I just ate my last solid meal not long ago! Tomorrow starts the 30 day juice cleanse!

I am so worn out. I got up this morning and ate my oatmeal/yogurt then did almost 40 minutes worth of the Wii Active xtra customized workout then made a green juice afterwards. I fiddled online for a bit then eventually got Katie up. She ate, went to the potty then played. We got ready and headed out to walk to the park around 12:45PM or so. It was definitely HOOOOT out there. We got there and I let her play till 1:50PM then we sat down at the table so she could eat her sandwich then headed back home. Once in the door, she went potty then straight down for a nap to cool off! I was happy to put everything away and get a nice quick shower that turned into a relaxing bath. I watched the 1st part of the 2 hour episode of The Secret Life then Katie got back up eventually. When Brad came home, we loaded up and went to 2 different places to buy veggies and oats! We both also bought some tea. I just drank a cup of mine… it was quite good with TRUvia added in.

I’m tired but I feel good at the same time. I don’t think I’ll be doing exercise tomorrow… espically with going full on with the juice cleanse. I need to conserve my energy so I can make it day-to-day with this. I’m excited! If I have to cut back to only a tiny exercise daily and maybe even some days none at all while I’m doing this cleanse then that’s what I’ll do. That’s probably what I’ll do anyway until I can get some GOOD energy going.

I just want to sit here! Also, hopefully tonight Brad and I will watch the new show – Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition! I’m excited to see it. I went to bed early last night since I was give out.. in fact it was just after 10pm when I told Brad I was going to bed.

I could go to sleep right now. I’m so ready to embark on this full cleanse!!! It’s going to change everything for the better. I can’t imagine how WONDERFUL my first solid food will be after the cleanse is over. My stomach will have shrunk a LOT and everything will taste devine. Not to mention WEIGHT LOSS!

All the benefits I’ve read have lead me to want to do this more than anything.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!! I am so thankful for all the people who have served our country and for those who have given their life for us. Bless them all !!!!!!!!

First up – MOMS OKAY! She got to come home yesterday evening and my Aunt forgot to call and tell me… haha. Apparently, Mom has broncitis (sp?) and also had an asthma attack on top of that is what caused her to be so bad off yesterday. She got meds and is doing pretty good.

I woke up early this morning!!! WOOT – which is just what I wanted to do so I could get up, exercise and make my juice before it was time for Katie to get up. I ate my oatmeal/yogurt then got on the treadmill for 30 minutes to work up a pretty decent sweat! Afterwards, I made a giant green juice! I took my juice, a little almond milk on the side, my cellphone and went to take a HOT, relaxing bath. I drank my juice, studied some scriptures and drank my almond milk all while soaking in some hot water. It was so nice. Brad slept late while I did the usual… hahah. He eventually got up and I mainly watched music videos online and sang along. Katie also danced and tried to sing along, lol.

After Katie went down for nap, I made more green juice then called Mom to check on her! I decided I wanted to go spend some one-on-one time with her so I walked over to her place after I got off the phone. It was NIIIIIICE to walk in the sun. We talked for about 2 hours!! about my cleanse, about health, about The Gospel, about this and that. It was really nice! I walked home, got Katie up, made more green juice and…. yeah! This evening I finally watched Remember Me! I was gonna watch last night but the Netflix CD was damaged, boo! So Brad downloaded the movie for me. Brad’s in the bedroom attempting to start to learn Japenese. Apparently he changed his mind again! No surprise there.

I ate my oatmeal/yogurt and had a one last small green juice for the evening. I’m so tired!!!!! Between exercise this morning and then walking to/from Moms house.. I’m ready for sleep. Today is day 6 of the partial cleanse. Tomorrow is the last day of morning/evening oatmeal/yogurt then I embark on my 30 day complete veggie juice fast. I’m ready.

Sunday has been good. We went to church and Brad did wonderfully with his talk! Our Sunday school lesson was centered around faith and our last meeting was about getting through adversity and keeping our foundation built on the ROCK of The Gospel. We came home, hung out then Katie went down for nap a little after 2PM. Brad and I were both quite tired so he fell asleep on the couch and I went to lay in bed then drifted off to sleep. I was asleep for.. about an hour and a half? I heard my phone ring but attempted to go back to sleep. Brad came and laid with me with my phone. My Aunt Cathy had called and left a message saying Mom was going back for x-rays…. ??? HUH?

