Nourished Life

Life…update :-)

Hi guys, sorry I have been little MIA, posting only here and there, and not really checking on anybody. I have been super busy working & living.

This is what is new & what has been happening:

- I am feeling super fantastic/accomplished after completing my Yoga challenge

- I have also been dealing with major joint pain for the longest time, my weight was not been coming off as much or not at all, no matter what I was doing with my diet and exercise and my PMS/periods have gotten super wacky and unbearably painful. I finally ditched my old useless PCP and found a new wonderful doctor and I finally got answers as to why.

I have been living with Hashimoto’s Thyroditis (autoimmune disease, where your body attacks your thyroid - here for more info) for years and I have been treated since 2007 with a Thyroid hormone replacement.

My new doctor just found out that my levels are super low and increased my dosage. Even after taking this higher dose for only few days I feel like a new person. My joint pain is disappearing and I am yet to see what happens during shark week :-) My energy is through the roof, and I am ready to get back to the swing of things and shake up my routine a bit.

I have already switched from “full time Yoga” to this:

- Body Rock 3x week

- Yoga 2x week

- rest days 2x week

As far as my “diet”, this is the new plan:

Beginning April 1st, I am starting IF (Intermittent Fasting) on a schedule of 16/8 with eating window either 12-8, or 1-9 depending on a day.

The benefits of IF are amazing, for more info click here.

I am very confident that with my new thyroid meds dosage, eating at a small deficit (NET at least 1500/day), BodyRocking and IF will bring my fitness level and my body to a completely new dimension.

If you made it this far reading, THANK YOU :-) for your support!

I will slowly be coming back to the Tumblr world and check on all of you!

Love & Light!

February 1st - exactly 1 year ago…

… I began my journey (my LAST weight loss journey ever! :-)

I was sick of letting myself go so bad, letting my weigh creep up to 150ies over the last few years, I was sick of the way I was feeling and looking.

My weight always fluctuated, but this time I reached a new low.

Due to a serendipitous turn of events I ended up watching the movie “Fat Sick and Nearly Dead”, and the fire I once had, lit inside of me yet again!

What did I accomplish this last year?

- 2x 30 Day Juice Fasts and many more short ones

- through ups and downs, still losing total of 22 pounds in the end

- quitting my major coffee addiction

- reducing my work load from 6 days to 4 - the best thing I have done for my sanity!

- being kind to myself throughout the whole process

What did I learn?

- if my body screams NO to certain workouts, move on to a gentler one and do not beat yourself up over it (Yoga good! Running Bad! …at least for my joints!!!)

- eating and NOT starving leads to a hot, healthy body!!!!

- slow and steady REALLY wins the race

What am I grateful for?

- my amazing life, my hubby, my family, my dog!

- Tumblr - camaraderie, support, accountability, inspiration 

- The Ultimate Yogi - for changing my body and enriching my mind

- MyFitnessPal - the last piece of the puzzle that will bring me to the finish line!!!!

Yep, that pretty much covers it :-)

Love and Light!!!

I just found my 1 year anniversary post… in a draft section ….oooops …

…coming now :-)

OMG

I just wrote this loooooong emotional, poignant post about my 1 year anniversary of my weight loss journey and then I erased it by accident….booooo…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I guess IT was NOT meant to be :-)

In short:

Last year was awesome, lost weight, feel great, love my life, love you all,….this time I am in it to WIN IT!!!!! ….. good night & goodbye!

:-)

feeling great

I guess all those gallons of tea and 12 hour sleep helped!

Up before 8am, soon I will do my Yoga, walk the dog and get on with my day off.

Seeing our best friends tonight, so plenty of delicious foods and wines are part of my near future :-)

Happy Monday everyone!

sick

Trying to annihilate whatever bug is trying to take over my body by salt gargles, neti pot, gallons upon gallons of tea with honey & lemon and marathon of Downton Abbey. Add a long night sleep and I should be back in business soon.

Sore as hell

I was wondering why my body is so achy since this morning, I tried to blame it on the extra hour of Yoga I did last night (personal-overachiever-OCD-brownie points)….but it just dawned on me that I had this huge Australian Shepard ram into me outside yesterday that send me flying down to the ground (asphalt) … I did not think of it much, but today, the whole left side of my body is out of whack, bruised up and my neck is tense.

Luckily I had a pre-scheduled session with my chiropractor today, (how convenient :-) And tonight - hot bath with Epsom salts should do the trick!

I love dogs, but this beast was a machine :-)

Happy Monday to you all in whatever state it finds you!

