I am so excited to say I am on day 2 of my "Eat your heart out" experiment! I know, I know I was suppose to start this program on Thursday the 13th. To be quite honest with you I woke up on Thursday with the worst head cold ever. All I wanted to eat was soup, even though I had no taste whatsoever it felt so good on my throat. No, it wasn't homemade soup I would have made if I felt like a normal human that day. It was store bought, but my husband went and got it for me so that makes it almost homemade. Right?

Ok, yesterday was day 1. I was able to eat fruit, fruit and more fruit. Any fruit I wanted except bananas. I started my day by dreadfully weighing myself. The whopping grand total was 151.2, holy cow where did the extra 3 pound since last Thursday come from? I'm blaming it on uhhhh, ya no excuses. Now breakfast was an orange and a glass of water followed by a 5 mile run to kick start my day. The run was my choice it just makes me feel better it clears my head. You are not expected go out and run 5 miles, but, you are encouraged to get in at least 30 min of some type of exercise daily. You can go for a walk and BAM you have your 30 minutes in. This is encouraged not required. Just think the 30 minute effort will help you lose more weight than if there was no exercise at all. Back to the fruit, the rest of the day was filled with watermelon, grapes, apples and oranges. I did feel hungry most of the day. When hunger pangs came down went the fruit.

This morning I weighed in at 148.4. Woo hoo! 3 pounds not to shabby eh. Now day 2, all veggies baby. Oh ya, and 1 baked potato. I get to eat all kinds of veggies fresh, raw or cooked. It is recommended to stay away from starchy veggies like, peas corn and beans. No problemo. My husband even asked for a veggie soup tonight for dinner. I guess that's his way of supporting me. Now the family's soup and my soup will be different of coarse. The family's soup will have chicken stock, and I'm making mine with water. I'm adding everything you can think of, less the starches and the kitchen sink. Since I am able to have veggies again tomorrow I may make a bigger batch of soup. I will use 8 cups of water or more if I need to fully cover the veggies in the pot. The only other ingredients I will add besides the water and plethora of veggies will be  pepper and a little bit of salt. I read that you can use salt and pepper to season your veggies. My personal preference with the salt is not to use too much. I want to stay away from anything that's going to make me retain water. Speaking of water you need to drink lots of it! If you can't stand the water add a lemon slice for a different flavor. Also, you can have green tea. Yesterday I think I had 5 cups of green tea just to break up the monotony of the water.

May the luck of the Irish be with you today! And like your mama always said "eat your veggies"!
 

Thrift Shop - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Zumba with Mallory Hotmess

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Zumba Baby!!
My new addiction. As the infomercial states "ditch the workout, join the party"! So true, you get to shake it like a salt shaker and no one cares how sexy or silly you look. It's just fun. What better way to get in shape than dancing. When I first started I was so worried about how I looked and getting the moves right that I wasn't really doing anything but getting my heart rate up. Don't get me wrong that's a good thing. Yet if you want better results focus less on how you look and more on tightening your core with your moves. Once you start to focus on your core you will notice changes in your body appearance. Good changes! Sexy changes! The Zumba classes around here I live cost around $7-$10 a class. Not cheap when you want to do this 3 to 5 to 7 days a week. SOOO, why not do it for free. I have a cd but for me I like to mix it up a bit, I personally love using www.youtube.com on my smart tv. This is way convenient for me but we didn't always have internet on our tv. I would just pull up www.youtube.com on my computer, plug in a USB cord to the tv and BAM you have internet and a dance party in your very own living room. If you haven't tried Zumba I highly recommend it and don't get me wrong get your bootie into a class now and then. It's a great way to meet fun outgoing people like yourself. I'm posting an example of one of my favorite girls on www.youtube.com.....her name is Mallory Hotmess. She dances to current hits, very energetic and fun. If you want more traditional music just search for Latin Zumba....Now go get your shake on!

Here goes my 1st "experiment"

Ok, so those of you who know me you know I am a Pinterest FREAK! In fact that's were I find most things I love to try.  That is where I found this Eat your Heart Out idea. Well I have been struggling with my weight for some time now, and by sometime I would say for about oh let's be fair and say the past 3 years,since I had our daughter. I am completely exposing myself here and letting you know that today right now after dinner with all my clothes on I weigh 149. I am healthy and for the most part try to always eat clean. Now my vices are sugar and alcohol, well wine. I feel like right when I lose 5 lbs. I smell pizza and gain back 8 lbs. Not really, but you can imagine my frustration. I discussed this 7 day program with my neighbor and friend Soranlly. We decided that being the daredevil I am I will try this first, and if it works she will follow suit. I mean there's no reason two of us need to be running to the a-hum bathroom for 7 days! So I readily volunteered and thought this would be a great kick start not only for my blog but also my waist. I will be shopping for everything tomorrow and will of coarse have an official weigh in and game plan to share with you. Good night for now. Xoxo