Feeling Lousy.

I’ve been sick all week, and I’ve been liberally throwing myself nightly pity parties on my couch. I haven’t been to the gym. I haven’t made dinner. I’ve been eating junk food. And I’ve been watching every Bravolebrity on DVR. I’m letting myself indulge in this because a) I’m not feeling well and I think I little R&R might not be a bad thing and b) next week I’m attempting to go on a cleanse next week. A cleanse? Crazy right? Probably. I’ll likely get about 8 hours into in and decide that I will simply not survive without carbs. That’s what happened in college when I foolishly decided that I would only eat carrots and yogurt for a week. (That lasted until about 6pm that night.) So this time, I’m going to try it a little differently. I’m aiming to cut carbs and meat out of my diet by focusing on fruits, vegetables and lean dairy. I haven’t quite figured out how I’m going to handle the protein issue other than Greek yogurt. I’ll likely include beans instead of nuts because I’m focusing on fat reduction, as well. Check back on Tuesday to see how I’m surviving Day One.

In the meantime, I’ve been letting myself indulge in a lot of the meals I won’t be able to eat on this new plan. I totally understand that this is counterproductive to what I’m trying to accomplish, but shrimp tacos and turkey sandwiches and crunchy potato chips are just too hard to avoid right now! Next week I will be better.

In other news, my momma and I are heading out to Chicago this weekend for the wedding of a family friend. I’m so excited to get back to Chicago for a girls weekend! It will be the perfect way to say goodbye to summer.  Additionally, M is heading out to Vegas for guys weekend. I’ve never seen a group of guys plan so many events for a weekend away (even though one is truly the ringleader of this madness). I think they have every second of this weekend planned with pool parties, DJs and late night entertainment (some of which I probably don’t want to know about). Regardless, I’m glad he’s getting a weekend in with the guys. I claim so many of his weekends that I worry about him sacrificing his time with friends to be with me. Even though I know he doesn’t mind, that guy time is still important. Luckily, he lives in a frat house of men during the week, so I guess there’s enough male bonding that I don’t have to feel guilty.

Anyway, I think I’m going to head to bed shortly and hope to be over this cold by the weekend. Sweet dreams!

To LOTS of Vitamin C,

Lia