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!

4 weeks strong

It's been 4 weeks since I've began my clean eating and exercising journey. I fell off the healthy train around the holidays and it's amazing how your body changes from eating all the tasty holiday recipes. I've been watching my calories & as of last week started training for my half marathon, but of course exercising before then. I have to give most of this credit to my diet right now, I've changed up what I've been eating/drinking. I'll do herbalife shakes a lot, they are actually filling and eating/cooking good clean meals. I've lost 6 lbs as of last week, I don't weigh often (to be honest I had an eating disorder in the past and I think that obsessing over the number on the scale played a huge part in that) and I'm seeing some results. In a couple of weeks I will begin an Advocare 10 day cleanse, I'm trying to mentally prepare that and I'll be training for my half in the meantime! A friend of mine has also introduced me to the itworks body wraps so I will have to post about how that goes too. I'm excited about getting healthy the right way :) I'm also excited to be trying all these different options to help me gt in shape and I will say if you are interested in any of the things I mentioned, I have great friends who sale these products and I can get you their information! Ok happy Friday!  

Clinging to crazy things

You know "those girls" who look at Pinterest for DIY projects, google recipes for healthier choices even though they have recipe books at home, look to women's fashion for daily outfit ideas, and she wants all the "in" topics, trends, things, but only she wants them for cheap or um free if possible?!? Yeah I'm that type of girl. So when I heard of these body wraps salons do, or that people who have these wrap parties, I want one. Who doesn't? Well, I do but I don't. They are like $150 and that's just too deep for my wallet to actually try out. 

So as I said before I'm "that girl" so I took this whole wrap thing to Pinterest and of course they have a DIY wrap. And of course I searched my cabinets to make sure I had cling wrap. When I did I was excited to get my wrap on. 

Sidenote: this chick my brother used to date in college use to cling wrap her self all the time so I've remembered that since I was about 6 and wanted to figure out why she wrapped herself, well now I know! 

I wrapped my biggest biggest problem area (hint: it starts with love and ends with handles and filled with belly) when I went to sleep each night. It's weird that I can see a difference and I think I'll continue doing it (at least during the week nights, it's too hard to remember during the weekends for me apparently) 

Basically I just used bodycream which I used a crap ton, rubbed it in, but not all the way in, I left a caked on layer. Then I wrapped my belly and waist all the way around a bajillion times tightly with cling wrap, then I put on my super sexy (not so much) spanx top and went to bed. I'm not entirely sure how it works, I'm sure something to do with the moisturizer wrapped in place helps make the skin appear tighter and maybe the cling wrap makes me sweat a little?!? I really don't know but I kind of think I'm on to something here. So if you have a problem area, try 'er out and see for yourself.

What do you think? 

Back to tracking...

Here's what I ate/logged for my first week of getting back on track with my diet.