August 13th- Saturday

It's been quite a tumultuous week or so. Pasquale has been traveling a lot lately, and that either means I'm home with the kids alone or I'm doing a ton of his laundry to pack him back up to go out on the road again soon. It's a lot of work to be the wife of a traveling businessman and mother of his children. Now that that little bit of self-applaud is over, on to my business- that of becoming healthier.

I let all my guards down this past week. I ate everything I saw- including any cakes, cookies and soda I could get my hands on. I even ate things I just thought about. I would be watching TV and a McDonald's commercial would come on. Immediately, I craved chicken McNuggets and sure enough I would get in the truck and go get some. It's been rough. Because of this binge I've been on, I don't feel too particularly great. I've been lazier than normal. My temper has been shorter than normal, and I'm pretty sure my kids are feeling the brunt of that.

I feel bad enough about how I've been that I'm on another new resolve. I know, I know. How many times can one person resolve to just eat better and exercise? And my answer to that- as many as there are days to be lived. I'm a terrible commitment-phobe. I'm all gung-ho for a minute or two and then I lose all kinds of steam and move on to something else. But this time, no matter how far from the straight and narrow I get, I force myself to always come back. (hmmm, sounds like a parallel to something you may have heard before...)

This morning, my weigh in was 233.8 and I feel pretty heavy right now. My new resolve involves a few key points. I have been "roughly" skirting with the ideas and nutritional instructions of Bill Phillips' Body for Life plan. But I've never been able to commit to it 100%- until now. I actually officially entered their Body for Life Challenge complete with prizes for the winners. I have a start date of August 14th. Yes, I know that's tomorrow. I needed a couple of days to research and plan if I'm going to compete against others in the country and actually try to win. I'm geared up to make this the most intense 12 weeks of my life with hopefully the best results in the end.

Another thing that came up that got me fired up again is a silly documentary my sister told me about called "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead". She was telling me about the main idea of the documentary, juicing, and I thought it sounded pretty silly to be perfectly honest. It wasn't  until I actually watched it and saw the transformations that took place. I'm not just talking about weight. I have other health issues that I really believe could be "cured" by eating healthy and becoming more active. But the idea that you "Reboot" your life with a nutritious juice cleanse for 10 days or so really sounds like it might jump start my challenge.

I've been looking online for a really good juicer. If' I'm going to do this, I want to make sure I'm doing it right. However, what I've found is juicers (really nice ones) can actually run upwards of $400! That was a little bit of a sticker shock for me. So I've resorted to Ebay, Amazon and Craigslist. I will find one that will work for me. I even copied down recipes to use right away. I really want to do this. That documentary was extremely interesting and motivating for me. I watched it on Netflix and I think I might just watch it again in a couple days to renew that excitement I have right now.


So, since tomorrow is actually Sunday, I'm starting the challenge on my free day. I know that sounds counter-productive, but it was the easiest way for me to count the weeks and I'll just end on a workout day instead of a free day. But I'm excited. I'll post each day's exercise and food plans and we'll mark the progress that day.


Wish me luck! ..... (again)