I have been devoted to my “Standard Process” 21 day cleanse - all the fruits and veggies I can tolerate and the shake - which I have done only once a day . . . . . . . . I found out it was 350 calories - what a let down and although doesn’t taste bad, for 350 calories, I would rather eat a bucket of cucumbers and steam some beets or something.  Actually, it is the 1 Tbsp of flaxseed oil that is hoarding the calories here - which is I realize is great for all of us, but opted out of the 3 Tbsp per day that would have been required in the 3 shakes a day.

Quite honestly - this is day 22 and I would eat the leg of a bamboo chair for some protien - but I abstain as I spent too much money on my teeth this past year.  The “SP Green Food” vitamin smells a little like liquorice (which I love) and I take those slowly - one at a time to savor the smell/flavor(?)

I have been walking a minimum of 5 miles per day - usually pushing a baby stroller (with dog and baby) and I feel incredibly better.  Don’t miss my 3 p.m. nap a bit!  My L-5 back problem and pinched nerve in my neck have dissipated to minor annoyances (is this because my feet hurt so bad?)  Before I started I was not drinking enough water and have gotten in the habit of drinking a minimum of 64 oz per day - not really difficult if you use small 16 oz water bottles and refill them with the “Spring Water” required by the diet - just always have a bottle with you - it goes fast.

With all that, I was sure God loved me best and I would be down to a mere 100 lbs by now - but since we are in this together, I will accept the three pound loss and continue with a Standard Process shake each day - fruits and vegetables and avoid the carbs.. . . . and lets not forget “Taco Monday” - Ole’

xoxo Mamasita!

Thanks to all for blogging back and checking in!

I have one question for our blog following sistas….I have an eternal hate for working out my abs. Not because it’s painful or too time consuming, I just hate how it looks. (My real sistas will get a kick out of this as I always complain about how anti-abs I am). I don’t get a slimming effect out of them, I just look fatter. I just don’t see the point in it. Am I doing something wrong here?!

I’m headed down tomorrow to see “big sista”, “little sista” and “the mom”. I hear they have a great workout facility and nothing’s better than some motivation from my sistas!

I am 54 yrs old,  4′10″ and today weigh 120 lbs.  Weight Goal:  107

This is bad . . . . . . really bad as it is the most I have ever weighed with the exception of pregnancy.  To make it even worse, I had “Slim Lipo” this past October and now weigh two lbs more than ‘before’ Laser Lipo.  Granted, since October I did ‘jiggy up’ the Java Chillers (Hazelnut to be exact)  and both Thanksgiving and Christmas were most enjoyable . . . . . followed by a steady diet of unhealthy carbs and ice cream - extra on the ice cream to be exact.

Enough on how I got here.

The original “plan” was that all three of us were to use the “Standard Process” 21 day purification program.  Now I read that we are dieting for 90 days and transform our life styles . . . . . . . once again, the mom is the last to know but surrendered and I am still “in”.

I started March 2 - and AM using the “Standard Process” 21 day plan for purification (detox).  Requirements are simple - two to three SP Complete shakes per day and all the veggies and fruit you want.  Veggies should be two to one on the fruit and there are 10 vitamins to take three times per day (more of the detox part).  Eight glasses of water also - no problem with all of those *#!! vitamins!  All healthy, and the vitamins help your innards maintain healthy functions.

First couple of days, headache and fatigue as I missed my morning coffee as well as my heavy carb intake.  By day three I was feeling much better and energy sparked enough to start walking four miles a day.  Why bother with the piddly one or two miles when you are with your oldest daughter who clearly thinks four miles is a cinch.  You know, by day five it really was!  Pushing a baby stroller - one complete mile in the grass alone (sidewalk runs out at mile 1 1/2).  Somewhere in here I should mention no one can say I am full of sh*#! because that detox part begins to work and alot of ’stuff’ decides to leave your body.  I actually do feel better and don’t crave the carbs as I thought I would.  Not even my beloved Java Chillers!

