7 day colon cleanse

Thank you so much guys for alot of your answers as to why I'm breaking out, bloated, and constipated. I now understand that my body is detoxing itself from all of the meat that I used to eat. In response to what my body is doing I have purchsed a 7 day detox kit http://www.vitacost.com/NutritionNowAntiToxin7CompleteInternalCleanse and I am on day one of this cleanse. I was told that the breakouts and symptoms will get worse with the cleanse but in return it will get better also. I am documenting the phases that I go through in the cleanse.
So far there hasn't been anything drastic going on. I took my first pill and drunk my first dosage of fiber power stuff that actually had no taste until I got to the bottom of it and there was an orange taste to it that kind of put me in the mind of alka seltzer. I was a bit scared to drink it though because once I poured it into the water it looked like little green and brown leaves. It was cool though. I've had water this morning already and since I drink 128 ozs a day I should have no problems in that area. See the cleanse kit recommends to have atleast 48 oz daily while doing this cleanse.
About 30 minutes ago I started getting really sharp pains in my head on the left side around the temple. I am in the process of catching a cold so I don't feel the best of the best either but hopefully I'll get through this alright. Anyways on to the water drinking and working out. take care and thanks so much for you guys' concerns and words of help. I have definitely taken notes.

I don't really consume alot of sugar or overindulge in process foods I just understand that my body is detoxing itself. The fact that I am catching a cold has suppressed my appetite a little but I am making myself eat and when I do i try to balance out the protein and carbs and all that good stuff. I see major gains in my strength since doing my consistent workouts. I can now do my 3 sets of 10 pushups without struggling or breathing as hard so hopefully that means I'm getting stronger. I also notice with this extra weight on it's a littel harder to run at the same speed so I have slowed down a tid bit. Hopefully once the weight drops back down to normal I can get back to my regular personal times. well thanks for lending me your eyes.

Trying to figure this out

Okay this is not a rant.... just some general questions.

I've been working out consistently and for the most part I've never really stopped working out at all but I still seem to be gaining weight. As a response to direction from the Lord in my prayer I am in consecration and I have abstained from meat for the past 3 weeks. And in those 3 weeks I have gained almost 10 lbs. I don't get that. I have become constipated, and bloated and gassy (TMI I know sorry guys) and I'm breaking out on my face left and right, everyday I'm finding new blackheads. For the most part I am eating legumes(mixed beans), Sunflower seeds and raisin mixed, tea is the only thing i drink besides water, fruit and salad.

Honest to God I am really trying to figure out how in the world I am gaining all this weight. Every time I read about a person going vegetarian then their weight begins to fall off. This is not happening with me. I'm doing the exact opposite. I run or walk for 40 minutes and upwards daily. I do a 5 day abs workout mon-fri. I do 3 sets of 10 pushups ( full body ones at that), and I lift weights yet instead of my inches going down or fat melting I'm gaining weight. I just don't get it.

I don't have money around to start shopping extravagantly. I can't shop like a single person because I have a family to feed and I refuse to push my vegan meal changes on them. Don't get me wrong they still eat healthy but they have a totally different kind of meal than me unless it's like spaghetti and salad and I only have salad. I'm really at a loss for words. I get paid tomorrow and I'm going to by a colon cleanse kit. This is the only thing I can think of to stop me from being so....constipated. Before I started eating vegan I had BM's 1-2 times daily... Now I'm lucky to have one a day where I'm killing myself just to get it out. I feel heavy all the time. My stomach is sticking out all the time.

I'm going to go google some healthy vegan foods that will help me to Lose weight. I thought I was doing pretty good but I'm coming up empty.
Don't worry I'm not ready to give up I'm just really perplexed as to why I'm not losing and why my system is so backed up. It's like my body is resisting the fat falling off or holding on to it and trying to accumulate more somehow. Anyhoo tomorrow I'll be heading out to GNC to get some 7 day cleanse or something. I'll keep you guys updated.

Hey guys,
It's great to be back. I needed to take a mental and physical break for 1 week straight where I focused on one thing at a time. As far as the exam that I took I really stressed out about it and studied HARD but when I took the test I found out that I was studying some really outdated material which ended up having me lost in the process of taking the test and I failed the certification. I was a little upset about it but I got over it and I'm cool. I will take the test again soon and get my certification. It's no big deal I will pass I already know this. As therapy for my loss I took the day off and went shopping and then got my hair braided so I'm happy.

I went shopping for some pants. I went to ashley stewarts which is a wonderful big girl store with some banging clothes I love this place. I was able to put on a size 14 jeans!!! They were super tight and according to these kind of places I know that they make their sizes fit more on the big size but still I was geeked LOL. I ended up getting a size 17/18 pant that was really cute. Also went to get some free shoes from DSW ( I received my $25.00 gift certificate in the mail) and I was able to fit a size 10M comfortably woohoo!!!! My feet are going down again thank you Jesus!!! I know I won't go any farther than a 10 but hey I'll take it. Today is usually my worst day as far as eating because it's my pig out day but I'm alright and I'm about to get my workout on so yayyy me.

Last weeks goals was NO GOALS.

This weeks Goals:

Go behind the veil daily (prayer)
5 Day abs
Run atleast 3 days out of this week.
Actually attempt to even meet my water goals 128 oz a day (starts tomorrow don't wanna be up all night LOL).
And keep up the no meat routine ( I've been keeping this up 2 weeks seafood free yippe)
Figure out how to get some protein in besides sunflower seeds and peanuts lol.
Thanks so much guys for all of your supportive words and encouragement. Last saturday I weighed myself and I've actually lost all of the TOM weight so it's on to the 240's...dangblastit I should've been there long ago but I will be there. I give myself until December to be in the 230's.

I'm still alive Quick update

Taken from a comment i left in someon else's blog:

'I'm slowly but surely coming back around I had to take some time out and focus on the more important things in my life(long story) anyhoo you'll be hearing from me again soon enough. I'm hanging in there. Thanks And I've done almost 2 weeks with no meat how great is that? I mean I don't even crave it anymore. I did have a nightmare where I was eating a cheeseburger one night though LOL!! If only I could start eating the "better" vegan foods. I'm getting there I got the fruit part down to a tee now i have to incorporate more veggies, besides carrots, and greens LOL.'

I have to start back with the exercise I've been walking on my hour lunch break all this week but that has been the gist of my workout schedule. No running, no weightlifting, no 5 day abs, My goals for this week has been no goals. I am staying active and eating right so I'm building myself back up. I was really getting burnt out and needed a break. I am feeling alot better and I am slowly but surely getting back into working out. I have to take an exam for certification for my job and I have been really focusing on that. I will be testing tomorrow and after the stress of that is out of my system I will refocus on the 12 week challenge. I know we are in week 6 of the challenge and I'm determined to get this weight off. Thanks every 0ne for all of your support you guys really inspire and motivate me. God will bless you for your efforts.

Okay back to studying.......

Sounding off

Today was not a very good day at all. If your looking for peaches and sunshine this is not the blog to visit. I must warn you in advance that I am very depressed and this blog entry is not the best of the best.

At first I wasn't going to write anything but I've had folks checkin up on me and emailing me and such to make sure I'm alright. Well I'm alrigt but I'm not. I'm a little stuck right now. I have a loaded plate full of aspirations and expectations and it's wearing me down. But because this is a weightloss blog so I'll k.i.s.s. (Keep it simple stupid). My weight is somehow going up instead of down. Even with all the hard work, with all the avoiding meat, with all the workouts, I have still managed to gain weight. I went to a seafood only diet by the leading of prayer and hearing it plain as day for consecration and I began only eating seafood then last week I didn't even have a taste for seafood so I did strictly no meat last week and now TOM has arrived and I've been a little bloated and gained weight. I can be honest with myself and say that I have consumed some not so good for you things this past week but man the amount of weight that I have gained is insane. I was so bummed about the weight gain that I didn't run or exercise at all today and I have vegged out all day. I was thinking about joining WW again but thought about the financial woes we are having. Thought about getting a gym membership but once again that has to be put on hold. Thinking about paying off some bills and loans and don't have enough money to do that right now. I'm just stuck all the way around. My son was sick so I had to call off from work and stay at home with him. I've not gotten anything productive done when I could have. I've been breaking out on my face left and right, My hair is not acting right. I just feel terrible today.......
So please excuse me guys if I don't update for a while.

I'm just not feeling this right now.......

week 5 of the 12 week challenge

I am so happy to report that 2 of my 3 goals have been reached for the 11st week of ocotber my set goals were:

October goals are :Set H2O goal for the month: 128 oz a day - NOPE HASN'T HAPPENED YET
-Set goal for pounds and/or inches lost: 2 inches off of the jelly belly - 1 inch lost since last week cool!!!
Try a new physical activity - committing to actually doing my 5 day abs firm tape in 5 days nonstop. DONE!!!!!!

Okay I am headed out to do the 5 day abs again starting tonight *wondering why I'm putting myself through this agony*

Okay guys off to a new week and attaining goals again!!! Pray for me

Subway cookies are the DEBIL!!!!

Dangblastit Subway and their Chewy goodness cookies *faints* I tried resisting the urge to buy some as i have been successful at doing lately but today they were just calling me and calling my name. As of today for 1 whole month I am determined not to buy ANY subway COOKIES *looks around biting nails*

I felt like a crackhead getting a fix when I ate those darn cookies. I had 2 raisin oatmeal cookies and one peanut butter cookie 3 for $1.29 That's the sucker punch to my gut. The price. BTW why in the world is it so hard to save money when eating healthy... I seem to always be too broke. And all that crap about it's worth it in the long run.... I gotta see it to believe it cause right now gas cost too much money for me to be leaving my kroger brand white bread on the shelf to dish out extra for whole grain wheat bread. Or paying darn near 3 dollars on some soy or rice or almond milk when the regular version is just $1.89 per gallon. I know right now I'm ranting because of my own mistake but so what. My diary my big mouth LOL. I know for real that it will be worth it in the end but why does it have to cost so much.

Back to subway cookies being the debil! Atleast I didn't get any chocolate chip cookies. I never by chips or a drink to go with my sub I only get the cookies so maybe they were compensating? I Dunno. And what's really messed up about all of this is that this afternoon I won't get to run it off because my hubby and I will be celebrating our Anniversary in the most inexpensive(cheap) but elegant way possible. I hate not having money on me to do what i WANT to do that sucks and he's broke too but we'll make do. Plus with it being a school night we can't stay out long so I will have no time to run when I get off of work. I guess I'll be okay but I can't help but think what in the world is my problem .

I think I'm going to check in to cookie overeaters anonymous.
*Jets out of OD Napps hung in shame........................

September- October

September went pretty well I am in week 4 of the 12 week challenge. I haven't weighed myself because I just don't want to LOL. I'm tired of the scale dictating my mood for the day so I've put it up. My goals for september although I'm not sure if I actually had any in the first place was simply to exercise more and eat right and that I have been doing. I slipped a couple of days but for the most part I really stayed on point.

October I actually have goals and I'm doing really well about keeping them. I am a very tunnel visioned person and when I set my mind to something I will not stop until it is complete so I'm glad that I've actually wrote out some goals and guidelines so now I KNOW I will follow them:

October goals are :
Set H2O goal for the month: 128 oz a day-
Set goal for pounds and/or inches lost: 2 inches off of the jelly belly
Try a new physical activity - committing to actually doing my 5 day abs firm tape in 5 days nonstop.

Water goal has been a breeze
Inches on the belly are pretty stable nowadays
And last night while doing day 2 of the 5 day abs workout it felt like my abs were going to rip apart into tiny little pieces then crumble into dust. after about 2 minutes it got a little easier but goodness I never knew a simple 5 minute ab workout could hurt so much uuurrrgghh.

AS I've stated before for spiritual reasons I have been abstaining from meat and only eating seafood which has been going pretty good. I'm still managing to overeat but atleast it's healthy food right? LOL I know I'm working on that.

I'm not to hot on posting food journals because for one they seem pretty tedious and boring to me I mean I never pay attention when people do that, and second I am in serious denial about my portion distortion and that's another demon I'll have to deal with on another day. Baby steps rememeber one day at a time..........


Oh yeah and guess what? It's my 3rd year anniversary to Mr. Dawson woohoo yay for 3 years right? Celebrate!

BTFC Challenge courtesy of WWDiva

Okay guys so I’ve subscribed to the Bermuda Food Triangle (Halloween (though I don’t celebrate it), Thanksgiving, and Christmas) Challenge that WWDiva has started. There were a couple of things that I ascribed to and I am committed to do each of those things. Here is a list of goals set and my responses to the questions asked:
Set a realistic exercise goal for the month: Not go crazy with the scale. Work out 900 minutes in OCT.
-Set H2O goal for the month: 128 oz a day
-Set goal for pounds and/or inches lost: 2 inches off of the jelly belly
-Try a new physical activity - haven't done tae-bo in a while maybe once or twice a week*****edited********** Actually I am rather going to commit to 5 nights a week doing my 5 day abs firm tape.

It’s funny because I’ve always considered my body type and shape to be an hourglass shape but as the lbs start to come off I am now seeing that I have more of an apple shape. I don’t have too much hips There is actually an illusion of hips that I always had as a youngun by having thunderthighs and a big booty but I must confess and get out of self denial about hips. I’ve never really had them and I suspect I maybe never will. Even as a teenager when I was much thinner I always wondered why it looked like there was a piece of flesh missing where there should be hips but everything else compensated. Even when I gain weight I hear lots of people talk of their hips and thighs expanding and that has never really been the case with me actually it’s my stomach, my middle that gets swollen. And all of the women in my family are built the exact same way. Big stomachs big breast and not too much else to work with. As I lose weight I’m very interested in seeing how my shape will change. Now if I could just get this middle of mines to shrink I think I just might be alright. RBG started a 12 week challenge and I am 4 weeks into the challenge. For spiritual reasons I am abstaining from all meat (except for seafood) for 30 days or until the Lord says different. Hopefully this will aid in the weightloss effort. I feel great but the scale is not moving but I’m not losing hope. I will keep at this and at the end of the 12 week challenge if I am still at the same weight I will have to revamp all of my efforts.

Oh Oh guess what guys? My Dh bought some cinnamon rolls today and asked me to make them because he doesn't know how and once they were ready instead of grabbing 3 or four of them as I'd normally do I thought about it and only grabbed one and had 1 cup of cranapple juice to go with it and I've been drinking water the rest of the day. Yay me for eating in moderation on a Saturday evening while watching movies with the family :D.

Okay well this is the latest update. See yall later.