Well I can't believe I am in the Release stage, phase 2. I am still loving the new recipes. It is a lot of food prep, but it keeps me busy. I do miss having my shake every morning. I did make one today for day 9. I was really happy today, felt great. I wasn't hungry in fact dinner was a stretch but the soup was awesome! I've lost weight in fact almost 7 pounds in phase 1, I'm excited to see what the second week has. It feels so good to be eating healthy.

My goals was to blog each day, to keep a journal of my Ultimate Reset journey, well then you know life gets in the way and I got busy. So Day 3,4,5 have been good. I definitely feel lighter, and feel very satified with the food. Loving trying new things. I am still having my shakeology for snack everyday, can't seem to give that up. Day 3 brought lentil salad and veggie black bean taco. Day 4 was Fruit and yogurt, micro green salad, and quionoa salad with a sweet potato. Day 5 was oatmeal with apples/yogurt, veggies and hummus, and quinoa salad, and miso soup and stir fried veggies with brown rice. I've tried some different chocolate and strawberry shakes. My favorite was today with strawberry frozen pineapple and kiwi. The alkanalize is getting better, I added some lemon juice today and I was able to get it down better.

SO I completed Day 2. I was super tired yesterday and had a really bad headache. I hear from others that the tiredness last for the first 3-4 days, and I know the headache is my own fault, caffeine. It's hard to believe that it has that affect on you. I did have a cup of hot tea yesterday because there is something about holding a warm cup when it's hot. My food yesterday was amazing! I had a bowl of oatmeal with blueberries and yogurt for breakfast, a HUGE micro green salad and miso soup for lunch, a strawberry shake with frozen pineapple for snack, and dinner was this awesome baked salmon, asparagus and potatoes. I was definitely full!!! I'm looking forward to the veggie tacos and lentil salad today, I've heard great things about both. I did good with not picking while I cooked my family a different dinner last night. I am a bad nibbler. The hardest part of yesterday was being tired and drinking my alkanlize I hear with a little lemon it's better. I just dont' like the taste of seaweed. Ugh! But I know this journey is worth it and I'm sticking with it. I also went to Trader Joe's and bought the rest of stuff I need for Week 1. I'm excited about the recipes coming up. I'm wearing my bracelet to remind me of this journey and keep me on track to remember my why!

So today was Day 1 of the Ultimate Reset. I started a day early, not quite as prepared as I thought I was. Thank goodness for the Reset in a Crunch ideas. I was able to switch around breakfast and lunch. Headed to Trader Joe's tomorrow to do more shopping. So for the past 13 months each day I have had a shakeology for breakfast, I did miss that this morning, but was able to squeeze one in for a snack. It was delicious too, tropical strawberry with frozen strawberries (because I didn't have any ice that was distilled water) and a kiwi. I loved it! For lunch we were out of town, but I was able to grill a piece of chicken at my mom's and have it with the Greek Salad and dressing. Loved the salad dressing. The thing I miss the most so far is my coffee. I did have a cup of hot tea and that filled the gap some. For dinner I had stir fry veggies with a cucumber/tomato salad. It was good and I definitely feel full. Love that I can switch recipes around during the same week. I doubled up on the stir fry and cucumber/tomato salad so that I can have that one again. I do find myself reaching for some of my habit foods, but didn't cave today and hope to maintain the needed. I will tell you that it was hard not to take a bite of an Annie's cheeseburger today that my girls had for lunch. I usually don't get one but ALWAYS take a bite. But today I refrained. Looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow.