OFFICIAL CHALLENGE

DAY 2 (Officially)
During my Pre Challenge month I stuck to my green smoothie commitment 29 days out of 31. Not bad. I didn't do the exercise regimen full on but worked out about 2-3 times a week. Not too bad. Yesterday (Happy New Year!) when I weighed/measured myself I was exactly the same as I was Pre Pre Challenge. BAD. I have to admit I feel quite disappointed and a bit unmotivated. Although I am a big fan of the amazing health benefits it doesn't hurt to see some proof of all my hard work. Emotionally I have seen changes and SKIN-WISE I am a hot mess. Emotionally I felt crazy amazing beautiful energy. I was like omg THIS is the person I was meant to be...this is my true self! yay! Sleep? who needs sleep? Then like the last week I started crashing but I would still say I got lots of energy from the green smoothies. I also felt my ADD increase ten fold. I'm not sure if it is because I am detoxing and a lot of emotions come out but it certainly has gotten ugly at times but most times I felt fantastic. The mood swings were a lot so I did those around me a big favor and spent a lot of time alone. I must say I truly enjoy being by myself with my computer, my iphone and my books. I just wish there were more hours in the day. Anyway I also have these red splotches that began appearing...I seem to have a new one every few days. I have about 8 on both legs, 2 on my stomach and one on my back. I would post pics but that is just too much information.They dont itch or anything but it is unsightly and disturbing. I have a dermatologist appointment Wednesday. So now I need to make adjustments and do some more reading. tonight I am ordering a couple of Ann Wigmore and Victoria Boutenko books and a few others that will help guide me with the green smoothies. I am also taking MSM and a lot of maca...not sure if I am having these side effects because of these. Either way I am going to give this tons of time I mean THINK ABOUT IT. I have been eating crap and abusing my body for 90% of my lifetime thus far. I think I will allow a little transition time!!! Geez with me! Always wanting everything and wanting it yesterday. Tonight I am going to lay out my daily plan. I bought a binder to keep me on track. Even though I love the computer I need to actually write things down on paper in order to keep myself sane. I am a big believer in lists. Everyday I write a list. If it's not written on my list it doesnt get done. It is one way I try to control my ADD and for the most part it is successful. So I am going to tweak the challenge once I figure out what my game plan is going to be. I will hopefully have that up and running this week. One thing I have to be sure to do is NOT stress myself out over this. I tend to have a perfectionist complex which can be very annoying. In the past I have only done things that I was "good" at. Things that were safe. You know what this translates into? BORINGNESS. And yes that's a word. So now I try to challenge myself a lot but man it is hard. That is why I am sticking with boxing. I am pretty terrible at it but I keep plugging away. I think it is really fun and exciting but I find it near impossible to remember the combinations and do the footwork at the same time and sparring is my least favorite. I feel bad for the other people in class that have to partner up with me. Thank goodness they are all sweet and really helpful. One of the changes I am going to make is to write down EVERYTHING that goes into my mouth because I know I have selective memory when it comes to that (What bar of dark chocolate? Ohhhh the one I inhaled while making a nutritious green smoothie? And those two avocados I was having every day for a week? Its good fat not magical-I-don't-count-and -you-won't-gain-weight-fat) Like Kimay said today at Whole Food "ummm you mean everything in here isn't healthy?" Sadly no...but your positive attitude will surpass all! Think thin!.
xoxo