Prep Week: Day 1

So now I'm getting nervous LOL 

D.Tox sounds like a great idea until it's almost time to do it!!! I'm freaking out about being stuck waiting for the bathroom at work once I start the D.Tox shakes.  I just have no idea what to expect, but one review I read said "As soon as I finished my shake, I had to run to the bathroom..." Ugh, great!  This week is just prep.  Cutting out sugar, caffeine and alcohol.  Steve and I are really going to clean up our eating, though, too.  

Today for breakfast I had 2 hard boiled eggs and some cantaloupe.  Eggs won't be allowed next week, but I figured it'd make for a good breakfast this week.  We baked a ton of chicken yesterday and will use it throughout the week.  Lunch will be an awesome salad topped with fresh mushrooms, black olives and baked chicken.  Not quite positive on dinner yet, but it'll be good :)  I was up early this morning -- ate early, and now it's only 9:30 and I'm hungry. I'll probably have some fruit soon.  Tonight I have to remember to prep out other veggies -- peppers, celery, cucumbers and carrots.  I think a good snack will be celery and this almond butter I picked up.  

I really tried to be good about reading labels yesterday to make sure there was no added sugar.  That's gonna be the tough one.  We all know what has caffiene and alcohol in it, but they try to add sugar to everything!! Definitely helps to shop the perimeter of the store, but you still need to be careful.  

I plan to do some Zumba tonight too to get my sweat on.  Yesterday Steve and I had another training session at the gym.  It was good. I love our trainer. And hey, I didn't nearly pass out this time, so that was a huge plus :)   Man, when I lose 20 lbs again it will make everything SO much easier.  It's just ridiculous.  I try not to dwell too much on where I was, but damn.. it's hard.  But I will get there again, and then I'll go further. 

Alright - I'll keep this fairly short.  Hope everyone is having a great day. I am loving this fall weather.  I'd love to get a new wardrobe, but I'm going to have to wait until I make some progress on the scale :) 

--Katie

Hey guys!

Katie here!  ...Katie?  You know... me!  Me?.. the one always on a mission to lose weight?!  Oh yeah, now you remember ;) 

Yes - I'm still alive. I know, I know... it's been over a month since I posted last.  Went to Vegas. Had a great time. Didn't need a seatbelt extender, BUT that seat belt was maxed out.  Can't have that!  We did do a lot of walking which was good!!  I'm back and things are starting to calm down at home so I need to refocus.  Yes --- story of my life.  

Let's talk game plan...  So you may remember that Steve and I had over-excitedly stupidly bought LifeTime's DTox program.  You know me - always one to say "Hey, that sounds like a quick easy way!" BUT, I do think it will be good.  It had been a while since we bought it that I totally forgot that it was a 2 week program, and not just one week!  I literally just remembered.  Damn.  But seriously, trying to look at a calendar and find 3 weeks where you won't totally be miserable with previous plans that revolve around food, or being out and about is HARD.  So Monday will start our prep week.  Cutting back and then cutting out completely: CAFFEINE, SUGAR and ALCOHOL 

LOL -- So hopefully weaning myself off of those things will make DTox Week 1 not so bad when it starts on the 28th.  You start off with one dtox shake a day and 2-3 Dtox friendly meals.... whole foods. Fruits, Veggies, Lean Meats, nuts --- no dairy, no caffiene, no sugar, no alcohol, no eggs, no soy, no gluten, corn or peanuts. Week 2 you up the shakes to 2 a day and then 1-3 meals. Then you slowly reintroduce foods back into your diet.

All in all I think it will make me feel better.  Cleaner eating is probably the way to go.  Too much processed crap that we consume.  Eat crap = Feel like crap I can't wait to just feel better :) Losing weight will be a bonus which I'm pretty sure is guaranteed since I know how bad my habits are right now.  I haven't weighed myself since right after we got back.  I know it's not going to be good.  I know I fell into old habits and stress ate a bit too.  I also really need to get back to using the gym more than once a week.  It just stinks because I don't want to wake up early -- and once I'm home, I want to stay home.  That darn work thing just gets in the way! haha

I'll try to most more with this so you can all follow me in my misery --- which will hopefully turn to joy rather quickly. I know it'll be a tough start, but worth it.  

~Katie