Day two of the detox and I must say it's a thousand times better than yesterday. Yesterday was hell. I was hungry, I was cranky, I had a horrible headache and at about 7:30 last night, my bowels decided to revolt. Actually, it was expected, and lots of junk has left my system, but still, gross. And did I mention the cranky? I was in bed by 9:15 and asleep by 10. But the headache went away this morning during my (mild) workout (1 mile WATP) and by this afternoon I was feeling back to being in control of my cravings and my eating. Which is where we want me to be. I took a walk at lunch because i couldn't take sitting in the office for one more minute and it was gorgeous and sunny out and I also needed eyedrops as I'm wearing my contacts for the first time and my eyes were feeling a wee bit dry. I managed to only look longingly at the chocolate aisle as I paid for my eyedrops and my carbonated natural spring water (my pop substitute...)

I'm no longer hungry and cranky (wahoo!) although I think the lack of appetite might have more to do with the fact that I hate the UltraClear shakes that I'm supposed to be drinking 2x a day for the next 8 days (10 days in all). It's easy to avoid eating when you don't enjoy what's on the menu...

As for exercise - I did my elliptical workout yesterday and I'm beginning to realize that I may have to start pushing myself to go for longer or harder as it's not nearly as hard as it used to be. I'm doing more reps per minute on average, my heartrate is still good, I'm going a bit further, and my calories burned are higher, so I'm still working out hard, and I'm seeing improvement. And it feels AWESOME when it's done. But I'm not feeling as challenged as I once did. Although, this morning I did the one mile WATP and found it more challenging than I have in a long time (perhaps due to being tired and not eating as much as usual - the detox program did warn that during the detox you might want to cut back on the strenuous exercise as you might not feel like you have the same energy as usual...)

I really didn't want to get out of bed this morning, and lounged around in bed until almost 7 a.m., so I only really had time for the 1 mile WATP (as it was I was still late for work - but part of that was fighting for 10 minutes to get my left contact in...Soft contacts are so not as easy as the rigid gas permiable to handle...) I can't believe how hard I found the upper body part of the workout. Usually it's no problem...I really do need to increase my strength training...

I really need to step up the training a bit in general. And this will be my motivation:


I have to wear that dress (not the white dress, although it is gorgeous, there are no wedding bells ringing for me yet...) next to those women on August 4. I need to be as small as I possibly can by that point... (yes, vanity. but sometimes, an excellent motivator...)