Tuesday- Sunday/Week of April 21st

Tuesday
Breakfast- Oatmeal w/chia seeds
Snack- PB crackers
Lunch- Shake & Tea
Snack- PB crackers
Dinner- 6oz chicken breast w/buffalo seasoning and 1/2 cup of quinoa
Exercise- 45 minutes on bike, 1 mile walk, 2 mile run

Wednesday
Breakfast- Oatmeal w/chia seeds and granola
No morning snack
Lunch- Shake & Tea
Snack- PB Crackers
Dinner- 6 oz chicken breast w/teriyaki marinade & 1/2 cup quinoa
Exercise - 45 min of bike, 4 mile run, 25 min sauna


Thursday
Breakfast- Oatmeal w/granola
Snack- no snack
Lunch- Shake & Tea
Snack- no snack
Dinner- 6oz Chicken breast seasoned w/hot bbq marinade
Exercise- 30 min bike, 3 mile run, 20 min sauna session

Friday
Breakfast- Oatmeal
Snack- PB Crackers
Lunch- Shake & Tea
No snack
Dinner- Chicken & Quinoa
Exercise- Rest

Saturday
Breakfast- Oatmeal
Snack- Mango Sherbet
Lunch- Spicy chicken alfredo
Snack- Cotton Candy
Dinner- No dinner- late lunch
Exercise- No exercise/rest

Sunday
Breakfast- Protein bar, orange
Snack 1/2 banana
Lunch & Dinner - Cold beer & veggie po boy, then 2 cold blue moons & chicken nachos
Exercise- Half Marathon

New week, new routine

This weekend went well as far as the diet goes, I could sit here and list what I ate and my exercise and all that, but it's pretty boring. Just know that I didn't fall off the wagon, thank goodness! I think the worst I did was enjoy an easter cupcake, and honestly I didn't feel that bad. People noticed I had lost a little weight which is cool. The part that helped my diet while visiting is that surprisingly people don't eat as often as I do so once you get so hungry waiting on everyone else to get hungry then you don't eat as much... I don't get how that works. I enjoyed a nice run from town to the creek and life is still good. I had said last week that I was going to try and start a 30 day shred program but I decided that I am going to wait until next monday since I'm running a half marathon on Sunday. I don't want to be doing a burpee and break an ankle haha. So this week I'm back on my diet of eating the same boring yet tasty stuff. I prepped my breakfast & dinner for each day this week and I seriously can't wait to get down on my chicken in the evenings, need protein apparently. I started riding the bike for 45 min in the mornings this week as well my running in the evenings. This week is a little different as far as running goes on mileage because I have a race. I will most likely do weights in the evenings starting this week. New week, new routine, changes help keep things less boring and hopefully continue to transform my body!

Eleven

Breakfast- Oatmeal

Snack- no snack

Lunch- Chicken Kabobs two kabobs w/grilled onions & peppers on top of 1/2 cup of brown rice, side salad w/no dressing

Snack- Apple

Dinner- Grilled catfish & side salad

I weighed this morning, I'm down 7 lbs. Yay! I feel better. This cleanse has been ok, I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it, like most cleanses, it's a cleanse and there are always going to be restrictions, but that's also any diet, I do these because they make me feel better, they are good for my body, and it never hurt anybody to lose an extra 7lbs. I've also lost some inches around my love handle section, which is a "blessing" ... see how I did that? Used the word blessed where it's not necessary, yeah I hate when people do that.

I'm starting a new workout on Monday. I'll be doing the Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred in the mornings and then I will still be running my mileage in the evenings. I plan to incorporate some weight lifting in the mix too. I'm excited for a change up. As far as my goal for losing weight, so far I'm on time for having lost 20-25 before I turn 29. Thirteen/eighteen more pounds to go until I reach it.  6 weeks to go which would mean 2-3 lbs a week. My change of diet shows and has helped so much. I just hope I don't screw it up. I gotta stay on point. It's easier to do this when I have a half marathon coming up because training focuses on diet and not drinking/smoking/being hungover. I just gotta stay strong. I'm happy I'm working my ass off for this. It feels good to achieve goals. Here are some photos of before & after this 12 day cleanse.

I can actually tell in this picture when I look at my waist and legs, they both look more lean than usual. I'm happy I'm finally seeing some results from my hard work.

 

 

 



Notes: This weekend I'm going back home, I'm hoping to not drink much and not smoke at all. I know I will do fine Friday night, but Saturday night might be a challange. Hopefully if I do decide to drink I can sip on my signature get skinny cocktail and get drunk off of one drink lol. AND NO CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNIES!!! 

Day 10

It's all downhill from here!!

I'm not going to lie though, I assumed that Friday was my last day of cleansing until I counted my pills this morning & nope not the case. Damn it! Oh well, this little fact makes sure that I don't binge drink two nights in a row, just one lol. No but really, I have to run high mileage Saturday morning anyway so drinking is out of the picture for Friday night for me anyway. Just lots of aqua.


Breakfast- oatmeal

Snack- No snack

Lunch- shake & tea

Snack- No snack

Dinner- ground chicken & quinoa w/vegetables

Exercise: 2mile walk, 3 mile run, and 15 min sauna sesh

Notes: Since my cleanse ends on Saturday and not Friday I guess I'm going to weigh Friday because I'm not gonna pack my scale on my weekend camping trip, actually I might lol. Who knows!

Day 9

Breakky- Oatmeal w/agave nectar

Snack- no snack

Lunch - Shake & Tea

Snack- no snack

Dinner- ground chicken with buffalo seasoning & a cup & 1/2 of quinoa, 1 cup full of veggies

Exercise 35 min on bike a.m. & 10 mile run in the evening

Notes: I don't know why I haven't been snacking, honestly, I'm just not as hungry as I usually am lately. I did get down on my dinner though, after running I'm always so hungry!! I'm having some trouble sleeping. I know sleep has a lot to do with being healthy but during the week I don't sleep all that well, except on Monday nights I'm usually tired as hell. This affects my mornings too. Meh!

Day 8

Breakfast - Oatmeal w/agave nectar for flavoring

Snack- no snack

Lunch- Shake & Tea

Snack - Banana OK THIS WAS MY CHEAT... I mean seriously the cleanse says no tropical fruit and/or bananas, but I have this thing where I needed a dang banana, I just like them ok. - and lets be honest, if I'm going to "cheat" why not be with something healthy?

Dinner - 2 turkey burger patties, I know it sounds weight but i love them lol.


Exercise- 35 minute stationary bike in the morning, I didn't run in the evening because my right knee has been sore since my last run so I thought it was better to let it have another day of rest.

Seven

Breakfast- Oatmeal Special

Snack - Crackers with all natural almond butter

Lunch- Shake & Tea

Snack - Granola

Dinner- Quinoa (1/2 cup) 6 oz Grilled Chicken Breast

No workout - this is my food prep day

Day 6

Breakfast - veggie omelet - first day I realized that I could eat eggs, not that I really like eggs all that much, but it was good, no cheese.

Snack- granola & grapes

Lunch/dinner - Lettuce, brown rice, grilled chicken, black beans with the hottest hot sauce, this was mexican bowl attempt, it was delicious, even though the sour cream was missed!

Snack- 1 small gala apple

Exercise- 45 min on stationary bike

Day 5

Breakfast - Oatmeal Special
Lunch- Salad
Dinner- Grilled Chicken Breast with side salad

No workout, gave myself a nice little break.

Day 4

Breakfast - the same breakfast I've had the last few days
Lunch- the same - i'm obviously getting bored typing the same thing, but I'm not bored with the choice of meal
Dinner - Salad with Turkey

Exercise: 30 min morning bike
Evening hour workout with weights, cardio and Wills

Sidenote: I thought this was going to be a tough evening because a friend of mine had discussed going out for a birthday celebration. We didn't end up going out so I was safe on not screwing up the cleanse. Go me!

Day Three

Going Strong(ish)- "they" say if you make it past day two that you've got it down. Well, I'd like to tell "them" that I miss the tasty food and it's my favorite.

I babysit on Thursdays so the Thursday routine has to be planned and things have to be in place to achieve a diet & exercise goal for the day. Wednesday night consisted of packing my gym clothes & packing & planning what food I would eat for the evening...
Then, this morning happened, I realized I forgot a tshirt to wear at the gym (and I'm not one of those chicks who just workouts in a sports bra- there goes another $10 to fitness one, thank goodness they sell tshirts) oh and that's not all I forgot, I forgot my food, dammmmmn it! Anyway, I figured out what to do....


Breakfast: Oats, Granola, Chia Seeds & a glass of soy choc. milk - look, i'm one of those people where if i like the way something tastes I can eat it for days so I am eating this until I get sick of it.
Sidenote: I'm also "that girl" who orders a  bowl of oatmeal at diners who supposedly have the best breakfast food, turns out they make the best oatmeal too.

