Total Fail!

The cleanse was a total fail. Why? Lack of money and emotional roller coasters can be be the undoing of a cleanse...trust me.

I had the best of intentions, but it just seemed cursed from the onset. I was supposed to do a coconut water cleanse right? So, I went to the store that usually has the huge Vitacoco waters, but they didn't have anything except the little tiny ones. I bought another brand that was on sale. I bought a whole case of these tiny containers, only to get in the car and discover that they were DISGUSTING!!! My money was running low because my clients were also running low. I decided to supplement the coconut water with a daily afternoon salad for lunch and regular water in the evening.

At this point life began to happen and stuff just went haywire. It was really tough. To add to it, my husband, the saboteur, kept bring home my favorite "junkfood" treats. Of course, because I was jacked emotionally, my mind said "NOOOOOOOOOO!" but my body said, "Oh yea baby, bring it on!", I'd eat every crumb.

So, after not coming to the cleanse meeting again AND not cleansing with me, he decides he wants to do a cleanse. I will be starting with him so that way I can stay on track myself. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. I guess you could say that I'm re-cleansing. I ordered my Vitacoco this time. I ordered 14 of the 17 oz sizes and I'll order more when I have more money so that way I won't run out before I'm done. When will I be done? I'm not sure. I'm thinking of adding chlorophyll and maybe some spirulina, but I've never had spirulina before so we'll see.

While I'm doing all this, I am going to add walking on the treadmill to my tabata that I do with the chirren. I'm thinking that I'll do the treadmill for 30 minutes and then do yoga for tabata with a little Shake Weight thrown in. Btw, yes I use the Shake Weight and yes, I like it.

That's the end of my true confession. Yes, I am so damn shame it ain't even funny. I had to come clean with y'all because I said I was gone keep it honest so that's what I did.

Hope y'all still love me.

Video: Blending my foods up the right way again.

It's that time again Sugahs!!!

Happy Spring Solstice y'all!!! Things are starting out great so far. I started out with water and a workout. After that I drank coconut water and it really did a job on my bowels. Yay! I had to use another brand because my local healthfood store was out of my favorite (Vitacoco). For lunch I had a MEGA salad! OMG!!! I was overwhelmingly delicious! The rest of my night will be water and coconut water.

My salad before the addictive ginger dressing. SO delish and SO filling!

My daughter's salad. She made a avocado-hummusy kind of thing that was SO good!

3 of the 4 salads...mine was the best! : P

That's pretty much all for right now.

Spring Cleanse-March 20th

It's that time again! Yep time to welcome Sista Spring back with all her loveliness!!! I love the spring! It's a time for newness and redemption. It's also a time that most people cleanse, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. How can you cleanse involuntarily? Easy, fresher foods are available and you tend to eat them more when they are more available.

This is the one cleanse that I NEVER miss. I don't know what I'm going to do this time around though. I can't decide between doing raw food, coconut water, or monodiet. I'm going to do 10 days either way. Maybe I'll do a combination between coconut water and monodieting. What do you think?

What are you going to do to spring back into good health? How will you cleanse? What permanent changes will you make?

BLACK Stay At Home Dad "Man Boobs"

I was feelin bad...I was feelin mighty low...until...

So I was feeling a little down about not being able to stay out of the 150s. My goal is first 140lbs and then 130lbs. Anyhoo, yesterday I pulled this blog up for a friend to show her something and I ran across this post. Somehow, it had slipped my mind that I used to be 180lbs!!! I'm feeling pretty good about myself right now. I'm not at my goal, BUT I can say that I haven't gone back to 180 at any point during this 3 year (?) journey. I know what doesn't sound like a lot, but it means something to me.

Sometimes the health gods are merciful and will give you a little encouragement that you weren't even looking for and didn't even fully realize you needed.

Btw, I ate 4 oranges in one sitting and I felt GREAT!!! That would technically be considered a mono meal. I think I'm falling in love with those. What is my family going to eat? Every man and child for themselves perhaps? lol