Day 5!!! Wow can you believe it!

Okay so, I've stopped whinng, and I'm feeling a lot better. I took a long relaxing bath and got a good nights sleep last night. It's hard to believe how lousy you can feel when you take the processed stuff away. It encouraging me to keep going and get in out of my system. The hard part these past few days is the weird cravings I'm having - for food I don't usually have often. I want ice cream, and chicken balls... I told Jay about my plan to just sneek in a few things so he's now become the food police and he says if I cheat he'll post a comment here. I've been invited out to dinner about 8 times since we started this...that never happens that often!

Food aside, I feel it's time to sweat a little to move this process along...I'll be teaching a warm yoga class tomorrow morning at 9:00 designed to work the digestive & lymp system and get a little sweat going. Please feel free to join me!!

Day 4

Yesterday was better, I had lots of energy for most of the day, I was upbeat and had a few good classes. I ate often, but not as much as usual, and snacked on rice cakes...weird!

Today is not so good. I'm really, really tired and my body is achey. I worked out a lot yesterday, and had a really bad sleep, and i have another headache today. I went back to bed but couldn't sleep. I can't seem to shake this feeling of not wanting to do anything. Of course all I can think is, a coffee would do the trick! And it would be just one...no one would know...

I know I need sleep and more water, and that this will pass and I'll have more energy soon. My skin is already looking better! I've made it this far, the rest of the day and tomorrow should be fine. The weekend will be my big test!

See ya - going back to bed.

Day 2

Yesterday was great. No problem, meals went off without a hitch! I even thought at one point that this isn't going to be so hard... By 9:00 pm I was dead tired. Like a truck hit me. Today - I'm a cracky bitch! I'm tired and desperate for a coffee or sugar fix. Ths herbal tea isn't cutting it. I've been hungry all day - or at least I think I'm hungry. I have a headache - the same one I've had for the past 5 days since I've started weaning myself off caffine. The good news is that I know this is temporary! Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow... I just keep thinking of how lucky you all are to not be in my presence today!!

3 days and counting

Hi Gang,
Only a few days left before the challenge, I've been getting cold feet. I'm so glad that there is another 8 other girls going through this with me - which is keeping me comitted. I've forgotten why I thought this was a good idea... I'm in the process of weaning off caffine, the headache yesterday is probably from the overdosing of all things I will miss... I do plan to cut back over the weekend so I'm not miserable on Monday, but I think I'll go for a nice Beef Tenderloin & creamy risotto tonight, red wine and dessert -I've been dreaming of this as if it's my last meal! I need to get focused, plan my meals, and head to Whole foods for my next lesson in food. In the mean time here are some questionable items -wondering if they are allowed....What do you guys think?
Hummas (store brand)
Corn Tortillas
Wasabi
Vinegar
Mustard
Cornstarch
Cornmeal or Polenta
Mirin
Capers
Salsa
Tomato paste
Tomato Juice
Canned Tuna
Keifir
Kasha (is this Buckwheat)
Sparkling Water
Panko
Rye
Spelt
Kamut
Bran
Oat Bran

There are some great recipes in the studio for those of you who need ideas. Please feel free to post any great ideas you have. I've got a few meals in mind for myself, but I'm going to have to do some thinking...

Coming Soon!