Renewed Commitment

I am seriously putting all the pieces to this weight loss puzzle together.

Last October, I quit drinking soft drinks, especially Coke which cut down my caffeine intake.

Last month, I was able to quit drinking coffee altogether. This also meant cutting back on the sugar that was IN the coffee, especially the Mocha Frappe' that I love.

My vice was then candy. On my birthday last week, I committed to giving that up. I enjoyed my birthday cake and have had very little sweets since then. And then my good friend, Sri, who lives in India, sent me a package with Ghee Sweets in it because he knows I love them. I've been good! I have had only one a day.

I have wondered why I was SO VERY tired since I had my baby. I was surfing around online about three weeks ago and discovered that iron deficiency will cause an extreme tired feeling. I also found that a nursing mother can be prone to iron deficiency. I have been eating raw foods, including Spinach and Kale which are high in iron. Although I felt somewhat better, I was still tired. I know that Vitamin C helps iron to be absorbed by the body. I discovered that two packets of instant grits have 90% of the recommended daily allowance of iron. I have had grits and a cup of juice for breakfast for two weeks. I am starting to feel a difference in my energy levels.

I started Richard Simmon's newest exercise program, HOPE. It's a 90 day program and starts out with a very simple Cardio routine. I like it because he has about 10 "moves" that are repeated over and over for 20 minutes. It will get more intense as the days go on. I barely made it through the first time, the second time was better, and this morning I completed the entire 20 minutes.

I seem to not have the time to exercise every day. I decided that if I can get in three sessions a week, that's more than I was doing before. If I keep doing "something", I'll eventually get where I'm going.

All my life I have heard about and then promoted healthy foods. These come in all shapes and sizes! I have a long list of Superfoods that are extremely nourshing to the body. If I want to purchase them all individually, I'd spend an arm and a leg each month. I found a product that has about 75! of these Superfoods in it, for the cost of one normal daily meal. It's called Shakeology. I had my first shake today and I'm impressed. This week I signed up to be a "Coach" with Team BeachBody to help myself and others to get into shape using Shakeology and exercise videos like P90X. I'll be writing more about this in the near future.

Today was very productive. The weather was delightful, 65 degrees and sunny.I woke and exercised with Richard. Little Monkey likes to get underfoot, so I sat her in her crib with a bowl of cereal and she ate and laughed at me! My swimming pool garden supplies arrived a couple of days ago. I started assembling them. First, I had to untangle the garden hose, which was a workout in itself. When it came to putting the dirt in, I was exhausted! I had bought some bags of hummus and topsoil about 3 years ago which was stacked in the backyard. It was wet and heavy. I put it in the wagon (Little Monkey helped me push) and emptied about 8 of them into the pool. Enough of that for the day :) Lilly Pad helped set up the pool and then entertained Little Monkey with bubbles. Lunch was my first Shakeology. Then time to clean at the church. When I turned off the water in the restroom, the handle came off in my hand! Water was pouring out of the pipe! What a mess in the time it took me to get someone on the phone to tell me where the shut off valve was. When we got home Little Monkey and I took a well earned nap.

Breakfast: Grits and juice
Lunch: Shakeology
Snack: Spinach, Banana, 1/2 apple, Bee Pollen, Almond Milk in the NutriBullet
Supper: Barilla pasta (which is high in protein and Omega 3's and 9's) with Alfredo sauce and White Albacore Tuna
Snack: Shakeology (because I was craving the good things it contains)
Treat: One Ghee Sweet

Happy Life!




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