Monday the 8th - one complete week is over and the heading on my journal (provided by “Standard Process”) “Its The Last Day on SP Cleanse”!  Yay!  The whole family here went out to our favorite ‘Taco Monday’ at Pablanos in Clearwater and after a week long of salad, salad and more salad, I did succumb to two tacos and my feeling was “muy bien”!  Tuesday morning I started all over again with the only difference being there are only 10 new vitamins and 9 of the original vitamins to take per day.  I really think I may have skipped the tacos and had a salad had it not been for that exclamation mark on the journal heading.

Haven’t gotten on the scale yet and may brave to do so before week two is over.  Can’t tell by my pants because while in Florida I only wear elastic waist capris (comfort you know) - time will tell!

Mombo - signing off

Tuesday:
Food:
*chicken salad: Cal: 250
*Blackberries. Cal: 80
*Chicken. Cal: 200
*Brown rice. Cal: 220
*Roasted vegetables. Cal: 200
*Salad. Cal:150

Total CAL: 1100

Exercise:
*Walked 4.3 miles.

Wednesday:
Food:
*Instant breakfast drink. Cal: 240
*Pita bread and hummus. Cal: 415
*Chicken. Cal: 150
*Brown rice: Cal: 220
* 3 Girl Scout cookies. Cal: 160
Total Cal: 1185

Exercise:
*Walked 4.3 miles (and held a baby for ½ of the trip!)

Thoughts:
Ok I have failed miserably with my “no eating bread rule”. I am beginning to feel like every day is ground hog day with my diet and it’s only week 2! Ugh….. so I decided to change it up a bit with my pita and hummus…and cookies☺ However in my defense I did walk over 2 ½ miles holding a 16-pound kid screaming his guts out, so I figured that cookies were in order to “de-stress”. Haha☺ I hope not to make a habit of this day. On a good note, this is the first day my “fat girl pants”-before I was pregnant- actually fit! (I do hope to make a habit of this☺)

Thursday:
Food:
*instant breakfast drink. Cal: 240
*2 oranges. Cal: 100
*rice and chicken casserole. Cal: 500
*roasted vegetables. Cal: 200
Total Cal:1040

Exercise:
None to speak of for today. It rained all day and I worked all day.

Notes:
A coke sounds really really good right now!! I know people always say once you give up soda you will never want it again, but that is just so far from the truth for me!! I gave up Coke once for 5 months and I craved it every day! And it tasted great the first time I had it again! So I am not convinced that this time will be any different….I just need to not drink it for these 3 months while I am trying to lose weight since it is “empty calories”. Or that is my goal for right now. Still no luck with doing my PX90! I am sooo bummed! I wanted to fit it into my schedule somehow, but with trying to run businesses, a new born, my husbands schedule, and working out an hour already, I am finding that there is really no time left in my day for anything extra. In order to do it, I would need to hire a babysitter and then I could get more accomplished, which is something I am not willing to do just yet. I really didn’t want to send my son to a babysitter until he was at least 6 months old (or crawling…which ever happens first!) Oh well, I hope I am at least losing some weight with what I am doing and can hit the gym hard once April gets here☺

I work out for 45 minutes to 1 hour on the stair mill at my gym four days a week, do upper body weights two days a week and do pilates two days a week.

I started Sunday night with eating the vegetables only and let me tell you, stair mill and vegetables only just don’t mix. I had to quit at 30 minutes or pass out due to malnutrition. So…. several nachos later I was officially derailed from day 1 of my diet and I’m not really a get back on the horse kind of sista. I’m more like a “have a martini and think about it” kind of a sista. Ha!

Day two was a bit better, I didn’t eat anything bad, I just ate a lot of everything. I got a lot of veggies in though so I felt a bit better.

Day three (today) I’m off to a good start. I however didn’t have time to do my shake this morning (bigsista says it’s nasty so I’m not highly encouraged to put out the effort just yet). Thought I might make it tonight as a test run so I’m not thoroughly disappointed at breakfast tomorrow. I’m off to lunch as we speak and crossing my fingers that the special doesn’t involve anything chocolate.

