I did it! Made it through day 1

I did it!  I made it all the way to the end of the 24 hour fast. 

For your first meal you are allowed any one fruit. They call it a mono meal. You can have as much as you want of one type of fruit from the list of approved fruits.  I picked watermelon.  I froze the leftovers for a base for a yummy smoothie.

Today went really well at the doctor's office.
It's a good thing I have already been working on getting healthy or I would have really gotten an ear full today. 
My doc said  "how in the world did you manage to get to 217?!? And Great job on starting to getting your weight back undercontrol"
Told her I had not been taking my thyroid meds but had already seen the doc taking care of my thyroid and had gotten back on the meds.  And told her about the soda and junk food.  She was shocked that I allowed myself get that far out of shape before doing something about it.  Other than right after being pregnant I have been between 160 and 180 for most of the 10 years I have been seeing her. At least when I go in to see her.  When my weight has been higher I tended to not go in because I really didn't want to get in trouble for my weight.  Isn't that funny?  Someone that is there trying to help me be as healthy as possible and I had been avoiding seeing her.  I guess I just had to be ready to get back on track again.

Day one hasn't been bad.  I have a headache that has slowly been building all day but I really expected one since anytime in the past that I have done a detox type diet I end up with a headache that lasts the first 2 or 3 days.  the headache is nothing like the ones I get when my thyroid meds are too high so I think I will be just fine.  :)

While at the doctor's office we went over all kinds of stuff.  She is doing a total blood panel before giving the ok to keep taking the additional iron.  she doesn't want to take a chance that there is something else going on that is causing the lack of energy and I end up overdosing on iron.  The only kind of iron I can keep down is the stuff she prescribes at the compound pharmacy so it's just pure liquid iron in saline water.  there's no additional additives.  She explained that it is absorbed quickly and easily and it would be easy to get to much. 
So Mom no iron for me for the next few days till the blood work comes back.

She was very happy that I showed her the raw food diet.  The first thing she wanted to know was if it included eating raw meat.  when I assured her there was no meat in the diet she went on to let me know that it is actually the best thing I could do right now while my GI track is healing.  She even told me that because I am working hard at getting my diet cleaned up and going on a raw food veg and fruit diet she is going to wait before having any more test run other than the complete blood workup.    She really feels that by keeping a clean diet my GI track will be able to heal itself and I will not require having a lot of unfun maybe painful tests run when most likely in the end they will just come back that I just need to eat a better diet.  I'll be following up with her as I progress.  I am to call right away if I happen to have any more bleeding but she really thinks that as long as I am paying attention to what I am doing I will not have anymore bleeding.  :) 

And FYI...my doc was really really happy that I gave her a typed list of things I wanted to cover in our visit at the start of the visit.  She read over the list and covered them in the order of importance.  I had forgotten about one of the things on the list but she brought it up at the end of the visit.  :)  I was so glad!  I had a little bump under my arm that had been bugging me and I knew was nothing but just needed to hear it from a doctor.  I was right the bump was nothing and the doc expects it to clear up on it's own as my weight and circulation keep getting better :)

My numbers for the day

BodyMedia FIT data for March 22, 2011

Calories Burned - 2871

Calories Consumed - 228

Total Activity - 0:53

Moderate Activity - 0:53

Vigorous Activity - 0:00

Steps Taken - 8789

Sleep Duration - 5:52

Lying Down - 6:51

Sleep Efficiency - 86%

I didn't get in my 10,000 steps because I didn't get in my walk. After going to the doc appt we went to WholeFoods to get the organic vegs and fruits I will be eating this week.  Well, just the ones I didn't already have in the refrigerator.  Also needed to pick up sun-dried tomatoes and coconut water....not milk...water...for the smoothies. (it was great not getting home until  my fasting time was over...I had yummy watermelon before putting away the vegs.  I most likely would have worn a hole in the floor at home waiting for the fast to be over)

WholeFoods had some deli meals fixed that are the same as if I were to cook something in my kitchen..no additives or preservitives...fresh not frozen ...they just have to be heated in the oven and then they are ready to eat.  I got some to fix for dinners so my hubby doesn't starve this week.  Actually I got 2.  They are $10 each which isn't bad for a meal when I only need to add a salad for him to have a well rounded healthy meal and I don't have a lot of dishes to clean up.  I fixed him one tonight and I'll fix another one tomorrow.  I told him I could go get some for the rest of the week if he wanted me to but I wasn't gonna spend $70 on dinners without knowing they were actually gonna be eaten and my refrigerator would not hold them with all the green leafy vegs in there.  That stuff really takes up a LOT of room! But when you open the refrigerator there is a display of bright colors and it really looks yummy.  It reminds me of when I was younger and really trying to take care of my body.  Between times of starving myself or doing the binging and purge ....there were actually a few years while under close doctor care that I was really really trying to be healthy and get over my eating disorder behavior.  It didn't happen over night and I had many relapes but today I can say I am able to diet and workout without hurting myself.  I no longer am 'dying' to be thin :)

My hubby and I have a bet running....he thinks most of the stuff is going to end up going to spoiled, I said it will get eaten.  I'll let you know who wins the bet.  :)

It's 11:30 and I want to get in a good nights rest getting ready for tomorrow.   I would also like to get up before David so I can get in a workout without the extra 40 pounds of weight :)

So night to all...or GOOD MORNING....(because I know it will be morning when some read this)

Keep up the great work!

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