Weight Loss Page SPOT

I have started using the new Lead management system, this will help me to be a better person at Contacting. This video is just me attempting my first SPOT linked to my own web site- such fun. Isagenix does give us some great tools.

try again- hello

I just wrote a blog post and it has vanished into the ether!! so I will try again, it might appear again, who knows. it was on my Ipad, and I am now on my laptop. here we go again.

It has been a while since I last wrote a post, the problem being kids and the summer holiday. I have manged to keep up with my FB, sort of, but getting time to write posts not so good at.

I will be glad when they start back at school, as I can get into a routine again, which will be good. Love the long holiday but my life goes to pot, just all over the place and no solid routine!

We have been away on a road trip, to CO and AZ, which was lots of fun, seem friends and eaten at two hard Rock Cafe's, which is a favourite of my boys.

Denver Hard Rock cafe

and then Phoenix HRC

They have enjoyed visiting them and collecting the t-shirts ( Alex) and the drum sticks( Ben).

I have managed not to put any weight on, with my travels, which is great and I am now heading down to the 160's , which is my aim. I am loving my new found energy and figure. Love being able to fit in anything in my wardrobe, a fantastic feeling. Thank you Isagenix.

My veg garden is coming along, we are eating our own tomatoes and peppers at the moment, and I am going to plant my onions and garlic soon, and going to try courgette ( zucchini), beetroot, and plant an aubergine bush as well. This fall i will put in an apple tree, bay tree and plum tree. I am hoping to put in a grapefruit, two more lemon and two more lime trees. My key lime tree has lots of limes on it at the moment, which is very exciting. I need to put a stone circle around the base of them as well, so I can water easily and edge them as well.

I am loving the fact that Isagenix is keeping me on the healthy eating side of life. My boys are totally committed to Isagenix and love it as well, which is a bonus. I need to make salsa today with Alex, his favourite dish!!

My Stampin'Up lets me enjoy my hobby and surround myself with stampers, and Isagenix is opening up my world to people who wish to be fit. great news really.

I am just back from Milwaukee as well. a quick trip to see a friend.

Milwaukee boating lake, Shannon and I pedaling away with a beautiful back drop

I have just had the most awful migraine, which is no fun, and it was most probably harder,a s I have not really had any until recently, the joys of detoxifying my body, i thought maybe it was the altitude in CO, but now the nurse in ER yesterday told me it is likely to be a menopausal problem- the body just rebelling.  Since I know I have not been religious on my daily routine, I need to bring it back, as I was loving the three months of no migraines. a good reason to focus on my routine, and staying in control of what i am eating, regularly with organic produce.

well I will sign off and will try to write more often. I am off to the Isagenix conference in a few weeks, which will be a lot of fun. morning work outs every day, a gala where I get to dress up, and surrounded by positive people, who wish to be healthy and build a business . i am very excited about this.

hello again.

I am starting on my third month- still very enthusiastic, and looking the products and how they make me feel.

I was off track for teh last week, as I enjoyed my son being home from Japan and just ate what ever he chose for meals, and as a family, we relaxed and had family time, since Jack had not been home for 18months, this was important. i am pleased to say i am still down on my weight, but not as much as i should be!! but I am happy , so happy to have held my son and had that hug. So now I am abck and facoused.

I am also focused on building my Isagenix business, and sharing the fun and good fortune I am having with as many peopel as i can. So if you wish to be part of the team, then just give me a call.

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I am enjoying building my business, and happy to help others to do the same, or loose weight, enhance performance, age healthily, all possible with Isagenix.

Fresh tomato salsa

Serves 6

2 fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 small red onion, minced
2 scallions, minced
1 clove of garlic, minced
1/2 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
3 tablespoons of chopped cilantro
3 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon juice

Directions

In a mixing bowl, stir together all ingredients.

Serve immediately or refrigerate in a tightly covered container for up to 3 days.

Makes 2 cups

Per serving: 15 calories

Saturday lunchtime

It has been a busy few days and a fun few days. jack leaves soon, and we are doing all those last minutes things. One of which was Transformers 4 last night at the Alamo Draught house, where I has a burger!!! Naughty but very nice. Freshly made with mushrooms and caramelized onions.

Today I am in San Antonio again , yesterday I was a model for a friends daughter who is studying at Paul Mitchell school, so I had a facial, today I have bought a friend to have one. I am using this time to update my blog :-)

I will post a recipe as well. I am hoping to get the exercise page going today.

I am having a day enjoy my new Isagenix business and being proactive.

another day, another dollar, as they say

For reason I can not explain I can not sleep, so i thought I would post.

The apple and celery salad, tomato and avocado salad

organic chicken, dry freind, with garlic and green bell peppers, Himalayan salt and freshly ground black pepper

This is it all together on my plate with some left over mushroom risotto from the day before, delicious

I thought i would share one of my meals from this week, it is all fresh, quick to make and is with in the 400-600 calorie range.  Eating healthily should not be cumbersome and if it looks this colourful and tastes this delicious, you are getting lots of nutrients and doing great.

I really enjoy cooking and creating different  meals, so i hope you all enjoy me posting them.

Sunday, and my dad's birthday

It has been a lovely day in this house, all my plants and vegetables have been watered, I have been out and  done 5 miles, 2 of which I ran. I have played in the pool with my youngest and husband and seen my daughter. laid by the pool and chatted on FB with friends from all over and been chatting to people about Isagenix. A great day. Tonight we are going to go out and eat at Outback streak house, so I do not need to cook, but can have a meal that fits in with my healthy lifestyle, enjoyable and kids happy. win/win I call that. That phrase now always reminds me of the film 'letters to Juliette".

Anyway, I can not talk to my dad today he is away on a cruise, so I hope he is enjoying his birthday and being spoiled by Margaret. Happy Birthday dad, I have left you a Skype message :-)

I sneaked on the scales again yesterday, and I am down a little bit more- very encouraging . I tried to start a page for recipes, but it is not working, as on this blog, I can not label/tag the recipes, so you would be scrolling through too many. So I am going to put them on my main blog posts, where I can label them, and you can search with labels for a recipe.

I am going to start a new page for exercise locally to Austin TX. I will try and find out any free events, I personally will be out there each week, so will coordinate those on this page, and I will put links to other places, like South Austin Pilates that I go to each week, and camp gladiator, which my husband enjoys and goes to all the time. So you will see that page start tomorrow, and then it will be a work in progress, as I collate all the information, links and if you have any suggestions- just yell. I look forward to having a page with local exercise events, venue for you to refer to.

I am off out with my gorgeous sons and husband. Have a great evening

Vegetable Balti

Vegetable Balti

Serves 4 with 190 calories per serving ( so you can have a dessert!)

