Hello August!

It’s August 1^st, and I need a glass of beer wine.  I don’t know if it was the cleanse, my lack of beer coffee intake, Josh’s work schedule, or being 3000 miles away from friends and family, but the last two weeks have just been eh.  So I don’t think there are many people happier to see that a new month is here, and hopefully that means Casi Sassy Pants will be in a better mood, and start enjoying the little things. 

Some happenings in the next couple of months:

• Josh and I will be celebrating our unofficial 2 year anniversary on August 31^st.  Since he didn’t ask me out officially (we’ll get to that story one day), we marked August 31^st as our special day since it was the day him and I went to the Giants vs. Cubs game in San Francisco, and even though we didn’t even exchange a hug that day, we had one of the best days in the city.  Just give us baseball, beer, and each other and we are happy campers.

  

  OUR FIRST 'DATE'

• We are also, along with a couple of friends, heading back to Wrigley Field in September before they tear it down in September.  I still haven’t seen it with all the overgrown ivy, and although I am a diehard Giants fan forever, I love baseball and will enjoy every second watching the Cubs play. 

  

  MY FIRST WRIGLEY FIELD EXPERIENCE (CUBS GEAR  BECAUSE I LOVE HIM)

  
  

  

  MY SECOND WRIGLEY FIELD EXPERIENCE, PERFECT...

• Besides the trip to Chicago, Josh and I are attempting to stay around Knoxville on our weekends off together, and do some exploring.  We both realized that we haven’t done much sightseeing here since we’ve been here, and we finally do get visitors, we need to know where to take them. J

I also finished the cleanse yesterday.  Two things, I honestly thought I’d cheat.  Besides the one glass of wine I had on Tuesday night (due to a Girls wine/movie night), I stayed on point the entire time.  No coffee, no soda, no alcohol, and no refined sugar/carbs.  Before I give you my take on it, here are the results:

Before/After:

Weight:  143.6/138.2 (-5.4lbs) Side note:  Pretty sure this is the first time I’ve been in the 130’s since…middle school?  I know once I eat a slide of bread, I’m sure I’ll go back to the 140’s but it was a proud moment for me. 

Arms:  10.5/10.5 (-0)

Waist:  28/28 (-0)

Hips:  38/38 (-0)

Thighs: 25/22 (-3 inches)

Calf:  14.5/14 (-.5 inches)

Total:  -5.4lbs lost, and -3.5 inches (all lower body, not sure what that is all about)

Positives: 

• Besides changing my eating habits, the best part about this cleanse is you aren’t only eating/drinking one thing.  As long as you are eating the right foods, you can definitely be creative with your food intake.

• Skin felt so healthy.  I’m assuming it was the amount of water (1 gallon) I drank daily.  The cleanse has a lot of vitamins in it as well, but most of all the vitamins (besides the fiber) I already take regularly. 

• Didn’t feel hungry.  The lunches that I was bringing to work were much more satisfying than my normal cardboard box meal, and my snacks didn’t give me the sugar crash like my normal ones normally do.

•  Price.  For only $31.50, it’s cheap enough to give it a try and not feel like you are ‘wasting’ money.

Negatives:

• This really isn’t specific to being negative about the cleanse.  But it’s hard to determine if the results were all due to drinking the fiber drink, and taking the supplements are just from change of eating.  I don’t eat bad by any means, but I consume sugar and carbs on the daily.

I think that’s all for now.  I’ve given enough shout outs to beer for all of us…two more weeks and we’ll be reunited.