My little Bit of Honey

I think I mentioned in my Jimmy Fund post that I was planning on doing a detox this week. Well I started yesterday. To give you all an idea, this is a 5 day plan that cuts out sugar/dairy/carbs from your diet for 5 days. Then, you slowly start to introduce these things back into your diet (while eating a ton of vegetables).   I was prepared to be miserable yesterday, prepared to breakdown and not be able to handle it, I was not prepared to be fine. Which is what I was. I had a slight headache and yes, I was hungry but I was not STARVING like I thought I would be and I didn't feel like I was going to pass out from low blood sugar. Before anyone has a panic attack, trust me I am eating three meals a day along with a snack in between. Everything I am eating is whole foods so it's incredibly healthy. My body is responding to it, I can already tell. I had so much energy yesterday which is bizarre as I have not felt that way in a long time. I did not get that hazy feeling I usuall...

Hello All my readers! I'm so sorry I haven't been updating lately, it's been..interesting lately. I haven't been focusing much on losing weight or maintaining my weight, to be totally honest. So it's been rough. I've decided to do a detox with the help of a good friend, hoping this will kick me back into the mindset I need to be in. Starts tomorrow so it should be interesting, no sugar so beware to my loved ones. Anywho... Yesterday was the 2015 Jimmy Fund Boston Marathon walk. If you remember, I did this walk last year, by myself. This year I did it with a good friend and let me tell you, it made a world of difference. We started at about 6AM (maybe a little after) and it was REALLY cold. I think the weather app read about 35 degrees or something ridiculous like that, luckily we both brought sweatshirts so we were at least somewhat warm. The first 10 miles went by relatively easy, we were chatting it up and feeling good. We stopped at around mile 13 to stre...

So day 1 was mostly a success, towards the end of the day the hunger from not eating as much as usual crept up and I ate a little more than I should have at dinner. Overall though I did very well and was able to cut down on my snacking etc. I also decided to start and cut down on the amount of sugar I put in my coffee, usually it's 2 sugars and 2 coffees, so that's 4 sugar packets, which is a lot. So, I'm trying for just 1. I'd like to get it down to totally black (I've already stopped the cream) so we'll see how that goes. Day 2 is up next. I've got my meals planned out as well as my snacks. Hopefully I can stay strong today as well. Step by Step.

Here we are at Day1, so far I've gotten my work out in and I have a healthy breakfast/lunch packed for me.  I was incredibly surprised at how well my body responded to my run this morning, I was really into it and didn't struggle all that much.  I made a great time and the only time I really started to have a hard time was at the end, like exactly 2 minutes left I didn't think I was going to make it. I stopped for just a few seconds while I waited to cross the street then I continued on and even ran an extra 10 seconds to make up for the time I stopped.  I planned my entire weeks meals so far so I am ready for that. I have the list right on my kitchen table so every night I can look at it and see what needs to be taken out for the next day. I'm so ready to do this, 30lbs by 31 is happening. I may start to check in every day on my blog just to keep motivated. I'm also setting up a spreadsheet so I can look at my calories for the week and my work outs listed f...

So my Birthday has passed and I'm 30 now. I will say that I had an excellent Birthday, I had a great beach day and lunch at a lovely seafood place on the beach and then my family threw me an amazing surprise party. It really was wonderful and I felt so loved. <3 Now onto business. I've been thinking a lot about how to force myself to get back on track because I've really been struggling. I kept telling myself that after my Birthday I was going to make a plan, well here we are. I've been using every excuse in the back to not work out or not eat healthy. So the key to my success is really planning ahead, every day and for every meal. I can't plan just for dinner, I have to plan for breakfast, lunch and dinner and then stick to it. The prepping is really the hardest part, being a working Mom (Even if a lot of the time I'm working from home) is tough. Finding the time to get everything ready and actually doing it is really hard! On a Sunday afternoon I'd mu...