5/22 Today I will...

Good Thursday Morning everyone!  The sun is shining and it looks like it will be another beautiful day today!  So, lets get started!  Today I will...get in all 100 ounces of water/herbal tea, get in my cleansing drink (x 2), no food/snacking after 8:30 pm, give cleaning the oven another go (hopefully find a product that will take off that baked on guck), wash the walls in the old apartment, hopefully get internet figured out or else go somewhere with WIFI.  Yesterday I...really get in 100 ounces of water (or my water w/a little bit cranberry juice or herbal tea)---got in about 90 ounces so I am getting closer to my goal (now if I could just remember to drink water while I am cleaning and I would be set), be mindful of my eating--did good at this, go to yoga class and really give 120%--yup it felt good after a 2 day break, clean the kitchen in my old apartment--yes this was quite the task because my oven was a lot worse than I realized (anyone have any good suggestions on how to get burned on guck off?), get the internet working at my new apartment--nope spent an hour on the phone with Qwest and now I have to call the business and reapiar offices this morning, get some clothes hung up/put away--nope cleaning the new apartment took twice as long as I expected, relax before 10:30 pm--yes, finally!

Good morning everyone, it's a new day and the sun is shinning, Yay........... Nicole, I think there is a spray cleaner for ovens? I have a self cleaning oven now so don't have to deal with that. Good luck with all your cleaning. Today I will:                               Yesterday: Drink 80 oz. water                      I got in 60 oz. Eat 3 meals, protein first            Ate 3 meals and 1 snack Walk on treadmill 2 times            Didn't do this, virus is kicking my butt Eat no carbs                               No carbs other than noodles in soup Walk outside                               I did take a nice walk outside Take all vitamins & antibiotic        Always take my vitamins Have a wonderful sunny day everyone............... Kelly

Good morning!!  Hope the sun is shining down that way like it is up here!!  now if it would just warm up!  lol Today I will: - smile and enjoy my night at work with friends - vitamins and water! - walk 1/2 lap further than I did yesterday! - work on my upper arms Yesterday I: - take my vitamins and pills     I really need to get to the root of why I can stand at the sink and look at my pill box and walk out without taking the damn vitamin...  this is stupid!! - DRINK!  WATER!     I did pretty good on the liquid front yesterday!  I took it out with me while I walked and just set it on the mailbox so each lap, I took a good drink. - eat real food not just protein bars     I had a 42gr protein shake first thing but ate regular food throughout the rest of the day.  I do have to be mindful though of the carbs. - Stay upbeat and happy through the stress     I made my decision to fight work and a weight was lifted so I came home in a better mood than I've been in for a couple of weeks.  I'm stressing over where the money will come from to live while I'm off but I'll make it through.

Easy-Off oven cleaner.  I HATE the stuff, you need to have plenty of fresh air when you spray it, it's just NASTY!!!   But it works better than anything else I've tried, and I've tried a LOT!  The oven we inherited with our house was hideous.... but I just got a new one 2 weeks ago, so I'll be KEEPING that baby shiney & new!!! If you get an orange-peel based cleaner, they work pretty good, but they take a lot more elbow grease, too.  So it depends on how badly you want to avoid the toxic crap...  If you buy an orange concentrate, mix it up doubly strong, that will help.

Thank you Darla!  I may just break down and buy the Easy-Off stuff even though I hate using toxic stuff, but I really want that depost back!  I hadn't realized just how icky my oven had gotten.

Hi Nicole, I just wanted to let you know I live in a tiny apartment and I just cleaned my oven (wich I have never done in two years), I used the easy off fume free max with lemon sent. It really doesnt smell too much like lemons but it didn't fume us out either! And it worked like a charm!! I had made a ham and spilled the glaze in my oven!! It looks almost brand new!! Just thought I would share!! Amber

Thank you so much Amber!  I believe I will be making a run to Target tonight and pick some up and give cleaning the oven another shot.  Glad to hear I won't have to worry about fuming myself out of the place! ~Nicole