I love this recipe and have been making it for years now, it is a staple in our house. Easy to make and delicious, so full of flavour, it is tasty the day after as well. Not good to freeze in my experience, but it lasts wells in the fridge. I do not like the texture once frozenand defrosted, but they do say it can be frozen, so try it and see for yourself. The recipe does say you can stir in yogurt at the end of cooking, but I do not. The 190 calories includes the yogurt.

low fat cooking spray ( I personally use ordinary grape seed oil)
2 large onions, sliced finely
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2.5cm (1inch) piece of fresh root ginger, chopped finely
1 small red chilli, de-seeded and chopped (optional) - I tend to use chilli powder if I am serving it to my kids and only fresh chilli's if it adults only
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, crushed
1 teaspoon coriander seeds, crushed
1 tablespoon garam masala
200g (7oz) sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
4 medium carrots, peeled(optional) and chopped
1 small cauliflower, chopped into florets
400g can of tomatoes
300ml ( 10fl.oz ) vegetable stock
200g (7oz) green beans, chopped
150g (5 1/2oz) low fat plain yogurt) I do not put this in!
salt and pepper( freshly ground)
a small bunch of fresh coriander, chopped, to garnish

Method
1. heat a large non stick frying pan and spray with low fat cooking spray( or oil of choice). Stir fry the onions for 5 minutes and season them, adding a little water to stop them sticking and help them soften. Mix in garlic, ginger, chilli, and spices and cook for a further 2 minutes.

2. Add the sweet potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, tomatoes and stock, stir together and bring to teh boil. Turn down the heat and then simmer for 20 minutes. Add the beans and simmer a further 5 minutes or until the sauce is thick.

3. Remove the pan from the heat and allow to cool a little before stirring in the yogurt and fresh coriander. Serve


Tonight for dinner we had mushroom risotto, with salmon burgers and a side of chopped tomatoes and avocado, I thought I would share the recipes.

Mushroom Risotto

Mushroom Risotto

1 large onion chopped( I like a red onion- but this will bleed into the rice, shallots are delicious as well)
1 lb of mushrooms, sliced
a small amount of oil ( I use grape seed)
1 red bell pepper, diced
2 cups of risotto rice ( I use arborio)
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
7 cups of broth, either chicken or vegetable ( rice:liquid ratio should be 1:3 1/2 )
seasoning

Method

Gently fry the onions and garlic over a medium heat until soft , add the pepper and mushrooms for another 2 minutes, then add the rice. Do not rinse the rice, as that releases the starch, and we want the starch for risotto.

Once the rice has had a few minutes to cook in the oil, start adding the liquid a cup at a time, each time it is absorbed, add more until all the liquid is added.

My latest results

I am not sure how I managed not to post here, but I did brave the scales on Wednesday, and I am 4lbs down and another 9 inches, so that is a total of 20.2 lbs and 34.5" which i am thrilled with, considering I had the cold at the start of this 30 day's and have been having a bit of alcohol and eaten out a bit. So I am now back on track, and enjoying my shakes and focused on the end of the month.

I am exercising more this month, and have managed to run as well, which is GREAT. That is with a great big thanks to South Austin Pilates, who have been working with me on my knees and building up the muscles that I had damaged. I love to run, and have missed it. I am hoping to be running the Disney half marathon in CA on August 31st, with a couple of friends, so watch this space and lets see if the knee holds up. I know my spirit will and I am confident my weight will reduce.

I have started putting recipes on this blog, and will keep adding to them. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. I will break them down into categories, but if you would like them in extra sub-sections just ask, and I am happy to consider that.

I am trying the sleep and brain boost system as well this month, just started it two nights ago, so will let you know how that goes, and I have the body and hand hydrating cream. I am loving that at the moment, and will try the rest of the range as I  need to replace my own face cream range. It is all organic and smells delightful. I can not say yet how well it works, as I have not used it, but I am happy to try it. Those who have used it are very pleased, so I am looking forward to my current creams being finished.

have a good weekend everybody. i will be thinking of you.

Day 11

I know I am meant to be weighing myself today, but am being a coward,a s I know i did not follow rules for 5 days,a s i gave in to the cold...so give me some time and I will get on the scales. Knowing i ate fajita nacho's and drank champagne on Fathers day is not helping me right now...feeling like a coward!!

I have been missing

I am sorry, been ill, an awful cold. I am now at the point of a box of tissue and exhaustion, which is a vast improvement than I was. I hate colds. They sneak up on you and knock you for six. I am well on my way back to full health, but this house has not enjoyed the experience. It started with Ben, and has moved to Alex and we are waiting to see if Allan gets it. I think I have given it to Jack, which is not great really, poor guy has his first holiday in 18 months , flies home from Japan and his mum gives him a cold!! I am lucky he loves me.

As I have muddled my way through this, I have also not followed the Isagenix program, it all became too much, to even feed my own family. So i just ate what what given to me, when I felt like eating and drank what ever I could drink and slept a lot and got through a lot of tissues. I am grateful for my family for putting up with me through this time. I tried to keep exercising in the early days, which was a mistake, now I am feeling up to starting again.

I have now picked the program back up, which is day 10 today, which is a cleanse day, so I am cleansing.  I expect my body will appreciate it after all the cold remedy drugs I have thrown down my throat in desperation!!

I will try and get back into the swing of everything for you all. and of course for me. I was doing so well, and i intend to keep on track.

Day 5 of second round

Good evening all. I have a terrible cold. feeling awful and am now dosing myself up on cold meds. The good thing is that the cleanse day is going well. I am still on track and hope the cold meds are not screwing with the process of 'detoxin' me( not sure if that is really a word)...since I am clearly putting chemicals in me to help now with the cold.

yesterday I went to Pilates and did my first barre class, it was a lot of fun. An evening class which I am not so good at , and this cold was already showing its ugly self to me. Hindsight might mean I should not have exercised. But I did, and I am sure I am fitter for it, even f I feel less so.

My garden is looking great, and I went and took some pictures for you.

my tomatoes are all growing so nicely, I have 16 plants this year, so am expecting a good crop, of three varieties.

a banana pepper, they are mild and i am looking forward to trying them. I wish it was not so big it touched the ground.

my Ancho peppers. getting bigger every day

my jalapeno peppers, also doing well.

My flowers and herbs are also doing well, but I wanted to show you my toms and peppers.
I am enjoying my garden, and next year I will grown more vegetables as well.
This year it was all about moving my herbs to raised beds and not in pots, and starting to move my vegs to raised beds. the tomatoes will also be in raised beds next year.
After two days of cleansing tomorrow I am cooking risotto with a nice salad. I will make a dessert, but i will be content with my risotto and salad. day 11 is approaching and that is weighing in day, so I want to have a good result then as well.
Although I started my cleanse 1 day late, due to jack coming home, I will still do my next cleanse on schedule, so day 10 and 11. This will keep me in line with last month and help me to feel I can compare better.

Day 3 of round 2

Yesterday was a very busy day for me. i did not stop until I collapsed at the end of the night. But i achieved so much, including an hours class on the reformers at Pilates. So today my abs are swearing at me, but that is good, I keep telling myself that.

