Today was Caianna's Birthday (she turned 9) so we took her on her birthday date this afternoon - went to Burger King. I should have taken my oil before we went - I wanted a burger! But we did stop by Wendy's and get me a baked potato.
So this morning, I took my oil. An hour later I took my water and supplements and headed off to Jazzercise. After Jazzercise we went to Grandma Conover's house and juiced some oranges to share - it was a hit (sooo good)! Then we picked up Katelynn and went to the park.
After we got home we talked about the dogs and the yard - wish we had a riding lawn mower (or a couple of goats)! Then we took Caianna on her date.
Later that evening, Don and I spent some time with Ammon, I had Carrot/Apple/Cucumber/Spinach juice, it was good - refreshing even. An hour later I took my oil to finish off the evening.
Morning: Oil; Orange Juice
Noon-ish: Baked Potato, Water
Evening: 3 Carrots/1 Apple/1 Cucumber/Handful of Spinach; Oil
I've noticed that I'm getting better at keeping up at Jazzercise (more energy and stamina). When I started up again, I had to stick with low impact, then I would fluctuate between high and low impact. I'm still fluctuating, but I stay more toward the high impact. I'm still using the 3 lb. hand weights, not sure if I'm ready for the 5 lb. weights quite yet. I just wish I could get a handle on the plank (holding your body up sideways on one arm and your feet - sorta like a sideways push up), the farthest I've been able to go on that one is my knees.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Oh, the SWEET taste of VICTORY!!!
I WON the bet with Don!!!!!!
(hee,hee)
1 Tbs. of Olive Oil = 120 calories and works as an appetite suppressant. The more you take (within reason) the more weight you lose because it helps curb cravings, while still giving you calories. There's only two rules to this diet:
1) Take 200 to 400 calories of flavorless edible oil daily.
The total number of calories is what matters. The more calories you consume this way, the more weight you will lose - as odd as that may sound. Flavorless edible oils include extra-light olive oil (ELOO), safflower oil and canola oil, but any flavorless oil will do.
2) Take the oil well before or well after meals - at least an hour away.
For example, if you expect to eat lunch from noon to 1:00pm, take the oil by 11:00am or after 2:00pm. Beyond the basic idea of taking the oil at least an hour away from a meal (and all other food - even brushing your teeth or chewing gum), however, the time of day doesn't matter because the oil is not a short-acting appetite suppressant that reduces appetite for a few hours. It's effect lasts a long time.
Unless the daily amount you plan to take is small (one Tbs. per day or less), divide it into at least two portions that you take at different times. What works well for many people is to take the first portion between breakfast and lunch and the second after dinner. The more slowly you take the oil, the more easily your body will digest it.
How much oil to take:
If you want to lose: Oil Calories
Less than 20 lbs. 1 Tbs./Day 120
20 - 40 lbs. 2 Tbs./Day 240
More than 40 lbs. 3 Tbs./Day 480
* As a note, this can also all be done with regular unflavored sugar water, but the oil is better for you.
All this information is taken from a book I'm currently reading by Seth Roberts, PH.D. called the Shangri-La Diet. It's a short book and an easy read. I could try to explain why it works here, but (since he created it) I think he can explain it better than I can, check it out: http://www.sethroberts.net/
Monday, May 9, 2011
Day # 12 of the Juice Fast
This morning I woke up with a stronger resolve to do better this week than last. I've only got a few weeks left till the reunion! I got up, took my Olive Oil and showered, at 7:45 I took my supplements, grabbed my water and loaded the kids into the car.
I got Katelynn to school at 8:00am so I could walk her in to her teacher, she really resisted staying, but did fine after I left. I got to Jazzercise at 8:15am, just in time to get set up for the 8:30 class and get my weight. I was discouraged to find that I weighed 136, but Cynthia told me that scale weighs heavy so to subtract at least two pounds to get my actual weight. So I'll be modest and say my actual weight is closer to 134. So my goal for this week is 125. If I lost that much weight last week while fudging Wed. - Sun. than the weight should come off much easier this week, because I'm not allowing any more exceptions - not even date night!
After the workout at Jazzercise (sore arms and shoulders), I had 3 Carrots/1 Apple/ 3 Celery Juice and took the kids to the park to get some color on my pasty white legs! Tomorrow I'd like to take them to Tempe Town Lake. Today, I think it would have been too cold on them wet, but the breeze was so refreshing - what a wonderful day to be outside!
Later, after we got home, I took two more Tbs. of Olive Oil. Then, for dinner (around 7:30pm) I had some fresh Orange Juice - I prepared the oranges the way it's instructed in the video I posted to this blog, if you haven't seen it, it's totally worth watching. That was totally the best Orange Juice I've ever had! For a treat, our family likes to mix OJ and Vanilla Yogurt and drink it as a smoothie, but this OJ was so creamy, it was almost like having the Yogurt already in it! It's 9:45, and I'm still stuffed - it's hard to stop at "satisfied" when it's so good!
