Day 9...master cleanse

Day 9 started out great. I weighed myself as I mentioned yesterday and lost more weight, so I'm down a total of 15 pounds. I had to make enough servings of orange juice to last me through the afternoon. Earlier this evening I had my first bowl of vegetable soup. About 3 hours later, I felt unfulfilled, so I had another bowl. No hunger, I feel great.

Tomorrow is the last day and I'm so glad. I get to have a salad, legitimately. I'm so looking forward to it. I'm going to try to hit the gym but I have so much to do since we're leaving Saturday so we'll see how it works out.

In wedding news, my DOC got the huge box Mike sent her with all of our ceremony and reception stuff as well as our parents and bridal party gifts. Just waiting on the programs to arrive and she'll have everything. We met with one of guests tonight who's purchasing our alcohol off a military base to go over everything so he knows what to get. I just hope we have enough. I would hate for the alcohol to run out before the party's over.

So basically, we're all set. On my to do list tomorrow is:
Pedicure and Manicure
Hair
Getting my e-ring dipped and cleaned
Picking up our fathers' and Mikes' suits
Packing

That's it. I sort of finalized our seating chart, although there are still some questionable folks in there that we're not certain about. Luckily, I refused to count them in the 1st numbers we gave to the caterer. Just in case they decide to come, I can add on but I can't take off.

8 more days as Ms.....

Day 8....the cleanse

I started day by going to a kick ass spinning class at the gym. I sweat so much it was ridiculous! But I felt great afterwards. I went to the market and bought about 20 oranges to make the orange juice today and for day 9. All day and evening I alternated orange juice and water. Didn't feel hungry at all.

Best part is I weighed myself yesterday morning and I'm down another 4 lbs. Weighed myself this morning and I lost 2 more pounds, so total to date is 15. I'm psyched! The only thing that concerns is how my body is going to react when I go back to normal food. Am I going to put the weight back on right away? Am I just losing water weight or fat also?

Hopefully, I can keep the weight gain to a minimum or none at all by watching what I eat and still working out.

I'm leaving work now, because I'm done! They won't see me until March 9. I don't know how I'm going to come back to work after being off for 3 weeks.

The cleanse...day 7

I am done with the lemonade. Today was the last day of the lemonade portion of the cleanse. I was tempted today to eat a meal, albeit a healthy one, but I stuck to my lemonade. I'm going to weigh myself in the morning to see if there's any difference.

Now, I am going into the ease out phase. Day 8 just consists of orange juice. All day. Sipping several 8 oz servings of orange juice. I think I need to head to the store after I hit the gym because I don't have enough oranges to make enough for the day. This article explains in detail what the 1st day of the ease out phase is about.

I'll report on day 8 tomorrow. Good night...

My menus

Well, wadda ya know? My menus are too dark just as I suspected. After I ordered them. Ugh. But I have a solution. Since the menus are a little too big to sit nicely in the napkins, I'm going to find a Kinkos' in Florida to cut them down. I'm cutting the dark part that can't be read anyway which happens to list the cake flavors. No biggie. Everyone should know by looking at the cake in the corner what's for dessert. Problem solved as far as I'm concerned.

Other than that, my DOC received the first shipment we sent today of wedding supplies. Actually, we sent her all the bridesmaid and groomsmen gifts. She should receive the large wedding day supply box on Thursday. That has everything from the aisle runner to the cocktail hour centerpieces in it.

We finally got a hold of our photographer today and went over a rough draft of the timeline for the day of. I also got in touch with my florist to clarify some things in my contract after some concerns were raised by another bride who was not thrilled with her bouquets.

All in all I think everything is coming together and to an end....

Day 6...cleanse

Day 6 went well except for the flush. I took my laxative tea Sunday night and the SWF yesterday morning. Couple hours later, I use the bathroom a couple of times and think that's it. I go to the gym and towards the end of my workout I decide to do some crunches. Wrong move. As I'm crunching I feel like I have to pass gas.....you know the rest. I hauled ass outta there. The SWF is no joke and obviously lasted for more than an hour in my case.

I was back to work so mentally I was prepared for just lemonade all day and night which is exactly what I did. No problems, no hunger, no cravings. Drank water in between and felt great.

I got home last night and had the laxative tea but then I had this weird feeling like dizziness/weakness. I went to bed and woke up this morning feeling great. I weighed myself too; no change :( Don't know why but it's cool. Still down 9 pounds in 6 days, pretty damn good.

Today is my last day of the lemonade. I'm taking the next 3 days to "ease out" of the diet so I'm ready for Florida Saturday. The ease out phase is just orange juice the first day, fruits and broths/veggie soup the 2nd day, and the 3rd day is fruits/soup then a salad for dinner. So by Saturday I should be able to eat some regular food. The only thing I'm scared of is going back to regular food and putting the weight back on. I am totally prepared to work out and eat mostly healthy ;-) while in Florida to maintain as well as on the honeymoon. I'm so not flushing all my hard work down the drain in 3 weeks.

It's so easy to put on (weight) and hard as hell to take off. Moving right along to day 7 people....

Day 5...the cleanse

Day 5- Pretty good. Took the laxative tea Saturday night and the SWF Sunday morning. Normal stuff. Mike and I went out about 2 pm and I didn't think to bring my lemonade with me. Needless to say, by 5pm I was starving. So I opted to have a salad. Yummy and healthy. The funny thing is I weighed myself this morning and I am +2 lbs. How the hell that happen? I only ate a salad and a few Doritos (heehee) on Saturday. So total weight loss to date is 9 lbs. Still cool with me. Had my laxative tea Sunday night to get me ready for day 6.

In wedding news, we got our seating chart done and packed up all the stuff we need shipped to Florida. We're just waiting to hear back from my DOC as to when someone will be home to collect our things when they arrive. I started ironing on the transfers I made and they came out wonderful! I can't wait to wear my Mrs. undies ;-) I think we're pretty much done with things in NJ, just need to focus on packing now so I don't forget anything. Today I also mailed my thank you notes from my bridal shower. Glad to get that out of the way early. :)

New Toy....

After weeks of procrastinating, Mike and I finally went out camera shopping today. Actually, the only reason we went was because the camera I already own won't accept a larger xd picture card so all we'd be able to take is about 100 pictures while we're gone for 3 weeks, total. So, we needed a new camera.

I asked my knotties girls awhile ago which brands they recommend and the majority ruled for Canon or Nikon. Well, the first camera store we went to today, a Fuji was shown to us for $119.00. Not a bad price, but eh, I figured we should at least hit Circuit City before deciding, since they're going out of business. Might find a great sale! Tsk, We got to CC and judging by the limited products left, we were too late. Most of the displays read "last one!", which meant buy off the rack with no accessories. I need at least a manual! I'm one of those people that gets a new gadget and reads the manual from front to back. So, CC was a no go.

I decided I'd go back to the first store and just get the Fuji, but this Internet queen couldn't resist checking online to see what I could find at such short notice. (We need the camera by Friday) I found this Canon on amazon.com for a great price. The reviews are pretty good too. I also purchased a 4gb memory card and paid for 2 day delivery, so my new toy should be here by Wednesday. I can't wait to read the manual on the plane Saturday!