I got up and called her back – yup, Moms in the hospital! Apparently, Cathy was at her house today and Mom said she had been throwing up and couldn’t breathe. She’s been pretty sick for a bit now and said she “was” getting better but apparently not. My Aunt told her that my Cousin could take her to the ER but Mom said she didn’t think she could even get out to the car so they called the ambulance. Last I heard, they were taking her back for x-rays to make sure she doesn’t have pnemonia. Oh gosh… I really hope she doesn’t. My Aunt is supposed to call me when she gets home to let me know If they are gonna send Mom home or if she’s gonna have to stay. I really worry about Mom. She’s in such fragile health and is pretty underweight. My Aunt and I both agree that she needs to take better care of her already fragile body If she wants to overcome any of this. She’d have to be willing to make some serious life changes but we all have our own choices to make. It’s just so hard to see my Mom suffering so much from not taking proper care of her health for so long. I just have to pray, pray, pray, pray.

I spent a lot of time reflecting on my Mom and her current situation this evening. Nothing special to point out for us for the remainder of the day. I’m on day 5 of the partial juice cleanse. The more I read about the juice detox… the more ready I feel to go for the FULL 30 day fast. Espically after seeing Mom going through what she’s going through. I want to take great care of my body, mind and spirit so that I can have good health. I’ve got 2 more days of the morning/evening oatmeal and yogurt then the cleanse truly TRULY begins. June will be the month I flush out, cleanse and rejuvenate my whole being. I will focus my energy on other areas to keep me busy and moving along with each day. I have that strength and I’m going to use it for the benefit of better-ing my LIFE! Once the cleanse is over, I can truly ENJOY my favorite season and time of year… SUMMER!!! I’m interested to see how much weight I can lose in the month. Celery is an excellent natral diuretic and I will be intaking a lot of celery juice!

I KNOW there is healing power in fruits and veggies. Heavenly Father put them on the earth to grow for us to eat and be happy and healthy. The modern diet and life steers us away from the pure, natural aspects of diet. The world is now plagued with FAST FOOD, fake flavors, fake sweetners, lots of ingredients that will only make us sick but the majority of the population keeps adding the toxins into their body, making them sick and they keep going in this vicious cycle of obesity, sickness and misery. If you are in that situation — you can heal with a juice cleanse. DETOX the cells in your body and you will find pure health and happiness. A lot of people, though, aren’t willing to let go of their chocolate cake, pepsi, cheesecake, Big Mac… or whatever. You can. Doesn’t mean you can’t have them EVER (just in moderation but ONLY if you can enjoy it moderately instead of really often) but If you’re not in good health then why not stop eating the very foods that are making you suffer and only that much worse off?? Take control.

Think if you didn’t get sick but once a year? Think if you didn’t have to spend so much money on DIET pills, colon CLEANSE pills, anti-aging creams and other products that are trying to sell. Guess what? YOU DON’T HAVE TO. You can achieve weight loss, vitality, youthfulness and more by drinking the fruits and vegetables of the Earth and not eating solid food for a time frame. This allows your digestive system to rest… you use up to 70 PERCENT of your energy on digesting foods… the juice cleanse without solid food allows this extra energy to be used to heal whatever is wrong with your body. The years of built up toxins from lots and lots of various thing such as anti-biotics, high fat foods and other items that only crush our health.

I haven’t even experienced the full juice cleanse yet but from the 5 days I’ve been on it 90%… I can tell a difference already. I’ve lost some weight but have suffered some detox symptoms such as hunger pains, acne on my face/neck/upper chest and a little dizziness. There’s no way I’m giving up when I know this will give me what I’ve been hoping to gain back since early 2010.

You can re-claim your FULL potential of health TOO! Don’t let fear hold you back from being the happy, healthy person Heavenly Father wants you to be. You won’t starve to death. The cleanse will do just what the word implies — CLEAN YOUR BODY. I could seriously sit and talk about The Gospel, healthy living and healthy foods all day long!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it.

Now that we have some extra time since Brad is OFF work tomorrow for Memorial Day, I want to watch our Netflix movie… REMEMBER ME! Yes, I do think Robert Pattinson is eye candy. Yum.

I ……. AM ……….. SO ………… SUPER ………….. HAPPPY !!!!!!!!!!!! Last Saturday when I weighed myself I was 162 so I got up this morning and thought – ok If I’ve stayed the same don’t panic. If I’ve gained, DON’T PANIC! I get on the scale and UP POPS 159 !!!!!!!!!! WHAAAAAAT! I haven’t seen that number since December? November? I DON’T REMEMBER WHEN BUT HOLY SMOKES I AM SO HAPPY! This proves that all this I’ve been doing is WORKING. Hello HAPPINESS! It’s so great to be losing weight again. There’s NO TELLING how much weight I’ll lose on a pure juice cleanse but I guess I WILL SEE come June, woot!

I called Mom this morning to ask If she’d watch Katie while we went shopping and I cleaned house and she said yes! We ate, got dressed, dropped Katie off then headed to Wal-Mart! Picked up some groceries for Katie then went to buy VEGGIES! and fruits for Brad. He wants to do the cleanse as well, heh. Next stop.. can ya guess? WHOLE FOODS! I got some wheat grass juice to mix in with my homemade green juice, apple juice for Katie and a SYNERGY drink for both of us. I want an endless supply of Kombucha and Synergy drinks! It makes me feel so good after drinking a bottle, woot! We came home, I put away groceries then got down to business with house cleaning!!! I cleaned out and re-organized our fridge, re-organized the cabinet below the sink then cleaned the rest of the house like usual. We hung out and I went to sit on the porch in the sun for a little. We headed out to Kroger’s around 6:30PM since I forgot razor blades and wanted to get more unsweetened almond milk. Brad also picked up some oranges and dark chocolate silk milk… DROOL. Wish I could have some!!!! Went to Moms to pick up Katie and talked to Mom for just a little bit. I wanted to take Katie to the park for a bit so Brad stopped by the house to put away our groceries then we were off!!! We let Katie play… about 40 minutes? Something like that. Of course she protested loudly when we left. Brought her home, got her on the potty and her bath ready then Brad bathed, rocked and put her to bed. I fixed green juice since I was feeling really empty along with some unsweetened almond milk. Just finished eating my raw oats/coconut shavings + live culture yogurt and am about to get a shower shortly.

I’m excited to go to church tomorrow since Brad will be giving a talk!!! Heh. I really am so thankful and grateful to be alive. I owe my LIFE to my Heavenly Father!

Today was just the average day. It was still wet outside today from yesterday’s rain so I knew the playground would be wet so decided to hold off on taking Katie to the park even though I wanted to! Wanted to get out of the house. I washed some clothes this morning and of course made my green juices… listened to some music while Katie danced and played.

Day 3 of the partial juice cleanse… I’m getting a little more accustomed to the “green” taste, hah. The biggest problem so far is when I feel my stomach pretty empty but I try to drink a lot of water and of course the green juices plus a little sip of unsweetened almond milk here or there.

Seriously… it’s almost June?! I have no idea where this year went but It’s just been kindof a big BLAH blur.. not the good kind of fast either. June is going to be my rejuvenation month.

Feeling irritated again. Not going into details but just.. *sigh*

I was SO TIRED when I woke up this morning. I didn’t do exercise first thing this morning because I thought I would get some exercise by walking to the park with Katie but then I heard the possibility of rain this morning and decided to hold off on the walk so I didn’t get any exercise besides running around the house and when we went out the store this evening. This morning after I got up, Brad left and I ate my oatmeal/yogurt – I went back to sleep on the couch. The rest of the morning was usual business around here! I could of walked with Katie to the park since it didn’t rain this morning but it was too late by the time I’d realized that. After Katie went down for nap, I fiddled online then took another short nap and called to talk to Mom. Katie eventually got back up… etc. Brad came home and we got ready and headed out to Food Depot since I ran out of some veggies for juicing. At the store I got cucumbers, celery, lemons, romaine lettuce, ginger root, COCONUTS!, Brad got a few things + I also got unsweetened almond milk and some TRUvia sweetner. We got drenched on the way back. Brad helped me take apart a coconut once we got home and I eventually made coconut cream, coconut juice AND coconut shavings!!! Took a long while to do all that then I made a green drink to mix with the coconut cream/juice but woah… way too much coconut cream in it. Really healthy but I couldn’t drink it all so I scraped a good chunk of the coconut cream out to save for later then poured the drink out. I made my oatmeal/yogurt plus some coconut shavings and a packet of TRUvia! It was too sweet of course, lol. It was pretty good though. I FEEL pretty good after drinking/eating that! Brad went to lay down in bed a little after 8pm cause he said he aches all over, has a headache, sore throat, etc so yeah. I bathed Katie, dressed her and got her ready for bed, let her put her toys away while I started Brad’s dinner then rocked her and put her to sleep! I’m just now sitting down since we got home!!!!! Multi-tasking queen right here! THAT’S RIGHT!

