Day 10

So here I am on day 10 and I have done pretty well.  Sunday evening I did have some beans and rice because I've been sick and that seemed to help and last night I had a chicken bowl from Flame Broiler.  All in all this cleanse is going pretty well and I've figured out that part of my problem was the lack of protein.  I've discovered that Garden of Life Raw Protein in the Vanilla Chai mixed with almond milk is my favorite.
It keeps me from feeling like I'm fading at the end of the day and makes my tummy not feel as empty.  So I'm going to continue on with this in addition to the juice for a while, and I may have some treats here and there, but this is for a long term thing not just a quick fix, so I'm good with that.  All in all this is more about making my relationship to food more normal.

Day 2 of Cleanse 2

So here we are at the end of day 2 and I'm feeling pretty tired today, I'm not sure why, but there it is.  I'm also feeling somewhat touchy, like there's something I'm missing and everyone else knows what it is and doesn't want to tell me.  I think maybe it's just because I'm so tired.  Anyhow, that's all the update for today.

Juice Cleanse #2

So we've decided to do another 60 day juice cleanse.  What brought us to this conclusion was that we've gained a lot of weight back from the first cleanse almost a year ago and Steve and I are both feeling really sluggish and gross.  I still have quite a bit of weight to lose and this seems to be the healthiest way I have found to do so.  When we're just juicing I can't fall back on processed foods with low calorie counts to get me through the day.  This is all whole foods all the time.  The things I'll be doing a little differently this time is that I'm going to add a teaspoon of oil into one juice a day to keep gallstones away.  My Mom had to have her gallbladder removed due to some major stones and I don't want to get anywhere close to that so I'm taking that precaution.  I'm also going to add in some almond milk and vegan protein powder for days that we go on longer hikes, which I'm hoping we do more of this time around.  As for exercise, we are on week 5 of the Couch to 5k running program and we're doing really well.  Steve is running with me this time and it's really pushing me much harder than I would do on my own.  He's majorly increased my time.  I'm going to try to post more this time with weight updates and emotional updates.  The last time we did this it was much more emotional and mental than I was prepared for, we'll see what this time brings.  So here we are at day 1 and I'm feeling really good about our ability to do this, we're determined!

What I wore Wednesday

Here's a new thing um going to try to implement, what I wore Wednesday.  So for today, we have a shirt by Merona, sweater from Old Navy, jeans from Old Navy and sites by Xhileration. You can also see the growth of the hawk, it's getting up there. I do have some completed projects to post, so keep an eye out for those.

Favorite Pins of the Week

Hi Everyone!  Happy Friday!  Here are some of my favorite things I've pinned this week:

From here. Getting ideas for Christmas.

From here.  Hoping to make one of these for this fall.  Super cute skirt.

From here.  Great stash buster quilt.

From here. Pumpkin Pie bars, I'm thinking these will need to be made while in Kansas since my Dad and Steve are both huge Pumpkin Pie fans.

From here.  This soup looks awesome, also something I think I'll make while in Kansas.

From here.  I love this and someday will have it!

That's it for me for now, hope you've had an awesome week!

Over ther River and Through the Woods...

We're going to go visit my Mom and Dad in a week!  I'm so excited.  Steve and Chris are going to be there for a week and I'll stay an extra 3 days.  What am I doing with my extra 3 days in Kansas?  I'm teaching a Mexican food cooking class.  I can't wait, we'll be making Pozole, Mexican hot chocolate, Tres Leches cake, Carne Asada, Tortillas, Mexican Rice, Refried Beans and Chicken Mole.  I'm super excited to teach my first cooking class and to have my Mom there by my side to help me with it!

I think I'm the most excited about just getting away it's been just over 2 years since we took a real vacation where we leave the house and we're not available to anyone at work.  I'm starting to feel a little overwhelmed at work.  I took on some new responsibilities about 4 or 5 months ago and it's really increased my work load and made me feel more stressed as I'm trying to juggle the staffing needs of our programs and all of my work as an office manager.  It's good stress because it means that I'm doing stuff that needs to get done, but sometimes between staffing and HR stuff it all gets to be a little too much.

We're finally having some fall weather today complete with THUNDER STORMS!  I love thunder and I love rain and I love the cold temps that this has brought with it.  Look at how awesome the sky looked this morning at 6:30 when the sun started to come up through the clouds:

 

I also got to wear a sweater today finally!  Steve and I went shopping a couple weekends ago for clothes for our trip to Kansas and I've been dying to wear some of my new sweaters, but since it's been in the 90's and 100's the last couple of weeks I haven't been able to.  But here's what I wore today:

Sweater: Vintage Suzie from Ross

Skirt: Old Navy

Polka Dot Tights: Target

Shoes: TOMS

For those of you wondering, yes I still have the mohawk and it is becoming quite glorious!  Look at how long it's gotten:

 That's it for now, I have some knitting updates to post but I need to take pics so those will have to come later!

Day 52

Day 52 and only 8 days left, this has gotten really hard, I've been ready to quit a few times, but I've kept myself and the hubby on it.  We will make it, come hell or highwater!