This ain’t no joke!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by angiemae2401

So today is day TWO (that’s right it’s only the morning of day TWO) of my veggie cleanse. A recap of last night:

I was dying! Right after lunch I started realizing just how tired I was. And the headache started shortly after my snack of cauliflower. I just could not get my headache to go away! For dinner I decided to saute some shredded veggies (cabbage, broccoli and carrots) and threw in some fresh corn. I used a little bit of soy sauce and then realized 1 TB is 1 TB too much. I really should have used just a little water and salt to help get everything steamed.

I kept feeling hungry all night but decided some lemon water would do the trick and guess what–it did! I’m finally taking the advice I always hear!

This morning I really wasn’t very hungry but I was very very tired. I called in to work because I know with this cleanse and being so exhausted I just wouldn’t be able to cut it at work today. I knew my stomach wasn’t really asking for food but I tried to make a smoothie anyways. Attempt #1:

A frozen banana, cucumber, 1/4 apple… followed by

1/4 cup apple juice… and..

V8!

This stuff is NASTY! Then I finished off with about two cups of spinach and this was my end result:

Looks great, tastes like CRAP! I finally had to throw it away and made a new smoothie—carrots, spinach, two strawberries and 1/2 cup apple juice.

Looks nasty but tastes great! Time to go plan my meals for the rest of the day!

So Fresh and So Clean!

Posted on May 6, 2012 by angiemae2401

Today was my first day of Pink Booty Camp at Diva Doll Fitness! It was an amazing morning. Here are all my girls that are in it with me!

We’re so sexy aren’t we?? The workout consisted of running, lots of squatting, some arm work with light weights and some curb work. It was so exhausting!

We’re also supposed to start our vegetable cleanse today. Well, I had no idea what to eat so I had a banana before the workout and realized it was just enough to give me what I needed. However, the drive home was a different story! I was sooo hungry and didn’t get home until 11:30 thanks to my love of chatting it up with the ladies. As soon as I got home, the husband informed me that he broke his glasses and we needed to go out. He suggested soup and salad from Olive Garden and I told him it was worth a shot. I’m determined to make this cleanse work so I ordered Minestrone soup and salad with the low fat dressing. I picked out the pasta from the soup and figured the beans wouldn’t hurt for the first day–I can only do my best! Also, salad dressing isn’t an option for us but I had them go easy on it.

We went shopping and this is what the first day of my vegetable cleanse looks like:

Carrots, peppers, spinach, cucumbers, squash, cauliflower—oh my goodness!

When I got home I was super tired and I can completely understand why people become raging bitches on this diet! I’ve been thinking all sunshine and daisies but now I’m starting to realize it’s really tough. I came home from lunch exhausted from both the workout and the lack of food. Now all I can think is wow, I ate beans and I’m still exhausted!

I woke up from my nap and made some mashed cauliflower with salt and pepper. It did the trick to curb my hunger but it seems like everything online today is about food! I know the next two days are going to be really tough but I’m willing to give it a good go!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Posted on May 5, 2012 by angiemae2401

Cinco de Mayo this year totally rocked!

We started out by going to our friends house where they were having an awesome Cinco de Mayo free for all! It was really nice but I find that I feel awkward at parties where I don’t know anyone. A few years ago that was my time to shine, now I just want to kind of sit there and watch. Crazy how things change, right?

I made banana pudding in a margarita glass!

Our other friends that we know a lot better, Bobby and Dorene, showed up and then it was really time to party! Bobby takes a great picture, doesn’t he?

Then we headed to the next party! It was my friend’s son’s 4th birthday.

What an awesome cake right??

My cleanse starts tomorrow so I totally pigged out on cake and chips while at the party.

To end the day we went back to Bobby and Dorene’s house and went driving around with them. They’ve lived in the area their whole lives so they were able to share things with me that I never knew about the area!

We finished at Gold Corral, which the husband refers to as “The Trough” and man oh man did I indulge. Mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, freshly spun cotton candy and this: