H20 - vember Comes to a Close

Today is the last day of what I have been calling H20-vember.  

One of my Day Zero List goals was to drink ONLY water for a month.

Why would I put on such a stupid goal?

After a month sans kitchen, eating a bunch of crap and picking up habits from my juice drinking husband, my skin was BAD.  

Well not that bad, cuz I generally have alright skin, 

but as bad as it was in high school.

And pimples are NOT a good look for anybody, are they?

Secondly, how many stupid calories was I consuming 

from drinking orange juice and worse - the dreaded...

 tea with 2 sugars please??

Well I'll tell you it was far too many.

Hi, I'm Kelly and I'm a serial yo-yo dieter.  Truth.

Drinking only water for a month was part of my plan to start a small change in my diet, 

that was manageable and perhaps could help me establish more of a

lifestyle change than a "diet."

A way of eating that would leave me feeling 

happy, healthy, confident in my own skin,

and without the urge to do crazy fad diets.

So here is my skin now... courtesy of accidently zooming in while taking selfies yesterday....

For no makeup and no retouching it's pretty good if I do say so myself!  

I'll admit I made a few exceptions to my H20 - vember rules.

1. I could drink herbal tea as long as no milk or sugar was added.
2. I could drink alcohol at Ed and Keeley's wedding.
3. I could drink a glass of wine at our Thanksgiving feast.
4. I had one peppermint mocha, which was technically cheating, but I so needed it! 

So obviously, I wasn't perfect.  

But sometimes life isn't about being perfect.  

Baby steps can make big changes in the end.

What baby steps have you taken recently?

ps.  I have been using Lush products on my face recently, which are also making it fabulous.