Today is day 1 of my first cleanse day. Another one to come tomorrow before the 5 day shake days and then 2 more cleanse days. Here's my progress so far:
6:30 a.m. Drank 2 glasses of water, followed by 1 BM - due to last night's hamburger tacos. Hamburger does not agree with my stomach.
7:00 a.m. Drank the cleanse mixture followed by 1 accelerator. Not too bad of a taste, kind of like a fruit flavored Sweet Tart candy being mixed with water. Easy to drink, a little sediment left at the bottom.
7:30 a.m. Another BM due to the hamburger tacos
7:35 a.m. Feeling a little warm - not sweaty but almost like my internal furnace is heating up. Weird feeling.
7:45 a.m. Hunger pain begins. Had 1 of the chocolate "snacks". Tasted like chocolate chalk a bit. Kind of like a stale protein bar taste.
8:15 a.m. Get an e-mail from co-worker that she won't be in today. Great. Now I've got twice the amount of work to do plus I'm hoping there are not a lot of long bathroom breaks needed.
8:30 a.m. Get to work, drinking lots of water, lots of pees
9:00 a.m. Had another snack, more water, peeing about every 1/2 hour now
10:00 a.m. Another snack, more water
11:00 a.m. Another cleanse drink, not bad the second time around. Saving my 11:00 a.m. snack for later as the sheet doesn't allow another one until 2:00 p.m.
Weigh in this morning: 136 lbs I am also 5'2 to get a little perspective.
measurements:
neck 13.5
upper left arm 10.25
upper right arm 10.25
chest 37.5
diaphragm 33
waist 33.25
abdomen 37.75
buttocks 37.5
upper left thigh 20.25
upper right thigh 20.25
left calf 14
right calf 14
upper left knee 14.75
upper right knee 14.75
Really, who cares if I lose inches in my calf or knees? The only ones I care about are diaphragm, waist, abdomen and buttocks.
Busy morning so far at work. There are some dull hunger pains but nothing I can't manage by staying busy and not focusing on them.
I need to buy a Magic Bullet for my shake days. May head to Canadian Tire at lunch to get one, although my Blackberry battery is getting very low, very fast so may head home to get my charger instead and get the Bullet tomorrow.
Afternoon update to come......
Afternoon/evening update:
So, I stayed in the office for lunch. My car was blocked in and it was pouring rain so didn't feel like going anywhere. Put loads of boxes in back of van in anticipation of moving day next Friday. Finally moving into our new house. The countdown to that coincides with my cleanse countdown so I'm busy with both and, hopefully, they will both be here before I know it.
Continued drinking water and having a snack when required.
2 p.m. was another accelerator pill
3 p.m. was cleanse drink
continued with water
around 4 p.m. the hunger pains were starting to intensify. Kids wanted to go to my parent's house when I picked them up from the sitter at 4:30 so we went. There was a delicious smelling supper there...seasoned steak, baked potato with Epicure baked potato topping (heavenly), lots of snacks like chips and cheesies. And I am proud to say I DIDN'T HAVE ONE TINY BITE OF ANYTHING!!!! Even though it was sooo hard and sooo tempting. But I knew how much I paid for this product and didn't want to ruin it within the first 12 hours....so I had a small apple instead.
Then we went to the new house to visit hubby. His mother brought over a lovely delicious smelling roast beef dinner (with gravy - my fav). I had to lie and say I already ate (since hubby doesn't know about said Isagenix plan yet due to the cost as he would be totally against paying for it, I want to surprise him with the results before I tell him). I had to keep myself occupied and look away and try not to breathe in the aroma as everyone ate.
Took the kids home, gave smallest a bath as he missed it last night. While he played, I did sit-ups, lunges, squats and side leg lifts with my 6 year old daughter for about 10 minutes. She thought it was hilarious!
Had final cleanse drink at 7 p.m. and saving my last snack of the day for later. They say to go to bed early to avoid the hunger pains but I'm usually asleep before 10 p.m. anyways so it won't be too hard for me.
Also, no BM yet. I must have peed at least 30 times or more today though.
Second day tomorrow. Should be interesting!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
The day before.....
This blog is a way to keep track of my progress on the Isagenix 9 day cleanse system. Let me start off by giving a little background on myself.
I am 36 years old (16 days ago), married for 8 1/2 years, 6 year old daughter and 3 year old son.
I was always the skinny one. From an early age being called "chicken legs", to a teenager who couldn't get past 95 lbs on the scale, to a young 20-22 year old topping the scale at 105 lbs. I thought there was no way "I" could ever gain weight, let one be called "fat" ever in my life.
Well, times sure have changed! I met my husband at age 22 (he was 27). I never liked to eat in front of people and would often only have 1-2 meals per day or a lot of snacks (hence the low weight but I felt full). Hubby helped change all that. He loved to eat and so did his family. I felt guilty if I didn't go for a second helping eating there for dinner as they pushed it on you to have seconds. I slowly got a little bit bigger, bit by bit.
I was getting compliments at the first 10 pound weight gain that "I needed it", "You look good with some meat on your bones". I felt big and didn't notice myself getting bigger and bigger. I was 127 lbs when I got married in 2003 and in no time, got up to 135 lbs. I gained 35 lbs with each pregnancy (I didn't make a pig of myself at all) and lost it all within 2 weeks of delivering. No, I didn't breastfeed to lose the weight. It literally just went away due to all the water weight, placenta, and all that other great stuff.
I just couldn't seem to lose anymore than that. I also didn't spend a lot of time in front of the mirror so I didn't "see" what others could see. All of my weight goes straight to my stomach so, yes, I do look pregnant, at least 5-6 months along. I had a lady ask me in line at the grocery store, my mother has asked, other family members, and I see the glances down at my belly that friends and family make. I am embarrased.
