"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.

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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.
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Be Well ~Amber

Can I make it to Day 30?

One day there will be some resemblance of organization in my posts, but like my mind, they're all over the place for now.  Bear with me.

The days following the steak incident was pretty routine.  One day on, one day off.  That sort of thing.  There of course was variations in cravings, what I ate, how much weight gained and/or lost.  But all in all it was without a snag.

Some days I craved noodles, so we went for Chinese food.  By the way..I love love love noodles.  If I could eat it everyday I would.  Any-which-way, any-type.  I love Chinese noodles, Japanese noodles, Italian spaghetti, you name it I love it.

Anyway, Chinese food is a weakness and I noticed I gained a substantial amount of weight.  I would notice the next day there would be 2-4 pounds gained back.  Baffling!

On my off days, I tried to NOT have any flex foods just to maximize the weight loss factor.  Unless the growling was too bad to handle, then I'd have an apple or some cucumber slices or an avocado.  Really..whatever was easiest and closest to grab and eat.

On the 14th day (24th day since the start) I lost a total of 20 pounds!  A milestone to say the least because that was the most I've ever lost on any diet I've ever tried and in such a short time.  Happy happy happy!

Having said that, it made me even more determined to watch the things I ate on my off days.  So the day until the last day will be very monitored and controlled.  I wanna beat the fat blues!!  I buckeled down and by the end of Day 20 (day 30 total) I lost a grand total of 22 pounds!

Not bad for 1 month of being as disciplined as I've never been before.  And without working out!  Thats probably the most amazing thing of all.  I mean I did walk, but nothing too strenuous.

To here is the Purium 30-Day end result:

TOTAL LOSS:

Weight:  22

Inches:  17

AFTER

Weight: 256.2

Arms:  R. 17  L. 17

Chest:  43

Chest Under:  40

Chest Nipples:

Waist: 43

Hips:  50 (46)

Legs/Thigh:  L. 28 R. 28

This is the progress.  During this process I never really noticed the difference, and most of my close were tight, like really really tight so as I lost weight it was hard to tell.  But looking at these and measuring sure tells the truth.

BEFORE

Weight.  278.2

Arms. R. 18". L. 18"

Chest Upper. 45"

Chest Under. 41 1/4"

Chest @ Nipples. 50"

Waist  46 1/2"

Hips. 54"

Legs/Thigh. 30"

Remember this day?

I feel great!  I'm looking better, healthier and from what I've been told, younger.  AMAZING!  In case you are wondering I will be doing another 30 days of Purium - 10 days of cleanse and 20 days of continuation.  

There will be more journey-ing.  Stay tuned.

Thank you for visiting. 

What is a Flex Food?

When I decided to do this Cleanse, my first question was "Am I  able to eat on this cleanse?".  My next question should have been "What foods can I eat?".  That's the real question!  As shown on my post 'The Program', there are a list of foods we are able to consume during those crucial days of the cleanse.  They're called Flex Foods.

Flex foods assist in elimination during a cleanse such as this where solid food intake is greatly reduced.  The avocado fats and fiber in apples along with adequate water consumption aid in nutrition absorption and lubrication of the bowels.  For that reason alone, the flex foods are a must on this cleanse.  The last thing anyone wants to be is bloated, constipated AND hungry!!  NO THANK YOU!

Ok. LETS BE REAL!!  Cucumbers, broccoli and kale were not high on my everyday list of foods to eat, let alone like.  If that was the case, this program may have not been needed.  My health and weight wouldn't be such an issue.  So now the task becomes how to make those food not so boring and monotonous.  Not to mention how to make them tasty so that I'd look forward to eating them on a daily basis.

Aside from not eating the proper foods in the past, I really really hate to cook.  So it was a huge transition in so many ways for me.  I had to really try hard to be creative and thank goodness for the internet and sites like Pinterest or there just would be no hope for me.

During the cleanse when I actually came up with some of my own concoctions, I didn't have the foresight to write it all down but did commit them to memory.  There's quite a plethora of  resources to choose from on the web and a few in particular that I really loved, too.  As we go along further I'll post some of the creative ways I've come across to prepare and incorporate flex foods into my own program.

To my surprise, I enjoyed and still enjoy eating those flex foods.  Its not so much a chore as it started out to be in the beginning.  Working on writing the recipes down and putting them into my ever growing collection.  Yet, still not a fan of cooking I figured, every girl is supposed to have a recipe collection and I gotta start somewhere.

So....Stay tuned for the more of my journey and the yummy-ness to come.

Thank you for visiting.

Video: Day 8 of the 10-day Cleanse

Day 8 and feeling fabulous.  See blog posting of day 8 and what I was feeling as it gets closer to the end of the 10 days.

As I've mentioned before, all of my postings are not in real time and delayed.  My method, not that I actually had one was just start the blog and figure out the details later.  Well as you can see, if I thought it out and organized my resources, this would've gone a little smoother and more efficient .. and ORGANIZED.  So forgive me for these being out of order and very very out of sync.

Thank you for visiting.  See you again soon.