Girls Night Out to Size 10 Pants

So last night was the first annual Margarita Girls night at my friend Erin's house. It was a lot of fun. I don't have many female friends around here so it was nice to get out and meet some other women and to be able to talk about girl stuff. Like the craziness of men, the craziness in ourselves, and life's little issues.
It also gave me a chance to dress up! Even though it was a casual event I don't get much opportunities to dress up.  So I hot rollered my hair and put on a little make-up and a nice dress and shoes. It's funny how much more confident you feel in yourself when you dress well.

It was also really nice to have time without my little angel. Even though I love him to pieces it was nice to spend some time away. 

Where does the size 10 pants come in you ask? Well I'm going to tell you. After all the sugary drinks and carb. loading I was feeling kinda fat this morning. I've been wearing size 12 and 13 pants. They're low rise so they tend to come up to tummy point that I'm most self conscious off. Making me look like I have a muffin top because my tummy is still a little mommy poochy....it will probably always be a little mommy poochy. 

Anywho back to what I was getting at. I was rooting around in my pants bin and the ones I grabbed were a size 10 from before I was preggers. I only got to wear them maybe 3 times before I started to gain baby weight. At the very beginning of my pregnancy I ended up loosing weight so I went out and got new pants. 1 pair I never even got to wear. So anyway I was thinking these will never fit, but what the heck I'll give them a go anyway. See how much more I have to go before they fit. I was surprised when I pulled them up and didn't even have to do any shimmying or hoping...I was even more surprised when I could do them up...I was ecstatic when I looked in the mirror and couldn't even see a hit of a muffin top!

Needless to say, I am feeling pretty good about myself right now.

Margarita Party Attire

Feeling Old

Ever notice that the older you get the younger women in advertisements appear?
I hate walking through the mall and seeing all the 14, 15, 16 year old models in the windows. Not because I wish I was young and beautiful and filled with ever lasting youth. Far from that. With youth comes stupidity and I've very much over that stage. I just hate how even when you go to a store that's supposed to be geared towards an older crowd the models are still so young. I want to see a women who looks like me wearing the clothes. So that would be your average Late 20's early 30's. That way I would know what the clothes will actually look like. When the do have older women they look like they could be my mother in their 40's or 50's.
So according to mall window advertisements only teenagers and older women buy clothes. Funny enough the fashions seem to be in those two areas as well. It's hard to find clothing that feels appropriate. Either I feel like I'm trying to dress half my age and not doing a good job pulling it off or I feel like I'm dressing well above my age which in turn does make me look older then I am. So I'm stuck wearing jeans and t-shirts or jeans and a sweater almost every day. I feel like a slob but what can yeah really do about it?

Wheat Berries into flour

So I used my Vitamix last night to turn Wheat Berries into flour. I should start by saying in an effort to change my dieat I want to start making as many things as I can from scratch. So I ordered 35 pounds of wheat berries online...no that's not a type-o, that's 35 bloody pounds of wheat berries. 10 pounds hard red wheat berries and 25 pounds soft white.
     You need a hard white or red berry for making bread. The soft one is for baking. So these two bags will fit into one of those big buckets you can buy at home depot. I think it's 10 gallons. So I decided last night I would mill some flour up to see how easy it would be. In the Vitamix you can mill 2 cups at a time and it takes a minute. Very easy but noisy. I did learn though that 2 cups of berries turns into 3 cups of flour...I then looked down at my 10 gallon bucket...so that makes 15 gallon bucket worth of flour...oh dear lord! I wont need flour for the next year! ....but then again if I plan to bake everything from scratch probably wont last as long as I would hope.
     Why did I buy so much you ask? That's easy. It cost 19 bucks to buy a jar of 1.75 pounds of berries yet it only cost I think it was  like $16 for a 10 pound bag....it actually cost more in shipping then it did for the cost of the berries themselves. I think that's why it's cheaper for the bulk. Plus you're not paying for the jar. All together it was like 68 I think for the 35 pounds so it was just over 2 bucks a pound.
     Once I have a day off I'm going to try to make some bread which should be an interesting experiment. I'm excited. I'm going to make peanut butter bread with real peanuts. Hopefully it turns out.

