My Healthy New Life Day 16

Day 16
Week 2 Weight loss.........2 lbs.  Total Weight Lost.........14 lbs.
This last week has been much harder than the first week of my reboot.   The first week I think was easier because Shawn was out of town which left me free to stay home and make my smoothies and adjust to a new way of life really.  This week we were busy running around which made it a lot  harder.  Shawn has been drinking smoothies with me which has been great for support, but now I am making twice as many smoothies.  It takes more planning to ensure that he has enough to take to work with him and it also means more trips to the store for fruits and veggies.  Poor Shawn, I made him a really terrible smoothie one day to take to work and it about turned him off of smoothies all together.
This week I had a couple plates of hot vegetables and one night I had a salad.  It was so great to have warm food for a change.  Yesterday, I had granola for breakfast and by lunch time I was really craving a smoothie.  I'm glad that my body is craving healthy food instead of junk food like I usually do.
Watch my video below to see what my plan is for the future.

The Eat-Clean Diet Recharged: Lasting Fat Loss That's Better than Ever!

The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook: Great-Tasting Recipes That Keep You Lean

What I like about the Eat-Clean Diet is that it really isn't a diet, it's a lifestyle change to eating whole foods.  She advocates eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins.   I'll let you know more soon!

My Healthy New Life Day 9

Day 9 (Already?)

Okay,  I have been holding back.  If you haven't noticed I haven't posted my weight yet? I've thought of just posting how much I loose and never posting what weight I actually started at.  The reason I haven't posted it yet is because it is incredibly hard for me to admit  how overweight I have let myself become, and I am incredibly self conscious of what other people think of me.  It is hard for me to know that other people know what my weaknesses are.  Which doesn't make sense.  Everyone can see I'm over weight.  So who am I kidding, just myself.   If you have kept up with BFF Amy's blog she talks about weighing herself every day.  Well, I am just the opposite.  I very rarely weight myself.  It's kind of like if I don't weigh myself then I'm not really very overweight.  It's my way of  avoiding the problem.
Well, today I am taking full responsibility for my weight and I am admitting to myself and the world (I am still cringing as I write this) that I started last week at 198 pounds.  There I said it.  Does it make me feel better to admit it?  No, but it does make me feel more accountable, and it does make me determined to never be that weight again.  
If you saw my update on facebook you already know how much weight I lost last week.  For those of you who don't know you can watch the video and find out!

My Healthy New Life Day 6

It's really late and I'm going to bed.  Talk to you tomorrow.  

My Healthy New Life Day 5

Day 5
Boy am I glad today is over.  I'm not vlogging today because my hair is up in a pony tail, I have bags under my eyes and I'm sure my mascara is smeared under my eyes as well,  I have my contacts out and believe me you do not want to see me with my coke bottle glasses on.
After having such a great week, today was really hard for me.  I made a terrible smoothie this morning that gave me a stomach ache,  and then I made another smoothie this afternoon that didn't taste very good.
I just had a blaaaaah, hard day today.  Nothing sounded good.  If I hadn't of committed to do this on my blog for the whole world to see, I probably would have throw in the towel and made myself a great big batch of chocolate chip cookies.  That's what I usually do.
But, this time I didn't.  Instead I bought some frozen fruit and made a real simple smoothie out of frozen berries.  It ended up being a nice little treat after the miserable other 2 I had today.  
I guess I don't have too much to say today.  I'm hanging in there.  I just  hope tomorrow is better than it was today.

My Healthy New Life Day 4

Maybe I should start recording my videos before I get so tired.  Maybe then I wouldn't be slurring all my words together.  

Here is green smoothie recipe I promised you:

Kim's Craving

3 med. carrots

1/2 lime (peeled)

1 pear (peeled, and seeds removed)

1 apple (peeled, and seeds removed)  The reason I am peeling the apples is that I didn't buy organic apples 

1 avocado (peel and pit removed)

2 handfuls of spinach

Water

Mix in blender until smooth

Here is another recipe that was good.  I made this on Sunday night when I was craving tomato soup.  I thought I might heat it up a bit, but I ended up really enjoying it cold.

Tomato soup smoothie  

4 med tomatoes

3 celery stalks

1/2 cucumber (peeled)

1/4 t. minced garlic

1-2 t. chopped onion

a sprinkle of dried basil

water

Mix in blender until smooth

I can't believe that tomorrow will be day 5 already.  

My Healthy New Life Day 3

I'm tired and I'm ready for bed, but after 12 (at least) tries, I am finally posting a video.  I'll give anyone a dollar  who counts how many times I say that I feel good.  Yes, it's late, and I do feel good.

See you tommorrow!

Don't forget to check out how Jake and Amy are doing here.  They just completed day 9, isn't that awesome?!

My Healthy New Life Days 1 & 2

After watching the movie "Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead",  and reading and watching BFF Amy's posts on her blog, I have decided to follow her example and do a juice/green smoothie reboot.

I'm too tired to write more tonight, but I will post more soon.
Wish me luck!