Today is the day

Today is it Holly @300pondsdown.com has to go home. I am a little afraid that I will have a hard time staying with what i need to do plus I will be here bored and with nothing to do. We have stayed so busy running around that I really haven't thought much about food. I got up this morning and went for my walk. I used to think why work out or walk on Saturday or Sunday because those are the days off well I will tell you why because if I don't I probably will not go back to it Monday ( consistency) of course I had a shake before my walk!!! Now through all this blogging I have left out the most important thing of all!!!!

Here it is people you are thinking what the heck do you just go home and have a shake every 2 hours? NO pack a cooler for the car! This is so awesome you have the shakes with ya at all times! Here is a pic of my cute little cooler ......

Now this little cooler is so cute and i just stick a few shakes in it with some cold packs. I tried ice but it is more like a lunch box than a cooler but it serves its purpose and its cute! The Cooler is the key. So on with my story so after my walk my daughter and I go to the pool to hang out with Holly and her family. Well guess what I packed my cooler and forgot it. Time for a shake crap what do I do! da da da da da da da da Super Holly has her cooler of shakes and brings it to the pool! haha we sat for a while and talked and hung out. While we were out there Holly gave me a book and I love it!

Now this little pocket book will help you stay positive. It has little scripture quotes for anything and everything. Worrying, strength, encouragement whatever you may need help with. It is a must get!!

SO after sitting by the pool for a while its time for Holly to leave. I came home watched some tv and set alarms for my shakes because I didn't have anyone to tell me time for a shake or anyone to drink one with. It actually wasn't that bad I already was on track and I just kept going. Now I did have a leaf burger for diner again this time I added jalapeños so so good!!!

Day 4 is 4 me!!

Day 4 is 4 me! I am doing this for ME!!! I am still going strong I haven't slipped not even one time. Now I am a little worried because my friend Holly @300poundsdown.com will be leaving tomorrow. All these fears are rising up in my brain like can I stay with this if she isn't here, will I know what to eat if she isn't here telling me, omg omg....... I am trying to stay positive if you read my first blog then you know that positivity is hard for me! so I will say this ............

Ok so on with this post, little anxiety today but I will make through! Positive thoughts. Today is pretty laid back not much going on. Got up shakin it and followed through with shakes ever 2 hours. I went on my walk this morning early I missed Holly but I just played my music. I Love music all kinds of music!!! This is good for walking I also set my timer on my phone because I am still doing my 15 min. I am supposed to do this for 7 days so I can be consecutive..

Today Holly went to the grocery store and brought in a million bags of groceries! First off I called her a million times to see if she got lost when she got here I was like what the heck took you so long?  well I guess when you go to HEB and read every label of everything in the store to check sugar and carbs it takes a little while. As we are stocking the fridge I am thinking man this is a lot of food for someone who drinks shakes all day! about a 100 jars of pickles ! Know why? No sugar no carbs they make an awesome side instead of fries. Anyways I never even knew there were so many items without sugar! Here is my fridge Take note of all these shakes!!!

It was very quiet day! just shakin it and trying to stick with it 

Tonight we ate at a local restaurant called Billie Jeans they have the best desserts in town so this was a challenge for me! And drum roll please...... I had a salad with water and that is it no chocolate layer pie!!! Yay Me.....I hope this post wasn't to boring for you guys!!!

Day 3 is a charm!

My way of thinking is Day 3 if I can get past the third day I will be fine! I am still feeling pretty positive today. I can do this. Today I of course got up and Had my Shake! I think I will start calling this shakin it! haha Holly and I decided today would be a shopping day so we drove over to San Antonio and went to La Cantera! We walked and walked so today was an extra exercise day! So much fun. Here is a pic of Holly @300poundsdown.com and I at Vera Bradley!!! Cute bags huh??!!!

