Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Day 17 - 06/10/14 Day 1 of being 'alone'


Let me start this off by saying that I have some amazing people in my life. Here I am, trying not to think about the fact that I am going home to an empty house (not counting our pups) and that I won't have any clue on how to keep myself busy besides painting and that costs money.

My sister messaged me for a bit to check up on how I was doing, as well as another dear friend of mine. (Today is 06/11/14 and I've had a few people checking up on me.)

Pink drink, Accelerator (two this time), wait thirty minutes, breakfast which was a fruit and yogurt parfait. Yum! I had another salad for lunch and plenty of water. I noticed that the Accelerator gave me more energy to get me through my days but didn't make me jittery and didn't take away from my sleep. Great! I'm already noticing that I'm not craving sweets and/or snacks as much either, which is wonderful.

I had wraps for dinner, which were good, but not what I apparently wanted... didn't figure that out because after two wraps I was so full! I didn't do much but watch a show and play with the dogs. My knee was KILLING me (not literally) and work had been exhausting. 

Day 16 - 06/09/14 The Leaving Day

Had my normal morning routine, except for the fact that I took off from work to take the boyfriend to the airport, after which I won't see him home for three months. Ugh.

Breakfast was a baked egg in an avocado. Yum! I find avocados delightful! It was a little later than normal, so almost more of a brunch then anything. Then we drove out to the airport and said our goodbyes.


I drove home sad, but hopeful. This was a great opportunity for him! I get home and sit down to watch a movie and eat...paused in the middle to do some dishes and clean out the refrigerator, adding more dishes, then finished the movie. Did all the dishes we have...ALL of them. Then I decided to clean off the counters, so I rearranged some of the items and kitchen gadgets that sit on shelves in our washroom and garage then scrubbed the counters. Swept. Fretted. Watched some shows, and then messaged my mother that I was going crazy and I had been home by myself for all of three/four hours.

She, of course, didn't reply (she is on vacation out of state), but another of my friends called to see what I was up to and if I wanted to go have dinner and catch up. It had almost been a year since we've seen each other. We met up with another friend and ate and had some drinks and I stayed up much too late considering I had work in the morning. But I couldn't appreciate it any more. I slept twenty time better than I thought I would.

Day 15 - 06/08/14 The second week mark...mmmm

Not really what I was hoping, but there has been much eating and celebrating, so okay.
Just lost a pound from last week - 240. BUT I did manage to drop a couple of inches in my thighs!
WHOP!

Pink drink, Accelerator, thirty minutes, breakfast! Scrambled eggs with cheese. I don't really remember what else happened through this day. Lots of being lazy and laundry... and packing. I'm sure we had left overs for dinner again.

Day 14 - 06/07/14 Sleeping in!

I got out of bed at around 10, roughly because I couldn't just lay there anymore. I took my Pink Drink and wondered aimlessly around the house before I cracked my book open.

I was about a chapter in when I became distracted with the thought of the Accelerator I had ordered. Check the status: "DELIVERED!" Whoa! Go check the mail box and sure enough! I took one of those since it is suggested to take one the first few days to see how you'll react to it, before building to two.

I didn't see much of a difference other than within fifteen minutes of taking that pill I was super shaky and ravenous. I KNEW I needed to eat something and fast so I woofed down a piece of bread to help my shaking hands. It helped, greatly.

We went and had lunch at Genghis Grill (I had a coupon for two drinks, two bowls, and two desserts WAY too much food!) and then ran around and did some errands. Had left overs for dinner and went to the movies.

Short again...

Day 13 - 06/06/14 Catching up with old friends

Pink drink.
Wait thirty minutes.
Two waffles....maybe... I can't remember now (LOL)

Work was hectic. I know I had a protein snack, plenty of water. I went to feed the animals and brought a salad back to work and eat and then got to leave early that day. We had dinner with some old friends of mine who I haven't seen for the last four/five years. We're friends on Facebook, but could never get our schedules to match up.

I had a grilled chicken breast, a small salad, baked potatoes, broccoli with cheese, and fruit. We ended up staying much later than planed, but had a blast!

Short post, I know!

Day 12 - 06/05/14 The Hardest Day Of The Week

Pink drink, thirty minutes, 2 waffles-dry, work work work. I did have a protein snack around 10:30/11. And then it just goes downhill...

