Day Three of the Reboot Program.  I am happy to report my headache is gone.  I believe I have crossed to the other side of caffeine addiction.  I would not have believed it had such a hold on me.  More than physical.  Yesterday afternoon I experienced a lot of anger.  And for no reason that I could tell you.  I was just pissed off.  So I spent most of the day in my bedroom with the door shut.

There was the unfortunate trip I took to Play It Again Sports with my son.  Poor kid.  Remind me to buy him a pony later.  Cranky mom, terrible customer service and a very impatient child.  Not a good mix.  But he got his equipment and listened to me gripe all the way home about it.

Today was much better.  Not cranky and no headache.  Although I am craving a big medium rare burger.  You know the bar burger type.  Instead dinner tonight is fresh veggie soup (which is awesome in its own right, just not a bar burger) and sweet potato and carrot fries.

On the weight front, I did sneak on to the scale.  I could not resist!  I needed some encouragement - and I got it!  I wont share until its been a week but I was a happy girl when I stepped on the scale!

Tomorrow, Ill start to share some of the stories of my life.  Not for the purpose of pity or feeling sorry for me, but so I can be a testimony.  I truly believe if I can survive and thrive ANY ONE can!

Getting to the end of my bowl of soup.  It was good.  Still craving what I "can not" have.  Nothing ever really changes - does it?

Toward The One, The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty ~

Lili

Yesterday is what I call "Day One".  I started following the Reboot Eating Program.  I learned about it after watching the movie Fat Sick and Nearly Dead on Netflix.  One of my besties turned me on to it.  More about her in a bit.  The program is basically detoxing your body of all the garbage we put in it.  So you juice, or eat raw veggies and fruits.  Nothing else. One of the things I needed to do was to give up my beloved Diet Coke. Diet Coke and I have been betrothed for years.  It is so unusual to not see me with one that my kids will say do you need one if I do not have one close at hand.

So yesterday I ate from the program to the letter.  I woke up this morning to a huge surprise on the scale.  In ONE DAY I lost 2.5 pounds.  That was enough to keep me motivated as I thought about pancakes and hash browns and all the other yummy stuff Id miss on this Sunday Morning.  And then I remembered the movie.

As I said earlier the movie Fat Sick and Nearly Dead was recommended to me by my bestie, Jill.  She like me is overweight, yet so full of life we are not living because of it.  Jill started a week ago and I will tell you the results are awesome!  She looks amazing!  Tomorrow is her big reveal for how much weight she has lost.  I can tell already its going to be exciting!  But her whole persona is changing.  Smiling, the light in her eyes, the shininess of her hair!  Seeing her yesterday really encourages me to keep going.

So today, again I have been on program all day.  Sitting here with a raging migraine drinking water.  Some people have said well just drink a little Diet Coke.  But I am stubborn (as you will quickly see) and am determined to do this cold turkey.  I also believe deeply that The One will get me through.  I guess I should have prefaced this with the fact that I am a deeply spiritual person, but not religious.  I will explain that another day.

So as I near the end of the second day of Reboot, it came to me that nothing around me has changed.  Nothing Every Really Changes does it?  McDonald's will keep flippin' burgers, Culver's making triple concrete shakes, and Coke will keep making Diet Coke.  But I have decided to change how I interact with them.  And for now, and hopefully the rest of my healthy life, I choose to not include them in my life.

Toward The One, The Perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty

Lili