THE FIRST WEIGH IN – I think my scale is broken!
14 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Go Cleanse Tags: aging, baby boomer women, baby boomers, cleanse, detox, detoxification, diet, Eating, Go Cleanse, Ken Ludwig, starving, weight loss, wellness, women
I had to go on the scale three times and it was the same each time – an 11.2 pound weight loss in 4 days! Not to mention 12 inches. The thing I notice most? My wrists are normal size again, instead of being all swollen like a fat lady. And my ankles are ankles again – not kankles! Ken Ludwig, from Go Cleanse is my coach and he is walking me through this step-by-step and explaining that it is not possible to lose 11 pounds of water, or else you would be dead. It’s the toxins that have been storing themselves in my fat cells that have started moving out because of the enormous amount of water I’ve been drinking, not to mention the limited caloric intake.
So today I was back to 2 shakes and 1 meal – but the shake filled me up in the morning so I wasn’t rushing to eat. Tonight I went to a happy hour event and had a few raw shrimp because I know I didn’t get in all my calories for lunch but just couldn’t eat any more. Feeling great and looking great! And people are noticing – even saying my skin looks great – which has a lot to do with releasing the toxins.
OK, I’m in for the long haul – 79 more pounds to go – next Friday I start on the 30 day race to maintenance. That’s 5 days with two meals and two shakes and two days of cleanse – repeated 3 more times. Cute clothes here I come!
Cleanse Part 2 – Day 2
13 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: cleanse, detox, diet, Go Cleanse, hunger, Ken Ludwig
It’s 9pm and I just got home from a meeting – there was food there but I just ignored it. I really have not been hungry for 2 days – kind of amazing for me – but I will say that I am so ready to eat food tomorrow. I’m just craving a piece of salmon and steamed broccoli for lunch – I’ll probably dream about it. I didn’t get quite as much water in today – because the morning was shot – woke up for a bit, went back to sleep and slept really hard – could have slept the whole day if the repair guy wasn’t coming over. So I didn’t really get it together till after noon – but I’m still pushing it and will be up for another couple of hours, so I’ll do my best.
I like the daily email I get from Go Cleanse and it includes a 15 or so minute audio which really addressed my temporary nausea and headache – but I was able to sleep it away. So, tomorrow morning the first thing after I pee is to weigh and measure myself again – now that I’ve been doing the cleanse for 4 days. Should be interesting.
Part 2 – Day 1 – Foodless, Mostly
12 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: baby boomer women, cleanse, diet, isagenix
Here it is 10pm and I’m feeling remarkably good. I have energy too! How is that possible? I have had 4 glasses of water with 2 scoops of cleansing stuff, a total of 6 almonds (2 at a time with lots of water throughout the day) and ¼ apple – for energy – and it worked. I have also consumed a gallon of water – you read that right – a gallon!
I made sure I had nothing much on the schedule today and tomorrow during this phase of the cleanse. I did take a few naps but I also went out to an event from 6:30 – 9:30 and had no problem! I know tomorrow will be just as smooth.
CLEANSE – PART 1 – DAY 2
11 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: cleanse, detox, diet, Eating, starving
I wasn’t hungry when I woke up – I was still kinda sick to my stomach from all the damage I did over the weekend, and especially Sunday night – that old night before the diet – when I eat everything in site because I am never, ever again in life going to have access to that food – how crazy is that? Yet how many times in my life have I done the same thing? Well, this is all about breaking old patterns – or so I’m told by Ken, my coach. He’s good – very good – and tells me exactly how to do every day of the cleanse – if I didn’t have a call with him today I probably wouldn’t be going on to the real cleanse days tomorrow and Thursday – where there is no food – to speak of, unless you call 2 almonds every few hours, but only if I need them (are you serious) along with my cleanse drink, not to be confused with my chocolate shake that I don’t get to have on cleanse days.
But back to today. I waited too long to have my shake because I had a meeting – and by the time it was done I really needed it – then I took a nap because I was really tired. Woke up, did some errands, including going to the grocery store so I could get my supplies for the next two days – dry roasted almonds and organic applies. Mind you I can only have 1/4 of the apply and/or 2 almonds if I need them (seriously) oh and water. I’m supposed to drink a gallon of water a day – do you know how much a gallon of water is? A LOT! And can we talk about going to the grocery store where there is lots and lots of food and you can’t have any of it? Not fun – but I’m told it’s better to go to the grocery store on shake days then it is on cleanse days, so I went today.
Ken told me 20% of the results happen tomorrow and 80% happen the second day – the real cleansing of the toxins “so don’t cheat” he tells me. Before he told me this I was already planning to cheat. Yes, you read that right – I was planning to cheat. And then I realized something. It’s just another way I have always sabotaged myself and set myself up for failure – only in this one thing in life – my weight – but it is the predominate force in my life, so I’m glad I had that realization so early into the process.
