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!

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!