I suppose it is time to get started!
8:56am - green tea #1. shake is made, ready for consumption. probably in about 30min.
9:30am - shake #1, breakfast!
11:35am - snack #1, apple - SO SWEET. after being off so many processed foods for the last 2 days, this apple tastes like it is coated in sugar!
oh - and I had a scale-check around 11am, which showed that I'm down 4lbs. this week.
2:30pm - shake #2, lunch
4:00pm - green tea #2
5:20pm - snack #2, banana
7:00pm - dinner: salad with a little bit of diced ham, sauteed onions, black beans, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, avocado, a little bit of parmesan, and a bit of basil lime dressing. i'm going to be burping onions all night.
Since I didn't finish my salad last night, I made tonight's a bit smaller. I finished it all, and still felt like I might be hungry .... but after sitting for a few minutes, I don't believe that I am. I'm off to have more water, and perhaps some cranberry juice with a touch of vodka and lime.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Start of Day 3
I couldn't finish my salad last night. It was so delicious and tasty, I just couldn't do it.
My stomach doesn't feel as ... awkward? as it did yesterday, I take that for a good sign. I've already started on my water for the day, which is a habit I intend to keep even past today - the LAST day of the cleanse / kickstart. What's even better, I still have plenty of salad fixins, so I can continue to have tasty and delicious salads! At least for a couple days, haha.
I'll create a separate post for my schedule today. I'm not sure what, if anything, I will do with the schedule data, but it does help me to remember to consume everything I am supposed to consume, and helps me to figure out "just another 45min!" if it's getting near hungry-time according to my body. Yesterday WAS easier than Tuesday. To hear Gretchen, today is the worst, especially in the afternoon. She thinks I will be cursing her. I don't really see it lol.
LOVE YOU GMONEY!!!
My stomach doesn't feel as ... awkward? as it did yesterday, I take that for a good sign. I've already started on my water for the day, which is a habit I intend to keep even past today - the LAST day of the cleanse / kickstart. What's even better, I still have plenty of salad fixins, so I can continue to have tasty and delicious salads! At least for a couple days, haha.
I'll create a separate post for my schedule today. I'm not sure what, if anything, I will do with the schedule data, but it does help me to remember to consume everything I am supposed to consume, and helps me to figure out "just another 45min!" if it's getting near hungry-time according to my body. Yesterday WAS easier than Tuesday. To hear Gretchen, today is the worst, especially in the afternoon. She thinks I will be cursing her. I don't really see it lol.
LOVE YOU GMONEY!!!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Day 2 schedule
I've decided that creating ONE blog entry and updating it throughout the day is easier than writing my times and consumptions down on a piece of paper, with any hopes of keeping it handy. Here we go again!!
8:13am - green tea #1
9:23am - shake #1 (breakfast)
11:33am - half a banana (snack #1) - I am "allowed" to have the whole banana, but want to try half and see how that does for me. I haven't had as many "OMG WHY AREN'T YOU EATING" moments as yesterday, so far.
12:28pm - other half of banana (i'm still counting this as snack #1)
1:50pm - time for shake #2 (lunch)
3:40pm - time to make tea #2!
and holy smokes - I'd gotten behind on my water intake, but now i'm starting liter #3... wheeeeee!
5:40pm - shake #3 (snack #2) almost snuck past me!! Dinner will be a little later now, but that's alright!
7:45pm - dinner! salad with tomatoes, cauliflower, avocado, and 2 small artichoke heart halves.
nom freaking nom. i'm so full.
MORE WATER.
8:13am - green tea #1
9:23am - shake #1 (breakfast)
11:33am - half a banana (snack #1) - I am "allowed" to have the whole banana, but want to try half and see how that does for me. I haven't had as many "OMG WHY AREN'T YOU EATING" moments as yesterday, so far.
12:28pm - other half of banana (i'm still counting this as snack #1)
1:50pm - time for shake #2 (lunch)
3:40pm - time to make tea #2!
and holy smokes - I'd gotten behind on my water intake, but now i'm starting liter #3... wheeeeee!
5:40pm - shake #3 (snack #2) almost snuck past me!! Dinner will be a little later now, but that's alright!
7:45pm - dinner! salad with tomatoes, cauliflower, avocado, and 2 small artichoke heart halves.
nom freaking nom. i'm so full.
MORE WATER.
Beginning of Day 2
Well ... I did survive day 1. Pretty alright, if I may say so. I am at the start of day 2, which is green tea for pre-breakfast. My stomach feels a little ..... odd this morning. Not hungry, not angry, not indigestion, just odd. Hmm. Likely because it's had a full 180-degree shift on food intake between Monday (last day of vacation including onion rings, and amazing fettucine alfredo with broccoli for dinner) and Tuesday (shakes, green tea, and salad). This may come back to haunt me today. Not sure yet. As I go make my tea, know that there is more to come.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
End of day 1
It wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. Then again, I didn't really pay attention to what I was getting myself into till about ..... 3pm yesterday. Maybe it's better that way?
