shake, shake, shake

Well, day one of nutritional shakes under my belt. I was a little concerned that I wouldn't like them enough to keep motivated to persevere. Wrong! Not only do I like them a lot, I tried a few different ways to have them and I like them with lots of water, which is a bonus because it's really important to stay properly hydrated. My favourite so far is the vanilla shake with orange flavoured metamucil mixed right in...Like an orange creamsickle! I also like the plain chocolate, but am also going to try mixing it too, maybe the orange, or I also got mixed berry metamucil. I also tried the soup tonight, and found I enjoyed the broth more by itself. I'm going to try it again with onions. The other thing that surprised me, even though they told us about it, was how full and satisfied I felt. I had to have my last shake at 7:30 and if they had not told us to make sure we had all of them, I wouldn't have! Apparently this is the optimal number of calories, protein etc to have the fat stores be used for fuel. Yahoo! I have a training session to attend in the morning before heading out to the cottage. I may not be able to post there, so don't worry if you don't hear from me. If I can, I will. I'm also redoing the purple streak in my hair while we're away. Last but not least, tomorrow is big B's birthday. Send him some lovin' if you feel inclined. I know I am! Lovingly, elly "I like people who shake other people up and make them uncomfortable." Jim Morrison and I really like this one..."In a gentle way you can shake the world." Mahatma Gandhi