Omnomicon

Hey kids,

Today was a bit rougher I’m not going to lie. The moodiness and lack of proper eating scheduling was a huge factor today. 

The day began at noon, because that’s when I woke up. I was feeling super lethargic so I slept in, which already put me behind and put my scheduling back. In any event:

Had a protein bar for “breakfast.” and then I decided to venture out and get some sun. I was honestly feeling so sad\bummed so I just needed out. When I got there I intended on getting a shake from Booster Juice  but I wasn’t really so sure about the sugar content suddenly and most things had yogurt. Not like yogurt is bad, but is it fat free? What is it sweetened with? These questions and more ultimately caused me to walk away so I opted for water instead. I’m behind in my water intake of 2L unfortunately. Hoping to catch up but at this rate, it being almost midnight and all, doubting it! Plus I want to catch an early night, have to commute and do a story for the mag and then we be having a bbq. Plus it wouldn’t kill me to wake up early. 

Going to have a protein shake in the am and take a protein bar with me for travel. I don’t expect to be out terribly long so it should work out. 

Ate tons of fruit and had a salad so I’m feeling pretty good but I could have definitely had more fruit for sure. 

We are having a bbq so I think my cleanse will end early— around dinner time :P but I’ll write to wrap up. 

It’s definitely been different the second time around now that I know what to expect. I’m going to really try and push myself for the final day. Really need to ramp up the water consumption tomorrow, and everyday from now on. 

Until next time, 

x

onknight asked: see you have Changes fron David Bowie on you page here you a Fan and if you are have u seen him live

Hi! I’m a fan of Bowie, ‘Let’s Dance’ being perhaps a cliched, but nevertheless, favourite. I have not seen him live. I don’t think he is still touring or intends to anytime soon. 

Hi friends,

Turns out, the second time around, cleanses are a lot easier to deal with. Despite battling some serious hunger (my tummy was grumbling pretty audibly at lunch) I am doing okay. I am definitely glad I kicked caffeine earlier in the week. At my work they provide doughnuts (only on Friday’s) and sometimes, one of the manager-types (not sure what his position is to this day really) buys candy which he did today. But like a true champion I resisted. I won’t lie. I really, really did want to cheat. 

Seeing as how I’ve been down this road before I’ve kind of figured out what works and what doesn’t. Couldn’t really bring shakes to work per se, so I got protein bars because they pretty much fulfilled the same purpose and they were very low in sugar, and shared a lot of the same ingredients. I wouldn’t say they were “delicious” as such, though, highly misleading with names like ‘fudgey brownie’ and ‘peanut butter nut,” but nevertheless, they got the job done. I was pretty busy today so I found it hard to keep up with eating but I’m still feeling good. Catching up on the protein shakes as we speak. It’s your usual fare. 

Protein Shake

• Packet of whey protein powder (vanilla flavoured, low sugar don’t worry) 
• 1 tsp of flax seed
• 1 whole banana 
• 1\4 cup of vanilla almond milk 

Probably could have been a touch less sweet but I’m gonna try and ‘rinse it out’ but having tons of water after my first “meal” of the day. The same as before, salad with raw veggies and cooked chicken breast, topped with just olive oil. I think I’m supposed to have an avocado too but meh. They would have taken days to ripen so we will just overload the salad with goodness. I may add some pepper\garlic to my ‘dressing.’ No salt though! 

Looking forward to the all fruit part of my cleanse. 

I’m honestly really impressed at how less weak I’m feeling. But it’s early days. Maybe the toxins haven’t quite left yet. 

But I’m not bitchy\grumpy which leads me to believe now more than ever, happiness and nutrition are linked. You eat well, you feel well. 

Stay tuned. 

I must go, I have to finish this shake! Mmm

x 

So,

as you can probably tell from the lack of posts, Nailah fell off the wagon. Hard.

It was a gradual loosening of my proverbial food morals but eventually it ended up turning into the complete abandonment of them. 

But everything has its consequences. And boy am I feeling the consequences of abandoning my diet. 

Truthfully?

I feel like shit.

Sure, there are personal\emotional factors that certainly contribute to this but I can also tell that nutrition plays a large portion in this as well. 

But the great part about falling off the wagon is you can get back on right? 

I’m starting over!

Beginning with our pal Jay Robb’s 3 day Cleanse (yes, I clearly hate myself) I am detoxifying in order to get myself ready to switch over to Eat Clean (a detox diet of sorts). I’m really pumped to eat really great and interesting food that is typically outside of my palette and no longer feeling lethargic and moody.

Sugar really does a number on me I think. It’s an abusive miss. 

In short, look out for tons of posts from me during my cleanse, and me starting eat clean.

Wish me luck! 

Until next time,

x