Cleanses.. yay!

Well it's been an interesting couple of weeks for me. I keep telling myself I'm going to work out in the mornings so I can have the evening with my dearest husband since he won't go to the gym with us... and it never happens. I set my alarm almost every morning for 5:50 and I never get up. I always sleep that extra hour, I really need to try it, at least a couple of times, I'm just one who LOVES my sleep and will stay in bed down to the last possible minute before I have to get up.. 

I am SUPER proud of Nina because when we started going to the gym together she wasn't able to do pull ups on the machine with the most weight added (the more weight that's added, the easier it is) and the other night I made her try it again and she did it! I knew she could, I could tell she was reluctant at first, but I'm so happy she's improved so much! I can tell such a difference, her mood, her gym addiction, her encouraging words, and her cute little body :) ha! In a non stalker-ish or creepy way of course! 

We also maxed out on squats and presses to see what we're at. We squatted 240 pounds and pressed 110. I'm really proud of us, I used to be able to do more, but i'm glad i'm working my way back up! I like to push Nina and make her do more, she is dramatic about it but can always do it! She just doesn't look like she struggles enough, so I add more weight! Haha! :D 

I have still been discouraged because I have stayed right at 3-5 pounds i've lost since the new year, but i'm trying to stay positive. I know that somehow, some way, sometime, my body WILL change, and I WILL see my hard work paying off.... I eat healthy and work my butt off at the gym, I burn at least 500 calories a day, it's gotta be going somewhere!? I went to the doctor to get my labs drawn and especially my thyroid checked because I have a strong family history of thyroid issues. Everything came back normal except they think I might have Epstein Barr, I'll find out for sure in the next couple of days.. I am kinda sad, I was wanting to secretly blame it on my thyroid. She asked me all the typical diet questions, am I drinking enough water, am I working out doing good cardio workouts (she asked if I go on the treadmill at over 4MPH I was like uh yeah I'm at like 6 or 6.5  right now.. ), do I drink enough water, I'm on a high protein-low carb diet... The only thing she could suggest was to lower my daily carb intake. We will see how that goes. I dont' really eat a lot of carbs though.. no potatoes, no rice, no pasta, very rarely will I have bread.. *sigh*  Hopefully something will change.  Until then... I'm working on shrinking this large booty of mine, and my giant thighs. :D I feel like my stomach has gotten a tiny bit flatter though, and my boobs are shrinking a little.. yay! Ha! 

Nina and I follow Brandi and Megan and they started a cleanse yesterday so we decided to go along with them and try it. It's not the typical cleanse.. we can eat all the fruit, veggies, and protein we want; no carbs ( I think whole grain pasta/rice is allowed... I just cut it all completely out) and no dairy for 10 days. This package came with some fiber drinks and different pills to take throughout the 10 days. Nina got the gross citrus flavor and I got peaches and cream, mine isn't bad, just tastes like thickened peach juice.. however from anyone i've heard that's had citrus says its disgusting, She almost threw it up apparently ha! Tomorrow is the last day of the fiber drink, then we have a break until the last three days when we do it again. 

I was all worked up that it was gonna be super gross but it wasn't that bad! Yesterday I went to the store and bought a butt load of fruits and veggies and meat. (The olive garden dressing is for after the cleanse! full flavor for preston, light for me (:  )  80 freaking bucks for all that crap. Healthy food is expensive people! 

I seriously love avocados. I could eat one every day twice a day and never get sick of them. Put a little salt on those babies and just eat 'em up! MMMMMM. I just had one actually :) yum. 

We are still working out like normal.. pretty much. For the 10 days of the cleanse we are ONLY doing cardio. Nina strained her shoulder because she doesn't know how to rest it and is addicted to working out :) I only say that because its totally true! So the doc said no arm workouts for a while.. And my calves are so fat I cant zip up my boots... so we're just sticking with the arc trainer and the good ol' dreadmill. I can't wait for it to warm up so I can run outside, and trail running... I love trail running, and I want to run on Legacy.. and go biking.. and swimming.. and... uhhhhh I have summer fever.. anyone else? 

Anyway back to working out.. We did the arc trainer tonight and Nina had to leave to attend to her sweet daughter and Girl Scouts (WOOT for GS Cookies... I ate a box and a half in one sitting this weekend as I mentally prepared for this cleanse :) Worth every calorie!) So after she left I ran on the treadmill. I was thinking hm I should try to run a 10K, then after a mile I was like hmm I should run a 5K, then after 2 miles I was like hm ok i'm done. I had already worked out though so I was tired :) I had to keep wiping my face off because I sweat like a whore in church (as Nina says)  and my rag was SOAKED! Gross.. 

Due to our no sugar, no carbs, no sweet delicious chocolate cleanse.. i've taken up mints. I'm addicted, I think I had like 15 today.. then I was sick. But it could also be from the freaking gallon of water a day we drink! I swear I've never peed so much in my life! :D Just cause you wanted to know :)