Diet Review

So one of the ladies at the dealearship where my husband works told me I looked like I had lost a lot of weight. and that I was looking great! I told her I only lost 10 pounds and she said it looks like a lot more. She even asked me for the recipes for the smoothies I was drinking because she would like to do it as well.
So my cleanse was a success. Not only for the way I feel but also for the fact that everyone can tell there's been a change and that I am looking better. She even said my hair was looking really good and I haven't don't anything with that in a dogs age!

Cleanse Day 7

So I have no idea what I had for dinner yesterday seeing as Nathaniel was in charge of making it. I do know it was very green and tart. So Today I am starting the slow transformation from smoothies/juice to real food. I am still doing the smoothie for breakfast and lunch but we are going to start eating a veggie based dinner with a side of juice.

Seeing as I was working I didn't have the prep time I need to make smoothies for the day and we were running low on veggies until I went to the store. So the smoothie from this morning was very simple

Breakfast: Apple, Handful of grapes, Carrot, handful of lettuce, 1cup of water

Lunch: 1/2 Peach, 2 plums, Banana, 2 small zucchini, 1 cup water

Dinner: I baked a Spaghetti Squash, then tossed it with chopped fresh tomatoes and Zucchini, a little salt, pepper and Italian spice and shredded parmigiana cheese. I then transfered it to a pie plate and returned it to the oven to cook a little longer until the zuuchini are a little soft. I also cubed up a couple potatos and tossed them in olive oil, roasted garlic, onion and then roasted them in the oven.
Drink: 2 apples, banana, 1 cup coconut milk, a thick slice of Pineapple cubed

If you're wondering why I have started to introduce solid foods back in, it boils down to the fact that I was bored with the favor of blended foods. I missed individual flavors. But I am still to a primarily veggie diet including some loaded veggie smoothies.

Juice Cleanse Day 6

     I did notice that today my face is a little clearer. My skin has always been a little rough feeling on my face do to clogged pores but today the middles of my cheeks are clear and the outer cheeks and forehead have fewer bumps. So my skin might actually clear up by the tenth date, who knows!
Nathaniel keeps pointing out that my arms keep getting smaller. I also lost 2 pounds bring me down to an official 170 pounds.

Todays smoothies/juices

Breakfast: Detox + apple, plum, hand full of grapes

Lunch: Detox

Dinner: Whatever I can find to through together! hehehe I'm going to see about going to the farmers market today and pick up some veggies since we are running low. My first food run is now down to zip in the veggie department.

If you're looking for the meat loaf recipe I mentioned on the first day it's in the comment on the changing my life post from the beginning of my juicing blogs.

Juice Cleanse Day 5

It is the half way point of my ten day cleanse and this is where we are so far. I have visibly lost fat off of my arms and cellulite off the backs of my legs. My thighs and butt look smoother and tone. I haven't noticed any clearing of my skin yet but we'll see what the next 5 days brings. I am down to 172 which is below my pre pregers weight so thats exciting. Especially since I'm not doing this for the weight loss it just happens to be a positive side effect. I have noticed I don't get as tired during the day. I'm usually aching for a nap mid morning and I haven't had that urge lately.

Drinks for the day

Breakfast:
Everything Smoothie (vitamix):

Review: Great way to get a little bit of everything

Lunch: Mean Green Machine + Everything Smoothie + a banana and a hand full of cherry tomatoes

Note: I was making the smoothies for today the night before and bottled them. I had a glass of MGM from last nights dinner and 1 of ES from breakfast so I just mixed them together I added the tomatoes for added vitamins and the banana for flavor.

Dinner: Detox+