For FHE we watched an old Don Knots movie with the kids, I had my OJ while the family had smoothies and popcorn. Now they're eating tortilla casserole and I'm getting a little tempted, so I'd better go take my Olive Oil!
I got Katelynn to school at 8:00am so I could walk her in to her teacher, she really resisted staying, but did fine after I left. I got to Jazzercise at 8:15am, just in time to get set up for the 8:30 class and get my weight. I was discouraged to find that I weighed 136, but Cynthia told me that scale weighs heavy so to subtract at least two pounds to get my actual weight. So I'll be modest and say my actual weight is closer to 134. So my goal for this week is 125. If I lost that much weight last week while fudging Wed. - Sun. than the weight should come off much easier this week, because I'm not allowing any more exceptions - not even date night!
After the workout at Jazzercise (sore arms and shoulders), I had 3 Carrots/1 Apple/ 3 Celery Juice and took the kids to the park to get some color on my pasty white legs! Tomorrow I'd like to take them to Tempe Town Lake. Today, I think it would have been too cold on them wet, but the breeze was so refreshing - what a wonderful day to be outside!
Later, after we got home, I took two more Tbs. of Olive Oil. Then, for dinner (around 7:30pm) I had some fresh Orange Juice - I prepared the oranges the way it's instructed in the video I posted to this blog, if you haven't seen it, it's totally worth watching. That was totally the best Orange Juice I've ever had! For a treat, our family likes to mix OJ and Vanilla Yogurt and drink it as a smoothie, but this OJ was so creamy, it was almost like having the Yogurt already in it! It's 9:45, and I'm still stuffed - it's hard to stop at "satisfied" when it's so good!
For FHE we watched an old Don Knots movie with the kids, I had my OJ while the family had smoothies and popcorn. Now they're eating tortilla casserole and I'm getting a little tempted, so I'd better go take my Olive Oil!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Day # 11 of the Juice Fast
Today (with the exception of some Vit. C and the water I needed to take it) I fasted till 7:00pm. Then I ate some pancakes - yup, pancakes. I just know I'm going to wake up with those pancakes stuck to my rear! Tomorrow will be a better day - I'm taking my oil soon and off to bed.
Next week, Oil and juice only! No exceptions, even for date night! If I kept losing weight last week even with the regular (crappy) diet I like, then just think about what next week holds!
Can't wait to get back into my "little" jeans!!
Next week, Oil and juice only! No exceptions, even for date night! If I kept losing weight last week even with the regular (crappy) diet I like, then just think about what next week holds!
Can't wait to get back into my "little" jeans!!
Day # 10 of the Juice Fast
I'm starting to get a little sick of the juices, but the Olive Oil seems to really be effective in controlling my "cravings" which is kinda nice.
I think I'm going to have to start using a wider variety of juices in order to hold my interest.
I took the Olive Oil AM & PM, but only had the juice once (Carrot/Apple/Celery), in the afternoon I had a bowl of Potato/Corn soup - sooo good! Then, in the evening I fudged and had a granola bar.
I went to Jazzercise. It was my first experience on a Saturday - they're pretty busy on Saturday, and the parking lot looked like a Lexus convention! My big red clunker of a Suburban stuck out like a sore thumb - but it's paid for and I don't care (too much) if it gets scratched.
The lady that taught the class said she was 75, but there's no way, I think I must have heard her wrong, because she doesn't look a day over 30! She worked us hard, so I'm pretty sore today.
Let me just take a moment to mention that, being the driver of the family is giving me a really great tan - on my left arm! I'm totally lopsided, so I've had to resort to the stinky "sunless tanning" lotion to even myself out. I think I'm going to spend next week taking my kids to the park and see if I can get rid of my lopsided pasty white complexion. After all if I'm going to have a better looking body, I might as well have a nice tan to go with it!
I think I'm going to have to start using a wider variety of juices in order to hold my interest.
I took the Olive Oil AM & PM, but only had the juice once (Carrot/Apple/Celery), in the afternoon I had a bowl of Potato/Corn soup - sooo good! Then, in the evening I fudged and had a granola bar.
I went to Jazzercise. It was my first experience on a Saturday - they're pretty busy on Saturday, and the parking lot looked like a Lexus convention! My big red clunker of a Suburban stuck out like a sore thumb - but it's paid for and I don't care (too much) if it gets scratched.
The lady that taught the class said she was 75, but there's no way, I think I must have heard her wrong, because she doesn't look a day over 30! She worked us hard, so I'm pretty sore today.
