I documented my journey July 7-10, 2014 on my Facebook page. Here is my journey that I thought I'd share here with you too!
I don't know about you, but I seriously over-indulged this weekend with food and drink. I enjoyed every bite, morsel and sip and had a ton of fun. Not feelin the least bit guilty.
I've heard some people call their bloated tummy a "food baby." If that is the case, then I'm just about at my due date and ready to pop!! LOL!!
SOOOO anxious to get going on this 3 Day Refresh tomorrow to cleanse and get rid of these toxins and extra bloat. I'm even more thankful that Edde is doing it with me. It will help so much to be doing this together. I'll document this for you so you know what it's all about.
Okay here's an honest update of day 1 of the 3 Day Refresh. The pic below is just a sampling of what we ate. We also had Shakeology, Fiber Sweep, Vanilla Fresh, an apple, summer squash and lots of water and tea.
Up until 4pm I was totally satisfied and not hungry at all. Then I worked out. Got really hungry after that and then we made dinner. It was SOOOOO hard grilling a delish pizza for the girls and us eating veggie stir fry and a protein drink. The food choices and the recipes have been super good so that's not a problem. It's just looking at and smelling that darn pizza! LOL!!
Right now at almost 10pm I'm more hungry than I normally am at this time, but having some decaf green tea now will hopefully satisfy me.
I think I should workout in the morning to help with this nighttime hunger. I probably revved up my metabolism working out so late like that and having a lighter dinner than usual.
Most of the food intake is earlier in the day and lighter at night. Not how I normally do it, so that's just a little change.
This is definitely doable and even Edde is surprised at how much he is loving the veggies!! He even came home and made summer squash for his snack!! Now that is "totes cray!" LOL!!!
Anyway….day 1 done and on to day 2 tomorrow. Headed back to work so am packing up all my food for the day.
Oh and BTW, the Fiber Sweep I was worried about hasn't caused me any trouble. Hopefully it doesn't!
July 8 Okay, so far so good on Day 2 of the Refresh....the only problem I'm having so far is not having coffee!!! I normally only have 1, well okay okay maybe 2, cups of black coffee in the morning. The Refresh doesn't require you to not have coffee they just highly suggest you refrain from it for these 3 days.
It's only 3 days....if I can't do it for 3 days I have a problem. I'm finding out that I have a problem!!! Yikes!!
Had my delish Shakeology this morning, 1/2 a medium banana, green tea and water with lemon. Next up is my famous Fiber Sweep!! Happy Day!!
3 Day Refresh update: I was hungrier than usual this morning but once I had my Shakeology and fruit I was fine. Did well through the day until I got home. That is the hardest part of the day for me always. I like to come home and have a snack. It's my routine.
My routine almost always includes peanut butter. Peanut butter with anything! Who am I kidding??? I don't need anything with the peanut butter. Whatever I have with the peanut butter is just to make me feel better about having peanut butter. Had some cucumber and hummus instead. Really good, but it's not peanut butter.
I am zapped of energy and haven't worked out today. In fact I even fell asleep on the couch. I rarely do that!! However, I seem to have a lot going on at the same time as my refresh.
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My womanly "monthly visitor" arrived and was also kind enough to bring a cold with her so I really can't say my tiredness is from the refresh. I think it's the combo of everything. I'm not having to go to the bathroom a ton for "movements" like I was worried about. I'm going more often only because I'm really drinking a lot more water than I normally do.
Feeling okay hunger wise right now. Will wait to eat dinner a bit later to keep the late night hunger pains away.
That's my 6:45pm update on Day 2. More later!!
July 9 Morning Refresh update!! I feel so much better in regards to hunger than I did yesterday. I've had my banana, drinking my Shakeology right now and water. Feel perfectly content. The only reason I'm not feeling well is because of my cold, but other than than I am feeling much less bloated and leaner today! Even with my "monthly visitor" I'm feeling like this. That's a really good thing in my book!!
Today is our last full day. We can do this!! It was funny though, last night all we kept talking about was what we are going to have for dinner on Thursday night. LOL!! We had all these things we were blurting out and then laughed and said how stupid it would be to do all of this good stuff for our body and then go put crap back in it. Yay!! I think it's helping to change our mind too!! All in moderation baby!!
"Well I can't believe I'm actually doing this. I really don't eat a lot of veggies so was pretty scared. But wouldn't you know it, I am actually looking forward to my veggies during this. They feel like a treat. But my fruits.......now that is a super treat!! Tonight we ate later...we held out for as long as we could...hopefully that helps with our late night hunger pains. Day 2 is in the books. Just a couple hours before bedtime. Then I wake up and get a fruit!!!!"
WAHOO!! We are officially done with the 3 Day Refresh!! I'm so glad I did this. Today was, by far, the best and easiest day food wise for me. I wasn't ever hungry…in fact I didn't even eat all my food!! Shhh…. I was very content and satisfied all day long.
We'll have our results for you sometime tomorrow. We took pics, weight and measurements before we started. We'll see how we ended up tomorrow morning!!
I've never done a cleanse like this before and neither has Edde. It was all veggie and fruit based, no meat or dairy. At first that was a little hard but today I didn't really even think about it. You are getting lots of protein with the Shakeology and the Vanilla Fresh protein drink as well as getting good fiber in the Fiber Sweep. I was never uncomfortable, didn't have any "bathroom" problems and really wasn't too hungry at all. The first day was the hardest but after that I was totally fine.
With it being only 3 days I think this is really doable. Besides my cold and "monthly visitor", I feel really good! Definitely feel much cleaner and leaner. Feels good to feel this way!
This is certainly something I could do every once in awhile to clean up and either get back on track or just feel like refreshing myself.
See ya tomorrow with our results. I'll also see if I can get Edde's thoughts down here too!
P.S. - I totally forgot about my cup of coffee this morning. Didn't even need it and I just made a batch of homemade brownies and I didn't lick the spoon or the bowl!! MIRACLE!!!
Wow, I truly was shocked at these results for it only being 3 days!! I only lost a bit over 4 pounds but I learned that my nutrition is the key to looking and feeling lean. I had gotten way off track and the water weight and bloat totally showed it. It doesn't take much to get off track. You can be working out so hard and doing what you need to do with your workouts, but if your nutrition is off your hard work won't show as quickly.
I've done the Refresh a couple more times since this first time and each time I get the same results. This is a perfect way to kickstart a new fitness program or getting yourself back on track with your eating. It's only 3 days, the food is great - in fact I still use a few weekly because they are so good - and you just feel so good about yourself. Try it out!! It's great to have on hand during the holidays.
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