Tomorrow (Tuesday) is CHEAT DAY! So, let me congratulate all the Cheat Day participants — Lavendula, Julie, Kellie, Lindsay, and Heather — for going sugar and caffeine free for A LONG TIME. CONGRATULATIONS. You win a big wet kiss from MINDEN….

As for me…, I totally sucked on this cleanse. I cheated every day. Every day, that is, UNTIL Cheat Day — which is tomorrow. In other words, I had a Starbucks soy chai latte EVERY FREAKING DAY.

Ick.

Tomorrow I start over again on THIS no-sugar, no-caffeine, no animal products (hollahhh!) Skinny Bitch diet….

Only I’m going to skip the no-caffeine part. Because, DAMMIT, if last night is any indication, my son is NOT in fact STTN. I knew it. You knew it…. Oy! I knew I was jinxing myself yesterday when I said he was “sleepingthroughthenight.” Sheesh. Gorgeouses, he was up ALL NIGHT last night. What IS that? Dang jinx AND dang time change is what it is, dangit dangit.

Sigh, anyway, I think a little chai tea BAG (not chai tea CRACKÉ) is perfectly, as Monkey would say, “acceppable.”

I still have to “bone up” (heh, that expression kills me every time) on my Skinny Bitch rules and regulations. It’s been so long since I read it, after all…. In addition to keeping a tiny bit of “healthy” caffeine in my diet — green tea only, if possible — other changes I’d make to the diet is keeping it whole-food oriented. I’ve been a vegan long enough not to need fake meats to keep my taste buds interested….

I also need to drink TONS of water. My lips are a GIANT BILLBOARD of an indicator that I’m dehydrated. They’ve never been this chapped. They throb sometimes, they’re so chapped! I know, ew!

Yes, it’s time (AGAIN) to get healthy, energized, FIT, and the hell OFF the SUGAR ROLLER COASTER. Honestly, you should see me after I drink that chai CRACK latte. I’m fine for the first 10 minutes and then BANG — I’m shaking like a leaf and swearing up and down that I will NEVER drink it again. Just ask my friend Leah who saw it with her own eyes this morning.

Yes, instead of going to yoga this morning, I stopped at Starbucks to buy my LAST CHAI TEA CRACKÉ ever only to bump into one of the mothers at Monkey’s preschool. Leah. Feeling more social than usual, I asked her if she wanted to sit for a bit, and we chatted intensely for two hours! So, yes, I need a little Starbucks in my life or I will end up going to yoga class. Oh. That’s not a very good lesson. Must work on EVERYTHING in life…. So far from perfect am….

In addition to cleaning up my diet the Skinny Bitch way, I’ll be doing my fitness videos daily — alternating between two of my faves: Skinny Bitch Fitness: Boot Camp…

…which is GOOD because it reminds me I’m not the only vegan in the world, but BAD because they say “bitch” and “ass” a lot and I can’t cover Monkey’s ears while exercising (or anytime, for that matter); and, of course, Turbo Jam…

…which is the FUNNEST workout ever (thanks to MC for the recommendation! LOVE!).

Monkey will be in the room when I work out, and Rascal will be napping (he’s anawesomenapper now). Because he can’t handle it. If he’s in the room when I’m working out, he’s fine for the first 10 minutes and then starts screaming at me and pulling my pant leg — sort of like he does WHENEVER I COOK. Here’s hoping Monkey doesn’t pick up the colourful Skinny Bitch language, though.

By the way, look what Monkey’s been wearing all the time now (so much that I forget what her hair looks like underneath)….

It’s the Thomas the Train conductor’s hat…. And look what she’s brought with her to school today….

…not good. Good news is, as you can see, she has new interests. Although, thankfully, Pablo is still her favourite doll (I may cry when that sweet phase is over), The Backyardigans TV show addiction is A THING OF THE PAST. Our favourite shows are now Thomas the Train and In the Night Garden. Oh carp, tell me I didn’t just jinx that — if I have to watch one more Backyardigans episode I’ll cry big bulbous Rascal tears….

HUGE Congrats to the Cheat Day Gorgeouses! Now, who’s joining me in NO SUGAR and EXERCISING EVERY DAY until I go to BERMUDA…ALONE, HOLLAHHHH!!!???

Love!
xo Haley-O

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