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I feel like I have so much to tell!

I am officially finished with week 1!

I can't say I didn't cheat any, however everything I ate came from the plan. A few nights early on I needed a little something between supper and bedtime so I grabbed some fruit. I partly think it was habit. But I managed to adjust my schedule so that now I don't typically feel I need something else. I also did not eat every meal in the book. I made myself try a few new things but focused on what would allow me to be successful in completing. So I swapped things here and there. I often stuck to the same meals for convenience and budget.

Some food from the week

I think had two big struggles. There was the lack of energy. I seriously went to bed at 7:00 one night. Then there were the power greens to get down. After a little research I learned to do it more as a shot, followed with a lime and chase it with water - and it became not so bad!

Some of you might have thought no coffee would be my downfall, and I absolutely thought it would be too. But I've had zero coffee all week. Do you know how I serve at my church on Sunday mornings? I arrive early to make tons of coffee for the congregation, haha. That was maybe the most challenging individual moment. That and smelling office coffee each morning.

There were a few other times I was very tempted such as; my mom had just pulled brownies out of the oven when I stopped by to visit one day, the smell of taco salad at work and donuts at church. But I stuck to my plan!

One of the main reasons I stayed focused was because of a few ladies who kept messaging me asking how it was going. A couple of them started their own plan, of different kinds, the same day. It was great to be able to encourage one another. They always seemed to message at just the right time. Thank you ladies!

I also think it helped to see the scale moving like it did. I don't think I have ever seen the scale move like that! The only explanation I can come up with is something I was eating was definitely not agreeing with me and causing some major inflammation. I don't anticipate it to continue moving at the rate it did. I will post official week one results Monday here: https://www.facebook.com/mandyhazelfitness/ or here: https://www.instagram.com/MandysJourney2

Mentally and physically I wouldn't say I feel a change yet. I think that is mostly because I've felt so tired. However, it only took a couple of days to realize how much I'd missed a lot of these foods. I would eat how I'm eating every single day and be very content - well, I'd add back some animal products and do the whole package of Shakeology... and  drink coffee... and add peanut butter...

Now I am headed into week 2, "Release". I've been grocery shopping and think I can prep food daily. I did not do as well as I would have like with gratitude journaling and hope to work on that this week.

Let's do this!