Day 10 - Phase One Done!

Today is Day 10 so I am officially done with the cleanse phase today. Know what that means?? No more Fiber Drink!!!!!!!!! That, in and of itself is great news worthy of celebration. I drank the whole thing this morning and almost didn't make it. I have to admit, though, after drinking that and eating breakfast I was STUFFED. So, guess it works. After that, I had a salad for lunch (at Panera of course, it is Sunday after all) and that made me feel super stuffed too. I still felt like eating something sweet and yummy but I resisted and that is one of my biggest achievements from this whole experience. But, I'm not done yet! Ahead of me is 14 more days of Phase Two, which I hope to be super effective. I want to lose weight! Now!! I know the whole "thigh gap" thing is not in my future but I'd really like to not have any more cottage cheese going on down there. So here's to a successful next two weeks!

I haven't felt like I've had anything worth posting the last few days, mainly because every day has been really weird and not at all sticking to my plan/schedule. Unfortunately that has also meant my eating has been a little all over the place too. Personally, I think I've still made good choices and stuck with the principle of the 'cleanse' but the scale does not seem to agree. Friday the hubs wanted Chinese food, so we went out. I got a tofu and mixed veggie dish with a little brown rice. Saturday we went in to Atlanta and had lunch at IKEA. There, I love the meatballs but haven't had those in a looooooong time. Fortunately they have some options and I had a tomato and veggie soup with a small side salad. Dinner was at Panera before we hit the road to head home, and there I had a cup of black bean soup with a half of the classic salad. It was delicious! Today at Panera I had my usual Thai Chopped Chicken salad sans the Chick.

Overall, I do feel better and don't feel quite so bloated and icky as often. So.... that's good :) We'll see what happens next!

And in other news, I've been working on a project for my friend who just bought a house. Her colors are yellow and grey so I made a little lap blanket/afghan. It turned out cute. If I'd have used my time better I could have bade it bigger but oh well. :)

 I laid it out on one of my blankets to evaluate the size and arrange the squares. I ended up finishing the border in the car so I didn't get a good picture of the whole thing laying down but imagine the two pictures combined and you can get the picture :)

One of my purchases at IKEA was this cute jar so of course I had to use it! So, today I made some almond butter using my new Vitamix I got for Christmas. Super yummy!!!!!! Made a AB&J sandwich for the hubs and he loved it. He said that's the way he always wants it from now on :)