BIG NEWS!

Sooo I know I was suppose to do the juice cleanse... I promise I didn't slack but I was unable to do it because of some HUGE news! I'm PREGNANT!!! So all dieting has come to a halt until our little "Bean" comes!

We didn't want to announce anything until our first ultrasound to make sure everything was okay. Romi bunny is going to be a big bunny brother! 

Here is baby "Bean", baby was super active even though I count feel anything since I'm measuring at 9 weeks. Nate and I are both excited for our little bundle!

And some other news, we have been approved for a different base and we are now headed to Cali! Yay for warm weather and sunshine. We are ready to leave Italy but will miss it at the same time. Just a couple more weeks and we are out here!

xxxx- Jaynon

Spinning!

I know it's been a couple weeks since I last posted but it's been a little busy. So after I finished the cleanse I started clean eating, not as had as I thought it would be. I'm still holding sting and making healthy choices! Since then I started to go to spin class twice a week. OMG the first day (Tuesday, Jan. 7th) after spin I seriously felt like I was going to throw up near the end and after. My legs we jelly and the few days after they killed! Friday my legs killed but not as bad as the days perviously but I went to spin again. That class I killed it! I didn't throw up, I kept up with the class, and my legs felt awesome. They burned but not crazy bad like the first day. This week I only got a chance to go to spin once because I had to go to this class for moving that is mandatory for my husband, and there is only one class on Fridays. Man that class was boring but informational though.

We've also been going strong with eating mostly vegetarian. We had meat a couple times this week (Nate may had more since I don't alway pack his lunch) and I made an awesome quinoa soup! I really enjoy quinoa :)

Oh! We also got our new Breville JE98LX juicer in the mail this week and tried out first juice. I must say it wasn't bad and it was pretty filling! Next weeks adventure challenge the Nate is actually joining me in is a 10 day juice fast! I'll be posting my day to day progress, starting Monday, and feelings hopefully everyday to help me keep juicing!

Today, I'm gonna be trying out some salad recipes and compiling my list of fruits and veggies we need to start juicing! Time to snuggle with my Romi bunny and drink a warm cup of tea on this rainy gloomy day.

xx- Jay

Skinny Bunny Cleanse Complet!!!

I did it!!! I completed the 5 day Skinny Bunny Cleanse that Rabbit Food For My Rabbit Teeth provided, I'm also going to start following her Rabbit Food Pyramid too. I am feeling pretty accomplished today!

Final weigh in weight: 197.6

Total weight loss: 7.2 pounds

Yay!!! I'm so proud that I stuck with the cleanse. Day 3 and 4 were pretty hard for me, I'm not going to lie. For a few minutes I thought I wasn't going to make it, but I pushed myself and I did! I wen't out for girls coffee with my friends Bindi and Ashly and they both told me I looked a little slimmer. Bindi insist that I needed to have before and after photos... I've very hesitant to post them but I will do it. My before picture was taken by my photographer friend John Gess ( would link him but he doesn't have his page up yet) I believe end of November, early December of 2013. A friend of mine that is getting into the modeling industry talked me into getting photos done. I guess to try to boost my self confidence. Not sure it really worked but the photos look pretty good, I also have pink hair. Here they are!

Before cleanse.

After cleanse.

I can't tell a difference at all in the pictures. But then my husband said you can never really tell on yourself unless it's a huge change. But after the cleanse I've noticed my pants fitting a little better and I have a ton more energy and the need to eat healthy. So, in all I've very happy with the results!

Today Nate and I went grocery shopping and we stayed away from as much processed food as we could. We are on a small base and getting a lot of organic stuff can be a little difficult. In fact, I'm kind of wondering why we didn't go the Interspar (one of the Italian super markets) for out fruits and veggies. I should of thought of that, jeeze, oh well next shopping trip. We got a ton of veggies and fruit and a ton of organic thing we like to eat. It's going to be fun trying new clean recipes! Oh I also had my cheat meal for lunch, real Italian pizza from New Risto Pizza. First day I've had meat or bread since I started my clean. I was telling my husband after I had some pizza that I felt kind of guilty eating it. I'm not sure it if was because I was eating meat or because it was pizza... Next week I should be starting spin with my friend Heather. Hopefully I won't die! Now if only my juicer would get here :P

Here's to starting to eat clean!

xx- Jay

Skinny Bunny Cleanse - Day 5

I finally made it to the last day of the cleanse! Weight this morning was 198.6

Today has been pretty easy, maybe not as easy as the first 2 days, but easy. I have been looking up clean eating recipes all day and I think I'm ready for it. I'm not going to write too much tonight because I want to save most of that for my results post tomorrow! I am however gonna say I am feeling very accomplished as I write this! Off to bed!

Night!
xx- Jay

Skinny Bunny Cleanse - Day 4

Weight check in! Today I hopped on the scale and it read 199.6!

I must admit today has been hard. I, not being a big fan of yogurt have not been wanting to eat it. I've never really liked the texture of yogurt and today I think I've hit the point where it's really starting to get to me. Also, my husband went out and bought a sandwich from a bakery and OMG I sooo wanted to seal his lunch and eat it. I didn't thought, instead I reminded myself I just have today and tomorrow to get through! I didn't realize I had so much self control when it came to food. I'm getting a little worried though for after this cleanse. I don't want to backslide, so today I already started to semi get a meal plan in place.

