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!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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!!
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!!
Monday, March 5, 2012
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!
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!
Friday, March 2, 2012
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.
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.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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.
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.
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