I am also lazy. I try to start an exercise or diet program and only last 1 -2 weeks. The best I had done was to lose 11 lbs on my own modified version of Weight Watchers, only to regain it once I started my old habits again.
My old habits are: drive-thrus at least 4 times per week from McDonalds, KFC, Wendys, Burger King, Dairy Queen, etc. I try not to go to the same place to often as I once had a lady at the KFC window ask me if I worked close by as I was usually the first one there at lunch. Avoided that drive-thru for a while after that!
A few weeks ago, I noticed in the new Facebook news feed (that I hate BTW), of one of my friends commenting on someone's quick weight loss. I immediately followed the source and saw that it was for an Isagenix 9 day cleanse. I did a quick Google search and read up a bit and left it at that.
Then Thanksgiving happened and my aunt took one look at my belly and said "are you sure you aren't having any more kids?". Nice. When I got home, I looked up the same person on Facebook, did a bit more Googling and e-mailed her the next day (she is a rep for the product). After speaking with her on Wednesday and her assurances that it was not a "poop" cleanse, I ordered the 9 day system. $197 later, it arrived the same Friday. She advised that I wait until after the weekend to begin as the first two days, you can't eat anything so it would be easier to do at work.
I just want to get a jump start to begin my own weight loss plan, I'm thinking the modified Weight Watcher plan again since it had been the only thing to work for me in the past.
The 9 day system has me doing the cleanse for the first 2 days, then 5 days of shake days with a 400-600 calorie meal, and then 2 more cleanse days. I have to take my measurements and weight before I begin, and do it again after the 2 days. I really don't care if my neck or upper arm or thighs lose any inches, my stomach from under my bra to my lower gut (or the "roof over the porch" as my darling husband calls it) is the only area I am concerned with.
Maybe it's a scam and maybe it's not, but I'm willing to try anything to avoid the dreaded question........"when are you due?"
I'll post measurements and weight tomorrow and will update depending on my sanity level with no food. Oh yeah, there are "snacks" included. Small chocolate flavoured circles that I am allowed to eat up to 6 times per day. Do you feel my excitemen?
I am 36 years old (16 days ago), married for 8 1/2 years, 6 year old daughter and 3 year old son.
I was always the skinny one. From an early age being called "chicken legs", to a teenager who couldn't get past 95 lbs on the scale, to a young 20-22 year old topping the scale at 105 lbs. I thought there was no way "I" could ever gain weight, let one be called "fat" ever in my life.
Well, times sure have changed! I met my husband at age 22 (he was 27). I never liked to eat in front of people and would often only have 1-2 meals per day or a lot of snacks (hence the low weight but I felt full). Hubby helped change all that. He loved to eat and so did his family. I felt guilty if I didn't go for a second helping eating there for dinner as they pushed it on you to have seconds. I slowly got a little bit bigger, bit by bit.
I was getting compliments at the first 10 pound weight gain that "I needed it", "You look good with some meat on your bones". I felt big and didn't notice myself getting bigger and bigger. I was 127 lbs when I got married in 2003 and in no time, got up to 135 lbs. I gained 35 lbs with each pregnancy (I didn't make a pig of myself at all) and lost it all within 2 weeks of delivering. No, I didn't breastfeed to lose the weight. It literally just went away due to all the water weight, placenta, and all that other great stuff.
I just couldn't seem to lose anymore than that. I also didn't spend a lot of time in front of the mirror so I didn't "see" what others could see. All of my weight goes straight to my stomach so, yes, I do look pregnant, at least 5-6 months along. I had a lady ask me in line at the grocery store, my mother has asked, other family members, and I see the glances down at my belly that friends and family make. I am embarrased.
I am also lazy. I try to start an exercise or diet program and only last 1 -2 weeks. The best I had done was to lose 11 lbs on my own modified version of Weight Watchers, only to regain it once I started my old habits again.
My old habits are: drive-thrus at least 4 times per week from McDonalds, KFC, Wendys, Burger King, Dairy Queen, etc. I try not to go to the same place to often as I once had a lady at the KFC window ask me if I worked close by as I was usually the first one there at lunch. Avoided that drive-thru for a while after that!
A few weeks ago, I noticed in the new Facebook news feed (that I hate BTW), of one of my friends commenting on someone's quick weight loss. I immediately followed the source and saw that it was for an Isagenix 9 day cleanse. I did a quick Google search and read up a bit and left it at that.
Then Thanksgiving happened and my aunt took one look at my belly and said "are you sure you aren't having any more kids?". Nice. When I got home, I looked up the same person on Facebook, did a bit more Googling and e-mailed her the next day (she is a rep for the product). After speaking with her on Wednesday and her assurances that it was not a "poop" cleanse, I ordered the 9 day system. $197 later, it arrived the same Friday. She advised that I wait until after the weekend to begin as the first two days, you can't eat anything so it would be easier to do at work.
I just want to get a jump start to begin my own weight loss plan, I'm thinking the modified Weight Watcher plan again since it had been the only thing to work for me in the past.
The 9 day system has me doing the cleanse for the first 2 days, then 5 days of shake days with a 400-600 calorie meal, and then 2 more cleanse days. I have to take my measurements and weight before I begin, and do it again after the 2 days. I really don't care if my neck or upper arm or thighs lose any inches, my stomach from under my bra to my lower gut (or the "roof over the porch" as my darling husband calls it) is the only area I am concerned with.
Maybe it's a scam and maybe it's not, but I'm willing to try anything to avoid the dreaded question........"when are you due?"
I'll post measurements and weight tomorrow and will update depending on my sanity level with no food. Oh yeah, there are "snacks" included. Small chocolate flavoured circles that I am allowed to eat up to 6 times per day. Do you feel my excitemen?
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