Day #2

I did it! I made it through Day #1!!! The first thing I noticed when I woke up was my belly didn't feel like a blown up balloon ready to pop. That's a nice feeling. I did get on the scale just to see how much I PEED away!  I promised myself not to get back on until Day #11

I did my morning routine of Ionix Supreme and a shake plus I remembered to pack my snack! As I drove into work, I heard this quote on the Christian radio station. The quote was, "Instead of telling GOD how big your problems are... Tell your PROBLEMS how big your GOD is!"

During my drive, I chatted with my mom (hands free of course).  My parents are my #1 fans and cheerleaders!  She asked how my first day went....I said great....except I forgot the afternoon snack yesterday.  She urged me to 'be careful' with my snack....to which i replied, "Even if I ate FIFTY baby carrots, it's better than if I had FIVE chocolate chip cookies!"
I'm trying to keep this in perspective...what I'm doing is better than what I've BEEN doing!...to not beat myself up about 'slipping'....even though carrots is far from a slip up...and I would never eat 50!  Keepin' it real.

It was a crazy busy day at work but I took time to head over to a great salad joint called Sweet Green...mesclun, quinoa, roasted broccoli, red onion, curried cauliflower, and chicken...with vinaigrette dressing. It was TO DIE FOR!!

Work was very stressful and I was feeling the need to munch...celery!

I left work and rushed home to grab my boys....wrestling practice...AGAIN! I made sure I made my shake before I ran out the door. 

I dropped my older son off and took the younger one with me to hit the grocery store for a few things...for their lunches and MINE!  Some of the healthy decisions I made were dry roasted, unsalted almonds, (didn't think I'd be crazy about them but the CRUNCH is quite satisfying!), a box of quinoa, a bag of already made brown rice and quinoa, hummus, and some small granny smith SOUR and CRUNCHY apples.  I was feeling pretty good about my decisions.

Wrestling was over and home we went....I was tired....I'm not sure if I'm tired because of the new way of eating, lack of sleep, being a slug...???

I chatted with my cousin, Carmel, who is also my Isagenix 'coach.'  She is so great at helping me keep things in 'real time.'  Carmel expressed to me, before I even began the program, to just look at this right now as Isagenix being the main source of food for me right now.  I'm trying not to over think this too much...not think too far into the future...to keep it close...for fear of failure.  I have to take baby steps.

I'm having a bit of trouble drinking all the water.  It's A LOT of water.  Again, I'm looking at it as 'it's more water than I was drinking before' and to keep striving to drink more.  The more I drink, the more I pee, the more toxins I free my body of.

Day #2...done!