Day One

DAY ONE

A couple of things happened this morning. One: my 14 month old daughter slept in her toddler-bed until 5:30 am and I started AdvoCare. Both GOOD things J

I didn’t actually begin my challenge until I arrived at work this morning. I then ingested the Spark drink (my new BFF since I broke up with coffee). The Spark drink is Fruit Punch flavor and reminds me of Kool-Aid. I’m on board. Then tragedy struck: it was time for the Fiber Drink. My God. It can only be described as the texture of homemade applesauce watered down with a gelatinous water; it tastes like wood. I literally gagged 3x, spat one swallow out, and ended up discarding 1 oz of the magic potion. I AM WEAK. Tomorrow will be better…right?

 In the meantime, I have been guzzling water like crazy. By 11:15 am, I drank 80 oz of water and peed 6 times. Flush that system (luckily my coworkers on not judging me). One thing I found helpful is to create a food log, journaling what I had eaten and when I had eaten it. This is also where I kept my water tally.

 I found myself really hungry come lunch time – I ate a big, leafy green salad with chicken and a raspberry vinaigrette. I also had a handful of TERRA exotic vegetable chips, which have a full serving of veggies in every ounce. YUMMY. I love how clean everything is that I’m putting inside of my body. I did suffer from a slight headache, but remember I am the mother of a 14 month old – I LIVE on coffee. So, I’m assuming this will dissipate after a few days.

 At 2:30 I hit my gallon mark. Yes folks, I had consumed 128 US fluid ounces of water. I had peed 11 times by 2:30 pm. Not to gross anyone out, my pee was crystal freaking clear. THIS MUST BE WORKING! Now, I was a tidbit alarmed at this point in the day because (again sorry) I hadn’t pooped yet. As a coffee consumer, I regularly poop by 10 o’ clock every morning. WTF? Like my coworker Jennifer said, “you’re totally changing your lifestyle habits – your body needs time to catch up.”

 When I got home from work – I prepared dinner, did the dishes, bathed my daughter, played with my daughter, watched Kim & Kourtney Take Miami, put my daughter to bed, and passed the heck out. However, before I was allowed my peaceful slumber – I had to ingest my “Herbal Cleanse” pills. MORE LIKE HORSE PILLS THAT TASTE LIKE CRAP AND TAKE 17 MILLION GLASSES OF WATER TO SWALLOW. But alas, I am a champion – swallowed those suckers and slept like a baby.

 

FOOD LOG from January 22, 2013

Breakfast: Spark, Fiber drink, banana

Morning Snack: 4 pieces of jerky, 1 bite of protein bar, mandarin orange fruit cup (no sugar added).

Lunch: Salad with chicken, raspberry vinaigrette, veggie chips.

Afternoon Snack: ThinkThin protein bar (A MUST TRY: 20g protein, 0g sugar, 24g carbs, gluten free), 1 piece jerky.

Dinner: Salad with red bell pepper, red onion, celery, cucumber & homemade dressing (splash of olive oil, lemon juice, minced garlic, salt, pepper) and turkey kielbasa. 2 Omega-3 pills.

Herbal cleanse pills.

 

WATER COUNT from January 22, 2013

192 oz. (pee count: 17??)

 

Ok, more tomorrow about today J

PS I do not know why the colors are so funky...whatevz.