Monday, April 23, 2012

I laaaaaaaaakkkkkk cheeese....

     It's been a very, very looooong time.  I am still taking ZXT, haven't really lost anything more, but I haven't had the time to start working out yet.  I am holding firm at 140lbs so far.  Still can't complain, my appetite is still down, and I still don't have any evil side effects.  I will continue.
     Work has become insanely busy, and people are just impatient.  I am not sure but I think most of our customers believe there is a magic fairy that does there orders as soon as they hit checkout.  I apologize if you are that person... No, no I don't.  People are ridiculous, and I am not just talking about bridezilla's.  I am also a firm believer in nasty email day...  It's almost like working in a restaurant, that table that inevitably thinks that they are the ONLY customers in the place.  All our customers think they are the only ones who have ordered.  Anyway busy is good.
About to make myself some obnoxious blue hair, and work on someones custom logo.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sunday Boredom.

So this is how my Zumba endeavor went.
Ebay Scam.
Claim Filed.
Refund.

Ordered from legitimate website, it's on its way!

I know as with everything I am totally behind.  So here's my progress for the last two weeks in a nutshell.  My morning weigh-ins are now at 142lbs.  Yes that's 10 pounds from when I started.  I am not watching what I eat and I am not exercising yet.  I do believe though at last update I was headachy.  I found that I was able to solve that with Gatorade.  While drinking water all the time is great, it seems that my body needed a dose of sugar.  So I went to Gatorade, in case I was dehydrated.  Within a few minutes of downing 16oz of it, the headache subsided.  My blood pressure is also not so high anymore.  I think it is the combo of the ZXT and the actual meds.  I haven't felt like a truck hit me in almost a month. I am still up in the energy department, and still no trouble sleeping.  Come to think of it, I haven't needed to nap in a few weeks either.  The regularity is a plus as well.  I still don't drink very much soda, and my snacking/boredom eating also seems to be under control.  All in all I feel good!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Legitimate One Month Trial Part 1

The Beginning Can Be Found Here clicky!

As promised, Day 3:
Today was just a little bit different, I wasn't hungry at all.  The insert says I do not have to take these pills with food, which is good considering the complete loss of appetite.  However, I did eat a 1.3 oz package of  Keebler cinnamon toast grahams.  I only drank about 1.5 bottles of water, had some chickeny noodly sort of soup...they just don't make lipton like they used to.  I had some sauted pierogies for dinner and half a can of soda.  Finally the detox started, at about 10pm.  And no I don't think I have to draw a picture of what this means.  :)  I also had a surprise weigh in, 148, yes that's 4lbs in 3 days.

Day 4
I finally got around to taking my measurements early morning, and no I am not comfortable with sharing considering I actually invented a new one.  I call it "pouch."  I didn't do much snacking today just had lunch, Turkey and swiss on an onion bagel, had cereal for dinner.  Yes I like cereal lol.  At this point though I did notice a slight headache.  I didn't drink as much water as I should have this day either, topping out at 1.5 bottles again.  Also I haven't had the right mg of my BP pills either, which was perscribed for the migraines as well. Or it could have been the ZXT.  :(  Then again I figure I should have felt symptoms when I started taking it, not 4 days later.  I did pick up the right script that night, and was taking proper mg again.  Also detoxed again this evening. ;-)

Day 5
Still had the headache when I woke up, not good.  I actually had to take the migraine meds, after aspirin failed.  I weighed in again, just bc I have no will power, this time the scale said 145!  Same routine, pills, no oatmeal but I did have a light snack.  Lunch of chicken fingers and honey mustard yum!  Now, I didn't eat dinner, lunch was late, so I opted for drinking.  This was an interesting experience... It's not recommended to drink while on ZXT, but "if you have to" take the pills at least 1 hour prior.  I take mine in the AM so it wasn't that much of problem.  I didn't feel any different, it didn't make a happy concoction , didn't really do much for the headache either.  I wasn't out all night, only until about 10 drank another bottle of water and pretty much passed out, Thank You headache.  I woke up around 2:46 as my nightly detox was late... and low and behold I felt fuzzier than when I went to sleep.  I only had 2 pints in case your wondering how much I drank.  it was weird, may have just been tired.  I took my BP pill late and crawled back into bed.

Day 6
I realize it's only noon-ish now and will finish this update later.  I ate breakfast - cereal of course, discovered that my cat who won't eat milk, cheese, or meat, likes Lucky Charm marshmallows.  Go Figure. I am currently cooking some manicotti for lunch, have a moderate appetite, and plan on drinking again tonight.  i'll let you know how that goes.  :)

Now for the less technical stuff, Since taking ZXT I have lost 7lbs.  I feel great during the day, I have no trouble waking up in the morning anymore.  I have absolutely NO toruble sleeping at night either.  I have loads of energy, and my armpits don't itch anymore lol. (see candida and bee pollen).  Also the detoxifying part I keep refering to isn't terrible.  I am averaging once a day now, which is a HUGE improvement, but we don't need to get into that.  Its not uncontrollable, I don't have to wear depends, or carry spare pants with me.  I have also done the 2 things I have wanted to, cut out soda, and drink more water!  All in all I'm enjoying this, it may not be for everyone but I feel it's working for me.  I know this may be a boring read, but I kind of wanted to do a "real person's testimonial."

