Night shift tonight at work so thought id would take the chance to update my blog. I have not been sure really what to talk about as of late.  I feel like my posts are repetitive and mundane  usually just updates on what has been going on. 

so lets see where to begin? My smoothie challenge is going well! Day 5 and Its been better than i thought. I must explain a bit more about this challenge as a few people have asked me about it.. It is not a fast. I am not just having smoothies. I am having my formula and eating regularly  The purpose of the smoothie is for the vitamins, nutrients , for the health benefits and to help me have more variety in my diet. The Challenge part is to have one a day, even if you are a picky eater like me and dont like alot of foods. To be open minded and give it a try. That has been the learning experience for me. I am a very picky eater thats why I did this.  Young and Raw sends out the recipes every night at 6 pm and the variety is amazing.So many thing I would not have thought about putting in a smoothie.. like celery??? and cucumbers? I thought you could only juice those. Luckily I have a good blender. My smoothies are not chunky and the tastes are not what I expected. So far day 3 smoothie was the hardest I think I used to much Ginger , and it was  parsley, celery, cucumber, ginger, and lemon all together! so it was quiet tart and strong! took me about 40 mins to get it in. I would have not done that before. I would have tasted it and gave up if I did not like it. Day 4 was my favorite smoothie. Today’s smoothie is lemon , lime , oranges, celery and spinach. That will be interesting after a night shift! I have been taking photos and posting them on my fb fan page along with the PHE and Calories. I also post them in the Young and Raw group on fb.  The recipes so far have been using coconut water. I got organic coconut water from the new coopers by my house and I was not a big fan of it the first few days. I tried it by itself first and spat it out! WOW! not what I expected and I do like coconut flavor things. The first 2 smoothies I could really taste it. But I didn’t taste it at all yesterday. I wanted to give it a good try since its suppose to be more hydrating then just plain h20 and it helps absorb the nutrients in the smoothies.   

So what I have been doing for this challenge is I wake up in the morning and I have a glass of water with squeezed lemon with my morning pills then I make my smoothie and sit down to check fb email and all that, I may or may not have a low protein wheatstarch bun if I am still hungry. With butter and organic jam ( its lower in calories)  at 10 am I have my first formula. Then at 12 I have lunch. A low protein pizza pop ( wheatstarch) applesauce, or fruit and a few sticks of celery or carrots. Dinner I have potatoes or pasta and veggies with my last formula. 

So far it has been working out very well. I still am not loosing really any weight. According to my scale. I am going to yoga twice a week, gym twice a week, walking once a week, and aqua fit twice a week. Today I set up a home gym with a TV and DVD player for my yoga, Pilates and zumba DVDS. I also dragged in my recumbent bike. I went to walmart and bought some 8 lb dumbbells  a skipping rope, a buso ball and exersize ball , and some stretching cords.  I made up some poster board charts and graphs to help visualize my progress and realized that I had not taken my measurements yet for February  I was not really expecting them to have any change. I don’t feel different or look different , my clothes are not feeling different . but I was surprised!! i was down 9 inches! So i must be doing something right. Now if only the scale would go down too. 

That has helped re motivate me. 

well BC PKU DAY 2013 is this weekend! I am so excited for the event! nervous for the drive down over the couquihalla though during the winter.  Normally the events are in June  This is going to be a big event too! Big speakers, important news information. We are having a “pennies for PKU ” penny drive, and more but you will have to wait for the event! 

I have booked my clinic appt for Friday at 1 pm and this will be one of the first events where I am not the  only PKU adult , my friend Amanda is coming with us! It will be her first event.  Also one of my other adult friends from the interior is going to go.  We are leaving here at about 8 am to make it for my appt. The clinic does not normally do clinics on a Friday but are specially for people coming to the event.  The event is Saturday 9 am to 5 pm and it is not to late to register for those wanting to attend! 

Thursday before the event here in Kamloops I will be live on the Jim Harrison Radio show Radio station NL 610 am talking about the event, my pku life and international Rare Disease day on February 28th. You can listen online if you want but dont tell me till after. I am a little nervous ! Better to think its just him and I talking. Hopefully I don’t stutter! I get so excited when I am talking about PKU. It is always hard for me to keep it short and to the point as everything is important to me! 

Well , I guess I should wrap this up! Thanks for following! Id love to hear from you! please feel free to leave comments, ask me questions or leave suggestions for future posts!