day 4

still feeling awesome! 

Went to the Farmer's Market this morning, such a great learning experience for both my son and I!  He was able to pay for the goods and receive change and I didn't feel pressured to get out of the way so the next customer could get on with their day.  I don't want to home school my kids because I want them to experience it, but I've always wanted my kids to know I was their 1st teacher.  When I was in elementary school the teacher asked us who our 1st teacher was and I said, "Mrs. Horton" and when I learned the correct answer was my mom & dad, I decided then that I wanted my kids to KNOW I was their 1st teacher. 

smoothie of the day

1 banana
1 handful spinach
1 scoop protein powder
1/4 seedless watermelon
handful frozen strawberries
handful frozen blueberries

 It's been a busy day filled with birthday parties and sunshine, I'm beat.

I have decided I want to start a movement..

day 3

I survived day 2..YAY!  I am now burning fat instead of carbs, for the most part.  I feel awesome!  One day of lethargy for a lifetime of joyous energy, well worth it!!

7:00pm - I've been running errands all day and I still have energy to clean the house after the boys go the bed.
9:00pm - still up and feeling good.

Got a few grass fed meats that I'm excited to try and tonight I'm making my 1st bone broth, it smells really good!  I'm planning to make beef stew.

Bone Broth

4.46 lbs of beef bones
4.5 quarts water
23 peppercorns (that's how many fell into my hand)
5 bay leaves
1 large white onion
4 celery ribs
25 baby carrots

Should have read this 1st!  Next time.

Keep on truckin' sista!

day 2

Breakfast:  Protein smoothie
Lunch:  Fruit & veggie smoothie
snack:  f&v smoothie 
dinner:  protein smoothie

8:00am - I stayed up at 2:00am..I'm tired today.  I was feeling so good and I didn't want it to end...

20 min exercise (Outkast is my workout favorite..I'M SO FRESH & SO CLEAN, how can you not feel good about yourself?!) 

3:00pm - Feeling very lethargic, but not tired.  I was able to lay down in my son's bed and cover and not fall asleep, believe me, that's sayin something!  I was expecting to feel foggy today & I did not disappoint..

8:00pm - fell asleep for 2-3 hours, now I'm up at 1:40am..BOOO!

Today's smoothies

f&v
1 cucumber
1/2 cantaloupe
1 cup strawberries fresh & 1 cup frozen
1 cup frozen blueberries
3 kiwi's......meh, chucky. 

protein
1 small banana
1-2 cups spinach
1 tbl hemp seeds
1 tbl chia seeds
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder

1/2 mango
1 cup watermelon (my new favorite thing to add!)
1 cup frozen strawberries
1 cup fozen blueberries

I survived day 2..barely, but I did it.

day 1: Paleo, primal, whole, real (or in my mind, healthy) lifestyle.

This is my 3rd or 4th serious attempt at this new life style.  Though I have woken up many a day thinking, "Today I'm really gonna do it!"

I'm reading and finding it interesting and well formatted.

I HIIT-ed (or would it be HAT?) for 10 min with warm up and post-stretching..so about 20 min of exercise.
I ate a protein smoothie for breakfast.
Half a grilled chicken breast & (maybe a cup or two, I'm not much for measurement) cantaloupe for lunch.
Baked Salmon (7 oz) and steamed asparagus for dinner.

4:00pm - I can already tell that I'm less bloated and have more energy than usual at this time of day.
7:00pm - Still have more energy than usual, but I'm ready to sit down and read or cross stitch or something that doesn't involve standing ;-)
12:00am - still up cleaning..it's strange, I feel like I've taken some kind of upper.  And my libido has definitely returned, I didn't even realize I had lost it.  feeling even less bloated.

I owned day 1!!