So far so good!

Trying out a new, very simple, routine right now.

LBWO
Squat or Leg press 2 x 12-15
Stiff-legged deadlift 2 x 12-15
Calf raise 2 x 12-15
Back extensions 2 x 12-15
Walking lunges

UBWO
Lat pulldown 2 x 12-15
Standing overhead shoulder press 2 x 12-15
One-arm dumbbell row 2 x 12-15
Bench press 2 x 12-15
Ab crunches 2 x 12-15
Barbell curl

For this first month I am doing 3 days of cardio and 2 days of lifting. I am just waking up the muscles and getting into the habit. Both plans need a little tweaking from the original website so as I do them I feel my way through what I want to add. I have a hurt-so-good felling right now and waddle like I am 9 months preggo again, but that will pass soon!

It feels good to be getting back into the habit, it really does!

Needless to say the MVDD lasted only one week. I have been able to keep that weight off though with normal (and sometimes splurging) eating. I may very well try to detox again after the next kid. Right now, I am focusing on eating balanced, healthy meals, enjoying a treat hear and there, drinking lots of water and getting to the gym on a regular basis.

Baby steps...

Day 10

181.5 (down 7lbs)


Struggling now. Still drank the Acai juice this morning and still wanted to hurl. Rob is encouraging me to keep on trucking with the juice. After all, it is only for another 11 days and it does pass within the hour. We will play it by ear I guess.

I neglected to make or eat any soup last night so today I am extra hungry and really looking forward to my salad today. I will eat that at noon to ensure I drink my live juice at 2ish. I'm toying with altering my dinners to a salad/soup as well but need to see how the scale reads for the next few days of adding in lunch before I go there. That means I need to hit the gym after work AND the store in order to have some veggies for my soup tonight. We are all out at home.

What's killing me is that I have pizza on my mind! Rob is going out of town this weekend and I normally spurlge (or more acturately binge) on something yummy and very bad for me such as pizza, fast food, chinese or ice cream. I have grown to detest chinese take-out (we make much better stir-fry at home!) so that leaves fast food, pizza and ice cream.

Fast food is off the list...I cannot go there anymore and haven't for a very very long time.

Now I'm down to pizza and ice cream. For some reason my mind is on the pizza. I need to get past that before Saturday so that I do not indulge. The cravings usually pass with time but this one is rather difficult right now for some reason. grrrr!

Day 9
182.5 (down 6.5lbs)

I'm adjusting this to better fit my mindset and mental state. I need to take the Acai out of my day...who the heck wants to wake up and feel like crap every darn morning! I don't think my mornings were this bad during my first trimester with Beata! I will continue to try to stick it out but no promises bleh!

I also added a salad into my day today. I was just way too constipated last week and it was actually causing me pain so I need to adjust as my body demands. My salad was made of only veggies that I would normally juice together and of course no dressing. The place I went to makes the HUGE salad that I used to be able to polish off. Today, I ate maybe 1/8 or 1/4 of it. I was sure to chew chew chew chew to as fine a mush as possible before swallowing. I tucked the rest into the fridge and will nibble at it tomorrow for lunch. This will hopefully help to keep me more regular without messing with the detox side of things too much. I will continue to drink my soups for dinner as I believe the lighter fair at night is key.

I made a huge live juice last night for lunch today but will tuck that away to compliment my salad tomorrow or perhaps drink after the gym today instead of a green drink...hmmm decisions decisions. If I had eaten my salad at noon as I had intented I would have had the juice at 2 but my entire day seems to be way off. Oh well, moving on. Hitting the gym for 30-45 min of cardio!

Day 8
163 (down 6lbs)

Really? Even after my faulty weekend? I guess if I really thought about it, I GAINED two pounds. I would have lost weight over the weekend had I stuck to the detox but instead I went up one half. Maybe I won't eat this next weekend afterall...

I took my measurements. This is the great part - I lost 5 INCHES overall! My upper waist went down 1/2 inch and the larger part at my belly button level went down one whole inch! I lost 1 1/2 inches on my upper thigh! yeah!!! Other areas such as chest, hips, and lower thigh went down about 1/2 inch on average. Wonder how much more I can get off this week???

