Good News!

Holy Smokes!  

I went to the doctor today.  And I weighed in at 148lbs.  That is amazing for me.  I haven't been under 150 in more than a year!  I have been more fit at times, stronger at other, and squishier at the worst times.  My last doctors appointment, about 4 months prior, I weighed in at 159lbs.  I'm pretty proud of my success.  

Hopefully it's thanks to my diet!

This morning I had my regular smoothie, my kale salad for lunch, and a green salad with steamed chicken.  At lunch I had a little treat of chocolate!  It was this "Unreal" brand that has less additives.  They were delicious.  I felt good. I was distracted and it was wonderful.  

I skipped any physical activity.  Last week I went strong Monday, taking off Friday, through Sunday.  I got one of the best nights of sleep.

Winning Sunday

Today was a pretty darn good day!

I woke up, had coffee and Herbalife with Lauren.  She left at about 10:45am, and I cleaned for an hour.  I went to the pool and laid out and read for 2 1/2 hours, and came home and had a great big green salad.  1/3rd of the way through I realized I was missing avocado - so I went back added more romaine (which is on it's way out to the trash), and added my avocado.  About two hours later, I was feeling a little hungry and craving a smoothie.  So I made a Herbalife smoothie with fresh strawberries.  It was so good.  I went to gym for an hour at about 7:30, ran for 30 minutes (first two miles at about 6.7 and then 10 minutes intervals with walking and sprinting).  I continued to stay and lift for 30 minutes.  I worked on triceps pull down, biceps curl, military press, chest fly, lat pull down down, split squats, and some seated calf extensions.  I was feeling good, and under my caloric goal for the day, so I came home turned on True Blood and made some air-popped popcorn with a little bit of olive oil and salt.  Pretty nice Sunday. 

Hungry Saturday!

I had Herbalife for breakfast - it was delicious.  Nice and thick!  It was really delicious.  I ate my smoothie at about 10:00am, and at around 1:30 I went to the gym.  I ran four miles, and was going to lift when I was called away for a little beach date!  I scarfed down my sesame chicken (complete with a little bit of white rice and japanese salad).  The beach was cold (super sad Caitlin), but we followed it up with dinner at Lauren's house.  I had bbq chicken (breast, no skin) with a little bit of brown rice, asparagus, and a few slices of baguette bread.  I followed it up with dessert (YUUUUUM) of brownie bites (2) with a scoop of mint ice cream.  It was a pretty lovely day.

First Herbalife Breakfast

Power went out at my house last night.  I had to make an escape to my friend Lauren's house.  We stayed up late giggling - and so I missed my morning work out.  I was able to get Herbalife though!  I tried a new flavor: a mix of berry and cookies and cream.  It was good not great.  I also wasn't able to hike or jog at lunch because I didn't really get a lunch.  I grabbed some low-far Garden Vegetable Pesto soup and half a Turkey, Avocado, BLT from Panera.  I try to use the resources the internet provides (http://www.paneranutrition.com/) to log my calories - that meal was 410 calories.  

I had a rough day at work.  My boss was gone - luckily the phones were quick, but my "other" boss was flying off the handle about everything.  So needless to say I did not want to come home and work out.  Lauren was already at my house, and I had planned to take her out for her birthday we had un-logged sushi and a Sapporo.  Then we went to a friends and enjoyed a few more beers.  It was lovely!  I was in bed by 1:00am.

I really enjoyed my Hebalife breakfast - which I drank between 9:00am-9:30am.  But I was hungrier much faster than I imagined I would be.  At about 11:00am I started to feel like I wanted a snack.  I had a glass of water, and covered the clock on my computer and got back to work.  I had my lunch at about 1:00pm.  And I wasn't hungry again until 7, but I was ravenous!

First Day!

Today is a special day.  Today is the day that I became a distributor for Herbalife!  I don't quite know where this is going to go yet - but I hope to make new friends, inspire myself and others, and maybe make a little extra cash!  

I plan to use this blog to initially track my progress.  I'll be using the product that arrives in my sales kit to see how effective it is - and so that if (or really more likely when) I'm ready to promote it, I can speak from experience.  I'm going to take a few pictures (before and after) and do my best to log my Herbalife in-take, eating, drinking, and work-outs.  I will also log how I'm feeling, good or bad, and any positive or negative side effects!  Look out Consumer Reports - I'm coming for you!