So, I’m going to do it – two days is a piece of cake – ok, I know I shouldn’t use that term – it’s a walk in the park, which, by the way, I just did. Not a walk in the park, but I did, for the very first time since I moved to this house in February, take my dogs for a walk around the block. Hard to believe, I know – I haven’t even been able to motivate myself to do that – but that’s in the past – and I’m only looking forward. Wish me luck. If I’m not dead, you’ll hear more from me tomorrow night.
The Cleanse, Part 1 – Day 1
09 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Go Cleanse, Uncategorized Tags: baby boomers, detoxification, diet, Go Cleanse, health, Ken Ludwig, weight loss, wellness, women
When I put the word cleanse into Wikipedia I got to choose from either being clean or detoxification, so I chose the later. Here is what is says: “Detoxification is an alternative medicine approach that proponents claim rids the body of “toxins”, accumulated harmful substances that are alleged to exert undesirable effects on individual health. Body cleansing is not supported by science, with no medical benefits demonstrated, and is based on questionable or disproved scientific claims. The toxins are usually undefined, with no evidence (or inappropriately used testing) for toxic accumulation in the patient.”
That’s a lot of qualifiers and arguments used to describe something; claim, alleged to, not supported by science, no medical benefits demonstrated, based on questionable or disproved scientific claims, undefined, no evidence or inappropriately used testing. Oh, what do they know anyway, right? It was probably paid for by the fast food industry.
I like the first sentence “rids the body of “toxins”, accumulated harmful substances that are alleged to exert undesirable effects on individual health.” So I’m going with that. I know I have tons and tons of toxins in my body that are harmful and have exerted undesirable effects on my health – not the least of which is quite a bit of extra weight, fatigue and assorted other issues that I don’t care to share here.
With that in mind, I’m starting my first ever cleanse. I’m kinda surprised this is my first time since I’ve tried every diet known to man and woman – at least twice – but never a cleanse. Whenever my friends told me they were doing a cleanse, I thought it was drastic and crazy. But desperate times call for desperate measures, right? So, here I go – day one of nine – 2 days of shakes and one 400 – 600 calorie meal, then two days of no food, just shakes and other stuff they give you, then 4 days of shakes and one meal and finally, two more days of no food.
I chose the chocolate flavored shake because – well, I love chocolate. However, this mixes up very thick and isn’t that tasty. I thought of putting in a packet or two of sweetener, but then that would defeat the purpose of the cleanse, wouldn’t it?
Let’s see what happens and I’ll fill you in on the details of what kind of cleanse, why I choose that one and other assorted questions that I’m sure will keep you up at night. Tune in tomorrow …..
The Importance of Community
30 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: baby boomer women, baby boomers, community, dogs, exercise, girlfriends, Kadash, Phoenix, spiritual, Teple, Uncategorized, Yartzite
Sometimes I get so wrapped up in things I forget what is most important in my life. I deny myself the things that bring me joy because I don’t have time or I’m too lazy. The most recent reason is getting wrapped up in the business of Wild Boomer Women. It’s an instant community of girlfriends. You can walk in alone to any event we have and by the time you leave you have a room full of new girlfriends. That is very true. It’s where I’ve met some of my closest girlfriends, and I love that. Somehow, while building Wild Boomer Women as a business and in the process of creating community for others, I’ve lost my communities. I didn’t actually lose them. In fact they were still there waiting for me; I just haven’t participated in them.
This really occurred to me last night, when I went to my spiritual community. It had been so long since I had been there; I couldn’t actually remember when it was. Of course I was living in Sedona for a couple years and my community is in Phoenix, but I have been living back here since March. I didn’t even feel like participating in the High Holidays this year. I almost went, but when a friend backed out, I decided not to go. Last night was my father’s Yartzite, the anniversary of his leaving this world. For the past few years, I have been saying Kadash (the prayer you say to honor your loved one during Yartzite) on my own. Last night I decided to go to Temple. I had one girlfriend pick me up and another one meeting us there, so I wouldn’t be alone. What I didn’t remember is that everyone there is my community. I hadn’t been there in so long and they welcomed me, literally with open arms. So many people were so happy to see me (and I them). Then the service began and “my” Sharona was back (in addition to being a girlfriend, she’s my spiritual teacher who retired and now is back as Cantor Emerita). There’s nothing like hearing that sweet, beautiful voice to bring me back home to my spiritual community. There was lots of singing and clapping and even some dancing. The people in my spiritual community have so much joy during this time they just get up and start a dance line around the room, kinda like a Jewish conga line.
