It's 3:00 in the morning...

... what am I doing awake??!!

Every time I have to lay down, I have an urgent need to pee. But it's happened so many times and I've gotten up to go so many times, that there just isn't anything in my bladder any more. Ugh. I'm blaming that on the dandelion root tea. MILD diuretic. Yeah. Whatever. We'll see if I decide to drink it tomorrow. Not if I have to feel like this again!

I'm also spotting for no apparent reason, here smack dab in the middle of my cycle. A week from now I'd call it implantation bleeding. Two weeks from now I'd call it the onset of AF. But right now? I don't normally spot when I ovulate, and it's clotty, so I think I'll call the doctor in the morning. I checked and checked and checked online, and I don't think it's related to the tea.

But here it is, 3:00 in the morning and I'm still awake. Argh.

Dandelion Root Tea: Day 1

Weight: 121

Today was weigh day, so I figured I might as well start the dandelion tea regimen and see how it goes. Supposedly by next Wednesday I should be down to 116. That would be great! That would put me where I was back in September, before the holiday weight. Woohoo!

So today I went to Town and Country and got some Dandelion Root Tea (marketed as PMS tea, LOL!) and some 100% unsweetened cranberry juice (that stuff is expensive!) and made up a batch of the drink. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it tastes good, but it could be much worse. I drank 2 liters of it this afternoon.

I figure if nothing else I drank 2 liters of water. Actually, I drank more than that today because I'd already had some of my water for the day when I started drinking the weight loss drink (WLD). So it should still be good for me, even if it doesn't do wonders. But I am, of course, hoping it will do wonders. =D

On the calorie front, I kept myself to 1300 calories. Woohoo! One day at a time, and today was good.

Today.

Not enough water.

Just enough calories. (I had to eat some candy to bump myself up over 1200! Ha ha!)

Overall a good day.

According to Jillian...

via Lauren, who is living proof that it works,

To drop 5 lbs. in a week:

60 oz. distilled water
1 tablespoon of sugar free cranberry juice
1 dandelion root tea bag
2 tablespoons of lemon juice

Drink it all every day for a week.

Over on calories today.

Waaaaaaaay over.

A new day.

Today is a new day.

Today I am going to take control.
Today I am going to eat well.
Today I am going to record what I eat.
Today I am going to exercise.
Today I am going to work on picking up the house.
Today I am going to do my Bible Study.
Today I am going to smile.
Today I am going to live.

Because today is a new day and I am free.

Easter Cheat Day!

Today I have been planning as a cheat day. All week I've been being good, telling myself that I could hold out for today - Easter. So I've been holding out, planning to eat Easter candy today and not worry. I wasn't going to track calories at all. But then I decided that it's too hard for me to come back to recording after not doing it at all, so I'd record, but not count calories and limit myself. And you know what? I stayed under 1500 calories! Woohoo! That even includes a couple cupcakes and some Easter candy. So I'm doing good. And tomorrow starts a new week....