Cleanse

On April 10, 2009 my husband and I started the Standard Process Purification Cleanse as recommended by our chiropractor Dr. Ryan Osborne. It is a 21 day cleanse to rid your body of toxins. When it comes to eating we have never really been that healthy and rarely if ever bought organic food. All that began to slowly change in October of 2007. I was at my heaviest weight and decided to do something about it. I began training for a Sprint Tri and was successful at finishing. Since then we have become much more active. I have participated in one other sprint tri, 5K, and gone through the P90X. We are looking forward to either a 10K or 1/2 marathon in the fall. Our diet was slowly changing during this process but never really enough. This cleanse has had us soley on fruits, vegetables, and their shakes for the past 9 days. All foods, or at least most, have been organic. What a change! I felt pretty crummy the first few days but I am now reaping the benefits! I have more energy, sleeping much better, and most of all I have seen 7.2lbs. in weight loss!
I have learned a lot about myself in this process so far. I am going through a transition right now at work which is causing me a little bit of stress due to the unknowns. I have found out that during stressful situations or just a bad day I am such an emotional eater. I had a hard time on those days fight away the cravings. I made it through those days and know better for the next time to not to go to the food because it is not going to make my day any less stressful or make me feel better. I have been very addicted to carbs and sugar. I have done well without sodas and can probably keep not having those, but the bread and candy I am struggling with. I love those two things. Obviously to much!
Vegetable do not have to taste bad! We have been trying many new recipes and have loved all but one. We are planning to continue having them once we are off the cleanse. They say that it takes 21 days to create a habit and that is how long this cleanse is. I am hoping that we are creating good eating/cooking habits. In all the time that we have been working out we have never truly focused on the diet and been able to keep to it. Now we have a few tools my hope is to complete P90X again with our new eating habits and watch the pounds melt away to show all the muscle that we have built and are building!

Family

These three items were all given to me by family. The gold heart necklace was given to me when I was two by my Grandandy Elbert DeLozier, who is my Mom's grandfather. My Mom has one exactly like this. When I was talking with my Mom she told me that she thinks her mom, so my Grandmother, has one as well. My Grandandy apparently gave them his girls. The ring was given to me by, my Dad's mom, Granny. The ring was her mothers. In my bathroom at home I have pictures of the three of us all about the same age, I was a senior in high school. The earrings belonged to my Aunt Lenora. She was married to my Mom's brother. She died in 1993, I think, of a heart attack. My uncle gave these to me after her death. The only other real diamonds I have other than my wedding rings. All these items were given in love. I often forget about these items because I safely store them away so I don't lose them. I did however where the ring on my wedding day as my something blue.