Day 4 - Cardio Recovery

We had our first real snow today

It was my first time trying to be more domestic, so after reading somebody's Facebook post about going out and broom their trees, I bundled up, went on my quest of saving my tired trees from last night's snow. Looking back now, I should have left them alone, since most of the snow melt off of the trees by 4pm, and if I didn't try to rescue them earlier, that one big branch might still be there nice and safe (yes, I broke a big branch, hurrrrr). I really should go back to work.

Compare to yesterday's Cardio power resistance, cardio recovery was piece of cake today. I didn't even break a sweat - partially because it was kinda cold in the garage, partially because Shune T is more civilized today. I am not looking forward for the plyometrics tomorrow, but it also would mark my near completion of my first week. I am excited. 

Breakfast: oatmeal with goji(wolfberry), nuts, egg, raisin

Lunch: vegetable sea food soup with brown rice

snack: mix nuts and craisin

Dinner: Cauliflower and small piece of steak, if I can get it thawed out on time

Day 2 - Plyometrics

If Shaun T says it one more time that my muscle is nice and warm, I am going to punch him! They are mush and shaky. I can't lift my legs, I can't lift my arms, I can't lift my fingers. I can't keep my abs tight, because I can't breath!

But I finished my day 2 of week 1!

Breakfast: 3 bananas, slice of pine apple, 1 orange
Lunch: romain heart lettuce, tomato, cucumber, celery
snack: handful of almond with raisins
Dinner: fish, brown rice, steamed zucchini

Insanity Round 2

Seriously, it's been 10 months since we finished our P90X. We never started the hybrid as we wanted after Christmas. I want to see how much I would be out of shape if I don't work out at all. I guess. My weight never changed much, as of yesterday, I am at 123.5 lb, 20% body fat, 28 3/4 waist and 34-36 hip (depends on where I measure, I guess, I am going to check on the fit2fat2fit to see how Drew measures). To be honest with you, I went to shopping with Jammer on Friday, we were in the fitting room to try on some swim suit ... now you know why I am so gone whole to start the workout :-( Not only that, without working out, as much I felt that I have been very disciplined about diet, what seemed harmless little out of line on food really take a toll on me. When I am working out hard, I would not crave for any gross food, now it is a effort not eating hot dogs! HOT DOGS, can you believe it?  ... and  soda!

I did my fit test today:
1. Switch kick: 43
2. Power squad: 43
3. Power knee: 90 (right)
4. Power jump: 24
5. Jump rotation: 6 rotations
6. Suicide jump: 12
7. Push-up jacks: 16 (I totally did it wrong)
8. Low plank oblique: 21 (my elbow hurts)

Breakfast:
honey dew, banana spinach shake
Lunch: salad + 1 songhua egg
snack: 1/2 can coconut H2O + 1/2 protein bar
Dinner: tofu cabbage soup brown rice

Spring is here!

Finally, spring is here! 15 days since I came out of my master cleanse. I have been eating one cooked meal a day. Strictly fruit in the morning and salad for lunch, occasionally with eggs, tofu in it. 1 avocado a day for most of the days or nuts. My tummy ache with protein shake is gone, mostly because I discovered that I should not put nuts and sweet fruit together (I use to use almond milk with banana as the base of my shake which cause issues). Because I have been so good with my breakfast and lunch, I felt no guilt at dinner time. I usually eat until I felt really full and enjoy every bit of it. I have no cravings during the day for the cooked food. I lost 8 lb during my 10 days of cleanse, gained half of that back during the first week and now my weight is really stable. I had lots of energy, better memory, better outlook of life. David made a comment the other day that he felt that I have been in my best mood that he has seen for the past 10 years (of course that makes me felt that I have to control my temper even when I felt to explode the other day, I think he played a trick on me ...)

We started a mild work out, jog, stretch and core. I tried to incorporate Taichi into our exercise. Now we have our weight under control, I think we need to focus more on mind and body. I remember that my mother was really ill when she was at my age. She started to do Taichi, eat healthy. I truly believe that bought her extra 50 years of her life. She is going to be 80 this year and still strong like a horse.

We are going to be in Australia in less than two weeks!

Master cleanse day 10+2

Ha, I wasn't sure whether or not to include all ya'al in these posts for the past 10 days for my master cleanse, because I had serious doubt about myself - after all, I am a Chinese, we China people love to eat.

I have been thinking about Master Cleanse for a very long time. The travel made it impossible. After 7 months off of the road, successfully finished Insanity and P90X, I thought I would give it a try. I know it is going to be hard, but I also know how stubborn I am too.

