One Week Until...Pickles!

One week from tomorrow we'll be finished with the detox! I'm celebrating with a pickle...or seven.

This weekend was a success. Aaron came over Friday evening and enjoyed a lovely detox friendly taco salad with us. We giggled about how much fun we're going to have at Memphis in May and then we were thoroughly creeped out by my neighbors. Pretty sure something weird happens outside my house every time he comes over. Sorry, A!

Saturday was Alumni Funday. I trekked to the soccer game to see all of my soccer boys play the current soccer team and catch up with the girls. It was great to see Callan, Beth, Catherine, and Missy. It was the second to last day of swamp water, so naturally I brought it with me. It's certainly a conversation piece to say the least! I'll spare you the details of the disgusting conversations that were had, but you can imagine what questions a bottle of brown water might bring about. I later met up with Jake and we meandered through the Village and checked out houses that belonged to other people. It was a little creepy, but it was a nice day for being nosy.

Megan and I decided to try our hand at detox friendly pizza Saturday night. I made pizza crust from the gluten free pancake mix with some basil, olive oil, and garlic. Megan made marinara and browned some delicious organic beef. I made a veggie medley with a purple onion, fresh banana peppers, red bell pepper, spinach, and artichokes. IT. WAS. DELICIOUS. It was awkward to eat since we didn't have any cheese to hold it together, but it was fantastic. So fantastic, in fact, that it gave us the urge to drive to Yellville to spend Sunday with our mothers. I missed out on some alumni funtime (and a fresh tulip surprise from Beej!) but it was worth it to spend time with the fam.

Yesterday was the last day of swamp water. EVER. It was great! It turned out to not be as disgusting as it was in the beginning. In fact, we actually started to kind of like each other. We went through a rough patch, but I think it could've been a great relationship. Except now it's over. According to Brian, the seaweed drink does terrible things to my attitude, so I guess my friends are probably thankful I don't have to drink that crap anymore.

Mom and I went shopping on Sunday and stopped at El Chico to get some fajitas. We stayed away from everything delicious and just ate chicken, shrimp, onions, and peppers. Our server brought out all of the delicious sides and I'm pretty sure I gave her the death stare, but I didn't touch any of them. Not even the sour cream. Ugh!

Tonight was eat delicious taco salad and clean the kitchen night. I revived the tulips Beej sent me and now they're on our CLEAN kitchen table covered by our CLEAN tablecloth. That's a rarity in this household!

For any of you that are interested, we're having a healthy living party next week and you're all invited! You'll get detox friendly recipes, delicious food, and the skinny on what is involved in the detox and how you can get started. If you're interested, let me know!

It's way way way past my bedtime, but I stayed up late just for you. Oh...and today was weigh in day. I only lost a pound. BOO! But that brings me up to 12.5 pounds in three weeks, so I guess I can't complain. In another month, I'm going to be solid gold. (Didn't know the detox did that, did you?)

Okay...so...detox party. Be there.

Two Words: Swamp Water

Oooookay. Remember that time I said, "Tomorrow begins the 7 day body cleanse portion of the detox and I'm kind of excited about it. It may not taste delicious, but I think it will be okay-ish." That, my friends, was a huge lie. That stuff is disgusting! The only way to describe it is to liken it to swamp water. It tastes like those organic, all-natural fruit roll ups...you know the ones I'm talking about...the nasty ones. Yeah - 32 ounces of that. Sick. Rumor has it it's going to be totally worth it, so I'll keep doing it, but whoa. Katy Jill - you weren't lying - it's way nasty.

Moving on...breakfast shake was delicious, as always. I rocked some leftover breakfast for lunch (originally typed as "leftover breakfast for dinner for lunch"...what does that even mean?) and then it was roommate bonding/cooking time for dinner. Megan made marinara with some of the leftover hamburger patties (because we don't waste food in this household, which is probably the reason we needed to detox in the first place...) to go with our gluten free pasta. I made another batch of brown rice cereal, basil, garlic, salt, and pepper coated chicken tenders, and Krista made chocolate protein bars. They sound illegal, but I promise it's all good stuff. She made them out of rolled oats, chocolate protein powder (the foundation of our breakfast shakes), almond butter, and agave nectar. If you're thinking, "Wow. Those must taste a lot like no-bake cookies," you're correct. They were delicious. We finished the evening with our detox tea and a movie. (#whendiditurn90)

Megan and I were going to head to 10 Fitness after work, but I couldn't bear the idea of working out indoors. The weather was absolutely perfect for an afternoon jaunt around the neighborhood. 2.10 miles and a lot of sweat later, I came back inside and chugged 14 gallons of water. Obviously, the elliptical is not helping me get my run on.

I'm pretty sure that sums up the highlights of my day, other than the fact that it was POURING when I woke up this morning (read: huge storm last night that sounded like Clash of the Titans in the backyard) so I trekked to work in my cute dress and my rainboots. That seemed like a very practical idea until both of the following happened: I realized I had forgotten real people shoes and had to clomp around the building in galoshes all day and THEN, the sun came out and completely hid the fact that it had been raining at all! Needless to say, I looked like a complete toolbag walking out of the building after work with the sunglasses/galoshes combo. Good one.

Now for the most exciting part: today is weigh-in day. I lost six pounds last week! For those of you keeping score at home, that's a grand total of 11.5 pounds for the first two weeks of detox. Here's to a good night's sleep and hoping that swamp water doesn't kill me tomorrow. Fingers crossed!