Advocare Begins...and Exciting News

I’m behind on this blogging thing…apparently there are days when you are supposed to blog, and times it should post, etc….well that’s just silly. Even though my weekend wasn’t jam packed with things to do, I just never got around to getting on the computer to write.

Since I sit at a computer all day..five days a week, editing documents for the majority of my day, it just sometimes isn’t what I want to be doing on my weekends.  Shame!

On to the most exciting news ever, my bestie and her hubby had their son on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Follow her blog here: Little Baby J.  Emerson James Jimenez was born and he is perfect.  These are the moments where I wish I still back in California so I could be there to hold him, hug my bestie and AJ, and be there for anything they needed.  Fortunately, everyone has kept me updated and continue to send pictures of the adorable little guy.   I’ve been researching flights to CA so the second I can request time off, and find afforadable flights, I'm there! Look at him…he’s so stinking cute:

But, like promised, I did start my Advocare cleanse (07/23/13), which means I’ll be finished on July 31^st.   So far, so good, minus the excruciating headache I’ve had for two days in a row now because I obviously have an addiction to caffeine and sugar and my body hates me for depriving it.

Anyways, here are my beginning stats:

Day One: 

·         Weight:  143.6

·         Arms:  10.5

·         Waist:  28

·         Hips:  38

·         Thighs: 25 (One leg is almost as big as my waist, that seems weird..)

·         Calf:  14.5

Basically, you are cutting out all refined sugars, carbs, and dairy.  They ask that you drink a gallon of water a day (not good for someone who already pees a lot).  No soda or alcohol.  Basically everything I love.  I’m secretly hoping I don’t lose weight so then I can convince myself that depriving yourself of things such as soda, alcohol, carbs, sweets, and cheese…is no way to lose weight live.

My meals haven’t been too bad, but I’m not very creative.  Once I find something amazing, I’ll share it.  The only thing that has been my go-to are my eggwhite breakfast cakes that have egg whites, bell peppers, and onions in them.  They’d be 1000 times better with cheese, bacon, and real eggs, but whatev.  It gets the job done. 

Positive so far: 

·      I don’t know if it’s the amount of water I’m drinking, but only after two days I feel like my skin is 100 times healthier. 

·      I haven’t felt hungry.  I’m missing certain foods, but I’m not starving. 

Negatives:

·      Tired. You are supposed to get energy by the third day from your body getting the proper nutrients, but I’m not there yet.  They also recommend you use this with their Spark product but I didn’t purchase it.  (I thought it came with the cleanse, oops.)

Wish me luck.  I need it.