I should be on a cleanse day, but am pushing it back a day, as we are having a  celebratory meal tonight, as my eldest son, has come home after 18 months been based in Okinawa, Japan. So all my children will be together around the table. We are going to have a roast beef dinner, with all the trimmings, one of Jacks favourite, but also allows me to fill up on vegetables and not feel too guilty. Now the lemon meringue pie I am making for dessert might be harder!!

I am tired today, i know I was up with the dogs in the night, but boy oh boy, I feel tired, I even had a 'want more energy' as my snack this morning to try and boost my energy levels. Mind you it is 3.15 pm and I still have not had my shake for lunch, so today is also busy!! so  had better get on and enjoy that. Just wanted to post to so you all knew I was still hanging in there.

I will take my ipad outside later and take some photos of my garden, as i have peppers and tomatoes all doing really well.

hope to speak to you all later ;-)

Happy Sunday

Day 1 of round 2

This month( well 30 days) I intend to exercise each day, not just be amazingly busy. I think my new found energy last month allowed me to decorate, sort, rearrange and organize all over the house and garden.

This month I want to make sure I am exercising each day. I am going to sign up for the Disneyland half marathon in August. That will give me a focus.

Today I walked 5 miles, I set a good pace and off I went. Much later than I wanted, but then another crazy day in this house, so I am just glad I did manage to get out there and walk :-)

I have a new snack that has arrived, Whet thins, there are two flavour a, BBQ and sour cream & chive. I am looking forward to eating those. I tried the sour cream ones today, and they were tasty .

First day of the school holidays today, my youngest two did nothing!! Just enjoyed lounging around. Tomorrow I will be giving them some jobs :-) the joys of being a mum.

I am off to sleep, speak to you tomorrow.

Happy happy dance

I am still having a happy dance day.

Such great results

Day 30 results day

So a quick post- because I had too. I am thrilled. In 30 days i have lost 25.5" from all over my body and 16.2 lbs .
This month will be about exercising as well more religiously, so it should help those inches as well as the weight.
I will set up the walk and cycle program so any of you wo can join me, are very welcome to :-)

One happy lady here.

I will post later

Thank you for all the support, that has helped me focus and not waiver.

Day 29

I have not been good today, and that is the first time, during my whole month that I have broken any eating rules. So i am feeling sorry for myself now!!
Tomorrow I will be back on track. I am not sure if it was my son home from Japan after 18 months, or school nearly out, or the baking of 96 muffins for the 5th grade party today, but I have succumbed to two walnut and maple muffins, home made and very delicious- but clearly not what i should have eaten. I have not had any other snacks or lunch, and then I was back on track this evening with a health meal with the family, and plenty of water. So I will keep all my fingers and toes crossed that it does not cause me too many issues for tomorrows measurements and weigh in!!!

My Isagenix delivery has arrived and believe it or not, I have not had time to open it! been a crazy day, with Jack home and end of year party baking, nipping to AT&T to get Jacks phone reconnected, quick stop at HEB for groceries and back to school for Ben..i feel like i have not really stopped, but i did this evening, we all sat down and watched 'battleship' the movie, as Jack will be heading to RIMTAC 2014 after his leave so it was a fun movie to watch. Of course I am hoping he does not have to deal with an alien invasion while in Hawaii . One never knows though.

29 days with no alcohol or coffee. I feel proud of that achievement. I will enjoy having them back, when I am down a lot more weight. Tomorrow is almost here. I am ready to start my next 30 days, this time with a more organised exercise regime.

sleep tight everyone.

Day 28

Well tomorrow my next delivery is due for the 30 day cleanse, I will be starting that on Friday. Since I am on a roll and in the swing, I might as well do a back to back. I will be increasing my exercise for the next 30 days as I know what to expect and what I am doing, so wish to increase my exercise, get back to my weekly Pilates, and start training for a half marathon . 

I am actually getting nervous about Thursdays results. I know I am thrilled with the weight loss, but what if?? I might have put some on, my measurements might not be as impressive, one reason I want to exercise, so I know I am back to being toned, under this layer of blubber!!

I am willing Thursday here so I can get it over with, silly to be nervous, but I am excited, nervous and very determined to carry on.

Well I am off to bed now, another exhausting day in this house, I am so glad school is nearly out.

Day 27 and I missed a few days

I am so sorry i missed so many days. Life has been hectic in this house. I swear it is my new found energy. i am on a mission to organize all the rooms, and this weekend I was tackling the younger boys bedrooms and the craft room. Of course life has to go on, so cooking and cleaning, watering pants and wash loads still need to happen. So long days and a much more organised house Yay to that :-)

I am getting so close to my final weigh in, day 30, which is Thursday. I am excited to measure as well. I have been naughty and been on an doff eh scales, but I have not measured at all, so am hoping for a nice surprise there.

I have fallen in love with 'slimcakes'. they are a snack, like a oatmeal and raisin cookie, they taste delicious to me, so I will need to purchase more of them. Isagenix have excelled there in my opinion :-)
The two people who have tried the soups are not giving me great reports back, so I will try them myself and have to give you feed back there.

I am off to bed, sleep tight everyone.

Day 24

I have been good today and did not go on the scales. Only 6 more days to go, although I am going to do a second round of 30 days, but won't count it up like I did this one . So watch this space on Thursday, as I will be measuring myself and weigh in will happen. Final tally for my first try with Isagenix.

Tonight we had brown rice, chicken and I did a colourful summer vegetable mix of courgettes( zucchini ) red onions and bell peppers, a yellow, red and orange one, I cooked them all with garlic, over a high heat on the stove , so it did not take long, and was really tasty.

I am glad it is the weekend, I am ready to be in my craft room and by the pool. I need to get a tan ready for my slimmer body!!!!!!

Two of my friends have joined up to do the 30 day , so my next set of 30 will be with company, even though we are not near each other, we will be able to motivate and inspire each other on :-)

Day 23

I can't believe I am a week away from completing my first 30 days. I cheated again today and went on the scales, I obviously need reassurance!! Anyway, at 16lbs down now, more than I dreamed I would be, so totally thrilled. I will celebrate on Day 30 with a glass of wine. 

I have set up a schedule now for information evenings at my house on Isagenix and everyone is welcome. It will be the 3rd Thursday of the month, 7pm until 8pm. So if you are in the Austin area, please feel free to come on down and try some products, watch a short video and ask questions. I am so pleased with how my body is responding to this product, I am going to share.

I went onto my autoship today , in the back office area of my website, when you purchase from Isagenix, you control your orders and shipments. It is not by placing orders through me, so you will have a web site and back office. Anyway, I decided to add chocolate shake to my order, Ben is very keen to try that, and also the barbecue and the sour cream and chive whey thins. I changed my shakes to a canister, one of my cleanse for life to the liquid, and I changed the flavour of my 'scooby snacks' , I thought it would be fun to see what the difference is.

I have not exercised today, but have vacuumed the house and done lots of washing up, that must count for something. I always feel bad when I don't exercise, but some days it is harder to fit in than others.

Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday, last week of school next week. Yeah to that.

I bought some mugs and they came with two packets of soup, butternut squash. The mug is made from corn husk plastic, Isagenix is great at recycling. The latest box that arrived had chocolate in it, so they put them in a cool box , which was totally compostable, which is exactly what I did with it. :-)

Day 22

Good afternoon folks,

It is a bright and sunny day here, after last nights hail storm. which I must say was a humdinger. The boys thought they would run outside, as the rain is so warm, but that hail was large and vicious. My garden does not need watering today, but I did have to go and dead head a lot of plants that were ripped up by the hail.

I have decided to throw in an extra cleanse day, so i am doing that today. I like how I feel on cleanse days, and they do help me stay focused and I really do feel good on the day and after, so after so many years of not de-toxin I feel i should.

I got to share my enthusiasm today with a friend, which was wonderful, and she is excited as well. Lots of Isagenix products are right for most people, and since you can purchase a 'pak' and save some pennies or custom build to what you want, then it is GREAT to be able to share this.

I am off to deliver a present to another friend of the soup and mug, so hopefully, I am spreading my enthusiasm and people are enjoying that. It is difficult not to be excited when I can FEEL the difference, and people are starting to tell me. Yesterday I was told I look great and if I was a dog, I would have a wet nose, I looked so healthy and vibrant. What a fantastic thing to hear.

Hopefully i will catch up later, I will put another recipe on the blog later. I am also going to make the chocolate pudding recipe today, so I will let you know how that goes down at dinner time. I will post to Fb with that.

Day 21- so I missed a day again

Well I had a lovely day yesterday, as I went and had my nails done, which i had promised myself I would when I reached 14lbs loss. I realise I should not know that, as my next weigh-in day is Day 30..but..but ..I needed to get my nails done, they have never gone this long with out looking a lot better, and I KNEW I was so close, so I just had to check. and BINGO..off i trotted to the spa..

So beautiful nails I have, also fitted in a facial, eyebrow and leg wax, saves time to get it all done together- well I am telling myself that anyway..

My meal last night was a delightful fresh salad with home made bison burgers, I will post the recipe on my FB Page today, so you can all enjoy it as well. It was delicious. Such a healthy meat to eat Bison, so if you can get hold of some, it has great flavour.

I am off this morning to speak to friends about my success on Isagenix, and I am looking forward to sharing my success and looking forward to seeing many more friends feeling as alive as I do at the moment.

I might get around to posting later, but wanted to now as I had did not yesterday..so sorry.

Anyway, feeling alive and invigorated for sure. Oh and when they did my nails, they commented on how strong my nails were, and asked what I had been doing differently- they are use to my weak nails and splitting, So I shared my Isagenix daily dose of organic nutrients..

The AM/PM ageless essentials with product B- has antioxidants and Telomere support system..especially for woman, they have a  different one for Men as believe or not, men and woman are different..that is why men are from Mars and we are from Venus.

Day 19

Today was a slower day, I have felt less energetic, I actually feel like I want to cleanse, as that leaves you feeling so much better. So when my shipment arrives I will do a cleanse day :-)
The plumbing went very wrong today, so I am going to stay off the Isa Flush for a few days, because clearly I do not need them. I am hoping it is just more toxins clearing the system and not a tummy bug or anything awful.
The gazebo is finished, so I will post photo's tomorrow, lots of screws, standing on steps, ladders and fence posts to get the roof part of..but it is all done.

Dinner this evening was salmon, with spinach, carrots and broccoli with some roasted potatoes. I only had a few of them as I am sure I should not really have them in vast quantities, but the boys loved it and that is what counts, us all sitting around the table enjoying a meal.

I have tried the new fiber bars, almond and honey ones, they are delicious, I am very pleased I bought them. they will be going on my next shipment as well!! Ben is still waiting for the chocolate decadence fiber bars to arrive. I think I might have to get the chocolate shakes as well for him. He wants to try it so much.

Anyway, I am yawning, so heading to bed, speak to you all tomorrow.

11 days until I weigh again..

Day 18

Once again it is the end of the day, it has been a bust day here, but my garden is looking great!!
I have planted more tomatoes, lots of peppers, of 5 varieties, and split my ginger plant, re-potted a hydrangea and helped Allan with the new gazebo, which is still not finished..but hey ho, it should be tomorrow.

 Here are some photo from today's joy, I planted the Hydrangea in to the big clay pot, and the ginger plant you can see is now half the size it was.

 These are my bulbs coming on beautifully, they like shade, so add perfectly to this area.

 Here are my peppers, I have banana peppers, California bell peppers, jalapeno peppers , and a hot one and another that right now I can not remember, but it is a medium chili pepper.
Going to be a good year for peppers in this house, and every year from now on.

This is my planted out rosemary, not sure it is enjoying it, might have to buy some more, but i will give it some time, My tomatoes are in two tubs behind and then in the herb bed with basil behind the tubs.

So I hope with all this lifting, planting and moving I have burned calories today. Because that would be wonderful.

I can't believe I still have 12 days to go until I can officially weight myself and measure myself, right now that seems ages away. I know waiting is best, but it is hard. I am not good at waiting. more of an action girl.

I also can not wait until the next order from Isagenix arrives as it has more cleanse tea in, and I love that, and would happily have that as I go to bed, so soothing.

Yesterday I had a friend over and she kindly was sharing some great resources on where to find out about the food industry and how it is not doing all it can for us as individuals. So my FB page is starting to list some information on tha. Feel free to check that out.

I am also putting recipes up there,  which is a lot of fun. I hope you have time to go and check some of them out.

Day 17 ( I skipped a day!!)

Sorry about skipping a day, not sure how I did that re ally, had a hectic day for sure but a delightful evening with my daughter. I went over and cooked for us at her house, and we watched 'Last Vegas' very funny movie if you have not seen it.
I had another slow day body wise. It just did not want to gear up, but today has been great. So I think it was just a couple of days where my body was saying, please just rest a bit, we are trying to detoxify you!
Plumbing is all better, much relieve there I can tell you.
I walked the dogs today for about 4.5 miles which was delightful,  the day just felt more invigorating. A friend came over this morning and was sharing her knowledge on all the unnecessary toxins put in the food, and what to look out for, so I will be posting some off those regularly on my FB page
I am very intrigued about all of this since my abdominal pains and bloating has all but vanished since I have been cleansing. I will be monitoring my own body carefully and see what reactions I have as I keep on my path to slimmer, fitter Tamzin :-)

My herbs are all growing well, my peach tree is full of peaches and  the garden is looking great, so all my gardening is paying off. I of course hope very much it is burning calories and toning as well.

I did sneak on the scales this morning, let's face it we knew I would not last until day 30, and I am down another 1.5 lbs, smiling is I, slowly but surly is what I expected the final weeks to be. But relieved it is still downwards.

