Day 3

Day 3 was a little easier because I went on a grocery trip to get the things I didn't think I would need when starting The Challenge (eggs, extra water, more fruits, more veggies, salt free seasonings, etc). And, combined with my grocery trip from Sunday, we have saved more than $60 this week alone on our grocery budget.

The toughest parts of the days have been the fiber drinks, late afternoon snack (which for me is usually cheese or crackers, but obviously that's a no-no on this) because you can't have fruits after lunch, and the dinners (because no fruits means no avocados, no tomato --OMG, they are in EVERYTHING!, no mushrooms, just meat and veggies with no salt....BLECH!). And for some reason, the workout yesterday was hard on me (even though it's just 25 min on the elliptical).

But we made it through, and got some awesome benefits:

1. Combined, he and I have lost approximately 20lbs.
2. And, despite the gallon+ of water I am drinking each day, the swelling I have had in my ankles and feet has virtually disappeared. This is huge for me! I haven't had swollen ankles at some point (if not the entire day) since I was pregnant with Landri! That's almost 3 years!!!!!!
3. (WARNING: Possible TMI alert) Since middle school, I have had near-debilitating cramps and flooding during that time of the month -- so bad that I had to take birth control to bring the pain to "normal" standards. Since I had a tubal ligation, my doctor gave me a Rx last year that would alleviate it in place of birth control, but I refused to take it because the side effects for obese women are severe (including stroke and other cardiopulmonary problems). So, when that time of the month comes for me now, it is so painful I have to take 800mg of ibuprofen about 4x/day. I wish I was kidding. Well yesterday that time came and totally took me by surprise because I HAD ZERO PAIN or flooding. Now, I have no idea if this is because of the supplements I'm taking, the food and water I've been consuming, or losing 10lbs, but I am LOVING THIS!

And here's what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Advocare Meal Replacement Shakes - Chocolate (From Label) - Meal Replacement Shake Chocolate, 1 pouch	220	24	3	24	80	12
Advocare - Omegaplex, 2 softgels	20	0	2	0	0	0
Generic - Advocare Slam - Strawberry Blast, 2 fl oz (60mL)	10	0	0	0	0	0
Advocare - Fiber Drink (Citrus), 1 pouch	70	17	0	0	10	6
Advocare Catalyst - Catalyst, 3 each	9	0	0	2	0	0
Add Food Quick Tools	329	41	5	26	90	18
Lunch
Walmart - Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast*, 8 oz	220	0	3	52	150	0
Organics - Raw Spinach, 8 oz	56	0	0	0	0	0
Orange - Large Navel Orange, 0.75 raw	64	24	0	2	2	11
Chiquita - Red Seedless Grapes, 1 cup (151g)	104	27	0	1	3	23
Avocados - Raw, 0.5 cup, cubes	120	6	11	2	5	0
Fresh - Pico De Gallo, 1.5 tbsp (28g)	4	1	0	0	105	1
Add Food Quick Tools	568	58	14	57	265	35
Dinner
Spinach - Raw, 1 cup	7	1	0	1	24	0
Walmart - Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast*, 8 oz	220	0	3	52	150	0
Carrots - Baby Carrots-Raw, 1 cup	70	16	0	2	0	0
Heb - Organics Italian Salad Dressing, 1 T	50	0	0	0	0	0
Add Food Quick Tools	347	17	3	55	174	0
Snacks
Roundys - Almonds (Raw), 1/4 cup	210	5	18	8	0	1
Born Free - Cage Free Hard Boiled Peeled Eggs, 1 egg (44g)	60	0	4	6	60	0
Advocare - Herbal Cleanse Caplets, 3 Caplets	0	0	0	0	0	0
Advocare - Spark - Fruit Punch, 1 pouch or scoup	45	11	0	0	0	0
Advocare Catalyst - Catalyst, 9 each	27	0	0	7	0	0
Add Food Quick Tools	342	16	22	21	60	1
Totals	1,586	132	44	159	589	54
Your Daily Goal	2,080	260	69	104	2,300	78
Remaining	494	128	25	-55	1,711	24
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar