with Leslie Sansone's walking tapes. Actually, I think I will start tomorrow with just a few crunches. And then add in Leslie's dvd on Thursday.

Or if I feel brave, I will dig out the 'Slim in 6'  dvd... I have never been able to continue that one more than a week. On the other hand, if  I'm going to change my self talk, I shouldn't say "never", I should be saying "I WILL do it!!"   After all........ I would love to win that 90 day Challenge! $1500 would look awfully good in my bank account. (and awfully nice on my shrinking body!)

Two more days left of the cleanse phase. I can do this. This is not hard at all.
How nice to have products that are nutritionally sound for the body and help you do the things God intended you to do, without any pain or discomfort. Nice to lose weight without starving! What a concept!

Good night, dear reader. See you next time.

2014 New Beginnings Day 1

Happy New Year! Another year has come and gone.
And still I am on this journey... and as always, Mary is not giving up!
So here's the scoop. My company is doing the annual 90-day Transformation Challenge. I am participating this year. Really participating.
Honestly participating.
I sort of let myself go again. That was last year. Now we have a clean page.
I'm going to make a concerted effort to rewrite my story.  The only way we stay the same is if we choose to stay the same. I choose to move forward.
So today was day one. It went rather well, to my surprise. For some reason, I thought that it would be harder... that I would be hungrier... that I would crave the junk I've been eating the last month or so.
It was a pretty easy day, actually.
I did not like the scale when I stepped on it this morning. Dare I say it out loud?
I was back up to 225.4.
Today was a new beginning.
I also had Roger take my before pictures. That was a brave new step for me. He thought I was joking when I said I was going to wear a tighter shirt, and let all my fat show. I told him, "Brace yourself. You don't know how bad it's gotten... I do my best to hide it."
But I let him see it. And I let him take the pictures.
Then I gave him a high five and said "90 days, baby!!! This is it!!!"
Today was a new beginning.
I end the day feeling accomplished and hopeful.
2014 will be the year I change my story.
With God's help.
Sweet dreams!