I am back :-)

I will be honest, it is very hard to stay away from Tumblr, from my wonderful followers and all this inspiration. Lost 4 followers in 9 days, not bad :-) 

2013 will be epic. I had some time to ponder, redid my blog theme, restructured my goals to more reasonable - slow and steady wins the race - kind of goals.

I am still doing my Yoga every day, I am juicing as a supplement to regular food, and I joined MyFitness pal to keep track of my portions. 

Lets keep each other accountable on MyFitnessPal, my link is here.  

If my predictions are right I shall reach my UGW 115lbs by June, not too shabby, hello bikini!

I really love Christmas but…

… I am so ready to go back to eating cleaner, not drinking too much wine and getting enough rest. Now I have 5 days to moderate till New Years celebration and then back to more sanity. My body and mind is definitely looking forward to it :-)

How was everybody’s Christmas? … and please tell me I am not the only exhausted person in here :-)

I am sooo terrible …

… and I am having fun with it :-)

So one of my December resolutions was to behave myself around food and just indulge occasionally when going to parties.

Well that is not going exactly according to my plan.

Work has been crazy busy these last 3 weeks, long days, clients are bringing lots of cookies/sweets, getting home late,  eating larger portions, craving sweets… on and on and on …

I cannot possibly beat myself down for this, I am still eating lots of fruits and veggies, squeeze in healthy dinners most of the days (except last night - after working over 12 hour day - order of Five Guys was really satisfying :-)

Anyway, I started the month under 125lbs and I wish to be around there, but I doubt it and that is OK! My main goal is to be under 120lbs by my 37 birthday February 21st, and I know I will get there by rededicating to full on clean lifestyle after the New Year!

On a very positive note, I am sticking with my Ultimate Yogi program everyday, so that should balance the chocolate I eat daily a little right? :-)

How is everybody dealing with the onslaught of Christmas goodies?

So proud of myself

I did so good yesterday (Thanksgiving).

I decided to partake in the feast, but practice mindfulness without stuffing myself like a turkey! I think if I went crazy my body would madly retaliate after 16 days of fasting on veggie and fruit juice.

We were at our friends for 9 hours, and over the course of the day I drank tons of water (10 huge glasses), had a bite of each appetizer and 1 tbsp of each fixin’ for Thanksgiving dinner, and 1 tbsp of 2 deserts. Little bit of wine over the course of the whole day, that could probably amount to one full glass (6 oz) in total.

I did not feel deprived or restricted, I felt part of the group and everything tasted AMAZING!

I ate probably less than 1/8 of what I would usually stuff myself with and still had a major blast! That only shows me that portion control IS possible and gives me hope for the future!

Now back to my juicing, resuming today for another 16 days, so I can have 32 full juice fast days under my belt this time around!

Juice on!

I thought really long and hard about this…

…and after much consideration I have decided to eat today (Thanksgiving).

The ONLY reason I was so set against eating this Thanksgiving and wanted to keep the 30 day juice fast going without a one day break is:

• I feel like if I set my mind on something, I have to finish it 100% and if I stray even a tiny bit I feel like a failure and I beat myself up about it! This pertains to all areas of my life. It is annoying because when I objectively look at my life I am doing really good, so I should stop cherry picking the “in my mind not so perfect moments” and start looking at the whole picture. Actually this thought process feels like a major “break through” for me!

The true reason I juice fast is:

• to reinstate balance, harmony and moderation back to my life, that includes socializing, eating, etc. Every juice fast, I go to social occasions armed with juice and tea, and do not partake in festivities, BUT today, we will be with our dearest friends all day, hanging out, laughing, surrounded by the best of the best foods (our friends are super into organic just like we are, so the foods will be superb, and we cooked and baked yesterday in the same vain to bring over) so I know I will nourish my body with clean food.

To sum it all up - Life is short and balance is what I am after in the long run!

Of course I will not be pigging out or getting wasted today, that would not be very harmonious, but I will have a bite of every single thing and few sips of wine, and resume my juice fast tomorrow.

And as a trade off, I will tag on an extra 2 days of juicing at the end of my juice fast, making it 32 days total ending 12/8/12.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving and don’t be too hard on yourself!!!!

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BIG Thanks to all of you - new and old followers for being so supportive!!!

Love and Light!

I feel so amazing!

I am like an energizer bunny.

Exhilarated and peaceful in the same time. Juice fasting always does that to me.

The amazing sense of mental clarity, inner peace and happiness that is overflowing!

I want these feelings to stay with me on the same level after I finish this fast, hence I need to figure out a way to incorporate the super clean lifestyle into daily life, while still being able to socialize, have wine and indulge on occasion without “falling of the squeaky clean wagon” hard again.

I love my life, progress not perfection, it’s all good!!!