Let me just take a moment to mention that, being the driver of the family is giving me a really great tan - on my left arm! I'm totally lopsided, so I've had to resort to the stinky "sunless tanning" lotion to even myself out. I think I'm going to spend next week taking my kids to the park and see if I can get rid of my lopsided pasty white complexion. After all if I'm going to have a better looking body, I might as well have a nice tan to go with it!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Day #9 of the Juice Fast...
Today was CRAZY busy! Caianna is homeschooling for the last month of school so I couldn't convince Katelynn to get out of the car at school this morning by herself (even though Savanah was going to walk her in). This last month of school should be interesting. So I took her with me to Jazzercise, because today was my day to babysit and I couldn't be late (we have a little babysitting co-op, we sit for each other and other Jazzercise members so we get free sitting and we get to workout for free - what a fantastic deal!) Anyway, the workout today was pretty intense, the instructor today is a personal trainer by trade, so she pushes us hard.
After Jazzer we headed home, I did some work on the computer, spent some time with Sophie, then headed to school to have lunch with Ammon (the school was putting on a Mother's Day luncheon) we had a good time visiting and taking goofy pictures. Don came too, which was also really fun.
After the luncheon, Don and I headed home, gathered our stuff and went to LA Fitness. I biked 5 miles (Don went longer), we worked on some of the weight machines, played racket ball and swam a few laps. Don laughed when he realized that I could only doggie paddle, he said "You can't swim?!" I told him that I could very well swim, I could doggie paddle, at least I could get around. I was definitely not going to win any races, but it was fun anyway.
So I came home, place an ad on AZCentral for the Boxer pups, left to pick up Ammon, came home and took a nap! At 5:30 Don and I got ready to go to a marriage class we signed up for, it's a fun class, and I believe if your marriage isn't constantly getting better, then it's slowly getting worse!
So now it's nearly 11:00 and I'm posting my meals and findings for the day.
6:30AM - 2 Tbs. Oil
Water before, during and after Jazzercise
Southwest Chicken Salad with Ammon
Carrot/Cucumber Juice (ran out of Beets)
Hamburger with Don (I'm slipping - very bad!)
11:00PM - 2 Tbs. Oil
I weighed myself at LA Fitness, I think the scales (even though they are the same kind) might read differently, because if it's right, then I'm down to 131 which means I've lost 9 lbs. in 9 days! Take THAT HCG!
Today I discovered (in the full length mirror) my rear end - eeeeeuuww!!! I can hardly believe that's me looking back! Not for long! By the time I'm done, I'm dedicated to looking better than I ever have, my sweetheart deserves that (and so do I).
I also discovered that I suck at racket ball, I swear, anything with a ball has me looking pretty stupid, but it was fun anyway, and Don just plays with it, so I don't feel as stupid as I look!
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| Don & Ammon - buds for life! |
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| Ammon - what's that face for? |
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| If you're going to make faces, at least make them count! |
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| The guys look great, but this is not the most flattering pic of me for sure! |
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| Me and my Sweetie! |
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| Ammon, my boy - what a sweetheart! |
After Jazzer we headed home, I did some work on the computer, spent some time with Sophie, then headed to school to have lunch with Ammon (the school was putting on a Mother's Day luncheon) we had a good time visiting and taking goofy pictures. Don came too, which was also really fun.
After the luncheon, Don and I headed home, gathered our stuff and went to LA Fitness. I biked 5 miles (Don went longer), we worked on some of the weight machines, played racket ball and swam a few laps. Don laughed when he realized that I could only doggie paddle, he said "You can't swim?!" I told him that I could very well swim, I could doggie paddle, at least I could get around. I was definitely not going to win any races, but it was fun anyway.
So I came home, place an ad on AZCentral for the Boxer pups, left to pick up Ammon, came home and took a nap! At 5:30 Don and I got ready to go to a marriage class we signed up for, it's a fun class, and I believe if your marriage isn't constantly getting better, then it's slowly getting worse!
So now it's nearly 11:00 and I'm posting my meals and findings for the day.
6:30AM - 2 Tbs. Oil
Water before, during and after Jazzercise
Southwest Chicken Salad with Ammon
Carrot/Cucumber Juice (ran out of Beets)
Hamburger with Don (I'm slipping - very bad!)
11:00PM - 2 Tbs. Oil
I weighed myself at LA Fitness, I think the scales (even though they are the same kind) might read differently, because if it's right, then I'm down to 131 which means I've lost 9 lbs. in 9 days! Take THAT HCG!
Today I discovered (in the full length mirror) my rear end - eeeeeuuww!!! I can hardly believe that's me looking back! Not for long! By the time I'm done, I'm dedicated to looking better than I ever have, my sweetheart deserves that (and so do I).
I also discovered that I suck at racket ball, I swear, anything with a ball has me looking pretty stupid, but it was fun anyway, and Don just plays with it, so I don't feel as stupid as I look!
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