I had all my tea, shakes, snacks ... then a salad for dinner. 4oz baked chicken on spring lettuce mix, roma tomato, half avocado, and maybe a quarter cup of black beans. Some vinaigrette to top it. I was probably a little heavy on the dressing, will measure tomorrow.
And can I tell you what?!? OMG CHEWABLE FOOD.
I'm so ridiculously full now.
I've consumed 3L of water today, and just filled my bottle for a 4th. We shall see how far I go with it.
I had all my tea, shakes, snacks ... then a salad for dinner. 4oz baked chicken on spring lettuce mix, roma tomato, half avocado, and maybe a quarter cup of black beans. Some vinaigrette to top it. I was probably a little heavy on the dressing, will measure tomorrow.
And can I tell you what?!? OMG CHEWABLE FOOD.
I'm so ridiculously full now.
I've consumed 3L of water today, and just filled my bottle for a 4th. We shall see how far I go with it.
Day 1, thus far
Let's see if I can recall my schedule:
8:15am - green tea
9:00am - shake #1 (breakfast)
10:40am - apple (snack #1)
1:50pm - shake #2 (lunch)
remaining: another green tea, shake #3 as snack before or after dinner, dinner of salad with chicken or fish
oh and more water. I'm already 2L in.
woo!!
the desire to snack is strong. water does not fake me out as much as I'd like it to.
Edited to add:
3:54pm - green tea #2, and the start of 3rd liter of water
5:30pm - shake #3 (snack #2)
dinner still to come!!
8:15am - green tea
9:00am - shake #1 (breakfast)
10:40am - apple (snack #1)
1:50pm - shake #2 (lunch)
remaining: another green tea, shake #3 as snack before or after dinner, dinner of salad with chicken or fish
oh and more water. I'm already 2L in.
woo!!
the desire to snack is strong. water does not fake me out as much as I'd like it to.
Edited to add:
3:54pm - green tea #2, and the start of 3rd liter of water
5:30pm - shake #3 (snack #2)
dinner still to come!!
Well, good then.
I suck pretty well at this whole blogging-regularly thing. As if you couldn't tell.
So, over the last 3 weeks, I've been very good about having Shakeology for breakfast, a reasonable lunch, fruit and cheese snacks, and dinner hasn't been terrible.
Until this past weekend.
Now let me add a caveat that I knew going into it that I was going to be "bad". See, it's the annual mother-daughter St Patrick's Day vacation. In Arkansas. Home of fried-everything. Some meals were better than others .... and then there's the beer.
My amazing friend Gretchen offered to do a three-day Shakeology cleanse with me if I was interested, and we decided to start today - the day I return to the land of sensible eating. My diet through Thursday consists of green tea, Shakeology mixed with water, fruit optional as a snack, and salad with fish/chicken. Oh and water. LOTS of water.
I used to be really good about drinking all my water each day, to the tune of about 3L. Granted, it is much easier to do when you're in a home-office environment, because the water is *rightthere*, and the bathroom isn't a 17 mile hike. So, back to the water we go!
Now the bad news .... I have a second major-project at work, through the next 3 weeks, which requires me to do a ridiculous amount of overtime. Translation, unless I get my ass out of bed at like 6am or earlier, there is no time for physical activities during the week. And let's face it, I'm not exactly a morning person. I'm just starting the hell-weeks today, and will be playing around with my scheduling so I don't get completely burned out and make a permanent butt-print in my office chair.
More to come, friends.
So, over the last 3 weeks, I've been very good about having Shakeology for breakfast, a reasonable lunch, fruit and cheese snacks, and dinner hasn't been terrible.
Until this past weekend.
Now let me add a caveat that I knew going into it that I was going to be "bad". See, it's the annual mother-daughter St Patrick's Day vacation. In Arkansas. Home of fried-everything. Some meals were better than others .... and then there's the beer.
My amazing friend Gretchen offered to do a three-day Shakeology cleanse with me if I was interested, and we decided to start today - the day I return to the land of sensible eating. My diet through Thursday consists of green tea, Shakeology mixed with water, fruit optional as a snack, and salad with fish/chicken. Oh and water. LOTS of water.
I used to be really good about drinking all my water each day, to the tune of about 3L. Granted, it is much easier to do when you're in a home-office environment, because the water is *rightthere*, and the bathroom isn't a 17 mile hike. So, back to the water we go!
Now the bad news .... I have a second major-project at work, through the next 3 weeks, which requires me to do a ridiculous amount of overtime. Translation, unless I get my ass out of bed at like 6am or earlier, there is no time for physical activities during the week. And let's face it, I'm not exactly a morning person. I'm just starting the hell-weeks today, and will be playing around with my scheduling so I don't get completely burned out and make a permanent butt-print in my office chair.
More to come, friends.
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