I am hoping to fit in a Pilates class tomorrow and a bike ride. I will let you know.

Sleep tight everyone.

Day 15

Today is going slowly, I seem to be on a slow day. I am trying to do too many things at once, and not finishing anything- getting very fed up with myself. I could phrase that more strongly. The Internet is playing up. It wont work at all through in the main house,and I have to come through to the office and craft room to get a signal at all. which is not helping me with my list of things to do.
I need my next 'snack' moment to arrive, so I can have a 'want more energy'. I am going to try the citrus and be very excited. Especially if I get a boost.

I am trying to place a quick order with Isagenix, and no internet is not making that easy. I need more cleansing solution, as I would like to cleanse again next week, I need the chocolate decadence bars for my 11 year old, I thought they were due in yesterday shipment, but no- they are on the autoship, and arrive in a few weeks. If I can move him over to a healthy snack now and he is happy, then I am doing that.

The plumbing is not happy today either, so not sure what my body is complaining about, but obviously it is having a get rid of toxins day- I do not have time for this!!

Ok I will stop winging and get on with the day,

Day 14

It is amazing to think I started this journey on the ,30 day fat burning and cleansing' system two weeks ago. Time seems to have gone fast, I have become very good at working my day around the shakes or cleanses and the shakes around my day. It is not difficult. Just took for me to know what I had to be eating with a guide line and now I am running strong on it all.

Been another hectic day here, with much gardening and painting being done. I also watched a number of the videos on the YouTube channel about the products. I think I will be trying the tablets to strengthen my bones etc.
The good news is an order from Isagenix arrived today, so I now have lots of 'want more energy' and in citrus flavour, so I will let you know what that tastes likes tomorrow. The cup a soups also arrived, so those will be interesting to try. I can have one of those instead of a shake. I just learned that today. I LOVE soup, so this is great news. A supply of the chocolate snacks came in, dark and milk, so now I should be able to keep mine. Allan can eat the milk ones!!

well, I will try and blog earlier tomorrow. I am off to bed.

Sleep tight everyone

PS please note I have been good and not gone on the scales- being busy has a benefit.

Day 13

This is going to be a short post, because I am shattered. I have not stopped today, I have been gardening, and got lots done out there, while it was cooler this morning and then once the sun went in this evening. I have dashed out and shopped, the house needed food and the boys needed new shorts- why do boys grow so much!! oh and I bought myself the most adorable compost bin for my kitchen, so we do not have to keep popping outside each time we have bits and pieces, which is a few times a day, so that is great news, especially for the boys.
The downstairs loo is finished, I have done all the painting, trim, added extra bits and pieces, even painted the switch plates etc. I am really quiet happy with it. I am now going to keep going with the doors down the corridor, as the others now look drab.
Obviously the normal things happened, collecting boys from karate, hoovering, cooking tea, putting wash loads on.
I really do have an amazing amount of energy at the moment, and at the end of the day, instead of collapsing in a heap being exhausted, I am shattered, but I can sit down and still do things like this blog, with my water and plan out tomorrow. I LOVE this new renewed me.

I changed up my day a bit and had my main meal at lunch time today instead of the evening, since I knew what sort of day I had, that let me cook a lasagne for the family, and I was able to have my vanilla shake this evening , when I stopped to watch the season finale of Bones .

Well I am off to sleep, and will chat tomorrow.

Day 12 and results day!!!

well the results are fantastic, I am thrilled. So I am going to be a brave girl and actually post the full result on here. I wanted you to see the ones i wrote down at the start of this journey and today. So putting on my brave face as i show the world my weight...eyes closed..and post photo...

deep breath..i can do this, of course, i am sitting here knowing I still do not have to click the publish the button, but really, if I want accountability, then this has got to be it !!

I truly feel SO much better, it is not just the weight loss, and that is why I feel this journey is going to be fun to keep blogging and as I shrink in person but grow in knowledge of the products and  company and can help others feel they can also go on a journey, what ever their personal journey may be, I am going to keep sharing. Roll on day 30. I will try and not leap on the scales in between, but as those who ahve been following the blog know, that is not easy for me- I like to know it is coming off.

My aim is to come back down to 170lbs, like I was on my 45th birthday.

If I can get to this then I will feel like I have really achieved, then I will aim for another 10 lbs, but I never been lower than 165lbs, so this will be a journey in loosing weight sensibly and still toning and looking after the body inside and out.
With support from friends and my children I am sure I can do this. I know my mum is routing for me as well.
I must say these results today have made my day. We all need boosts in our days :-)

Day 11 and a trip to Super Saturday event in Fort Worth, TX

I got up nice and early today, as i was heading to DFW ( Dallas Fort Worth) for an Isagenix event. Cara came with me and we set of at 6.15am, the journey was uneventful, the odd disagreement on music, laughter over driving and lots of conversations. We unfortunately hit traffic only 5 miles from the venue but came to a stand still, which was very annoying, so arrived 10 minutes late.

I was looking forward to today, I had only just learned about this event, and wanted to go, as the positive effects I am having from the products i have tried, has made me want to share this journey with others. So this meeting was all about the business side of Isagenix and how to share the products and the business opportunity. I learned a lot and met many inspirational people. For me the day was long but so worth while.

 This is me with Hayden Vavra, Isagenix newest millionaire, he is 26, and been with the company 3.5 years. He  and his wife Emily were fun to listen to and full of advice and tip bits of info, His wife Emily is the next picture down, we tried to do a selfie, and clearly neither of us have mastered that so well, I have just learned I do not need to use the button at the bottom, but can use the volume one at the side, but it is still not a great picture as my Arm is always in the picture.

I was presented with a certificate for promoting to consultant from associate, which was fun, no idea there was even going to be a stage walk or anything on this scale, and had less idea what the Starter party was, which is when you had to have made consultant by, before you could walk, so it took a few questions for me to work that out!!

My certificate :-)

 This is Shane Freels, He is also one of the top flyers at Isagenix, but also is associated with Camp Gladiators, which is what Allan does all the time, it was a birthday present to him a few years ago, and he still goes and loves it, so I needed to get a picture of him.

 This picture I have taken ( well Cara did) , I also have a couple of  closer ones, I thought was very interesting, and certainly for a newbie like me, it shows all the benefits for the body and which product can help.

The GREAT news for today is I did weigh myself this morning, all be it very early, and I have lost 10.6Lbs, I did not measure myself- just not enough time!! so tomorrow morning I will do the measurements, and I will post those for you. I am THRILLED to pieces, this is what i needed, a boost to my whole system, not only have the scales sung beautiful songs to me today, I know my overall well being is so much better. Sleep, stress and digestion. and I am only on day 11 of this journey.
My aim after today is to find 5 other positive people to join me in this health and wealth journey. I am excited to think I could travel with my boys so much more when I had an income stream from my hard work- Tamzin is rocking, and clearly becoming American!!!

Well goodnight to you all, I am exhausted, been a long day with 8 hours of it in a car, and 5 hours in an exciting event, time to switch off and sleep :-)

Day 10, just posting because I am eating my chocolate!

