I'm Doing IT Again

Wait...Whaaat?  Yup, Its going to be another round of a 10-day cleanse for me....AGAIN!  After the last cleanse in January and 15 pounds lost, don't know what got into me, but the following weeks were filled with excess and gluttony!

Food! Food! Food!  Oh glorious food.  And mounds of it.  There were friends birthdays, road trips, out of town visitors and just generally feeding my face.  And, OH YES!  There was drinking!  Lots of champagne, sake, soju & beer concoction called somek...mmmmmm.

Well...needless to say, I gained at least 10 pounds back! Purium to the rescue!! Yay.

Today is my second day and let me tell you, it had been the roughest cleanse I've had to date.  I got a severe headache yesterday, it was almost unbearable.  I usually don't take ANY medication, however when I woke this morning with the headache 100x more painful..there was no stopping my from popping some ibuprofen before work.

Upside to it all...I lost 5 pounds in 24 hrs.  That is the normal water weight that initially falls off whenever I start.  Can't wait to feel more energy again, too.

We will see where I'm at in a couple days.

Mahalo (Thank you) for visiting.

Amber

Happy ALOHA Friday!

I just wanted to send you all a....

A little history behind the custom behind "Aloha Friday".  According to my father whom did his best to explain to a then 8 year old curious little girl that asked every question under the sun....What began in the 60's as a campaign to promote Hawaii's garment industry became a worldwide phenomenon known as Aloha Friday to us and Casual Friday's to the rest of the world.

From what I could remember from that conversation and the all knowing Wikipedia, The Hawaii Fashion Guild wanted to promote Aloha-wear as suitable workplace attire especially during the very hot and humid summer months in Hawaii.

The Guild gave 2 aloha shirts to every member of the Hawaii House of Representatives and the State Senate.  

The following taken from Wikipedia:

Subsequently, a resolution passed in the Senate recommending aloha attire be worn throughout the summer, beginning on Lei Day, which is May 1st. The wording of the resolution spoke of letting "...the male populace return to 'aloha attire' during the summer months for the sake of comfort and in support of the 50th state's garment industry."

In 1965, Bill Foster, Sr., president of the Hawaii Fashion Guild, led the organization in a campaign lobbying for "Aloha Friday", a day employers would allow men to wear aloha shirts on the last business day of the week a few months out of the year.  Aloha Friday officially began in 1966, and young adults of the 1960s embraced the style, replacing the formal business wear favored by previous generations. By 1970, aloha wear had gained acceptance in Hawaii as business attire for any day of the week.

So....Have a Happy ALOHA Friday and a wonderful weekend to boot!

Mahalo for visiting. See you again soon. ~Amber

Latest Results of The 10-day New Year Cleanse

At the end of my latest cleanse I am proud to announce, 15 pounds lost!  Weeeellll....technically 14.8 pounds....close enough!

I ended on Thursday of last week but with the long weekends outdoor activities it took me a couple days to finally get this posted.  In case you are counting the days from when I officially started on January 5th, yes it ended on the 11th day because I was ordered by my doc to either take a day off due my "condition".

So I took a break after the fifth day to give my body a rest and pump it up with iron and pure protein just as the doctor ordered.  I quickly resumed the next day.

As far as the long weekend....cleansed right in time to indulge just a little bit at a SPA getaway with the girls at the Four Seasons.  There was massages & facials.  Relaxing in the jacuzzi and sipping on mimosas and eating chocolate covered strawberries all day.  Oh and did I mention the brunch buffet.  It was WAY FABULOUS!!  I didn't go too crazy though at the buffet, but I did enjoy it immensely.

Catching some morning sun upon arrival at The Four Seasons Spa

Some of the goodies at the Brunch Buffet

Yumz

Our dining room view.

More goodies!!

 Hanging out by the pool, sunnin' the ham hocks.

The girls in our private jacuzzi waiting for our facials.

"I think my scale may be broken...."

So read my Facebook post after my 1st day on the cleanse.

Upon waking on the second day I immediately weighed myself and to my surprise I had lost six pounds.  SIX POUNDS!  In one day?  Is that even possible?  Now, as a former nurse, that baffled me just a bit.  There is an understanding that any weight-loss program will have a substantial amount of water weight loss to start off with, so I'm thinking that is exactly what that was and sticking to that theory.

The days that followed went just as the schedule lists.  On the second & third day I experienced some major hunger pangs so I had some flex foods to stave them off.  The weight loss was steady as well. 

What I loved most of all was the energy had returned!  I cannot get enough of it.  It was immediate, like right on the first day after my first shake! A lot of the aches and pains have subsided and I can move quicker and more efficiently.  I LOVE IT!!

By the 5th day I lost 10 pounds.  That is too AWESOME for words.  Feels so good to feel good.  I cannot even think of what to say.. only that I am grateful for this program and all that it has brought to me.  I wouldn't have achieved this much weight loss without it.  Thank you Purium Health Products!

Stay tuned for my 10 day update :) 

My companion while I write this.

It is not too late to JOIN the Purium New Year Group Cleanse.  Use code: reedchang

Thank you for visiting.  Aloha and Be well ~Amber

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year!!  Hope 2015 is treating all of you well so far just a week in.

Today is the start of a new 10-day cleanse for me and many other Purium enthusiast.  We are all part of a global-wide Group Cleanse which I for one am looking soooo forward to.

Learn more about it here.

My original plan was to start on January 2nd, posted it on all social media and everything.  Well when I found out about my friends and family doing the group thing of course I postponed it to join the largest weight loss support group in the world and do the Purium New Year Transformation Group Cleanse.

Everyone is so excited and we are confident it will be a great success for all involved.  I, myself set a goal of 20 pounds this time around.  It is mostly holiday gain, can you believe it?  It was all that bread.. and rice ...and meat ...and desserts!  Oh my!

I was doing so well there and had a great run those first couple 30-day runs, until I was made to take a break by my doctor.  There will be more elaboration on that in another post.

For right now, I just wanted to tell the WORLD how excited I am to be back on the Purium 10-Day Transformation Cleanse bandwagon with my friends and can't wait to reach my 20 pound goal.

Wish me and the other members of this Group Cleanse luck!

The more the merrier, we would love for you join us.
Use code reedchang

Be Well ~Amber