10 days of fasting was not easy. Most people got rid of all the food in their house before they start. I have a child to cook for and after David came back, I cooked for him too. Dinner time was the hardest time for me. I would sit there watch them eat, mostly my favorite food (really, by day 5, every eatable food became my favorite). Most people while they were fasting, talking about how it made them wanting to have a fresh start after the fasting. Me? All I wanted afterwards, was a big, juice, fat burger, oh, with fries! I remember one day, David and I went to a Sushi restaurant for him to have dinner there while I was sipping on my lemonade juice, he was wondering why I was in such a bad mood and he complained that my attitude towards the waitress was really rude ... :-D

In the end, I made everybody really proud (except my mother). I finished all 10 days, had more energy than ever, in better mood and am really looking forward to enter my next phase of healthy living. I lost 8 lbs through the process, which I expect to gain most of them back once I start to eat solid food again. With all the extra time and energy while I was fasting, I did lots of research on raw diet. I have a 3 months plan and we will be on 51% raw diet by this summer! (heck I am on 51% raw diet this past two days after I was out of fasting :-)

Life is really good. Spring is right around the corner. I have more positive outlook on life than ever. Jamie is committed to Northeastern University with 4 years of full ride including tuition, room and board and books etc. Boston is not that far, one plane ride away, with a gorgeous, breath taking fall, and killer rich culture and history. She is excited, and I am too for her. I will be in Australia this April for two weeks to see my sister and her two awesome daughters.  I will be in China this summer teaching English for 5 weeks in a village. I am so excited!!

Master cleanse day 10

It is a beautiful day in paradise!

Last day of my master cleanse! I weigh 114.5 this morning with 10% body fat.

The laxative tea was at work at 5 o'clock. I am surprised that after 9 days of cleanse, I still have crap inside me, LOL. I read a little bit more about raw diet and went back to sleep for another couple of hours. Did my last SWF. it didn't taste like my cabbage soup any more :) I really would like to have some real food. I have been reading about raw diet the past week, i just can't imagine to live off of fruit and leafy veggie for the restof my life. I am however considering going partially into raw diet, maybe having my lunch all fruit and veggie?

It was such a beautiful day. Jamie came home right after school, no practice, we sat out on the pouch, under the sun for an hour, reading our books. I made soup to go with grandma's baozi :-) for Jamie before her piano lesson and thinking that I am going back to normal diet tomorrow, the sense of accomplishment really made me in great mood ever!

Went to Sprouts instead of volleyball tonight. I went wild, bought a bunch of fresh veggie, fruit and some chicken. I am so looking forward to tomorrow!

Master cleanse day 8-9

Crossroads kept me busy. My craving for food never really leave me. I felt energetic in the morning and although I never really felt tired the rest of the day, I kinda felt awful at night during the meal time. I felt really cold all the time. When we have to break down at crossroad tonight, I didn't have enough strength to do the tough physical work, I am not sure if it is because that I am weak or I simply didn't have my drink for over 2 hours. David and I sat on 16 street mall under the sun for a couple of hours, it was so nice and relaxing. I loved it. I felt I can do anything, be anybody I want to be and life is good! One more day to go!

Master cleanse day 7

Yet another difficult dinner time went by, truly one day at a time. I know this too shall pass, but sitting across the table watching my husband eating sushi was just too much! And he was wondering why I suddenly was in bad mood.

I did feel great through out the whole day ... until the dinner time. So here I am, fatacising what to eat in my mind, and everything I see tasted good. I am going to watch a movie to take my mind away from food. Last time I felt the time went this slow was when I was 17.

Master cleanse day 6

I felt great today! Went back to Whole food to get some more water and maple syrup. I kept myself busy today so the day went really fast. I cooked for David and Jamie for lunch and dinner, dinner still is the hardest time for me. However, I sat with them, watching them eating salmon and rice and veggie, I wish I could taste it, especially for my new recipe mayo salmon. David said it is pretty flavorful. It was not nearly as bad as day 4. I am pretty proud of myself.

I continue to feel cold. It is one of the symptoms, I read. But really other than that, I don't think it is all that bad at all. I certainly liked when I look myself in the mirror :-D I felt very energetic, no afternoon drowsiness. The only thing is that, so many people said that after the cleanse, they want to eat clean. Me? I want a juicy burger with fries! Seriously!

The next 3 days should go really fast. Crossroad qualifier, hope Jamie gets to play a lot.

Both David and Jamie went to Legend for the musicals tonight, since I've already seen it last week, I decided to stay home to catch up on some work that I should be doing the next few days. Woohoo, day 6 is almost over, 4 more to go.