I hope you are all enjoying this glorious day, it has not been too hot here in Austin, humidity started great and I was able to have door open and enjoy the fresh air, now it is back to the air conditioning, because the mosquitoes  are out in force tonight, I need my pest company to come asap, so had better chase them!! All my plants have just been watered for the evening, and I am about to carry on with the painting, this is taking far longer than it should. I keep extending the project, when I see something I want to change things, now I have new light fittings, am about to paint the plug and light switch plates, but I think I can get it to a good place tonight, so my back corridor does not look like an obstacle course.
The cleanse day has gone well, once again, I have been behind with all my steps of Scooby snacks, or cleanser or chocolate, but am trying now to catch up. I really need to have less hectic days!
I must get my self going, as I need to get to bed at a sensible time, as tomorrow I drive to Dallas Fort Worth for this meeting, and I am looking forward to that. It is interesting to see which systems other people have used, which products they enjoy, tastes and textures etc. The business side of Isagenix interests me, I just can't help myself. I have always enjoy the challenges of running my own business, so I look forward to hear others experience and see if this will be the fit I am hoping.

Have a fabulous evening all , speak tomorrow.

Day 10 and my second set of cleanse days- day 1 of 2

I am happy to say I am still on track, the thought of a cleanse day was exciting, and it think that is because I never felt starving last time and I did feel GOOD on it. The only part of cleanse day I have a small hesitance with is the Scooby snacks , (Isa Snack) but when I had them just now they were not as bad as I remember them last week, the taste is fine, although I am going to try the berry flavour next, I am on the vanilla, it is the dry chalky texture that gets me. But I am very happy to look at the bigger picture. 

I was told they are basically all the nutrients etc from the shakes, in tablet form, and that makes sense. 

These are my Scooby snacks

This is the cleanse, I put is with hot water and make a delicious tea

This is the accelerator which helps my metabolism , instead of me writing all it does, if you click on the link at the side to my Isagenix page you can look under products, and weight loss solutions and read the correct information, instead of Tamzin's abbreviated version!!

Well I was just enjoying a break so wanted to post quickly, now I need to crack on with the painting, so hopefully I will post later.

Day 9

It is evening again, all my good intentions of posting during the day, go out the window during the day. Just too much to get done, and I never seem to have the time. I clearly need to make time!
Today has gone well, I have managed to get lots done and even put my picture on my Isagenix website, thanks to a friend, who showed me how to resize photo's .
I had a delightful call from two people in Canada, we were on a conference call all about Isagenix and the products and different ways I can use the same products , taste of products, others tastes in the same product range, it was all so interesting. I will now be calling my IsaSnack tablets, basically the shakes in a tablet, taken on cleanse days, as Scooby snacks. They were encouraging me on my journey, as I head towards my second set of cleanse days, tomorrow and Saturday. I will be weighing myself on Saturday, but since I am also driving to Dallas/ Fort Worth area that day, and back, which is 3.5 hours each way, I might not manage to do all my measurements, so I am thinking of waiting until Sunday morning to do everything and then post immediately for you all. ( and of course me- the moment of reckoning)I am getting nervous, as I can feel the difference, but I really want the figures to totally support it.
I was thinking last night as I crawled in to bed exhausted, that in fact I have not slept so well in 5 years, and that is fantastic. It is having such an effect on me in other ways, my mental clarity is definitely better, I can keep my to do lists in my head and juggle it, if that makes sense. I am naturally an active person, but I am finding myself actioning jobs that have sat around for a while, and I LOVE that.
Plumbing is all back to normal, just in case you wanted to know, erase from your memory if you did not.
I have ordered some other items today for snacks, which will add variety, so when they arrive, I will share a photo of them, and what I think of them. I had to order my husband the milk chocolates today, he has a sweeter tooth than me! I am excited to try the savoury snacks I ordered.
I just realised that I have eaten my evening meal tonight and not had any bloating, that is amazing. I have been having so many problems with bloating and pain, and they even operated last September due to it, my stomach was so big, we named it Theo, it made all the staff in ER laugh that I had named my Stomach, but what else can you do. When they could not stop if from bloating up and up, and believe me, they tried many awful and uncomfortable ways, they operated. This has been a problem for me since we arrived in the US, so we knew it was something to do with food, but could not find anything that would stop the pain or bloating, and as i sit here, I realize for the first time in I do not know how long, I have eaten a normal meal of chicken, sweet potatoes, avocado, lettuce and tomatoes, and no pain and no bloating. Theo has disappeared. Now I am not going to tempt fate and say that is it for ever, but it is fantastic news for me. Absolutely fantastic news. wow, on that note, i am going to bed. I need to send a Skype message to my mum, she will be thrilled.
Good night all, sleep tight

Still Day 8

I thought I would try and write a longer post with more photos and see how this goes from the iPad. I am hopeful as it now has a new look to it since I went onto the App store and downloaded the app for the iPad , I think the one on here was the one from my phone:-( not helpful really.

Anyway, today has been a strange old day, I have been very tired, so I ate my meal at lunch time, wondering if it was food I needed, but that did not help. 

Having said a few days ago the plumbing was all working well, I can say I jumped the gun on that, this afternoon has been quite a few dashes to the loo, which has not helped my tiredness or mood. Feeling more tearful as well, so obviously having a day of toxin leaving the body! That's my take on the day.

For my morning snack I did have the chocolate from the fridge, and thought I would share a photo for you. 

I do enjoy these, and they are about the size of Ghirardelli  ( which might be spelt wrong)  which I like, so it feels decadent to eat them. They do boost me, which is all I need. 

I have managed to achieve a fair amount today, the downstairs loo is nearly finished, the candle in the drawing room is now re-filled, I had to melt the old wax and re string new wicks for the candle and then reassemble, if you are FB friends with me, I posted pictures there, but feel free to ask and I can post pictures here if you would like. It is all these odd jobs that take up the time. 

I am off to watch the season finale of Criminal minds, have a great evening everyone.

Day 8

I just wrote a post on my iPad and it was lost. So trying again, so this will be short while I see if this actually works this time!!!

This morning I had my supreme with hot water to turn it into a herbal tea and it was delicious :-)

The article is on my side bar

The article I mention in day 7, is now on the side bar, so if you want to read it, I must say i found it very interesting.

Day 7

Well so much for lots of updates!! another crazy day, rushing around. and I paid the price. I am not eating enough to have many days like today, so tomorrow needs to be calmer.

Well I started the day being naughty as usual and weigh myself, I was the same as yesterday, which for a brief moment i was miffed about, then I was OK about it. it has always been said you need to loose weight in a controlled manner and safely and healthy etc, so it is no wonder that I will have days that i do not loose, and if i was following the rules, then actually, I would not know, as my day for weighing myself is still 4 days away..so I got over that and got on with cooking the boys breakfast instead.

