Only because it seems that I apologize all the time.
Kinda like when you "love" everything, you "love" nothing.
If I apologize about the same thing all time, I really must not be sorry.
So I am not apologizing out of technicality.
That works.
I wish i had my camera with me, rather that in some random pocket of my husbands, as he is hunting. I wanted to post pictures of our Yellowstone trip.
It was grand!
I got some great pictures of Grace fly fishing for the first time. She LOVED it.
I also wanted to show you the little country cabin we stayed in while in Cooke City Montana. Cooke City is GORGEOUS! Such rugged country. I could post the pictures of all the bison we saw, but really, you see one buffalo, you've seen 'em all.....right?
I will save that post for sometime in October when I see my husband again.
(Hunting season)
So, I mentioned before that I started my 3rd(!!!) round of hell..er HCG. Maybe I didn't mention it.
Well, I did.
I was pumped. I knew that I could do it. The first time was such a success. The second time was, until I went to Oregon and put everything I saw in my mouth. YES! Everything!
"Hello Eggs benedict with crab on top"....in my mouth
"Hello anything sweet, salty, crunchy, gooey.."......in my mouth
"Hello pretzel on the floor of our rented cougar car (HHR)".....in my mouth
"Hello Pine smelling car freshener"...in my mouth
It was bad. Oh Lord, It was bad.
So, 3rd round. PUMPED! I can do this! My cousin was doing it with me. It always makes it easier for me when someone does it with me. Well, wait, not when my husband did it with me on my second round. No NOT EASIER. HARDER. PAINFUL!!! The protocol that we were following was stricter than a lot of them out there. No mixing veggies, and less veggies to choose from.
So he would ask "Can we have broccoli?"
Me:"No"
Husband:"Why?"
Me:"I don't know, it just says"
Husband:"So your just going to do what someone tells you to with out knowing why?"
Me:"Normally, NO. However, in this case, yes"
Husband:"Thats stupid we cant have broccoli. I don't understand why we cant have broccoli"
Me:"Go argue with the dead doctor if you want to then...GOSH!"
Never doing that with my husband again.
Anyway. A few things I learned this round:
1- Im stronger than I thought
2- I HATE CABBAGE! I thought we could reconcile from our nasty break up in round one. We tried it this time. Im sorry, but you just cant fake chemistry. It was awkward. It was uncomfortable. There will be no more cabbage for this girl.
3- It is possible to go out of town, and do HCG. It takes HOURS of prep and more control than anyone should ever have to muster up. I had to muster it up from every corner of my body. I drained it from my finger nails.
4- NEVER GO ON TRIPS WHILE ON HCG!!!! ( I went on two and never cheated)
5- Hcg has served me well. And it is time to bid farewell.
So, no, I didn't make it to 23 days. More like 18. I lost 12 lbs. Im cool with that. However, as I was on my last trip, I read The Eat Clean Diet Recharged by Tosca Reno. I have read her other book. And I really enjoyed this one. I enjoyed it so much! I was so inspired! I was so excited to get going on it. That is why I dumped HCG. Eating Clean is a lifestyle. Hcg is not. So I wanted to take advantage of my excitement to implement this right away.
Tosca talks about eating 6 times a day. This is not a new concept to most of us. However, I bet most of us don't do it. She talks about portions of protein, grains and complex carbs. She talks about how important all of those are. And, she says DONT COUNT CALORIES!! Holy scare the bejezus outta me!! Do you know how long I have been counting calories????? Its my wooby. It really is.
Oh yeah, and she tells you NOT TO WEIGHT YOURSELF?
WHHHHAAAAAA????? I am not familiar with the concept. I cant drop that cold turkey.
I cant.
I will weigh myself weekly. Then I will wean myself from that and weigh monthly. But, I am going to trust her on the calorie counting thing.
Since I AM on phase three of HCG. (This is where I have no sugar and no starches) I cant implement all of the foods she talks about. Ya know, most of the grains and some of the veggies. However, I am doing the rest of it.
Now, the gym is not a new concept to me either. In fact before Oregon, I was going almost every morning. but since Oregon, I just choose to let them take money out of my account on a monthly basis. Well, I went back this last week. I have a routine now though. That is what I was missing before. I go 3 days a week for now. I do 1/2 hour of cardio. (The elliptical) Then I do a half hour of strength training.
Mondays I work on my core.
Wednesdays I work my legs.
Fridays I work my upper body.
Then after every work out, I have a high protein smoothie to repair my muscle.
When building muscle, you do it as if your muscle is the new army recruit and you are the drill sergeant. You break it down, and then build it back up . That is what happens to your muscles when you work them. You are shredding them. That is why it is so important that you have a protein shake, or something of the sorts, after you work them out. That protein helps build them back up. That is why you are sore after a work out, Specifically strength training. So, sore is good. Just not debilitating sore.
Anywho, the reason why I am concentrating on strength training and not just cardio is that I want to flip metabolism.
Building muscle will get my metabolism working for me even more so (I would imagine its close to out of batteries right now) when I am not even working out. The more lean muscle mass you have, the better working metabolism you have.
So- I am diggin' this. It isn't a HUGE lifestyle change for me. Really, we eat pretty dang clean in my house. In fact, today, I am cleaning out my pantry. We RARELY eat out of cans and never out of boxes or bags. I will move all these things down to our food storage.
I am excited, because I will be able to use most of my pantry for storing other things for the kitchen that I seem to have run out of room for.
WAHOO!!
I am thinking that I will start another blog that is mainly about my eating and my working out.
I will see.
Obviously I have a hard enough time taking care of one blog. Why would I take on two?
Ya know how in high school for one of your classes they have you carry around a bag of flour and act like it is a baby for a week. This is a sorry attempt to get high school kids to have some sort of idea about how hard it is to be a parent.....TO A SACK OF FLOUR....??
Anyway, they should have that for people who are thinking of having blogs. Something to help you determine if you are adult enough, responsible enough and willing to put in the time to a blog.
Clearly I would have left my sack of flour on top of my car at least a dozen times by now.
I'll have to think about this.
Have some super days.
Alisa
You are my hero.
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