Here is the thing I am also a smoker and I have been trying to quit off and on so this was the day I decided since we were going to be in the car a little and at the mall that I wouldn't get any cigs! Boy was that a mistake!!!!!YIKES!!! I was in the back seat and Hollys friend was eating peanuts and just the action of his hand going from the can of peanuts to his mouth started making me feel very anxious. So instead of eating I instantly thought I better get cigarettes right now. So we pulled over and I went in and got a pack of course I took like 2 puffs and was fine. This is another goal of mine to stop smoking before I am a grandma in September. I just know that for me trying to stop everything at once would have made me unsuccessful in the sugar detox. I mean can you imagine no caffeine, no sugar and no nicotine AHHHHH!!! That would be failure fast for me.

Ok on with the eating for today! Guess what? You got it shakes all day every 2 hours with a side of water haha! I love the fact that these adkins shakes have a good variety so I do have some flavors in my life .

For diner tonight we had chilis!!!

I had Steak, steamed brocoli, side salad oh and I added 3 of the lemon shrimp. It was pretty good and guess what I didn't even eat half of it. Now the good thing about it is when you are at your 2 hour mark you can eat your leftovers if you want!!!This was my day today maybe I will have something more interesting to tell yall soon!!!

Feeling Good

So this is my day 2 of sugar detox! I woke up feeling pretty good. I don't have a headache or anything. I kinda figured I would No caffeine, least amount of sugar possible and not much eating. Now this being my second day I thought I would probably wake up starving well I didn't! My friend @300poundsdown.com is still here with me she is definitely keeping me busy. My suggestion to you would be, for sure have a diet buddy if possible. Today we are looking for walking shoes or new tennis shoes. We ended up being a little side tracked from a phone call she received but are trying to get back on track. Now I think I forgot to say Holly is also drinking the shakes and eating with me I think this is why I am doing so well with sticking to it. My day to day is pretty similar to yesterday. I woke up took my daughter to school and had a shake on the way. The shakes actually are pretty handy just think you don't have to try to eat while driving down the road, you don't have to prepare it you just grab it, shake it, and drink it. This is wonderful for me because one I don't get dressed when I take her to school I am talking pjs, no bra and some cray hair! hahah poor people at the drive thrus I probably scare them and I am Most definitely Not I repeat NOT getting out of the vehicle. So grab your breakfast and shake it ya I like it!  After I dropped her off Holly and I went for our walk. Thats right I am on day 2 of walking also  so got that out of the way early! Now off to the mall for some new shoes.

I am really excited about this I have not had a new pair of tennis shoes in about 5 years and now look how cute and colorful these are. When I see people walking I always see there shoes and think oh those are really cool especially when they are bright and colorful. Now I am excited to walk tomorrow. 

And Now what you have all been waiting for the food part of my day shakes! Yup thats right shakes every 2 hours! I am thinking the atkins Milk Chocolate delight is my favorite so far anyways! For diner which is still staying on the 2 hour plan was make your own tonight. Like I told you this was easy because Holly is here showing me how she does this. For dinner I had what I like to call a leaf burger and it is really good. HEB fully cooked patties pop one in the microwave add what you want mustard, ketchup, tomatoes, cheese, pickles whatever you want on it and then wrap it in lettuce no bread!!! Now remember I was upset about my ketchup but guess what it got replaced..... 

I actually really like this its yummy !!

First day jitters

Day # 1 well it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be I am starting this post with this sentence!

My friend @300poundsdown.com came to spend a week with me and help me start the sugar detox process. We don't actually live that far away from each other just about an hour. BTW I have been telling her this for months now! She just didn't believe me until now so Holly I told you so! Anyways I was very positive today and I had a lot of FUN. I think because she was here I didn't think much about food! So here is what we did.......

