The things we do for our kids

So, my beautiful baby Peyton is growing up and she's tired of wearing her glasses.

I'm totally biased but she has the most perfect face, ever. Seriously, girl has awesome skin and perfect eyebrows.

Last year, our optometrist had spoken to me about a newer type of contact that you can wear overnight. It actually shapes the eye, while you sleep, and when you wake up, you remove the contacts and can see [close] to 20/20 all day. You can read all about Ortho-K here. 

We had an appointment on Tuesday and her dad and I have decided to go ahead and get her these contacts. Y'all, I could probably go on a Caribbean vacation with the amount we're spending on these contacts. No lie. 

So, why, you might ask am I spending the money, on these contacts, for her? Aside from the fact that she's my child and I would do most anything for her, there are some benefits. 

• No more glasses slipping down her face while she's cheering, playing softball or doing any other sport. 
• With these overnights, she will be able to see all day, even at the pool, over the summer and YES, this is a big deal people. We spend A LOT of time at the pool. 
• No worries about dealing with something getting into her eyes and messing up her contacts. I hated dealing with sand, at the beach, when I had my contacts. No worries of dust, dirt, eyelashes or eye makeup (when she's older) messing with her sight. 

Also, I dealt with wearing contacts for the better part of 10 years and I hated them. I also hated glasses. I still, to this day, believe my Lasik was one of the best decisions I ever made. I have now had 20/20 vision since 2001 and could not ever imagine having to deal with contacts or glasses again.

I'm really excited about this next step for her and I can't believe my baby is growing up! I swear she just came home from the hospital yesterday. 

Day 15 and feeling blah

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I'm still hanging in there despite feeling like shit last week and have a completely shitastic birthday.
I started feeling cruddy last week and by last Wednesday night, after sitting in the freezing wind and cold for Peyton's softball game, I was done.
Sneezing, stuffed up, sore throat, nauseous.
I woke up Thursday morning (happy effing birthday to me) feeling like shit but determined to make it to Crossfit.
After Crossfit, I headed home and stopped by my awesome neighbor's house because she had left a message that she had pressie's for me.
I had scheduled a massage for 1pm so I decided to run to Target to window shop and peruse the makeup aisle.
Imagine my irritation when I get to Target and they have every effing employee stocking the makeup aisles and they're essentially blocked by the carts full of product.
Obvs, this day was not going as planned and I was getting irritated so off to Walgreens to spend my money and screw you, Target. :snob:
I also stopped by Publix to grab a couple of steaks for me and the girls for dinner since, due to softball practice and the 24 day challenge, we wouldn't be able to go out to dinner.
Then, back home for my massage!
Only that kind of sucked, too.
Don't get me wrong, the massage was great but try having a massage when your nose is running and your face down on the massage table. Not fun.
And, I couldn't breathe.
After the girls got home, we had time for homework and just a bit of hang out time before we had to head to the softball fields.
Did I mention it was freaking freezing? We were out there from 5:30-8:15 but I sat in the car from about 7:00 on.
And, I felt like such crap that I had no energy to make the steaks for dinner.
Taco Bell, for the girls, had to do.
And, a meal replacement shake for me.
Happy Birthday, to me!
Blah.

Although, I don't think I'm looking too bad for a 36 year old

I'm still hanging in there with the challenge and still haven't deviated off the plan. I'm down another 2lbs and actually squoze (yes, that's a word) my ass into a pair of size 6's Friday night and yesterday.
Jeans, that I haven't seen in years.
And, they looked damn good, too, if I do say so myself.
The only thing I'm really missing is hummus so I've decided to pick some up (since it's not really unhealthy, per se, just unhealthy when you eat the entire container in one sitting).
I'll just have to ration it and use it to dip veggies instead of my beloved Special K chips.

Hopefully I'll start feeling better soon and can shake the blahs.
I'm just feeling a bit sorry for myself lately.
The girls go to their dad's house for like the next 5 weekends in a row due to Easter and Spring Break.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself.
And, I'm going to miss them.
Sad face.

Cleanse results

Ok, so now for the nitty, gritty deets.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little disappointed with my results on the cleanse but I am trying to remind myself that this is not the 'lose weight phase'
I also know that the scale can be a nasty bitch and I need to pay more attention to the fact that all of my size 8 jeans are now falling off of me.
It seriously looks like I have no ass in them and yet,
my size 6's are still just a bit too tight so,
I'm getting there.

***warning - guys feel free to skip over this part***
Another little bump in my 10 day is that I started my period about day 8 and I think that is why my weight is up a bit.
I have to say that although I was PMS'ing last week, I had no cravings on this cleanse and I didn't feel like a raving bitch at any moment.
I'd call that a freaking win!
I really attribute that to the OmegaPlex and the fish oils calming any anxiety.
***TMI - complete***

Another point to make is that I made it to CrossFit 9 out of the 10 days on my cleanse so I really believe I'm building muscle while losing the fat.
That would explain why the scale didn't go down as much, yet my clothes are fitting better and falling off of me.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Because, really, other than that small amount of dark chocolate I had on my sauteed bananas, I really had no sugar and nothing bad.
I ate ridiculously clean and I am starting to worry that I didn't actually eat enough protein.

Ok, so for before and afters on just the 10 day...can you guys tell a difference because I sure as hell can't.
Blah

So, all in all, the cleanse was a success, I guess.
I feel healthier overall.
My clothes are fitting better.
I'm really not missing any 'bad' foods.

My goals for the next phase or what I've heard referred to as 'the burn phase' is to [hopefully] get down to about 152ish or lower, of course.
That's only 4lbs in the next 14 days.
Can I do it?