Heidi Hamels

Height: 5’4”

Weight: 120 pounds

Goal: lose 10 pounds in 90 days. =110 pounds

Life situation: 31 years old and just had a baby 4 months ago. Lifestyle involves working several jobs and traveling a lot, so it is hard to workout and keep on a good schedule. Plus we eat out a lot as a family, so it will be hard for me to eat just fruit, vegetables, or fish.

How I am going to attack the problem:

· I am going to give up the main carbs (bread, pasta, potatoes, etc…) I eat on a regular basis along with sugar for one month, (brown rice is the only exception to the carb rule for the month). I am also going to try to walk or run 4 miles a day plus do the PX90 workout series everyday for 90 days.

Day 1: (Tuesday -3-2-10)

Food consumption:

· a shake- Cal=90

· 1 apple. Cal=45

· 1 bell pepper. Cal=20

· went out to eat and had onion soup, salad (with dressing), and cooked vegetables. Cal=565

TOTAL CAL=720

Exercise:

None

How I feel:

I had a headache all day. Very hungry. Not sure I should try to live on just fruit and vegetables for a month? I am thinking already that I need to add some fish or chicken into my diet.

Day 2

Food Consumption:

*went out to eat and had salad (with dressing) and stuffed mushrooms. Cal=660

*1 apple . cal=45

*1 gatorade. Cal=80

*vegetable stirfry. Cal=120

TOTAL CAL= 905

Exercise:

Walked 4.2 miles. Cal’s burned =250

How I feel:

I crashed really hard about 5:00pm. I was starving. Again, I need to start eating more small meals throughout the day in order to make it on this kind of diet. I also find it very hard to walk my 4.2 miles (which takes about an hour and 15 minutes AND do the PX90.) My day with work and taking care of a baby is not allowing for another hour to do the PX90. I need to maybe start alternating walking one day and then doing the PX90 the next day. I don’t see how I can fit in both right now.

Day 3:

Food Consumption:

*1 yogurt drink. Cal= 70

*2 cups of brown rice. Cal= 440

*1 yogurt drink. Cal=70

*went out to eat = salad (with dressing), stuffed mushrooms, one breadstick. Cal=800

TOTAL CAL=1380

Exercise:

Walked 4.2 miles. Cal’s burned =250

How I feel:

I am missing sugar big time! I used to have 1 coke a day and am really missing that! I felt a lot better after I had the 2 cups of brown rice.

Day 4:

Food Consumption:

*1 yogurt drink. Cal=70

*sugar snap peas. Cal=100

*2 Cups of brown rice. Cal=440

*went out to eat= edamame (200), salad (150), and salmon (460). Cal=810

Total CAL: 1420

Exercise:

Walked 4.5 miles. Cal’s burned =280

Day 5:

Food consumption:

*1 yogurt drink. Cal=70

*2 pks. Of oatmeal Cal=260

*1 slice of watermelon. Cal= 40

*skinless/boneless white chicken (240), steamed veg (100)., brown rice (220). CAL=560

Total CAL: 930

Exercise:

Walked 4.3 miles. Cal’s burned =270

Day 6:

Food:

· 1 yogurt drink =70

· 2 cups of brown rice =440

· 1 coke! =100

· Salad =150

· Salmon =460

Total Cal: 1220

Exercise:

Walked 4.3 miles. Cal’s burned =270

How I feel:

Ok I know, I know I cheated really bad today with my Coke! But let me explain….I was at a ballgame (very hot outside) and it just sounded so great I couldn’t resist! However I only had ½ of the Coke and it didn’t taste nearly as good as I thought it would!! Other than that I have noticed I seem to have more energy without any sugar or the BIG carbs I was eating before. Maybe the rice is providing enough energy for me to get by and to walk my 4 miles a day? If I can do next week the way I did this week, I will be really proud of myself. However I do not want to get on a scale yet in fear I have not lost a single pound! I think I will save that devastation for another week! HahaJ