Morning time kicked me in the rear a little I always and when I say always I mean every morning for the past well hell since I was in high school Have had coke or coffee in the morning. NO COKE NO COFFEE today! We spent lots of time in Wal Mart! Wal Mart really with all the food?? I just didn't walk that way lol I kept my distance. We did shop for some new clothes. I guess I should have said another new thing in my life is exercise. I started out walking today for only 15 min. I know I know 15 min really like that is real hard. It isn't hard to walk 15 min but what is hard is to walk 15 min for a week everyday. I am a procrastinator. I do real good for a while then its like ahhh I will do it tomorrow then that turns into weeks or months. So we will see hopefully I can stick with it. Anyways on with the shopping I got some new comfy pants and shirts now I wanna walk because I get to wear my fancy new workout clothes.

So I did my walk today right outside my front door. No gym no track just the street in front of my house! I do have really good scenery though..... This is what we saw on our morning walk! Hi Lama! 

Now for what I ate today or should I say what I drank.... I had Atkins shakes every 2 hours starting at about 9:30. Normally I would have had something earlier but I was waiting for Holly to get here with the shakes. It was similar to being at work waiting for the burrito lady to arrive haha Not today no burrito just a shake. So I had a shake every 2 hours I changed flavors up so I could try all the different kinds. They are actually pretty good tasting Not bad at all. This is a good thing usually I cant stomach healthy shakes because the flavor is gross these are good.



Ok when it was time for my 5:30 shake guess what happened.... I got to eat real food. Now my tummy wasn't growling and I wasn't starving but I was ready for some thick food haha. My dinner was really good and it still stuck to the no sugar good eating habit. Here is what I had

Now let me say that we went to a steak house and just ordered this. It has no sauce on it and no kind of bread with it and I had water. Oh crap I left out the water I drank bottled water all day. Actually I probably drank an entire swimming pool because I was really thirsty. I usually cant even choke down 1 bottle of water a day and I had about 6 bottles. I hope my body isn't in shock from just the water intake lol. I continued with another shake at 7:30 and at 9:30 I had a pickle spear and some pickled okra for a snack. BTW no sugar or carbs good snack!!!!! So I am assuming that you are kind of getting the gist of sugar detox.

I didn't want to make this post to long so let me give you a brief summary of something else that happened today. Holly came into my house and cleaned out my food. I mean threw away everything that was full of sugars and carbs. I was not happy about my ketchup or my sweet tea! I usually drink a gallon of sweet tea a day! this was so saddd!!!!

Hi nice to meet ya

I am new to this Blog nation but it seems to be the happening thing right now. I am starting lots of new things in my life so I thought I might try this also. Let me tell ya a little about myself. I am a 34 year old mother of 2 kiddos. My son is 17, about to graduate from high school and has a baby on the way. My daughter is 12 and is just like any other 12 year old girl who thinks she is 25! haha Of course all of you out there know how busy your life can be with the kids.

The first thing I am trying that is new to me is to be more positive! This is really hard for me. I have had pretty crappy luck most of my life and it has made me a pretty negative person. So you say its not that hard to be positive but for some of us it is. I mean I wake up and go hmmm I wonder what kind of bad crap will happen today and it could be anything from starting the morning late to just not having coffee creamer lol. So I am working on that even if something happens like I stub my toe, well thats ok this doesn't mean the rest of the day will be crap it just means ouch I stubbed my toe! Positivity is apparently very important.....

Second is I am going to try to sugar detox! This will be fun for me I am sure! My Eating habits aren't so good its what is fast, cheap, and easy. I don't enjoy cooking so much! Although I do enjoy food a lot. I struggle with weight I have been for about 10 years now. We eat a lot of pizza and pasta. Anyways so my friend @300poundsdown.com has lost around 237 pounds. She had the weight loss surgery but there is a way of eating that she follows and she says to me Maybe you should try the way I eat and see if it works for you. So guess what I decided ya why not this is the one thing I have never really tried cutting the sugar! When I say cutting the sugar I don't just mean the sweets I mean reading labels of the everyday food you eat. Fun reading labels haha.......

So I will be blogging about my sugar detox each day and we will see how it goes! I think the detox and being positive will definitely go hand and hand