Day 30

Got on the scale this morning and nothing...........I'm holding steady at 165.8. I decided that since it was nasty outside today and I had a TON of errands to run after work (which put me getting into bed at 1 this afternoon when I'm always in bed no later than 8 in the morning) that I'm only going to do my green smoothie today and no food. I don't need much anyway b/c I'm not going to be up long. I have been making a different smoothie everyday and trying to experiment with different things and so far its working out great!! I have been spending SOOOOO much money on groceries though it's killing me. I have had to put my bills on the back burner so I can eat right and I'm getting terribly behind!! Ok lets just see here: Friday I went to the corner fruit stand $17 and Greenlife $43. Saturday Fresh Market $60, then today Greenlife again $60 so total for 2 weeks $180 OUCH!!

Anyway I promised myself that I would put my health first and put good healthy food first above all b/c if I don't have my health I don't have work, if I don't have work I don't have money and you know the rest!! I may not see the BIG picture everyday but I know that in the long run I'm going to be better off. I will save a TON on medical bills and RX and possibly save myself a hospital stay from some kind of funky virus or worse.

O speaking of funky.........the funk on my foot it comes and goes but not like usual, it is getting lighter and now I think I'm obsessed over it b/c I catch myself looking at it ALL the time now just to see if its making any progress of going away lol.

I'm still having those sudden pains in my side but not as often as I was and I haven't figured out what triggers it. At first I was thinking it was when I was eating my dehydrated veggie chips but today I had a pain after having 1/2 my monster smoothie, so IDK I just hope they quit!

I had an issue with my BM's today and last night. I usually have a BM when I wake up then after I have my smoothie I have another (which is about 30 min to an hour apart) and I might have another during the night at work. I never strain and it comes very easily and naturally and looks like my smoothies just a pile of green fluff (TMI I know, sorry). Last night at work I kept feeling like I had to go but just couldn't push anything out then about 9:30 this morning I strained so hard I thought I hurt myself but managed to squeeze some out but it was hard and I seriously thought I was impacted, like maybe from the chili I ate. Once I got home I honestly thought about doing a salt water flush...........yeah, you know its bad when you consider that one on your own!! But I felt the need to go and it finally came out, I was "backed up" though b/c once I pushed out the really hard stuff the rest was normal and I've had a BM about every hour since I've been up (so far its been 4 BM's) and they are all large ones.

My breakouts are seriously getting better but not completely gone. I have noticed that the blackheads never did reappear on my cheeks, nose and chin YAY!! My fingernails have never grown strong b/c as a kid I've always bitten my nails up until a few years ago. Now these suckers are STRONG and I've actually scratched myself a few times on accident and it hurt! lol. I love it but they aren't even long yet they are still short, they don't even come above the skin yet and I'm already injuring myself LOL.

Today's Eats:
Dent De Lion Smoothie (1 bunch dandelion greens, 2 mangoes, 2c fresh apple juice, 2 pears, 1c water)
Ok lets talk about this smoothie for a minute here. This sucker took me almost an hour to prepare b/c I had to break out the Green Star just for a few apples and if you own one of these you COMPLETELY understand the frustration of cleaning this monster over a few apples. Anyway I'm chopping away and I realize my poor Black and Decker blender is almost overflowing. So I blend everything up and I literally had to dump some out so I could add 1c of ice (I do this b/c I like a cold smoothie and without the ice it just taste warm even though I keep everything cold) so I break out my big 64 oz jug with a straw (the same one i used for my salt water flush during the MC) and it almost filled the whole thing up!! This is the biggest smoothie I have ever made. This smoothie actually did yield what it said it would which is 2 qts b/c so far all the smoothies I make only yield like maybe 24oz

Besides the HUGE smoothie and my normal amount of pure water I've had 2 BBQ flax crackers and water and that's all folks