I have been very  very tired today, to the point of yawning and wanting to curl up and sleep, which has not helped my to do list, or as they say here in Austin, the Honey do list :-) , it could be a number of things, I know that time of month is about to launch, in fact it should have, so maybe that,  I stupidly this morning took the PM tablets packet  and not the Am packet with my shake this morning, might have had an effect, a question for me to ask to those who have done this  for much longer and know the answers or can find the answer :-) that is the beauty of having support in a team. I read a very interesting article in our team FB private page that i am waiting for permission to re post on my blog as a separate page, so you can always find it. It was saying how when you start putting better quality products in to your body it goes through cycles to get rid of the toxins and old , and this is not a gradual process but a process where the body achieve a level of success  then has to regroup again as it finds more things to eliminate, anyway, I am not explaining it so well, the article hopefully will be on my side bar very soon, under Pages,  for you to read. It is not that long, but makes a great deal of sense.
As my day was so crazy, I also did not take my meals or snacks regularly, and that would have contributed to my tiredness. I went from having a shake at about 8.30am to only having water until another shake at about 2.30pm, so i need to make sure I have a snack in the car in case I get caught like that again. Of course i am doing the 30 day cleanse and fat burning, most people are not trying to do this in a normal day, so once I have achieved my goal, i will be eating sensibly and having snacks that are sensible, but as I am trying to be literal , I am following the rules ( apart from weighing myself) and only eating/drinking what the pamphlet is saying at the moment.

So I think some good solid reasons why i am exhausted, and add on a 3 mile walk with 3 dogs, and you get the picture.

Tomorrow is going to be calmer. I am going to aim to just paint the down stairs toilet, and get that finished. I have a Skype call with Morag, who is going to talk me through more of the products, as today she let me know I can turn my Ionic supreme in the morning to a tea, so excited for tomorrow morning. I miss my hot drinks in the morning. So tips like that will make my life easier. All hail to Morag will be my thoughts wondering around the garden in the morning with a warm beverage and dogs :-)
I am off to sleep, tomorrow will arrive soon enough.

Day 6

Well what a day, I kept meaning to sit down and update you all, and time kept running away from me. Such a busy day, lots done, but I am shattered and ready to collapse in bed again.
I wanted to post from my computer because it is easier than typing from my phone, especially when tired!
I have had many thought today that I have wanted to share and I am not sure I can remember them all now, so you might get multiple updates tomorrow as they all come back to me.

I have had my orange drinks today for my snack, the 'want more energy' and that was my last one from the trial pack, so I will be ordering more, because I love them, they have two other flavours as well, a citrus one and a tropical fruit and hibiscus one, so I will try one of those as well. They work, taste fantastic and definitely boost me along in the mid morning and late afternoon, when I am flagging. Apparently they are helping with stress, I do believe they are.
The other thing I will be ordering is the Ionix Supreme, it says to take one serving each day, and I have- but when I read the serving size it said 1 or 2 fl.oz's, so I went with the 2 fl.oz's, but the bottle has 32 fl.oz's in it, so by doing 2 fl.oz I have used too much, a miss calculation on my part. Lesson learnt. I could have been more economical, not really in my nature my husband would say,but in all honesty I just had not registered that fact. I did not wish to seem like a light weight by only have 1 fl.oz, just because it looks like liquidized cabbage, brussels sprouts and kale. I must say it smells nice, and I actually now, don't mind the taste.

Of course, I must confess to having been naughty and gone on the scales again today, I am down 8lbs now, which puts a smile on my face. I do know I should not go on them, but it is just me, and the temptation is too much, I NEED to know it is working.

Not sure if any of you wish to know about my plumbing, but it is all fine, more trips to the bathroom than normal, all the water I am drinking is definitely keeping me popping to the loo often. So far I am not clogged up, but they do supply IsaFlush tablets for me to take at the end of each day, so my system should stay on track.

I do the official weight and measurements on Day 11, so not long now to see where I really am with all the figures, and then on Day 30 I will get the final talley.

Well, I am off to bed , sleep tight everyone.

Day 5 and alsoMothers day

I hope you all in the US had a lovely Mothers Day and any other countries that celebrate today also. I received a beautiful present from my children that they all helped with. I love it. My daughter organized it and got my son to send the first photo, as she had no idea how he was going to produce an 'O' and then she followed suite. Made my day, of course being able to enjoy a meal with everybody today was also delightful .

I have not managed to fit two shakes in today , I think the heat, too much water, and so tired , so I am in bed now not sure what effect that will have, but all I need is to sleep.




-posted using my iPhone , the one that has not gone swimming

Day 4 in the evening

My name is now grumpy,
Sorry but it is, my kids are not liking me at the moment, and I can't say I blame them, but a little bit of help around here would not go a miss.
It is now 7pm, and I am on my late afternoon snack, so enjoying my chocolate and writing my blog, becoming a habit, chocolate and blogging :-)
Not sure why I am grumpy, whether it is me, the diet, time of month of just husbands and kids winding me up, as any of them could be true, so i will blame anything but my goal of slimmer and healthier- they all have broad shoulders.
As I was cooking earlier my daughter came over, and she was lacking energy, due to not sleeping very well, could have been because she had her 13 year old brother over for the night!!  but she tried the e+ energy shot and the t+chai and gave both of them the thumbs up, I will talk to her later and find out if she was running on major energy once she left me. The shot was definitely a taste she needs to adjust to, the tea she really liked.
I am struggling with the Isa snacks, that i take, for me they are too powdery, but Allan tried one and thought they were fine, I drink about 3 glasses of water with them, but I have to say they WORK. Once I take them, I do not feel hungry, and can keep on track, so that is very good. I will try some other flavours.
Tomorrow I get to go back to my shakes days and one meal a day and vegetables and salad, which will be nice, I do enjoy that. I will eating that at lunch time as we are grilling for Mother's day with friends, and that will be different, as up to now it has always been an evening meal. Change is good.

I have now managed to connect my Isagenix web site to this blog, of course I am feeling proud of myself, as it took some time, since pride comes before a fall, I am expecting the whole site to crash or go skew-whiff soon.

Well I am signing off for now and going to practice my piano, before I go outside and do some gardening, as it is cooling down nicely now.

Day 4, and my second day of cleansing

I am sitting here, enjoying, and I mean enjoying, my Isadelight dark chocolate snack, it is now chilled and really nice, my husband just nibbled on it, and he wants to try the milk chocolate, he says the dark is just too dark for him- which is good as he is a chocoholic and now should stay away from it!!

I did wake in the night, about 12.30am, the dogs were restless, and I was hungry, so I had a glass of water, and went back to sleep easily enough, and this morning woke up fine. the cleanse as a cup of tea was delightful, definitely my favourite way to take it. I realise it could be me just missing hot drinks, but it is so nice to have that hot drink wondering around the garden with the dogs.

