Hello again! I made it back and in one piece. Phew! I bet you were just as worried as I was!
In my last blog, I talked a lot about Khloe Kardashian and her book and some of the things I have learned from it. Now, I know I mentioned it but I want to reiterate that first and foremost, I was in search of me, myself and I. But in order to find me, I first had to muster up some energy to do it and that my friends, has been quite a journey for me. I have never experienced anything like it. I don't know if I was in a dark place or if a dark place was following me around because every time I felt like I had finally gotten ahead just a teensy weensy bit...I was back in the mud; couldn't move and didn't care if I ever moved again.
And then one day, I was handed this stuff. "Just put it in your coffee and see what happens. Maybe it will make you feel better." So that night, when I started work at midnight, I made me a cup of coffee and put this stuff in it. I was not expecting anything magical to happen. I was not expecting miracles. What I was expecting was to tell my person that this was a complete waste of their money.
By the end of that shift though, I noticed that I was thinking more clearly and I wasn't anywhere near as tired as usual. I was able to go home after an overnight shift and do some things that I had been putting off because I was just too tired to deal with it. That made me very happy. THEN, I remembered a friend posting about this "magic" coffee of hers that was changing her life. So I did a little research on the stuff and I talked with a couple of friends and next thing I knew, I was ordering this product.
Of course, my order would be late getting to me and I was more than anxious to get started on this stuff. I was mad at the company, I was mad at the post office, and I was mad at myself for "giving in" to the hoopla. Clearly this was a sign that I wasn't supposed to do this. But this gal wasn't going to give up on me. She gave me samples to get me through until my order got here and I started the program on Wednesday, May 2nd.
So this is what I do every morning:
*Drink a bottle of water and take 1 capsule (the capsules work with the stuff for weight loss but you don't have to take it). I'm not good at swallowing capsules so this probably works a few calories off just getting it down. I can deal with it.
*Make coffee. I was lucky enough to get one of those nice single coffee makers for Christmas and this is perfect for me because one cup per 8 hours is about all my ulcer will stand and I really do not like to drink coffee alone. I can handle one cup alone though. As long as my dog talks with me while I drink it. ANYWAY...one packet of the stuff goes into my coffee, stir and drink. Voila, done. That's it, and I go on about my day.
Like I said, I was on the search for energy and even though I had ordered and started the weight loss pill, I have not done one single thing to aid in the weight loss side of things. I have went out to eat in restaurants several times. I have had a drink or two. I have not been exercising much, outside of when my Fitbit tells me to get off my ass and walk. But I had a reason to not do these things. I wanted to make sure that this was going to give me the energy I needed. I think I was really wanting to test this product against my worst days. So, like I said I started it on May 2nd and today is May 11th and I decided to only weigh on Wednesdays but for S's and G's I did it today in hopes I would be able to blog. Nine days of doing nothing but drinking my magic coffee and taking a pill for no other reason than to have energy.
*In the past nine days, I have push mowed my yard...something I haven't done in a year, and I can't wait to mow again. Soon, I hope! My husband's rider needs worked on so I hope that takes a few months to fix.
*In the past nine days, I have cleaned out my cupboards and purged quite a few things. This is usually something I do about every two months but hadn't done for almost a year.
*In the past nine days, I have started deep cleaning my house and loving it. Something that has almost always been a norm for me but hasn't been for over a year now.
*In the past nine days, I have not needed a nap before work and I'm not just downright exhausted when I get off work.
*In the past nine days, I have noticed that not only do I remember things a lot better but I feel like my head is finally clear of the "gunk" that got me down.
I mean, other than that, this stuff hasn't helped me at all. ;-) So anyway, when I weighed this morning, I realized I was finally back in the 2teens! It has been more than a struggle for me to get out of those damn 2twenties and I don't ever want to go back. Nine days, 6 lbs. Doing nothing but swallowing a pill and drinking a cup of coffee. I'm perfectly fine and content with that until I get all my stuff done around the house and start back at my workouts. I keep telling myself "Imagine what will happen when you start working out regularly again!" and I get really, really excited about it. It has been A LONG TIME since I have been excited about much of anything.
So I am here singing the praises of this wonderful stuff. Not going to mention a product name yet. Not going to tell you anything more than I have found something that works for me. I'm sure most of you have enough people shoving weight loss products down your throats. That's one reason I haven't mentioned this on my Facebook. I have to hide about 20 posts a day between products and politics because I don't need anybody's opinions but my own. Nobody is going to change my mind but me.
Until next time, keep smiling and keep living. Thanks for reading!
