A Week of Setbacks....but NOT Derailed!

Last Monday morning, ready to start a new week of eating clean and exercise, I wake up to a dull pain in my kidney area. Having experience my first and only kidney stone 3 years ago, I knew what this dull pain was. As I went thru the day, the pain stayed about the same with a few bouts of sharp pain here and there but nothing too bad. I went to see my doctor Monday afternoon and got confirmation that I indeed had a new kidney stone. Ugh! I was afraid to do any physical activity in fear that it might accelerate to emergency room type pain like my first kidney stone encounter. So I took one of the prescribed Vicadin's Monday night before bed, prayed I wouldn't have to take a midnight ER run, and went to sleep. (slept like a rock, btw). Tuesday morning I woke up with the same dull ache but the pain had moved a little lower. I spent part of the day searching the web for something natural I could try instead of putting chemicals in my body. I found a huge amount of posts about lemons. Fresh juiced lemons that can destroy calcium oxalate in the kidneys. So I gave it a try. Took 10 lemons, ran them thru my juicer (peel, seeds and all) and juiced up 8 oz. of the king of pucker-up juice. Said a quick prayer and slammed it back! Then over the next 10 mins or so, slammed back a bottle of water. Within 15 mins, I could feel weird things going on inside my body, like small twinges of pain, but not painful pain. After about an hour, I went to bed. Woke up Wednesday morning with ZERO pain and haven't had any since. I believe the prayers and fresh lemons did the trick! LOVE the thought of using something natural that God made to help my body rather than swallowing pills made of who-knows-what kind of chemicals if I don't have to. So, next time you feel a kidney stone coming on, try this and see if it works for you! As a matter of fact, if you have a juicer that's collecting dust, why not get it out, wipe it down and put some natural fruits and veggies thru it and drink up! Put these minerals and vitamins in your body and let them do their work. There are great benefits that come from juicing!

Now, on to the results. I still dropped another 1/2 pound and another 1 inch off my waist from last week. This was purely by eating clean during the week. I'm back at it this week and adding the workout back in with HIIT cardio tonight. :)

Update and Results

Sorry about not updating last week. I was out of town over the weekend and had limited web access. But I got up this morning and measured and here are the results after 3 weeks.

Starting weight - 164.5
Week 3 weight - 160.5

Starting waist - 37
Week 3 waist - 35

Starting hips - 36.5
Week 3 hips - 34

Starting body fat - 22.1%
Week 3 body fat - 18.5%

I said it many times through my first challenge that Body for Life WORKS. IT STILL WORKS. In 3 weeks I've already lost 4 lbs and 4.5 inches from my waist & hips. It still amazes me how when you eat healthy and exersize, your body automatically goes where it's supposed to go, health-wise, weight-wise, and shape-wise. What a concept huh? :)

Here's a small examle of some of the foods I'm eating:
- grilled or baked talipia
- grilled or baked chicken breast
- eggs (mostly whites)
- lean ground turkey (you can make a variety of meals with this)
- sweet potatoes
- regular potatoes
- low-carb whole wheat tortillas
- whole wheat english muffins
- all the different fresh veggies you can imagine
- variety of fresh fruits
- water
- decaf tea w/ splenda or stevia