Another random thought.
I'm having a really hard time accepting that good fats are ok.
I'm talking avocado, olive oil, grass fed butter.
I know that I probably need to eat more to lose more but that's just such a foreign concept after years of being led to believe that I need to eat less.
Eating more 'clean' foods is the way to go.
I just need to wrap my brain around that.

Day 8 means 16 days left!

I knew today would be a little off for me since I slept in a bit and was on the go. 

Let's bullet point the boring, nitty gritty.

• woke up and downed 3 Catalyst
• 30 min later - Spark mixed with fiber drink (don't think, just swallow)
• 1 egg, 2 egg whites scrambled w/ spinach
• clementine
• crossfit - lots of core work, 100 slam balls w/ 20# and a 1 mile run
• Meal Replacement shake for lunch
• grocery shopping (walking through that bakery section sucks ass right now)
• home and another Spark
• DELICIOUS snack of 1 banana sauteed in kerrygold butter, topped with raw almond butter and a small amount of organic 70% dark chocolate.

• Dinner was Spaghetti squash w/ grass fed ground beef and natural, sugar free spaghetti sauce. 

So, for those of you who know me pretty well know how much I hate to cook. I loathe it really. 

This? Totally me. I.am.not.kidding.

So, I spent the better part of 2 hours in the kitchen today. 

Preparing the spaghetti squash.

It was actually super easy. 

Just cut it in half (carefully, those suckers are a bit hard to cut into)

Scoop out all the gunk from the middle and place that sucker skin side up, on a cookie sheet, in a 425* oven for about 35 minutes.

You'll know it's done when you can press the skin, with your finger, and it makes a bit of an indentation.

Remove from the oven (duh) and let it cool off (another duh). Then, just take a fork and scrape all the 'squash' out. 

I forgot to get a picture but  it totally looks like spaghetti! 

Ah-mazing!

So, while the spaghetti squash was in the oven I was prepping my food for the week. 

I chopped all my veggies, made homemade guac (DE-LISH) and got my chicken, for tomorrow, marinating.

Who is this person and what the hell has she done with the real Jenny?

And, I actually enjoyed being in the kitchen today! 

Crazy, huh? Is it a full moon? Is the world coming to an end?

I know, I know, the excitement of my life is just keeping you all on the edge of your seat, right? 

Laters.

Day 7 and the Atlanta Food Truck Park

Lucky me, I got to start my day out standing in line at the tag office. I arrived 20 minutes early and I was still about 20th in line.

You see, here in the great state of Georgia, we have to pay personal property taxes on our vehicles and renew our tags based on our birthday. Since my birthday is in March, I got to fork over a chunk of change to Gwinnett County as my birthday present.

Happy Birthday to me!

I know normally you don't have to actually go to the tag office just to pay the taxes but some awesome person messed up and had me registered in the wrong county and they wanted me to pay $100 more than what I needed to. So, off to the tag office to fix that ish.

After the tag office, I swung by CrossFit for class where I have to [proudly] say that I have gotten past my fear of box jumps! I am back to jumping an 18" box!

Go me!

Then if was off the the softball fields to watch both my pretty girls play their first softball games.

Peyton is in the bright blue. 

Lulu is front and center

Today was a bit more of a struggle because we headed to the Food Truck Park. 

I did great and followed the plan all day. I also stuck as closely to clean eating at the park and think I did fairly well.

My first stop was Mighty Meatballs for the Chicken Parm [hold the parm] in a lettuce wrap

YUMMY!

I had a few bites of the Kwanza Bowl from the WOW! Food Truck

and, some pulled pork with asian pear cole slaw from Sweet Auburn Barbecue

All of the food was incredible! I can't wait to go back and try more foods! I really think this place is a little hidden gem in the ATL!

Another great day on the books. 

day 6 and i WANT chocolate

This challenge has been fairly easy up until now but tonight I'm craving chocolate or hummus or chips and salsa.
I want something decadent and yummy. Blah.
The girls are with their dad so it's just me and the puppers and my growling tummy and
I want chocolate.
I even have 2 Skinny Cow candy bars taunting me in the kitchen. I seriously want to shove them in my mouth but I am resisting.

Honestly, today has been the hardest day and I have been doing great without any cravings or issues until now. I am following this cleanse to a T.

I have also run at least a mile every day since March 1st and I have gone to CrossFit Monday through Thursday. I wanted to make it this morning but was beat after last night.

Last night's WOD? It was one of the benchmarks...Eva. She's a mean girl.

5 rounds for time
800m run
30 kettle bell swings (#20)
30 pull ups

That's 150 pull ups total and I am so sore today!

I am exhausted but I am still going strong.
The real challenge is going to be this weekend and especially tomorrow. Why you ask?
I'm going to the Atlanta Food Truck Park. 
My sister ensures me that there is a truck with a Paleo menu.
This will be interesting. I am going to have to resist shoving some fried crap in my pie hole.

warning: boring deets below (days 4 & 5 - nearly identical)

Pre breakfast
Catalyst
Probiotic
Spark

Breakfast
Meal Replacement Shake
Omegaplex
25oz

snack
1 cup pineapple
1/4 cup raw cashews
25oz

spark w/ catalyst - 30 min before lunch

lunch 
mixed greens w/ tomatoes, cukes, grilled chicken and cilantro
omegaplex

snack
banana
1/4 cup raw cashews
25oz water

before crossfit
spark
catalyst

dinner
leftover roast
cucumbers
25oz water

before bed
herbal cleanse packet