Weight-in Week 12.. I decided to hold off my weigh-in update an extra week so my next post would be the 2-0 (spoiler alert!) These last 2 weeks I broadened my focus to more than just food. I’ve detoxified the inside of my body, now it’s time to detox the outside of my body. I made the switch from “normal” body products to products that use chemical free ingredients. I changed my soap, shampoo, face wash, deodorant, hair gel, and shaving cream to brands that are completely natural, using no lab-created ingredients. And to my surprise, I feel cleaner than ever. It took a couple of days to get used to a new smell (all the fragrances in commercial products are chemically based), but now I like it.
I have the word of the gardener herself that she picked them out of her garden the day before. Enough of my ranting, let’s get to the results. After the last 2 weeks, I lost 3.1 pounds, putting my total at... 20.2 Pounds!!! Big milestone. I’ll be honest, I feel a lot better, but I can’t really see a difference in my own eyes. Bridgette says she notices it mostly in my face. My clothes do fit better, but I’m not quite down a shirt size yet. But overall I have gone down 3 belt loops, so that’s been nice. So, to put it into perspective, so far I have lost the amount of weight equal to: -A car tire (mind=blown)
Fun Fact: Did you know that the typical soap/body wash you buy at the store has so many chemicals -A karaoke machine in it, it can’t even be labeled as soap. It’s actually a If you’ve been following my Facebook page, you “detergent”. saw that I ran 2 miles for the first time in a long But the thought of washing yourself with detergent time. That’s my new minimum. It takes me about can seem a little scary, so the name brands get 35 minutes to do it, and I’ll be super happy when I around that thought by labeling their products as, can do it in 30. My first goal this week is a simple “beauty bar, moisture bar, body wash, body scrub,” one, keep the kitchen clean. I blew my last goal of cooking all our meals for a week all because I didn’t and all sorts of other labels. Something else I focused on the last 2 weeks is keep the kitchen clean. I gave the kitchen and fridge trying to buy locally grown foods. I’ve looked at a good cleaning yesterday, and I got food to cook for meat markets, stopped by a farmer’s market, and each day of the week, planning ahead. I also bought really investigated where my food is coming from, whole ingredients to make for me and Bridgette. even at restaurants. Why? Because I want to support I am roasting my own turkey breast and slicing it my community. I get to live in the great state of for sandwiches, I am baking our own bread (with Texas, which is so large and diverse that our land stone milled whole wheat), and I baked and sliced can provide most commodities that people need. As chicken breast for our salads. I got just enough a result, many products are cheaper here because food to last us till Saturday, when I will be visiting they come from our own state, and money keeps the Waco farmer’s market for more local and fresh flowing within Texas. That’s why the Texas economy food. My second goal this week is to go the whole has bounced back from the recession faster than week eating only locally, with a 3 meal mercy. So other states, and why we haven’t suffered as much if a social opportunity presents itself, I won’t be all as other states in this economical disaster we’re “elitist” and decline. I’ll also continue running. in. So at the very least, I try to spend my money in Texas only, but I especially try to support the local My apologies to Jack in the Box. True, you were communities of Belton, Temple, Killeen, and Austin. very kind to my wallet, but now I am being kind Furthermore, I don’t want to eat food that was to my body instead. Why should I die earlier than I shipped all the way from Montana (did you know have to? there is no regulation on the transport of food???). I want to eat something as fresh as possible, and My apologies to Casual Male XXL, you’re when I bought vegetables from the farmers market, going to lose my business in the future.