My parents are out of state and I'm going round to their house at some point during the day (either during lunch or after work) to feed the animals: two dogs, a miniature pony, cats and their kittens, and chickens. I pull up to their mailbox and somehow get the brilliant idea to just lean through my passenger window since I have a FIAT and they're tiny. I didn't, however, think about my arm wrest and broke it. Yup.

Irritated at myself, I pull up to the gate and realize that I have no freaking clue what I did with the keys to not only get into the house, but to open the gate. After searching for a while I gave up and decided to just climb the fence and wing it. I get over with no issues, which is amazing because I'm not wearing the proper footwear for climbing fencing. With some issues, I get the garage door to open (I had forgot the code and hadn't used my clicker before getting out of the car...I'm so smart sometimes...) and make my way into the house. I water plants, make sure everything is in order and then make my way to the backyard, scaring frightened kittens along the way.

I grab up three big dog bone treats and open the gate, where the pony is waiting anxiously for me, whinnying like he hasn't been fed in a week, all is pretty normal. I give him his treat and make my way to the dog enclosure (they escape if out of eye sight within five minutes), I let the dogs out and continue to my duties. Sweet feed and hay for the pony, chicken scratch for chickens and babies, food for the dogs and then all hell breaks lose.

The dogs did something and spooked the pony who then made a mad dash for his protective enclosure, making me step out of the way to not be run over. The chickens were frightened by this and started making a horrendous amount of noise, worrying me and so I go to make sure that nothing is actually in their pen. All clear! When I come out the dogs run around and knock me over so now my work clothes are all dirty.

I grumble and complain all the way through the rest and locking up the house before climbing back over the gate... I was unsuccessful in this attempt and came crashing down the other side. I laid there groaning for a brief moment before I started to get up and see the gate keys had fallen under my car. UGH! All this for nothing!!!!!

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Day 11 - 06/04/14 Pizza and Margaritas! (The leaving week)

As much as I don't want my boyfriend to be gone for three months, I'm looking forward to this whole "get together with so-'n'-so and have dinner before I leave" week being done. Whew! It's wearing me out! I think we have one more dinner on Friday, which I already know will be grilled chicken, potatoes, and vegetables, so that won't be too bad, and then we'll be left to our own devices until Monday. We'll see how it goes.

I had my Pink Drink and then half a bagel. I did indulge with a cup of coffee, since I felt groggy. Waiting on that Accelerator to come in! Work has been busy. Spent a good chunk of my day in court taking notes... I had to go the parents house at lunch to feed animals and ate some sort of Asian noodle bowl...thing...for lunch. Pretty good, actually.

Went to a gourmet pizza place with friends and it was $2 wells and margaritas...couldn't pass that up! I ended up having two slices of pizza, two margaritas, and plenty of fun!

So here's a list of what I had for the day:

Pink Drink
Half bagel
12 ounces of coffee
1 serving of Pacific Gold beef jerky for a protein snack
1 string cheese stick
Weirdly delicious Asian noodle bowl
2 slices of gourmet pizza (neither had meat, now that I think about it)
2 margaritas
80 ounces of water (give or take)

All in all.... not bad!

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Day 10 - 06/03/04 The Shape Up shoes and almost regret.

I decided to bust out the old Sneakers "Shape Up"s and wore those for the day. I didn't keep in mind that I would be climbing up (and down) court house stairs, the fact that I was crouched on my office floor for a good part of the day working on a row of files and random papers, and I had a semi-cranky boss for the day.

Pink Drink as normal and then my bagel breakfast. I'm thinking about starting to wake up early and doing something new for breakfast, maybe something like half of an avocado with a baked egg in it. YUM!

Work was hectic and I ate a small package of beef jerky, an energy bar, 90 ounces of water, a grilled chicken salad for lunch, a small handful of raw almonds... I feel like there was other stuff...

We ate brisket for left overs with beans and corn and then darted off to the movies to see "Maleficent". It was pretty good. I feel like Angelina Jolie did pretty well. Just another version of the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty from a different perception. Touching.

I've made some plans with friends to go walking during the week so that I actually do it. Let's see how that works out next week.

This week (and last) seem like the week of food and drinks, considering how many people are wanting to
hang out before the boyfriend leaves. I'm just glad that I still feel pretty good overall, besides the spotty bleeding stuff...


MY LEGS ARE BURNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 9 - 06/02/14 I don't have a clever title...

Just a normal day, I guess. A Pink Drink about thirty minutes before a half a bagel. Work...work...work.

I came home and was told that we had a reservation at 5:30 at Simply Fondue, and it was already 5:30 so we darted off and made it about 15-20 minutes late.

