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Hey there, Day 14-15.
I still feel great.  I was telling Brandy Jo, I wish there was a day I just felt like crap so I could actually relay that to everyone reading this.  That is not the case though, I feel great I have had plenty of energy and WOW you will not believe the sound sleep that I have been getting.  All week long we were up and at it early in the morning. This morning was a treat, we got to sleep in, and it was amazing!  I woke up at 820 or so and felt so awesome!!!!!  Seems like the change in eating has also changed my sleep.
 Day 14 was the last day of the 6~day cleanse that Brandy Jo was doing for her clients, everyone was doing great and feeling good. In the past, when I did the 6 day cleanses, I never did experience anything emotional and it was odd because it seems like it would cause emotions in other people. Yesterday, while talking to some clients who experienced emotions during this process, I realized that I too, have been feeling something.  I find it hard sometimes to figure out what emotion I’m feeling since I’m still kind of identifying them myself.  I don’t think I can identify a feeling every time but I’m sure I was feeling something.  The reason I mention all of this is because I never associated emotions with eating, it never really made sense till now.  Food really IS an emotional habit!  I think knowing this is key to being successful, because in order to kick some of our bad habits we have to know what bring them on and emotions really do bring on eating. Some people medicate, some people drink and some people eat.  I’m not sure I was always an emotional eater, but I definitely notice it now. Anyway, this was just a thought of mine, right wrong indifferent it seems to apply to me.  Day 15 as I said I slept in this morning, and it as AWESOME.  Brandy Jo let me sleep in finally!!!!!  She is dedicated to her work and her clients, that’s for sure! Seems like we have been running all day, however, the fact that I kept fed kept me going. One of our projects we completed today was a trip to the store to buy “props” for one of Brandy Jo’s upcoming presentations.  This project consisted of us actually shopping at Safeway (I know, I know….) We wanted to purchase some healthy looking items that contained crazy amounts of sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup. Some of the items we purchased were: Greek Yogurt, some rice cakes, fruit cups, fruit drinks, sport drinks, energy bars and other things. Thank goodness for Brandy Jo, I had no idea that some of those so called healthy things were actually bad for you.  I could not believe the ingredients in some of the things we purchased. It should be simple to explain fruit in a cup but their were a million things in it besides just fruit and juice.  She showed me the fine art of label reading 101. In the past, I would read the calories and fats, the things I thought I should be looking at. Truth is, I didn’t know what I was looking for.  I feel very enlightened and I’m grateful for my trip to the store with her. Brandy Jo usually buys our food or tells me which food to purchase, I just wasn’t sure how she came to those conclusions, now I know!
I guess I’m 12 days away from my 27 days, I have to say that it has flown by.  I haven’t really missed the bad food at all.  The only times that I have really missed food or wanted bad things is when I was hungry.  Brandy Jo’s cousin Josh and I were talking the other day and he informed me that he was going to do a detox this upcoming week, I’m super stoked for him and Brandy is even more excited for him.  I can’t wait to be able to write how he feels after the cleanse.  I wish I was there to support him and go through this week with him, it would be such a great time.  Funny story: Josh and I were talking on facebook about a year ago about how we needed to visit each other and drink beer and hang out, which was very possible since we lived only an hour apart. We were coming up with our master plan on our facebook wall, so everyone could read it, and Brandy Jo of course had to add her two cents. She told us that maybe instead of beer we could go have a smoothie or a juice or something and we laughed at this gesture and explained to her that it was a silly idea. Now I think that actually sounds like a good idea!  Josh is not the only one in Missouri doing the cleanse right now, I believe Leslie and Andrew started today, so we will support them as well.  I will keep everyone posted, as I know they will do well.  Till next time.
ps. Brandy Jo and I went to the movie yesterday and we DIDN’T have popcorn!!
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