D.Tox- Day One

Diets are the hardest things ever for me.  I hate them.  I like healthy food, I really do.  It's just that I like that food with pizza, noodles (the more the merrier), and sauce.  Lots and lots of sugary, carb loaded sauce.  And bread- I love me some bread.  Bring on the gluten.  I think that stuff is pretty awesome, too.

I bought this D.Tox kit and meal plan through the gym and started it today.  To put it simply, it's a couple shakes per day + 3 smaller meals that are "clean".  Mostly just fruit, veggies, lean organic chicken, fish, or turkey.  Since there is actually real food involved I thought I could survive two weeks of this and get myself on track.  The hardest part is no dairy is allowed and also no eggs.  Oh yeah, and NO CAFFEINE!  I didn't realize quite  how much those things I included in my mornings.  I had been tapering off caffeine for a couple weeks trying to get ready for this.  I was down to 1 diet coke every other day.  I had my last one on Saturday.  It was a tough morning.  I was more than a little bit cranky.  According to my mother, I was always a happy person in the morning growing up.  I'm not sure when that changed, but for as long as I can remember I have not been pleasant before 10:00 a.m.  Luckily, the weather here has been absolute shit the past 3 Mondays, including today, so our office had a delayed opening due to the weather.  I think the weather gods knew something was up with me and thought it best to spare all my coworkers the first 3 hours of my consciousness this morning.  It was painful.  Literally.  I have never wanted coffee so bad before in my life.  The good news is I survived and it isn't even 10:00p.m. and I'm barely able to stay awake. I should sleep well.  

Also, I survived the dreaded first workout.  Cycling for 45 minutes, Rowing machine (a.k.a. medieval torture device) for 10 minutes - don't judge, it's been a while - and 3 sets of 15 kettle bell swings.  It's just a matter of time before I launch one of those through a mirror.  They are dangerous! 

Tomorrow is going to be really hard.  It is going to be the first dose of reality as far as the diet thing goes.  We have a catered lunch at the office from one of our dealerships.  This is where work totally ruins me.  Always food, visitors, and entertaining.  Since it is one of my stores, I have to be there.  I'm going to pack a lunch and do my best to resist the temptation.  It's Italian food.  I fucking love Italian food.  The only thing that will really help is that I have my first weigh in tomorrow for the contest.  Please send willpower!  Lots of it.

More updates soon,

Hilaree