It was fun and super delicious and I ate WAY more than I should have AGAIN! We had a cheese fondue appetizer, salads, tuna, salmon, scallops, jerk chicken, six pepper beef tenderloin, teriyaki beef tenderloin, vegetables, and dessert. We waddled out, and then walked across the street for a moment and then headed home.

We ended up walking a lap around the park, feeling guilty about all of the food and then ended up going to target to walk around in there. I was pooped by the time we made it home again. That was pretty much it. I've ordered the Accelerator and am just waiting on that now.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Day 7 & 8 - The bad days and first week mark... :/

Day 7 - 05-31-14

I woke up early... LOTS to do! I had my Pink Drink and got busy. We had a whole house to clean before people started showing up. The boyfriend had been getting up every three hours or so to check on the brisket, so we were both starting off groggy. Considering we've been remodeling (I say we, but it's really just been him), we had quite a mess in the house. I asked my sister if she would come over early to help me, because it just seemed like too big of a job for just the two of us. I stopped probably about an hour after my pink drink to have a small cup of cereal (a coffee cup is about the right serving size and keeps you from over-filling your bowl.)

We ended up getting everything done (besides food) before my sister showed up about two hours before 'go' time. We had brisket, beans, corn, mashed potatoes, a fruit tray, a crumble apple pie, and cheesecake. Food and drink ensued and I KNOW I ate WAY beyond what I was supposed too, it also didn't help that I was drinking plenty of mojitos. They are just so good! We had friends over until close to two in the morning and finally crashed. I did remember to take my ProBio 5, which is kind of impressive considering.

I HIGHLY suggest that you don't do this. Goodness....

Day 8 - 06-01-14

Nope. Nope. Nope.

Not nearly as hungover as I thought I would be. Could be the two aspirins I took before passing out. I woke up much earlier than I expected and weighed, since today is the official day of my second week. 241 pounds. Yup. I had gained three pounds. I sulked some while I readied my pink drink and then chastised myself for my total failure yesterday. I KNEW that was the reason.

I ate a cup of cereal for breakfast and then measured myself once the boyfriend woke up. An inch down... Wow. I was laughing in the bedroom about it for a moment. Three pounds gained, but an inch lost. I will still count this as successful with a minor hiccup.

We met some friends at Hooters (yes, that place) for another 'going away' party/gathering for the boyfriend and another of our friends (who didn't show up) and split some wings. We then stopped at Costco and got some individually package beef jerky (a friend who is also doing Plexus said that she makes sure to eat plenty of protein and she bought those), a planter pot, some vegan chips (delicious!) and gas. Went home and spent some time outside replanting, watering, and talking about mowing, but since it was a few degrees shy of 100, we passed.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Day 6 - 05/30/14 Let's not even start...

I am so tired. It's Friday, which is great, but I have a lot to handle today for work and then much more to prep for the 'gathering' we're having at our place tomorrow. We've been remodeling so everything is currently covered in a thin layer of drywall dust... it is horrific. Sipping on a cup of coffee I wonder who I'm going to do on all of this. I'm pooped. Not getting to bed until two in the morning really puts a damper on the day. I'm fairly certain I couldn't even put this together if not for my Pink Drink. Whew!

Good news!! I was able to slip into a pair of capri's that were recently too tight! YES! This is what I'm talking about! This is what I like to see and what is going to keep me motivated. I haven't stepped on the scale again since Tuesday because I just want to wait a whole week. I'm going to promise myself to not get to excited and/or disappointed, or whatever emotions the results pack a punch with. We'll see. I'll measure and weigh myself again on Sunday, considering that will start my second week.

Today is some serious contemplation about going ahead and ordering Accelerator. I am just so groggy. I'm surprised that I remembered to take the trash out this morning. I had my Pink Drink as normal and then my half a bagel, but today I added a think layer of strawberry cream cheese spread. Not helping myself there, I know.

I ate WAY too much for lunch...again. And I didn't have a chance to take my BioCleanse between breakfast and lunch because of training stuff. But, besides being tired I feel alright. I'm having a hard time staying in my office because my back is hurting, so I keep getting up to move around and stretch out. I will probably be eating and running tonight since we have so much to do before tomorrow.

So I didn't take my BioCleanse at all and for once I'm headache and nausea free. I don't think I'll be taking those again.