SO Day 2 of the “partial” juice fast… it’s pretty tough. I got really hungry at some points but tried to drink plenty of water and make some green juices to satisfy me. The taste of the juices is something I guess I’m gonna have to just get used to… haha.

ANYWAY. I wanna post this so I can watch the latest episode of THE SECRET LIFE!!!!!!!!!! We did get to watch the Biggest Loser finale last night. Everyone looked so good – DIDN’T RECOGNIZE JUSTIN, OMG! Too bad Rulon didn’t show up. And Deni… wow, just amazing! The sisters blew me away. I’m totally jealous, lol.

So I guess I could consider today the first day of my 90% juice fast! It’s been alright. I got up this morning, ate a small bowl of oatmeal/yogurt, Brad left for work then I did a workout on the Wii Active plus 10 minutes on the exercise bike. Fixed some JUICE! then got a shower to refresh. Got Katie up, fed her, let her set on the potty so she could go #2 and also talked to Mom on the phone. I fiddled online for a bit then decided we’d get ready and head to the PARK for a bit before her nap time! I used to go strolling with her ALL the time in 2010 so I really wanna get back into going out every day and get some SUN for my whiiiiiiiiiiiite, pasty legs hahah! After potty, getting her dressed and everything ready including her lunch – we set out! It was a nice walk and after we got there I let her go! There was no one there, heh. Some teens showed up eventually to just hang out and a bit later I saw a Mom with two small children but it was really peaceful! I let her explore, climb, slide until around 1:50PM then we sat at one of the tables and I let her eat then loaded her up to head back home. Of course she protested… hah.

I was a bit sweaty by the time we got back! I put Katie on the potty and then put her down for a cool-off nap. Once I put things away and she was down, I made another green drink! I’ve had 3 green drinks so far today and am gonna make another one around 7:45PM or so along with my small bowl of oatmeal/yogurt. I was pretty tired a little after 4PM so I laid down in bed to take a small nap before Katie got back up. WE’RE GONNA WATCH THE BIGGEST LOSER FINALE AT 8PM! I can’t wait wait wait!!

I’ve felt overall alright for the first day. Really wanting solid food but I’m trying to keep focused. I really wish I could have FRUIT juice mixed in with the veggie/green juice too… that would help the taste but I’m avoiding any fruit/sugar since this whole thing might be because of the yeast overgrowth in my intestines. I don’t know for sure but I don’t wanna take my chances of drinking/eating fruit/sugar and then “feeding” the yeast/bacteria/whatever. I’d love to drink a bunch of lemons but I’d have to use a lot to get a strong lemon taste in a bigger drink but yeah. I’ll just keep experimenting.

I’ve had a good day!!! Feeling pretty decent which is SO SO NICE. Katie’s been keeping her pull-ups dry so we haven’t bought diapers in a while now, woot woot. NO MORE DIAPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just gotta keep going with the pull-ups until she can switch to panties then eventually be fully potty trained. I did some walking on the treadmill this morning and eventually got Katie up. I got some school work done ahead of time for the week and this week’s classes just started today and I’m nearly done with all the assignments! Yay for being ahead of the game!!! After Katie went down for nap, I went and sat on the porch for just a little to soak up some sun! I’d really like to get out in the sun more often and get my tan back. I got really sleepy so I took a short nap on the couch. Also talked to Mom and asked her if she’d watch Katie later in the evening while we went to the store and she said yes. Yup, so once Brad came home — we took Katie to Moms and headed to Wal-Mart! We needed a few food items plus pull-ups for Katie.