I am real person, and I am really taking Zi Xiu Tang.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Legitimate One Month Trial

So, I am going to keep track of my new diet attempt.  I will be keeping track of what I have eaten, how I'm feeling, and of course, hopefully weight loss.  I am taking these Zi Xiu Tang
Yesterday was Day 1:
     For Breakfast I ate an instant flavored oatmeal packet, and some fruit snacks.  I then took the pills.  This was around 10AM.  I tried a flavored water, Mio Energy, bad idea.  Coupling this with the pills basically made me feel like my chest was going to explode and like I should be running a marathon.  Keep in mind I am on Blood Pressure Meds as well.  I switched to regular water, and was fine in a few minutes.  I wasn't hungry until about 3pm, when I ate a Turkey and swiss sandwich on an onion bagel.  When I got home at 6-ish I had about 8 combos.  I then cooked dinner at 8, Cheeseburger's with lettuce/tomato and a few fries.  All in all I drank 3.5 bottles of water and half a can of soda.  I am going easy on the caffeine until my body gets used to the Zi Xiu Tang.
     My official weight yesterday was 152lbs, I plan on weighing in on Sunday's once I have a set routine.  I felt really good despite the initial first jitters.  I had a ton of energy and wasn't hungry, as the ZXT has a natural appetite suppressant and also serves as a detox.  Being day one there were no stomach issues, I was also able to sleep the night through as well.

Day 2
Today:
     Again I had the flavored oatmeal and 2 pills.  Again I wasn't hungry until around 2:30pm, I had another cheeseburger and a few combos probably around 5.  I didn't really snack at all and had 2 bowls of cereal for dinner at 7.  I haven't eaten anything since, and have been working on my first can of soda of the day.  I did drink some ginger ale earlier, but there was no caffeine involved.  I am drinking Pepsi now.  This is good considering I wanted to stop drinking so much soda anyway.  I felt energized again, and again no stomach issues so far.
      Tomorrow I will take my measurements, and also do first round before pictures.  On to Day 3.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Beauty Products.

So far I feel I should mention some really great things I've discovered somewhat recently:
Amazing Hair:
Aussie 3 minute miracle.  It's a deep conditioner that doesn't leave your hair feeling like you've just deep conditioned it.  It leaves fried hair, or overdyed hair feeling AMAZING.  I will never go back to standard conditioner again.  It is usually less than $3 a bottle and smells fantastic.

Insanely Soft Skin:
St. Ives Sensitive Skin Apricot Scrub, yes the stuff with the rocks in it, followed by Fruit of the Earth Vitamin E Skin Cream.  Soft Skin instantly, and lasts 24 hours...Usually wash my face every morning, so it lasts from face wash to face wash.

Now some not so good luck....
I would also love to know if anyone else has this problem.
Recently, I have had itchy armpits from hell.  I have used clinical strength, sensitive skin, and natural deodorants.  Problem is anything including the aluminum ingredient causes the itch.  Natural deodorants, don't last half as long and, well make you smell.  Given the choice between itching or smelling? Neither :/
I've just gone a few rounds with Adidas aluminum free with cotton tech?  Discovered it makes my armpit skin peel.  *sigh*  Back to square one.

Operation skinny starts tomorrow, with the help of Zi Xui Tang.  An all natural Bee Pollen weight loss pill.  I have heard good things about them and am actually excited to see how it goes.  Supposedly no diet or exercise is needed.  Even though I am still anxious to see if my Zumba arrives, very leary considering I purchased it from a supposed USA based seller, and it has now shipped from china.  God only knows what will be in that package.

Yes, I bought a scale.  :-)
Official weigh in 150 lb by the house scale, 156 lbs by the doctors scale.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Untitled. Bc I got nothing.

     So, I am having Zumba drama.  Shortly after I purchased my new toy (see previous post) ebay informed me the listing had been removed due to security issues.  So If I haven't payed I don't have to, If I have payed and received it yay!  Well I payed for it on a Sunday.  Where does that leave me?  Wondering if I am getting the item, or a refund..  I've emailed the "no longer registered ebay user, and the address on the paypal account, to no avail.  However I noticed today the item has been marked as shipped?  So who knows what will be in that package...  In the meantime had also purchased another set elsewhere, and got no response or confirmation of that.  so today I cancelled the paypal request.  I think fate is telling me to just get fat lol.  Anyhow I am really looking forward to hopefully receiving it.
     I am still failing miserably at producing any sort of non digital art-whatsoever.  However, I did not fail at my very first pot roast dinner for this evening ^_^ Yum!
     I am still working on rehashing my IMVU catalog, that to is going very slow.  I have managed to get my hands on a copy of 3D Studio Max, so hopefully I can also start meshing instead of just retexturing.  After I figure out how to use it.  I want to have my catalog done by March 1st, so that I can start developing in a new month, we'll see how that goes.