I'm back on track today. No live juice for lunch so I'll have my vegesplash. I have my second colonic today at 4 and am hoping that the softner will help to clear the debris even more. The Acai juice is still HORRIBLE! I gave some to my mom and cousin to try out for the energy benefit that I do get from it. My poor cousin almost hurled too! It just sends this weird signal to the body once the stomach acids get ahold of it and you literally feel the need to stand over the trash and wait for the erruption...but somehow it never comes. I drink tons of water to flush it out and I feel 100% shortly after. Very weird...

Days 6 and 7
163.5
163

oops...Didn't make it through the weekend.

I did really well until dinner time on Saturday. I was hosting Easter dinner at our place so had spent the day preparing Waldorf salad, fruit covered angle food cake, collard greens, herbed cornbread (from cookinglight.com), baked sweet potatoes, mint green peas and organic turkey. At dinner time I decided I would join my family. I did farely well considering I hadn't eaten for 5 days. I timed dinner so that I would have to feed my daughter simultaneously which meant I had less time and no free hands to really eat much. I nibbled at a little bit of the turkey, had mostly green peas, 1/2 a sweet potato and a small slice of the cornbread. I skipped the greens since I eat them all week long now! I also made it a point to chew chew chew chew.

The good news, this finally kicked my digestive system into gear and I was finally able to go to the bathroom...although it was difficult and not satisfying. The bad knews was I ate chocolate on Sunday. I slept in (till 9am) took a hot bath with epson salt and had one green drink. Lunch was an organic fat free yogurt. Dinner was ha large handful of hershey kisses and such. bad bad bad bad! Oh, I also was desperate enough to drink a 'get regular' tea and take some stool softners. WTH is going on in there? I'm ingesting all sorts of digestive enzymes, inner cleanses, green drinks and cannot go to the bathroom! Finally the tea kicked in late afternoon and I found some relief. I'm curious to see how this next week goes.

I'm also thinking I will have another dinner on the weekend that I can actually chew. Time will tell.

Day 5

182.5 (6.5lbs lost!!!)

Man I needed that this morning. I swear, if I had not lost anything I would have totally cheated over the weekend. I got up feeling hungry but didn't drink the acai juice until I was done getting ready for work. I did a quick shot, rinsed it down with water and proceeded to pack up the kid for daycare. Then....I didn't feel so well. I had to sit down and close my eyes. I really felt as though I was going to vomit. My tummy was doing weird things as well. I really think my body just does NOT like acai berries! I went to the potty to try to go but still can barely 'go' since the colonic on Monday. I hope I didn't mess something up in there! The program says to do coffee enemas at home on day 3 and I plan to skip those but this made me second guess that. Since I'm not getting fiber and hardly taking any foods in, my body is not expelling those toxins quick enough.

I had planned on doing cardio and a sauna after work but left the bag at home while struggling with the nausea. Thank goodness, after guzzling tons of water, I felt much better. Back on track!

I had my green drinks, live juice and vegesplash today. I try to alternate that afternoon drink. Yesterday was berrysplash. Today since I had grapes in my live juice I am had the vegesplash.

I caught up with my mom, popped the kid in her stroller and we went for a nice long walk after work. I was running late at that point so hubby started my soup for me - yummy green/white soup. Lots of leftovers for the weekend!

Day 4


185.5 (net 3.5lbs grrr)


I have noticed a little drainage in the sinuses going on. Could be the pollen, could be the detox. No big deal either way. My head does feel a little foggy and my memory is shot. On top of losing my iPod yesterday I have gone to work without my shaker bottle. Talk about making life difficult! Luckily I had a regular water bottle on me and used that while guestimating the actual amount of water.


It worked pretty well surprisingly at mixing my drinks. I guzzled my green drink before dashing of to a meeting. Which, by the way was pure torture! We had delicious looking yogurts, fruit, bagels and muffins spread out. Then someone in the next room toasted a cinnamon raisen toast/bagel. God that smell was killing me. I just love the smell of toast for some reason!!! Oh, and another shot of Acai juice this morning. No Stevia and no gagging. My scrunchy face was only a breif second and I was out the door.


Thank goodness I have gotten used to the tastes (and aftertastes) of these darn things! Dinner was Italian Bean Soup...tasted like the last two soups but it was still good. I made a huge pot so Rob had dinner as well. I also prepared my live juice for day 5. This one was a hodge-podge of collard greens, green beans, zucchini, broccoli, ginger, carrots, spinach and a handful of green grapes.

I had some errands to run so the only workout I got was walking through the store and playing with Beata.

4 days down, 17 to go!