Since it is some what impossible to not be tempted on the weekend when my husband is off work, like in my post from the day before, I decided to give myself a "cheat" day once a week. Limitations are it has to be in moderation and I'm not allowed to take home leftovers if the meal is huge! I think I'm somewhat making Nate think about getting on a healthier diet as well. I kind of hope so if he is on board because it will make it much easier on me, especially so I won't have to make two separate meals for each of us.

Other than that I'm doing good!
xx- Jay

Skinny Bunny Cleanse - Day 3

Checking in! Weight this morning was 201.2 pounds!

Today has gotten easier and harder at the same time. Easier because I've distracted myself most of today with house hold cleaning. Harder because every time I see pictures or shows that have food in them I want it lol. Ugh how I want a big juicy buyer right now! I also almost ate a priced of chocolate without even thinking. Before I even unwrapped it I remembered NO, you are half way through this cleanse. I have worked way to hard to keep up the cleanse to ruin it with a piece of chocolate.

I've decided today that once I start my clean eating, I'm allowed one meal a week that is either fast food or eating out. If I stray from that then. Hopefully I have enough self control that I can stick to the plan. I don't want to deprive myself of not being able to have some of my favorite foods all together. If I do deprive myself I will doom myself because I will break and backslide into my eating non stop ways.

Also, I'm having Nate bring my elliptical back into the living room for me to be able to get my workout on. I already know if I try to go to they base gym anytime after new years for a month that it will be jam packed with people trying to full full their new years resolution. Losing weight isn't my resolution this year, mine is getting my freelance business in hair and makeup up and going and hopefully going back to school (school is a maybe depends on what is going on). I'm not losing weight or doing clean eating for a resolution. Those never work out like that. I'm doing it because I want to do it for myself and for my health.

Happy New Year!
xx- Jay

Skinny Bunny Cleanse - Day 2

First off... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (In Italy if your reading this in the US)

Weight this morning: 202.8
Doing pretty well but have been tempted all day... Making myself a separate breakfast than Nate and him tempting me with all the noms he was eating before we went to my friends New Years Eve party. Oh Lord not eating anything at that party SUCKED! I wanted to eat everything sooooo badly. This is the most self control I have ever had. I so badly wanted to just eat a cupcake and tell myself "It's okay just start over next week" but I had to remind myself I am not only doing this to lose weight I have to do this for my health as well.

Today has been quite a struggle. Anyone that knows me know I LOVE food! OMG I will devour some food... I'm kind of a food addict I guess you can say.  This is gonna start getting deep.

When I was younger, like junior high and high school I was pretty self conscious of what I ate even though I wanted more. My mom would tell me all the time (she still does) that I am fat. Might I add my mother is a 4'10" little Laotion lady.. Yeah of course she would be skinny and me being mixed because my dad is American I'm more curvy. I was never fat as a kid I was pretty small.. well more lanky when I was in junior high then I got boobs and a booty in high school. So you can see why I at the age was pretty self conscious of my body, I think every kid is at that age. I kind of developed an eating disorder at that age where I would hardly eat anything but when I was hungry enough I would binge eat and after I did I would feel horrible about it and starve myself again. After high school I would eat but I was also still doing the same but not as bad, until after I got out of a really bad relationship and was trying to find myself again. At this time I was in cosmetology school so I cut off all my hair and began smoking. None of my parents knew I did smoke but I think my dad suspected it. At that time in my life I was going to school full time and working full time.. I didn't really have time to eat so I took to smoking and drinking coffee with an occasional baked potato or salad from Wendy's. Then I met/reunited with a guy that I dated in high school after him a packed on a few pounds near the end of that relationship because I had gotten pregnant but lost the baby at 10 weeks. That relationship ended because of various things that I won't get into.. That door doesn't need to be opened again. After that I went into a depression and ended up in the hospital, not something that I really talk about. I had to find myself over again, this time I took to just being care free if you say. I was smoking again and also going clubbing every weekend starting Friday nights and ending Sunday mornings. I had lost a bit of weight. Then I met my husband, got married and comfortable, (I also stopped smoking, I'll sneak some every so often but I always tell Nate about it.) and packed on the weight... especially when he was in Korea for a year. I took to comfort eating, my friends knew I was packing on the weight but how do you tell someone they are getting a little heavy when their husband is in another country for a year? So I ate my feelings to the point where I was 140 all the way to when Nate got back and we were getting ready to uplift my live and move to Italy at 175 pounds!

Italy, oh country of tasty carbs is where I gained another 40+ pounds. I packed on the most weight here. I think a mix of missing home, eating out, Nate's work trips, and being in denial of my weight gain, I turned to my beloved friend and comfort food. Earlier this year was an attempt to my weight loss that didn't go as planned I was doing well I had lost around 10 pounds. Then I went stateside and gained it back and my ankle issues didn't help. I guess in a way this blog will help keep me honest and hopefully keep me motivated.

Sorry for a long rant but I figured that I might as well get my weight issues out in the open if I'm gonna help myself.

No more denial!
xx- Jay