Lisa’s Quest for Fitness

Yes….for the first time in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG ass time (must be over a year or so!!), I finally made use of my membership and actually WENT to the gym. Let me tell you, I found many excuses NOT to go today but had to force myself. I decided last night that I really need to use my membership or just cut it short for once and for all. Because I get a really good rate (student rate even though I am no longer a student), it is REALLY hard for me to want cut my membership, but is it really worth it anyways if I don’t go? That is extra money I don’t need to waste, cheap rates or not! (There is more where this came from … )

Can you believe…about 2 years ago, I gave up chocolate-more like, I decided that I would try and see how long I could go without chocolate and this is how long it has been!!! I do miss it, especially around the holidays or the time of the month…but I don’t actually crave it. Long ago I remember trying a chocolate bar that was made entirely of Carob…and it sucked. Of course it sucked because I was eating the REAL thing….since my chocolate ban, I haven’t even thought of carob chocolate as a substitute-until I saw a show by Rachel Ray (annoying cook on Food Network) where she made some cookies for dogs with carob….so I looked up some info and here is what I found: (There is more where this came from … )

Ok, so the last 4 days weren’t all that bad which is a good thing this time around. I did notice that on this detox, I found the herbal laxatives to be a bit stronger than normal. You are supposed to take 2 of those along with your 2 cleanse herbs and other herbs too, but I learned early on to NEVER do that unless I wanted to be sitting on a toilet anywhere I went. The past few detoxes have had me only take 1 lax at breakfast and 1 at dinner with no major problems. I decided this time around to take the lax’s in twos only when I knew the evening would be quiet or I didn’t have to be anywhere early the next morning. The thing with the laxatives (and I am SURE you wanted to read all about that) is that they don’t affect you right away…with me, it is usually the next morning when I take my number #2 right away.Then, about 20 mins later I have to go again-and maybe 10 mins later just a bit more. (There is more where this came from … )

Wow the days sure have gone by FAST! The detox so far has been pretty good to say the least and I have been doing well to always bring along carrots, water, a piece of fruit (but I sure miss the tropical stuff) and nuts with me whenever I go out. I made some new discoveries in the past few days though….you CAN have pistachio nuts as part of your 80% diet…many nuts are limited but I was thrilled to read that!! The only danger with those nuts is that you can eat a whole bag and then end up wanting to drink a fountain of water! I also discovered that if you put apple sauce (the natural stuff you can find in baby food jars) in your oatmeal with cinnamon-it tastes like the inside of an apple pie!! (There is more where this came from … )