Of course, i now have just cooked crepes for my youngest son and his friend who slept over, and once i have finished this post will be starting on the cooking for the potluck at karate later- I mean really!! timing is everything they say, well this is not the best. my mantra today will be  no finger licking- i will have my music turned up, sing along and just enjoy the rhythm of baking.

I decided to take five minutes and enjoy my mid morning snack of the chocolate, my supplements and water before i go baking crazy :-). It is Mothers day tomorrow, so will need to bake some extra for everyone for then as well. This is not as hard as I might be implying, I am just going for the sympathy vote really, if I was baking bread, cheese straws,  soups, savoury nibbles, it would be hell- but as I do not have  a sweet tooth, i can handle the desserts, although the mini meringues, filled with lime mascapone and garnished with a fresh raspberry is a favourite- i will resist.

getting very cross that this program does not auto correct me on i, and turn it to an I just annoying.

Anyway, my break is over, my oven is calling, but it is Saturday and I am going to bake in my PJ's for now.

Day 3 and my first cleanse day

I am all over the place today, definitely need to be more organised tomorrow, it is 2.20pm, about to do the school run, and I am only up to the late morning cleanse- my day has just been crazy. I must say I have not been hungry though.
I have been naughty, i went on the scales, I had too, it was killing me not too, they kept looking at me each time I went in the bathroom. the good news is I have already lost 5lbs, so now I will be focused on not getting on them until my official weight and measure day, which is day 11.
Of course, I am due to start the dreaded time of the month, so that will not help my mood, my bloating or weight, but hey ho, solder on we will.
I tried the cleanse in warm water this morning then chilled it with ice cubes, and it was fine, but the 2nd cleanse I had it as a warm tea, and that was delicious. I have definitely missed my hot drinks. So that is how I will keep having that from now on. The Isa snacks, the tablets- hmmm, a bit powery for me to start with, but with water they went down ok, the taste of the vanilla was fine, so no real complaints there. A new experience and one that is totally acceptable in the name of weight loss and then weight maintenance.
The chocolates that I have , needed to be put in the fridge, when your house sits at 76f + even with the aircon on, it is not good for the chocolate, so once I had one, the taste was fine, but, they went straight in the snack draw of my fridge. later they will be perfect!!!
I have been out and walked the dogs around the trail today, had my piano lesson and been doing household chores, i still need to bake, my youngest son Ben, kindly signed me up for desserts for his karate club tomorrow. they are having a pot luck after the black belt testing, and Ben is going along to watch, so I get to take food- on a cleanse day!!
He even choose what he wanted me to bake, a bittersweet chocolate cake, individual meringues with lime mascapone and raspberries, and tablet ( a sort of Scottish fudge)- you just have to love your kids.

well I must go and collect Ben, and keep going, as the day is not over for me, even if it is Friday, and catch up with my cleanse day list of intake.

half way through day 2

feeling tired today, not sure if it is the weather- thunder storms rolling in, or the lack of caffeine headaches, or life, but really feel like having a siesta . But instead i will have one of the ' want more energy drinks' and see how i fare :-)

Tomorrow is my first cleanse day, so i am excited and nervous about that. I am two consecutive days. I hope it is normal to want to leap on the scales and weigh myself and grab the tape measure, I am NOT, but boy oh boy i want to.

I am reading all the gumph that came through as well, about the business opportunity, and getting excited about that side of it all. I sent my daughter the link today for the 18-35 age group and she is going to join. She loves energy drinks and uses products like this, so it is a great opportunity for her to use a great product, save money, make money and for us to be working together. I am looking forward to us being able to take trips to the events together, we know how to have a good time :-) and love flying away.

I am off to put the ironing away, then heading to my craft room , to make some paper pumpkins, they have been arriving monthly and I have not managed to get around to doing anything with them, so now is my chance, before the schools break up and I have to deal with the boys.

Day 1 ( again)

So I sat and wrote day 1 last night in my bed and posted it, I did notice my phone app crashed, but i lived in hope it had posted, but as I sit here this morning ready to write a piece I see it has not posted or  saved it. So my words of wisdom from yesterday are gone- shame really!!

Day 1 went well, i mastered the different containers and only had a few hic-ups. the main one was a silly one. i could not get my new blender to work. looking back it was quiet funny. As i tried and retried, read the instruction booklet, got side tracked by recipes, they ahve one for pina colada!!, and tried again, it turns out I am too gentle. I had to just push down harder and the blender sprung into life and mixed my shake up.

I tried the natrual and french vanilla yesterday, not much difference for me, Today I will not put ice in as I want to see if that does not make it so thick. i am not someone who drinks thick drinks, shakes, creamy drinks ( except brandy Alexander :-) ) so i do not enjoy drinking down the texture when it is so thick, that is a question i will post to the team FB page today, as I have found that to be a helpful place to get advice.

I knew i would  get a headache from stopping coffee, and it started about 1pm, and just got worse, my boys were brilliant though, and helped me through the evening.

Dinner was dry freid chicken with lots of vegtables, I had brown rice, and they had some potatoes, were usuing some left overs from a raost dinner the day before, but I could not finish that meal, so over all I feel it was a sucessful day.

I did not have my morning snack, but did have a leanbar in the afternoon, more for flavour in my mouth, finding water is not as tasty as my coffee. Today at snack time I am going to have one of the orange drinks I am allowed, as i think that will curb my drink fettish!!.

Don't get me wrong I love water, and drink lots of it, but ususal drink sparkling, and add lemon or lime ( which is why I have now started my own citrus grove) , fresh water, which my fridge kindly dispenses to me chilled is lovly, but variet is needed- so that is my challenge more than anything at the moment. I suppose the heat here, does not help that.

minus one day- excitement is rising

Tomorrow I start this journey, and I am ready.
There are lots of reasons why, some of them obvious, I am most probably a typical female and hate being over weight, I see my picture all over the place- damn Facebook- and need to do something about it. My health is not where I want it, and I am fed up with doctors not being able to pin point what is wrong, I feel like I am  always a test specimen. Not the way forward at all!!
I have signed up with a company called Isagenix, and am excited to start using their natural products to help me along this path and keep me focused on my goal.

My love for cooking, growing my own herbs, fruit and salad items, crafting, house DIY and decorating and exercise are my focus for the foreseeable future, as they all allow me to put my family first. This new venture fits in so perfectly. I am going to love exploring all the opportunities.

 I have always loved running half and full marathons, but those days may well be behind me, my right knee is just not playing ball their anymore, so as I explore new exercises to help me stay fit, i will post my successes and shortfalls for you. It is very hard for me to except running is out totally, so one of my aims is, to loose 30lbs and then go and see my knee surgeon again, and see what they think, maybe i can do half marathons, which is what they had hoped.

My box arrived today full of goodies from Isagenix, so tomorrow I can start my first 30 day cleansing and fat burning , i have taken all my measurements, and the ghastly before photo..let the

my box has arrived, Alex helped me carry it in :-)

I laid all the products out so i could check them off from the list of items shipped. I thought it made a great photo

fun begin.