Day 5 - 05/29/14

Starting this day off a little better. I woke up a little groggy but it has completely worn off by now. It helps that it's been busy at work. I thought about not taking the BioCleanse to see if that would help get rid of the headaches I've been having, but I went ahead and took the two between breakfast and I'll take the other ones between lunch and dinner.

I really enjoy the Plexus Slim (AKA: Pink Drink). It taste pretty delicious and goes down easy and quick. I had that this morning and then half a bagel. I feel better today, as if I don't have as much weight to carry around. A little less stressed then usual. A coworker brought my chocolate dipped strawberries to say thanks for helping her with an audit. They're sitting on my desk, looking pretty and delicious. I've had one already and they are delicious. They keep drawing my attention to them. I'll probably have another one two before the day is out. We'll see. I'm debating on whether I take them around the office to share or if I take them home and let the boyfriend eat them. Maybe I'll do both.

I had left overs for lunch and was sooooo hungry by the time three o'clock rolled around. I've been suffering from headaches the last few days as well as nausea, but I just figured it was due to my weird cycle stuff. I went home and had a spinach salad with a strawberry vinaigrette dressing and a slice of left over gourmet pizza. I poured myself a glass of wine and sipped on it for about half an hour.

I was waiting for the boyfriend to finish getting ready, we were meeting some friends at a local bar to play some darts before my guy goes out of state for a bit. I went and laid down on the bed and the nausea washed all over me. The more I think about it the more I start believing that eating more than I probably should is what is doing this to me. I will be experimenting with that thought the next few days. I almost didn't go to darts because I felt so bad, but I went and sipped on some ginger ale and that seemed to help.

Bowel movements. If you don't want to read about that part of the BioCleanse then just move on...
My usual schedule is about once a day, on the BioCleanse it's about twice, sometimes three. They are not terrible poos by any means. I'm not totally solid but I'm not liquid either. LOTS of toilet paper is KEY! Keep this is mind, folks, because you don't want to be caught short handed...TRUST me!!!

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Day 4 - 05/28/14 The Weird Day of Sleep...

I feel like I slept okay. I don't remember waking up too much, which is a usual thing for me. I did drink a glass of wine while we watched a movie just before bed. I've heard that while using Plexus Slim, a lot of people feel better rested, feeling like they sleep better through the night...

Well... I'm sitting here typing this with a cup of coffee, if that says anything. I feel like I slept pretty soundly, except when the boyfriend started whistling in his sleep. It was kind of cute at first, and then got pretty annoying.

I took a shower first thing this morning and then jumped on the scale. 1 pound down! Whoop whoop! I know not to get too excited, and I'm sure there are those of you that think one pound is nothing, but it is to me! As much as I love rain, our stationary bike hurts my butt, so I'm ready to get to walking. I say that now... let's see if I actually keep to it. I have been able to do about two rounds at our local park (not sure what the distance is for that) before my right knee (surgery knee, I'm going to start calling it my grumpy knee) starts tingling and then my whole lower leg starts to fall asleep. Not a good sign I'm sure. We usually stop for a moment or just head home. Sometimes it's not so easy because we've taking our three dogs with us and one is a complete spazz, just darting all over the place and tangling up everyone else.

Wow... I've digressed. Anyway. I've been doing my best about keeping my ProBio Cleanse on a regular time schedule. I should probably just set an alarm for it, to be honest. I suppose I'll get on that today. My ProBio 5 is taken with my evening meal, unless we're out like we were yesterday, so I took it before going to bed.

I've had my pink drink. (I can't believe I'm just getting to this...) I then had half of a toasted bagel. It was so unbelievably delicious. So so good. Those things are like the devil themselves. I remembered to take my acid re-flux medicine so I'm not nearly as miserable, but it's still pretty early. I suppose I'll add more at the end of the day.

Soooo... I'm still having the "break through bleeding" nonsense, but apparently it will pass. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

I took my ProBio Cleanse between breakfast and lunch, then went and had waaayyy too much lunch.(I'm thinking I'm having allergy issues, considering my eyes feel kind of swollen and tired.) By two thirty or so a headache set in and it was terrible. It lasted most of the evening until after I got home and took some medicine. I'm fairly certain it a cycle headache though. (I've been thinking about going ahead and ordering the Accelerator considering I've been so tired.) I went to bed before ten last night and still feel a little droopy.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Starting this back up on my journey to a better me...

It's hard to write down exactly how it feels to be a young 26 year old, 5 foot 6 inches tall...and 238 pounds. I've always been uncomfortable with my size. How could I not be? Every time I got to the doctors, even if it's for a sinus issue, I'm reminded that I'd probably do better in my life if I would just lose weight.