Lunch: Orange Cream Herbalife Shake & Pomegranate Tea

Snack: No snacky

Dinner: Grilled chicken breast in a salad with lettuce, tomato, bell pepper, cucumber, salt & pepper with red wine vinegar!


Exercise: 30 min morning stationary bike - next week I'll hopefully bump it up to 45 min.
Late night 3 mile run & 2 mile walk.


Notes: I think the headaches are gone, which is good news, I freakin' hate headaches. Trying to get in a full hour and a half at the gym on a Thursday is tough business, late nights aren't the fun stuff, but luckily i had the entire gym to myself. Cut my damn thumb while choppin up a cucumber, just my luck, meh!

Day 2

Cleanse continued - really exciting stuff here, i know.

Breakfast- 1 cup of gluten free steel cut oats, 1/4 gluten free all natural granola, 1 tbsp of soy milk and 2tsp of agave nectar, 8oz of Soy Choc. milk

No snack - wasn't really hungry today for a snack, this could be because I had downed a total of 4 bottles of water by this time

Lunch- Orange Cream herbalife shake along with cherry limeade & aloe herbalife tea

Snack- 1 small apple (organic/gala)

Dinner - 7 ounces of all natural chicken breast, seasoned with fresh lemon juice and crushed black pepper with a side of steamed edamame which was seasoned with sea salt.

Exercise 30 min stationary bike morning
5 mile evening run, 30 min bike and sauna for 20 min

Notes: For some crazy reason I decided to take ALL of my pills together- dumb. I got all of my detox supplements down no problem, but then I took my daily vitamins which is like 6 pills and I washed it down with the disgusting detox drops, I am not sure what kept it all in because I felt like I was going to barf. Luckily I didn't...

Cleansing Day 1

So as I said last week it's time to get serious. I decided that I am going to at least two cleanses, one this month and another next. I've had better luck with cleanses than I had originally assumed and they are pretty strict on eating clean so I figure its my best option. Today marks day one of twelve, I thought I'd try to share this "super fun" journey to make sure I'm logging all this shit.

Day 1
Breakfast: 1 cup long cut steel oats (i read somewhere these are the best type of oats to eat, so gullible me, I've been eating them), 2 tsp of chia seeds and 1 tblsp of agave nectar mixed in.
1 glass of soy chocolate milk.

I have to take a total of 8 cleanse pills and 40 drops of this disgustingly gross liquid with breakfast, I find that you have to treat it like a southern comfort shot (that's the shot that makes me want to barf) and so the choc milk drink after shuts up the nasty noise.

Snack: 1 small organic apple

Lunch: Herbalife Cherry Limeade tea & Herbalife orange cream shake

Dinner: Salad, included fresh sliced turkey,lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, salt & pepper with red wine vinegar dressing- so good, hadn't had one in a while for it to taste this good apparently haha.

Water Count: 10 bottles of water

Cardio - 30 min morning stationary bike

Evening Cardio- 7 mile run, 30 min stationary bike & 25 min sauna sesh

Sidenote: If you are interested in this cleanse, I got it from the local health food store here and it's called Wild Rose Herbal Detox . So far nothing is too extreme, if you are wondering if you feel like you are going to crap your pants, no, I don't. However, I'm not the best candidate for that question. Hey, it's all about being truthful in these health posts, and I know you were wondering. I will say that I was peeing all day though. I pee a lot throughout the day because i'm that person who actually loves water. But a part of me feels as though I did pee more than normal. I have a teeny tiny headache which is a side affect of this cleanse, but it could also be because I didn't wear my glasses today.

If you need me...

I'll be in the gym...

This week marks the beginning of what I like to call "swimsuit two a days". Not only do I buy a new swimsuit before summer to motivate me but I also do a shit ton of cardio. So basically this week marks the beginning of upping my game. I begin eating clean again, I've been getting up early in the mornings to bike and then in the evenings I will run. I will begin a cleanse on Saturday to boost this weight loss thing. My goal right now is clean eating and a lot of cardio, maybe next month I'll be lucky and get to do a little more weight training so I can tone up. I'm not sure how but I've actually stayed consistent on my weight so I'm really hoping to get rid of another 15-20, but 30 would be nice too ;). Oh, have I told you about this new defining gel I use? Well, I've been using it for a month and I can totally tell a difference. I LOVE it. Here's the link to what this magical product is if you are interested in getting rid of the clumpy/cottage cheese look!

Now.... back to counting them calories! Project look hot is in full session!