This morning I finally took my dogs Sterling & Paris out for a walk. Again, I have been so busy getting ready for the Women’s Expo that I get up in the morning, throw on some clothes, let the dogs out, put the coffee and my computer on, and there I sit for hours on end. Meanwhile, the poor puppies have to be satisfied with just greeting their friends from the yard. The dogs have their own community too. It brings Sterling so much joy to be able to go up to another dog and sniff. It brings Paris so much joy to get to run untethered in the park. Yet, I’ve been depriving them of their community.
I’ve stopped going to my exercise community. I know my trainer misses me. He keeps texting me to find out when I’m coming back. Yes, he gets paid when I go, but we do have fun together while I am grunting and groaning and calling him names, not to mention the physical and mental benefits I derive from it.
What communities have you been staying away from? Have you been too absorbed in work or something else that you don’t take the time to refresh yourself? It really does make me happier when I participate in my communities. I think it will work for you too.
Do You Love What You Do?
06 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: aging, baby boomer women, baby boomers, death, failure, getting fired, regret, steve jobs, Uncategorized
Steve Jobs died today. A brilliant man who died too young. Unfortunately it’s an all too common story. Many die with lots of regrets. It doesn’t seem like Steve did and with that, there are lessons for all of us.
He didn’t start out being one of the richest men in the world who created things that have changed the way we live. He was adopted and was a college drop-out; circumstances that some people use as excuses for a life not well lived.
He started Apple at the age of 20 in his parent’s garage. Ten years later he had over 4,000 employees and a company worth $2 billion. Then he got fired from the company he started. It was a very devastating public failure for him.
Because he still loved what he did (that’s the key here folks), he started again with two new companies; NeXT Computers and Pixar Animation. Then Apple bought NeXT and he was back at the company he started. He says that would never have happened if he didn’t get fired.
Getting fired is the thing that puts most people in a panic. And that is a normal initial reaction, but if you continue along that path, you set yourself up for failure. If, however, you look at it as an opportunity to do something else, something even better, it will change your life.
Steve said “You’ve got to find what you love. Do what you believe is great work (which is whatever you love to do). Keep looking and don’t settle.”
Many years ago he saw a quote that went something like this; “If you live each day as if it were your last, some day you will be right.” That inspired him, and every day for the next 39 years he looked in the mirror and would say to himself “If today was the last day of my life, would I want to do what I’m about to do today, and whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”
He went on to say “remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool to help me make the big decisions of life.” I think he lived a very good life. Let’s all take a lesson from Steve.
Why Do I Need A Land Line?
01 Oct 2011 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: aging, baby boomer women, baby boomers, cell phones, clutter, humor, land lines, lost items, Uncategorized
I have moved around a lot lately. This is the third place I’ve lived in More
Remember Fake ID?
17 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
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When I was 16 I got my first fake ID. My friends and I went to a shady place in Downtown Detroit where everyone was getting them. I don’t remember how much we paid the guy, but pretty soon, we were all 18, and in 1972 in Michigan 18 was the legal drinking age. I still have the ID.
Flash forward 39 years and I’m again lying about my age. I resisted at first and for a couple of years. Two years ago my girlfriend had just turned 60 and was now qualified for a senior discount at the movies. She told me to try it, but I was only 53 and absolutely refused to call myself anything like a senior. She bought two senior tickets and gave me one. I didn’t want to be seen taking the ticket, lest anyone think I was that old!
However, in these days of saving every dollar you can, and being two years older, but still five years too young to actually qualify, I have no qualms marching right up to the window and saying, as I did last night “one senior for Terrible Bosses”. It was $6.50 and I felt good. What kid at the ticket counter is going to ask an “older” person for ID? It’s nothing like when I was 16 and trying to get a drink in a bar. If you say you are a senior, who the hell is going to ask you for ID? My girlfriend, who is the same age as me, is where I was two years ago. She refuses to say she is a senior. So she says “one ticket for Terrible Bosses”. Then she forks over $9.50! Three dollars more for refusing to tell this little white lie.
I feel a little creepy for saying I was a senior to save a measly $3. Creepy because in my mind I am still that 16-year-old trying to get away with being 18. Creepy because I’m lying to save $3. And really creepy to say I am a senior. But, none the less, I’m still willing to do it at the next movie – and hope I don’t get carded again!
The New Website
30 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
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It’s been a year in the making. A lot of false starts and stops because of people who claimed they were web designers. When I finally found Dawn at Creative Biz Gal I finally hit the jackpot. Dawn is so great to work with, she gets it and she keeps at it until she’s got exactly what you want. She’s also fun to work with and is does what she says she’s going to do.
I feel like I’ve been at my computer day at night for weeks – oh wait, I have! It’s still a work in progress but it’s a launched work in progress. I’m very excited to announce it to the members and the world.
