Cleanse Day 2 & I cracked.

Day 2 is tougher.

I got a late start again this morning, so good thing I pre-made my shake, it was even yummier with the raspberries and it was easy to eat on the way to work. I will for sure be making this for my breakfast beyond the cleanse.

Again, I got really hungry around 10:30 when I'm usually eating a morning snack, luckily I teach from 10:30-11:45, so my hunger was masked by keeping busy with the kids.

Lunch: I think the school lunch gods are against me, today was buttered noodles, the butteriest, cheesiest, carb-tastic meal. And I had to pass. I also had to sit in the cafeteria with the kids today...imagine, sitting around all those peanut butter sandwiches, pretzels, chips.... it was really hard.

My shake tasted fine, but it was harder to take down. I got half done and now have it sitting on my desk, hoping to eventually finish it.

Right now, I'm thinking of quitting after today. 2 days of a cleanse sounds pretty good to me.

We'll see how the day goes.

One of my students brought in King Cake and we had a Mardi Gras party...I may have snuck a small, very tiny piece. Ooops.




Alright, I caved. While the cleanse was fine, it made me feel like I would go overboard on my next meal. I literally felt like I could eat a whole pizza or considered going to McDonalds, not necessarily from hunger, but lack of carbs. This feeling was the EXACT opposite of what I wanted from this cleanse or what I wanted from my new healthy living.

I have been fast food free for a month now and only had soda once every two weeks. I didn't like that I was considering cheating or that "I deserved" McDonalds. 

So, I had my last shake at lunch and on the way to night class I stopped at the gas station and got a lunch-able and a diet Snapple.

I then restocked on my veggie burgers, lean pockets, and fruit.

In honor of Fat Tuesday, I did get Chipotle on the way home (chicken bowl, with brown rice, black beans, pico, cheese, lettuce, and a little sour cream)

Back to my regular healthy living. I lost inches and pounds not because of a cleanse or fast diet, but because I worked really hard for 4 weeks, and that's what I'm going to keep doing.

Happy Lent to all and good luck! I am keeping myself fast food free, but also NO MORE soda, not even once every few weeks.

Cleanse Day 1

I started the Dr. Oz 3 day cleanse and detox this morning. My stomach has been bothering my lately and I think this will be a really good way to cleanse out my system of all the toxins and build up and restore my body.
I printed off this sheet and went shopping. The website claims it's $16 a day and in the comments from others they said they spent around $50. I don't know where these people were shopping but I spent $80!












Night before:
I cut up the cucumbers, celery, spinach leaves, kale leaves, and lemons and separated them into Tupperware according to the amount that would go in a shake.

I pre-made the 2 breakfast drinks and the 2 lunch drinks and put them in my fridge.

Day 1:
I started off in the morning with my detox tea, the slice of lemon really gave it a sweet taste.
When I was shopping I couldn't find Stevia...and figured I was fine without it.
My plan was to eat the breakfast drink before I left, but I can never get up on time, so I ate it on the way to work, while packing away my lunch and snack (breakfast) drink.

Breakfast:
The breakfast drink was pretty tasty. When I was shopping I couldn't find any fresh raspberries and completely forgot about purchasing frozen ones, so I substituted with a cup of blue berries. I'll make sure to pick up frozen ones after work today.

I usually have a morning snack with my students around 10:30..so about this time I was starting to get hungry and really craving some carbs.

Tips:
I was confused about the "supplements" so instead I just purchased capsules and are taking all three every day.

I am continuing to drink the same amount of water I was prior (10 cups a day). I believe that will be fine and keep me full. 

Lunch:
I was pretty hungry, but the lunch shake is rather large; it's the size of a 32 oz tumbler. I found drinking it through a straw was the easiest way. It went down just fine, and the cucumber made it very refreshing. 
But OF COURSE today was Bosco Sticks for lunch, so while my coworkers were eating cheese filled bread sticks dipped in marinara, I was sucking down liquefied cucumbers and celery stalks. {{honeymoon, honeymoon, honeymoon}}

Tips:
Keep it cold, mine had been in the fridge all morning, which made it very easy to drink. Because of how large it is, it was a lot to eat, but I knew I would get hungry later, so I forced myself to drink the whole thing.

Feeling full now, but really wanting some carbs....

3:15---I am feeling the hunger..ready for my snack, only 45 more minutes to wait

Snack: At four, I had my afternoon snack, the favorite drink. Now while this isn't necessarily my favorite, it was easy to make. Hoping it'll fill me up till after I work out.

Tip: They say make your favorite shake, but some of the ingredients were only enough for the specific shake, i.e. the lunch shakes each need a cucumber, the grocery list only has you buy three cucumbers...so no making another shake unless you buy more.

Dinner: I made to Title Boxing and by the end I was ready for "dinner." This shake involved cayenne pepper, which I read in a blog adds a little kick...and BOY it sure did! I was really worried for this meal because it involved the pepper and coconut water (which I find disgusting!) but again surprisingly tasty..minus the "kick" at the end.

Tip: I ended up having to make a night trip to HyVee because I was out of blueberries and never bought raspberries. Having the full amount in my shakes really changed the color and I'm sure they will be even yummier!

Tomorrow's meals: Breakfast, lunch, snack, & dinner!

All in all today wasn't bad. I'm definitely missing my carbs, I could go for a pepperoni pizza right now and it was hard to turn down all the snacking opportunities. 

But for real, nothing taste as good as skinny feels and after a month of working out consistently, and almost completely changing my diet I can proudly say that my body is changing-- 

inside and out!

I told myself it's not about the number on the scale but how I felt and my goal was to lose some inches instead of pounds. I measured different parts of my body (3 places on the thigh, and around my waist) on January 2nd and measured again at the first of February and I have lost 1/2 inch in every spot!

So cheers to healthy living!

Now..onto my DETOX Bath.

  

Wedding Bod Week 1

How did week one of project wedding bod go?

I.feel.amazing.

And so proud of myself.

I don't want to get too far ahead, but so far so good.

I jumped right into Title Boxing and worked out Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Each class is an hour and is a mix of boxing, abs, cardio, planks, jumps, etc. After just two classes, I could already feel myself getting stronger, lasting longer, and trying harder. 

I can't wait to see how I do after a month.

My weakness is Diet Coke/Dr. Pepper and I haven't had one all week...which for me is huge, I LOVE soda. Especially, when we have a fully stocked fridge at work and it's offered at all our meetings.

I'm really not sure who I'm turning into, but it's not as bad as I thought.

Here are some tricks of the trade I've found to help reach my goals and make it easier.

My new favorite dinner: Morning Star veggie burgers, I like the Spicy Black Bean & Avocado; I pair with the multigrain sandwich bread and organic Ketchup {that I bought by accident}

120 calories

100 Calories

 Breakfast: I eat breakfast on the go and headed out the door, so these are great to start my morning. 20 seconds in the microwave and I get a chocolate treat on the way to work.










Before or after each workout I have a banana with peanut butter. Which deserves another pat on the back because I have never finished a fruit purchase before it goes rotten.

The biggest thing I knew I needed to work on is drinking more water. Some days I would go the entire day without drinking water.

I'm a soda and milk girl.

Then I saw these water bottles on Pinterest and it seemed the easiest way to keep track of my water drinking during the day.

I purchased two 32 oz water bottles from Wal-Mart for $5 each and I marked them by hour. My goal is the finish one before lunch at 11:45 and the second by the end of the school day 3:30.

I also drink another one the afternoons I work out, and drink one Venti-size Starbucks cup of water at lunch.

I did a lot of research on how much water is good and the best advice I got was to try for 1 ounce of water per weight. 

The first day was tough, especially being a teacher, you need to visit the restroom .a.lot.

Plus, I felt a lot of water weight/bloating...which is the opposite of what I wanted. But day two was easier, day three was even easier, and now I am choosing water over soda. {what?}

And lastly, the protein thing. I walked into The Vitamin Shoppe thinking there would be a whole section on women friendly protein shakes....hell no. I was so overwhelmed I didn't even know what or where to start; I asked for help but really didn't get any, just felt more confused. I ended up purchasing a few tester packets.

The chocolate ones...gross.

The vanilla ones...sick.

And I didn't want to have to whip up a blender-made protein meal every time.

I did find one that so far I can do, it may only have 6g of protein, but I figure as workout recovery it will be fine, and it tastes like lemonade and mixes with my water.

So there it is, week one done.

Hope I can keep it up!