*30* Harder than I remembered

Here's a recap of the last 3 days. 

Starting weight: 120 lbs. 

I'm slightly embarrassed that I let myself get back to this point, but I guess on the bright side, I'm still much lighter than I was at this same time last year.  Considering that I'm only 4'11", this is pretty high for my stature.  Ideally, I'd like to be at 110lbs.  I think that's a reasonable amount of weight to want to lose.  Last year when I ended the challenge, I was down to 113lbs and was pretty happy with that, but I know that I can do better. 

I didn't do any measurements/pictures this time around because I didn't remember to do it before we started.  Oops!

Day 1

This time around, we decided to do the peaches and cream fiber drink instead of the citrus.  I was able to get the citrus one down without a problem last time, but it was still pretty rough with all of the grittiness.  The peaches and cream is much smoother and if you have a texture issue at all, I highly recommend you go with that.  

Breakfast: Fiber drink and egg scramble (8 egg whites, 2 yolks, red pepper, green onion, black pepper,  basil, oregano-baked in muffin tins at 350 until cooked through)

Snack: Baby carrots

Lunch: Salad with grape tomatoes and lite balsamic vinaigrette

Snack: Celery and All Natural Peanut Butter

Dinner: Marmalade curry chicken in the crockpot from the Advocare Cookbook, Green beans

Snack: Raw Almonds

Day 2

Breakfast: Fiber drink and an apple (I'll admit, I threw up about 1/2 of the fiber drink after downing it)

Lunch: Left over curry chicken

Snack: Raw Cashews

Dinner: Baked Tilapia with dill sauce, cauliflower "rice", steamed asparagus

Snack: Mocha meal replacement shake with a small scoop of peanut butter 

(I was craving something sweet and this satisfied that craving)

Day 3

Breakfast: Fiber Drink (yay-last time until day 7!) and egg scramble

Snack: Baby carrots and hummus

Lunch: Left over Tilapia and asparagus

Snack: Raw Almonds

Dinner: Cilantro Lime Chicken in the crockpot on whole wheat tortillas with fresh avocado and a little plain greek yogurt (in place of sour cream)

Snack: Raw Cashews

Thoughts

Overall, this cleanse seems SO much harder this time around than it did last year.  I keep reminding myself that it's only for 10 days and that I can do anything for 10 days.  It definitely makes me appreciate healthy snacks more than ever.  I'm getting bit tired of eating carrots and celery. What I would give to have a handful of lentil chips! We're really focused on keeping carbs out of our diet as much as possible.  We've been good though-no cheating!

Only 7 more days-we can do this!!

*24* Day 21

BURN DAY

Breakfast

We were bad.  

We cheated.  

I was not feeling well at all and had my dear husband take me to urgent care. On the way home, we decided that we needed some comfort food.  We got Jethros brunch take out.  2 eggs over easy, and loaded hash browns (with smoked ham, bacon, sausage, and cheese).  I'm not going to lie…it was really good, and just what I needed.

After all of the temptation that I resisted on Friday, I felt guilty for succumbing to it now, with only 3 days to go.
But in my mind, we were pretty much done anyway, which is how I "justified" it. 

Mid Morning Snack

Carrots

Lunch

We ate lunch late and both fell asleep-so inadvertently skipped lunch 

Mid-Afternoon Snack

almonds/cashews

Dinner

Shrimp fried "rice"

Steamed Broccoli

Evening Snack

Carrots

Water Intake

Ok.  Not great.  I think it was somewhere between 50 and 75oz. I need to get better at keeping track of water intake on the weekend.

How I felt

I did not feel good at all today.  :(  

Honestly, I don't think our cheat breakfast helped either in the long-run, but it seemed great at the time. 

Just goes to show that Advocare has retrained my body to decide what it really likes and doesn't. 

*22* Day 19

BURN DAY

Breakfast

Vanilla MRS. 

Mid Morning Snack

Raw almonds and cashews

Lunch

Left over orange chicken and egg drop soup

Mid-Afternoon Snack

carrots and garlic hummus 

Sweet potato tortilla chips and sugar free salsa

Dinner

Portobella mushroom cap pizza

Evening Snack

handful of raw cashews

Water Intake

I drank pretty well throughout the day.  I had 2 bottles done by the end of the school day, plus my MRS.  I also had a glass at a Mexican restaurant, and a large bottle of smart water after that. 

How I felt

Tempted!

Today was really hard to resist treats.  I know I'm not supposed to have carbs today, but it's way better than what I could have.  Temptation was all around me today.  I was offered 2 birthday cupcakes by students, a spread of fruit tarts-cakes-popcorn-chips/salsa-and chocolate chip cookies in the teacher's lounge.  I went to a Mexican restaurant with coworkers after school and only had water.  Then I went to a holiday party being thrown by one of my bosses and only had water, carrots/hummus, and 2 small handfuls of sweet potato chips and no sugar salsa.  Considering the fact that had I not been on the challenge right now, I would have eaten EVERYTHING, I'd say a handful of okay-for-you sweet potato chips, I'd say I did pretty darn good!