I used to be an actress in community theater (musicals mostly) and danced my heart away, usually losing about 2 inches (MAYBE) during a show, but no weight. I was told that I would never get big parts until I lost the weight. "About 100 pounds" is what was told to me that day. I took a step back from theater and tried to lose some weight and decided that I enjoyed eating out with friends more than I enjoyed nasty old women in theater.

Now, I'm taking that step. Obviously, I cannot do this on my own, considering I've been around this weight since I was bout 14/15 and slowly but surely getting worse. I'm at my heaviest now and although I know my boyfriend is happy with me, I just can't get over the uncomfortable feeling I have when I'm changing, or getting in to or out of the shower.

Plexus.

"Oh, girl! I've read so much bad stuff about that!!" Yeah Yeah. So have I. I've done my research. I've read the horrible 'articles' that some people have written about the product and there is nothing to back up what they are saying. Everything I read that is a negative light on the product eventually goes on and pushes some different company.

I've seen the results in an 'acquaintance' of mine. Someone I see at gatherings several times throughout the year, but spaced apart. I knew she was doing "the pink drink" is what everyone was calling it. I watched her husband shed the pounds and just listened to the stories. I saw her at Christmas and contemplated starting it up myself, but after I came back from vacation, and after I had my knee surgery.

Now I'm sitting here, almost five months from my vacation and surgery and I've just started. Technically this is day four. I'm going to try my best to keep as up to date blog on this as possible - my experiences while taking this major step in my life.

Day 1 - 05/25/14
I had my 'pink drink' before breakfast, like it tells me too and read over (again) the instructions on the bottle and the instructions from my friend. The Plexus Slim ('The Pink Drink') actually tasted pretty good. A lot like the artificial water 'enhancers' that eventually upset the acidic balance in your stomach and causes re-flux. There was something different about this though, a different taste completely. I had a blueberry muffin for breakfast.

I've ordered the ProBio 5 and the ProBio Cleanse as well. I was told to go easy on the Cleanse and just start off with one pill a day, building up to taking two pills twice a day between meals. The ProBio 5 is taken with the evening meal or before going to bed. I measured and weighed myself of course. :/

Day 2 - 05/26/14
The weather has been all over the place, so my body is aching especially my back and knee. I wonder if losing weight will help that, but whatever. I had my pink drink and french toast prepared in a waffle iron. I could already tell that my body was telling me when to stop. I might have had two slices. This was a rather bad day for me. We spent the day at the lake and had beers. I only had two before I started on water. I know I didn't drink enough water for the day, but I felt good. We went out for burgers after that and I ate half of mine and was almost miserably full. Good to know!

I was also expecting with the BioCleanse that I would have to be running to the bathroom pretty often, but so far it's just my normal schedule, with a couple added pee trips. (TMI?)

Day 3 - 05/27/14
Had my pink drink as I was driving to work and then had a half a bagel for breakfast. Today wasn't so easy. I had forgotten quite a few things at home, including my acid re-flux medicine and I was miserable. I did resist the urge for coffee, but the more water I drank the worse I felt. Lunch came around and I had to eat very quickly because of work, which didn't make things any better. I snacked a little bit, but I think it's mainly because I'm so used to eating a small handful of raw nuts around 10:30 and then again at 2:30 or so.

(This may be TMI for some.) I take a low dosage birth control pill continually so that I don't have to mess with periods. It's been fantastic! Well... I had some 'break through bleeding.' ...Yay... I'm sure every woman can understand and read the sarcasm in that little three letter word. I was not pleased. I was upset. My day had already started off in the wrong foot and then this?! I felt like crap and after lunch was taking my temperature to see if I had a viable excuse to go home. I didn't though, I was only about one degree higher than normal.

Still the same bathroom breaks. No rushing off with the 'Cleanse runs' yet. They say to take half of your body weight and drink that in ounces. 119 ounces?! Ooookay. I had roughly about 72 ounces yesterday and thought that I was going to start throwing up pure water. It was a horrible feeling. I talked with my boyfriend about the feeling when I got home from work and he told me to not try and drink 119 ounces in the first couple of days, to build up to it. Makes a lot of sense.

We went out to eat and then to the movies. I probably over did it. Two tacos, what Mexican rice that was on my plate, and a tortilla with honey. I was soooo full and probably shouldn't have eaten two tacos, much less the honey slathered tortilla, but it was all soooo good!