I've been slack...don't judge me.

Okay,so I've been a little slack here and there. I got a little lazy with the tabata, because I wasn't doing my best at all. I wasn't really pushing my limits and that caused me see less and less results. I still haven't lost any weight, but I am more toned. I need to take measurements, but I can tell by my clothing. What am I doing now?

 A couple of summers ago, my husband and I were working out together and all of the lessons started flooding back. He had me using weights. EVERYTHING was toned. So, now we have incorporated weights into the routine and we are using the treadmill instead of walking. For now the treadmill is keeping us honest and giving us goals. My new mantra is that you can't cheat on the treadmill. Basically, what that means is that you can't slow down without pushing the button and you can't decrease the the incline without knowing.

When I get off this couch and exercise in a couple of minutes I will be doing this:

1 mile on the treadmill-I will be doing between a 2-3 incline, 3-5 speed during each lap. I am trying to decrease my time.

100 reps for my upper arms to rid myself of the flappy arms

100 reps of ab exercise. My favorite is the twisty v. Maybe I'll remember to make a video of it today.

100 reps for chest to try and help the girls sit up.

100 calf raises because I think it helps to protect my jacked up ankle

100 jump rope jumps. I know that's not a lot, but don't judge me.

So that's what I plan on doing today. I'll take the computer outside and video the sit up things.

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

WARNING: This will be a TMI post

Greetings Family!!!

Yesterday's weight:  Pre-colon flush-169.4
                               After flush-166.4
Today's weight:  163.8

I'd like to thank Mushirah for her enema lesson at the cleanse meeting. She took the ignorance out of it, but I must admit that the trepidation remained. I set a goal to do my enema last night. I figured that way if I things didn't go well I was at home with no place to go.

So this is how it went. I put the juice of one whole lemon in filtered warm water into my 2 quart enema bag. I hung the bag and laid two towels on the floor close to the toilet. Lube, insert, and release water...well now that's a strange feeling. I could feel coolnesst going through my intestines (I'll make the water warmer next time) and I started to hear and feel things shifting. When I got to the full feeling. I stopped and massaged my abdomen which must have allowed the water to go higher into the intestine, because the full feeling left. At this point I had a really stupid thought of the water going too far and coming out of my mouth! EW! Poop water in my mouth! Yea, I completely forgot everything I know about human anatomy. Don't judge me. I got up to go to the bathroom and realized that I hadn't held it long enough. It was fine this time though because I'd had entirely too much prune just so I was already pretty cleaned out. I must say, however, that the water when up high enough to get some waste from somewhere. I laid down and finished the bag. Well, at that point I was like, "Shoot I can do this with prune juice and not have to feel all violated." That was until this morning.

With my squeaky clean colon my morning water rushed straight through. I felt the churning, but knew I had time for my prayers so I did that. Once I was done I was ready to "evacuate" my bowels.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TMI WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!! Y'all the biggest glob of mucus came out. Now with all that prune juice I had yesterday it didn't move a bit of mucus, but that enema knocked something loose. Now, I must say that I still didn't like doing the enema, but it can definitely see it's usefulness. Especially if you are sick. I also saw what Dick Gregory was talking about when he said that every organ in our body has a corresponding area in the colon. I would say then that an enema is like acupuncture using the colon. As the water was navigating the twists and turns of my colon it would feel tingles or sensations in other parts of my body. It was pretty interesting to say the least.

I will be doing this again tonight and hopefully it will work out the things that I felt I should've done differently.

Picture Update

We were on our way to a beautiful wedding that we were REALLY honored and excited to be a part of. Titus decided to take the pic, probably because I don't put on "real" clothes that often between work and homeschooling. Anyway, this old standby outfit is a good gauge for me to measure my size as it use to be a lil' snug to say the least. Anyway, just thought I'd give you a lil update.