Master cleanse day 5

My tummy start to rambling at 4 in the morning. I slept so good, then I had to get up to the bathroom. This is all part of the cleanse, from last night's of laxative tea. I went back to bed till 7a and did my SWF at 8a, had my first lemonade at 9a. The day went ok, I cleaned the house for david, did 1099, went for a massage, picked up journey master's package for our vacation this December at Dominic Republic, came home after David, talked with him, all we're good until we went to Pho for dinner. I so wanted to have a sip of the soup!!!!! Both David and Jamie encourage me to stay strong. I hope the next 5 days will go faster than the first 5 days :-(

Master cleanse day 4

Hardest time came at night. I have been hungry all day, so I keep asking myself why I am doing this? Since I am working the AO event, it helped that I can keep myself busy. I miss the meal time social. So I sat with Hafen and Sam and Jason English at lunch like yesterday and just drank hot water. I ordered chicken and shrimp casedia ( i dont know how to spell it) and I saved it for Jamie for dinner. It helped yesterday that I didn't have to cook for her so I thought it would be helpful today. Just so I love casedia, and when Jamie came home and had a bowl of won ton noodle soup with it, I totally broke down. We went to Arapahoe High to watch basketball playoff, the only thing I can think of is won ton noodle soup. I almost decided that I am going to come out of this tomorrow, especially david is coming home tomorrow. Then Jamie said, I think you should stay with it, just so you can say you did it.

Urrrrr....

I read some blogs on line from others who are going through this journey, I felt better.

Master Cleanse Day 3

Why do we need our mouth? I don't feel much of anything other than when I am hungry, I have a drink of Lemonade. I sat by Jamie watched her eating her big juicy burger, and thinking that's the first thing I will have after I ease back to my normal diet ...

Master Cleanse Day 2

ok. Today started pretty easy. I had no feeling of hunger, till about 10 o'clock. My SWF went pretty good, except that I already don't have much solid waste to pass. I don't know what everybody was talking about that even after they were on liquid diet for a week, they still have solid waste to pass, and they were so amazed about how much waste they have in their body. I am totally bombed, since it is only my second day and I am totally clean.

I am totally clean, I guess, on the second day?? I know I have been eating clean at least for the past 6 months, maybe this is the prove of it? Whole suddently, I doubt myself about having to detox for all 10 days, like what everybody else says they are doing. As soon as that entered my mind, I started to crave for food. I think my emotion goes up and down whole day. I try not to think about how tasty food could be, but always ended up realizing that's what I was thinking at the moment. I have been doing the minimum cooking for Jamie, matter of fact, Jamie did her own breakfast, and I help her to start her dinner, that was it. I had 5 or 6 drink of my juice and still have 3 left. I scraped my toung. It suppose to be white and fuzzy. Mine is not too bad. I didn't feel too light headed like yesterday. But I am debating whether or not I should go to volleyball tomorrow night.

Tomorrow could be challenging. I suppose to work the AO event in next two days. With all the good food there, it will be really fun to see how my will power works.

My will power, I think at this point, it is more of the reason why I continue to do this than any other thing. I want to finish it, not necessary for the sake of cleanse, but for proving that my will power is stronger than anything.

Most people says that after the 3rd day, everything gets easier. I think I am most missing the time I spent with my family enjoying a good meal, not the meal itself, but the activity, that allows me and my family do somthing together - eat together. And when you are on master cleanse, you notice food everywhere, restaurant everywhere, poeple are constantly eating ... urrrrr!

David is coming back on Wed.

Master cleanse - Day 1

Woke up at 6a, even though I didn't go to bed until 1 o'clock. I debated whether or not to start master cleanse today. The Land of Sushi is calling me. Why didn't I go yesterday? But I had this in my mind for a few days now - Sat is the day.

6:30a, my first SWF. I used the warm water, so it tasted like my normal soup without my cabbage and tofu. It is the 32oz that kills me. I can't drink that much in one setting ... I guess I can, cause I am sitting here with an empty cup, tummy full of warm broth, gagging. The weight this morning is 122.5.

The Master cleanse officially kick off.

My goal? To finish all 10 days, detox, mainly. This is one of my goal for this year, I am getting it done early in the year.

Day1 Monday P90-Insanity Hybrid: Chest, back& ab

After 3 weeks of not doing much, I definitly felt weaker while doing weight and abs. My weight didn't change much, even through the holiday season, which makes me pretty happy. Now it is the way of life that I am trying to create, some times, thinking about keeping up with this crazy workout routine for the rest of my life actually makes me depressed. Nevertheless, I got back to the hybrid version of workout, I guess I can decide after this 13 weeks, what I really want to do.

Jamie is singing at Boettcher Hall tonight with Continental League Choir. I am really looking forward to see that. There are so much work to do, and I don't really have a good support system here. I am really tired, that dam TV show, kept me up till 130a.

Weigh In: 122.5, 24 1/4, 34

I need to start to read Positive Thinking. Huh, that's a good idea!

Breakfast: half bread, egg cassoral, hand full of blue berry
Snack: 4 oz Greek Yogurt with pinapple sauce
Lunch: noodles, tofu, turckey, cucumber, cabbage in turckey bone soup
Snack: nuts, 1/2 orange
Dinner: will be eating at mom's before the concert