OK OK so! I’ve been on the anti-candida diet for about 2 weeks now and have cut out ALL SUGARS. I’ve been drinking a lot of 90% water mixed with aloe vera juice the last few days. I’ve been contemplating going on a juice fast but we didn’t have a juicer. UNTIL TODAY! Doing a total juice cleanse does SOOOOOOOOO much for the body and I’m ready. It will rejuvenate every part of you. I’m gonna do an almost complete juice fast with a little oatmeal/yogurt in the morning and evening but the oatmeal is raw and the yogurt is plain, low-fat, no added sugar and live culture so the oatmeal will give me fiber and the yogurt will help with probiotics to put more good bacteria into my system. I just bought some new yogurt so I’ll use up the yogurt then go completely for a pure juice fast. I’m hoping to go 30 days to completely restore my body and health so I can be as good as I can be! I’m sooooo excited!! We bought the juicer and a ton of veggies and lots of GREENS! I wanted a fermented drink so Brad was sweet enough to drive over to WHOLE FOODS! Hehehehe. I got a synenergy triology drink, my yogurt, Brad got a chocolate raisin biscuit bar and I got some Stevia packets but they have a -rose artifical sweetner in them… d’oh. Should of looked at the ingredients, duh!!!! Ah well. I’ll save it for later after the cleanse. We picked Katie up, came home, Brad bathed + put Katie to bed while I unpacked the juicer and started his dinner. He tried out a juice recipe once we got home and I took a sip.. pretty good! I don’t remember what all was in it. I eventually made my “dinner”… lol. I took 1/2 cucumber, some spinach, parsley, 1/2 lemon and a tiny bit of ginger. Didn’t make a lot but I really liked it! I can’t wait to try out more. I’ll have to adjust to be able to make a lot more so I can have plenty of AWESOME JUICE!

I can’t wait to share this experience. I know I’ll probably feel like hell throughout this but can’t be worse then what I suffered throughout 2010… gosh. READY to fully clean out, detox and REJUVENATE my body!!

THANKFUL for my life and my Heavenly Father! I OWE my life to HIM!! I know HE will help me through this cleanse and to be the best person and in the best health I deserve to be.

When I started the anti-candida diet, I stayed away from oats but have researched and found it’s okay if I don’t have a reaction to it or anything. I’ve missed my oats! Of course it’s not the same since I can’t mix it with sugar-free maple syrup, fruits or nuts (only because we don’t have any at the moment) BUT I do like plain oats. To the rescue… is my plain live culture greek yogurt! It’s great mixed with oats. Since yesterday, I’ve eaten WAY too many oats, lol.

Besides my oat nibbling, I haven’t done much today. Brad came home, chilled out, did some jogging on the treadmill barefoot! then…. that’s about all to update. I know my life is so exciting you can’t resist.

Can you guess what I’m having for dessert?!!!!!! Heheheh. I mix oats + yogurt and put in FREEZER! Wish I had some natural almonds to add some crunch or even better… almond butter. Oh wait, that’s all gone now LOL.

Dinner is done! Now to relax and watch the SEASON FINALE of One Tree Hilllllllllllll!!! Can’t wait to watch the finale of Biggest Loser hopefully Wednesday, woot woots.

Woops. We were planning on going to church this morning but overslept! We did have some quality time together… If you get my drift! After Katie’s breakfast, we didn’t do too much. I fixed a few various foods for me for the week then while Brad watched Katie – I did another colon clean out. After all that was done, Brad helped me make my lemon, ginger and aloe vera shake! It was actually pretty good. Katie went down pretty late this afternoon for her nap. She’s usually down by atleast 2:30 but it was after 3 when she went down today. She finally woke up around 6pm and so I got her up and tried to get her to eat dinner… she took a few bites then wanted nothing more of it! Fine.. fine… I wanted us to walk to the park and let her play again so that’s what we did!! We got there a little after 7pm and she played, climbed and went down slide after slide, lol. She pitched a fit when we loaded her back in the stroller but not as bad as Friday evening.

It was a nice walk home.. the temperature outside was decent and the sky was pretty. I love taking her to the park and seeing her play. Been a very good day!!! So thankful, grateful and blessed for my life and my Heavenly Father! About to fix dinner, relax and start working on my school work for the upcoming week. I love to get a head start!!

OH and! Brad’s been bugging me for a while to learn a language with him. I LOVE French! I took 2 years of it in High School and was gonna take more but that’s all they offered at the time sooo yeah. He’s been flip flopping on which language he’s wanting to learn and finally he settled with French since I love it and he wants something that I will learn with him. BUUUUUUT. I made a deal with him since I’ve been wanting him to do stuff with me too and he didn’t in the past! Here’s the deal: he exercises 5 days a week then I will learn more French with him. If he quits, I quit. Fair deal to me! =) That’s why the title of the post is French! It means I love you.