Cleanse update

For the anonymous posted who asked me not to do the cleanse, your wish has been granted. At the end of day 5 both Joe and I decided to throw in the towel. Drinking nothing but spicy lemonade all day is NOT a fun endeavor and is leaving us both hungry and cranky. I feel that 5 days was really enough for me and my body is fairly flushed out. I am currently drinking some orange juice that we froze a few days ago so it's more of a slushie, and nothing has tasted sweeter.

layer up | vested interest

all items remix'd 
shirt: Loft 
vest: Old Navy 
pants: Express 
shoes: Madden Girl 
earrings: Collignon Designs, gift'd 

 So the challenge for Thursday and Friday called for a jacket over vest/vest over jacket/jacket over cardigan. With 70+ degree weather the past few days, those kind of layers just ain't happening! But I am glad I dug out this vest - I forgot how much I like it and need to wear it again! *******************************************************************************************
Day 4 of the cleanse: Last night was the first night I didn't come home completely tired, although I am tired of the taste of the lemonade and barely even drank 64 ounces yesterday. I think I made the last batch a bit too cayenne-peppery, so today's batch has a bit less. Although I miss my morning cup of coffee, I am actually a bit glad for coming off it. I am sure the reason I had a headache yesterday was caffeine withdrawals, so when we're done I am going to cut back or drink more decaf.

Although the cleanse is not something I want to do all the time, now it's more of a mental challenge for me to complete it. And this one is easy in that you don't have to think about what you are going to eat because it's already made. Getting through the weekend will be tough and I am sad that we are going to have to skip some Superbowl parties, because we really can't be around people eating food. But hopefully we will get lots of projects done around the house. I will keep you posted.

P.S. I finally converted over to the new blogger interface and while it seems to have some better functionality, it's different too. Anyone else having difficulty?

layer up | long over long

{Sorry, I am a day behind on the challenge. The cleanse has me a bit off schedule, but more on that later}



all items remix'd
top: Anthro
cardi: Target
skirt: Old Navy
shoes: Geox
earrings: Collignon Designs, gift'd

I bought this maxi skirt last summer thinking I would wear it all the time because it is super comfortable. Then I realized Houston heat is not cut out for large amounts of dark fabric. I think I did a good job of dressing the skirt up for work but it's funny how petite I look in this photo! For the record, I am 5'6", which is pretty tall for an Asian chick.

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Day three of the cleanse: Besides drinking the lemonade all day, the other things you drink are a laxative herbal (senna) tea before bed and a 32-ounce salt water flush in the morning. And you want to have easy access to a restroom while the flush does its job. The whole point of the MC is to clean your body of toxins (hence the name, I suppose!). I have been drinking close to 88 ounces of the lemonade each day so far and I am hungry but not starving. I just feel a bit tired by the end of the day.

On the flip side, the scale has dropped 3 pounds since I started; I am curious to see how much weight I will end up losing and how much will come back once I start eating regular food again. Only 7 more days to go...

layer up | long over short

{Today's challenge was actually cropped over long, but I have long abandoned buying anything cropped since the '90s so I interpreted it the opposite way.}


all items remix'd
dress: Missoni for Target
cardi: J.Crew
boots: Nordstrom Rack
earrings: Collignon Designs, gift'd
bangles: India
tights: Loft

Wearing this bright yellow cardi simply makes me smile. So does this fun dress. The weird thing is that with the whole Target-selling-out-of-all-things-Missoni, I have really yet to see anyone but myself actually wearing any of it.
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Today I started the Master Cleanse with the hubs and another friend of ours. Drinking only this lemonade concoction all day is definitely more difficult than I imagined and I am a bit crabby, as the hubs can attest to. We are attempting to do this for 10-11 days; I am just taking each day at a time. Now I think it's time for bed since we can't eat dinner!