Feeling Good/Losing Weight

Well I made it to day 7 on my detox cleansing week. Yeah!!! Once I got about half way through the week my energy picked back up and I wasn't so tired. It's normal to be tired at the beginning and more energized at the end. Right now I have no desire to go back to eating the bad stuff. I'm loving the ease of making my green smoothies for breakfast and prefer the fruits and veggies. I have a ton of new recipes to try that I found online. Today we're snowed in - so far about 12" and it's only 10 am. The storm is suppossed to go until around 7 tonight. Today is a good day to cook. I'm making some homemade baked beans (that way I can control the sugar amounts) and tomatillo guacamolie for a potluck on Friday (I have lots of avacado's right now). I'm also making a mushroom lentil bake and I have an awesome recipe for eggplant caserole that I'm making for the potluck also. As I see it the trick to a potluck is bringing stuff you can eat so you're not starving and everyone brought desert or something.

Well so far I've gone from 171 lbs to 162. That's almost 10 lbs without "trying" - just changing the eating habits. I'm happy about the weight loss though. When you have psoriosis your self esteem can really be damaged. You feel like your damaged and you don't want anyone looking at you. Because I have psoriosis between my breasts so bad I can't wear anything remotely low cut. I also have to wear longer shirts because I don't want anyone to see my lower back or my belly button area. For a women this is tough because we want to feel sexy and attractive - that's really hard when the last thing you want is for anyone to ever see you naked! I remember when I was younger and fit I felt good about myself. I wore sexy bras and underwear and even if no one was seeing them I still felt sexy in them. I'm really happy that I'm starting to loose some weight as at least then I'll feel good in tight jeans or something. I'm praying for the skin to clear - at the very least in the more private areas. I met a guy on facebook that has psoriosis on his private areas. My heart just breaks for men who have that problem. He said it was causing issues with his wife and his sex life - I can only imagine the pain he must go through (physically and emotionally). I'm so happy to have an understanding husband. He has never made a negative comment about my skin.

Here's to more weight loss and clearer skin. Cheers! (I'm toasting myself with a cup of hot green tea - no alcohol for me).