3 Day Refresh

In November, the day after Thanksgiving I started my first round the 3 day refresh. October and November were big months of change for me. Trying out new workouts, seeing results, becoming a Beachbody coach.... I kept hearing about this cleanse that could give you a jumpstart or push you over into some results (depending on where you were at in your journey.) I was beyond excited to try it and see how it goes.... I wasn't as mentally prepared as I thought I was.

It's not a difficult thing to do, don't get me wrong it certainly isn't easy. You don't go hungry... AT ALL. It's a lot of being conscious of your decisions and conscious of how you are feeling. So anyway.. I started that cleanse the day after thanksgiving (Black Friday) and with everything I had going on I actually didn't give it 100%. I didn't cheat with bad foods, but I didn't get in all the food that I was supposed to. I ended up losing I think about 4 lbs a little bit in inches all over and it got me back on track after the holiday. I consider it a win, not a strong win, but a win.

I didn't do terrible around Christmas and New Years. I maintained my weight, didn't gain a single thing. Did miss a few workouts but definitely had a chance to enjoy some treats and "extravagant" meals. How many people can say that? No weight gained for the holidays!!! But just to really kickstart my year and clean out my system from more than I still wanted to in the treat area, I decided to do another round. This is how it went:

Saturday morning: Wake up at 4 am (I had to work), walk straight to the kitchen, open the door to the fridge, pull out the brita pitcher, walk to the cupboard, open the door, pull out cup, pour 8 oz of water and CHUG!!!! Ok, so that was a bit drawn out but you must understand this... WATER is my greatest opportunity!!! I am terrible about getting the water I need each and every day (it's ok that I still have plenty of work to do for myself and my goals.) I had to make a very conscious decision to start the program off right. 

I had to be to work at 5 am so on the way to work I had a half of a banana and a greenberry Shakeology (it is recommended to use a vegan flavor, but i wanted to try to the greenberry and my vegan chocolate would not arrive until that afternoon.) Around 8 am I had some green tea. At 10 am, I braced myself. for. the. fiber. sweep. I didn't do well last time, I'm a big baby and actually didn't realize what would happen. The fiber sweep is something that thickens if you let it sit, and boy the very first time around did i let it sit. Anyway... I grabbed my 8 oz of water and I made it ICE COLD. Added the fiber sweep, shook it up, stuck in a straw and chugged it in 30 seconds. The thing is with the fiber sweep, it just isn't delightful. It does not taste bad, not at all. It has a citrus flavor and a citrus smell. I am not a person who can handle orange juice pulp, it horrifies me... therein lies my problem with fiber sweep. Like I said, I'm a whimp. But I did what I did, and I got it down and it went down with ease... no big deal. I have successfully mastered it!!!

Then at noon I had a vanilla fresh shake, the other half of my banana, 4 baby carrots and 2 tbsp of hummus (yummy.) Are you looking at this thinking "is that it?" You shouldn't be. It's hard to eat it all. The vanilla fresh shake itself is pretty filling then eating more on top of that. AND if you take it slow enough and not shove it all into your mouth as fast as you can then your brain and your stomach just communicate to each other better. Think of it like a small family. You can be the brain and your significant other is the stomach and you two are trying to have a conversation, let's call food your child. How well does that conversation go when your child is jumping, running, yelling, laughing or just being crazy in general right between the two of you?!?!?

Then I had my afternoon snack 5 baby carrots and a tsp of extra virgin olive oil. Have I mentioned that this whole time, I'm chugging water as best as I can? I'm kicking waters butt, I'm not sure why I can't seem to do this every single day. Baby steps Jenni, baby steps.  Had some afternoon green tea. Then for dinner I had a vanilla fresh shake and veggie stir fry. The veggie stir fry is extremely delicious!!!! 1/2 cup each of cauliflower, green beans and carrots with 1 tsp coconut oil and 1/4 tsp sea salt. It is seriously mouth watering. And so ends day 1!!!! 

And here is a big reveal... I started Sunday the same way, only this time my Vegan Chocolate was here. Oh Vegan Chocolate how I love thee. It is thick, creamy, chocolatey and just full of yum!!! Then do you know what happened??? I followed the same exact schedule the next 2 days. I ate all the same foods at almost the exact same times. So much of all of the changes I am making with nutrition is about being consistent. Now, to you this may seem more like boring meals than cosistency but they are my favorite healthy foods. My fridge ALWAYS has carrots, cauliflower and green beans and my counter almost always has bananas. So, I got to eat stuff I love every few hours in portion controls for  3 days!!! 

The items I chose work well with my body (heehee, I did not have any gas.) I did not experience bloating. I know I lost a lot of water I was drinking. My body isn't used to getting the water it needs so it purged itself (yeh, I went there.) But that water was cleaning out all the toxins my body just didn't deserve to hold on to. I felt good. I was able to work out and still push myself without my body feeling like it was faltering. I did not have as much energy as I usually do, but I still had plenty. I still just felt GOOD!!!! 

I will not be doing all of my measurements until tomorrow morning, but I did take a sneak peak tonight at the scale.. is this the moment you have all been waiting for?? Did you scroll through everything else to get to here? Do you think maybe you missed something important if you did? Well, since you scrolled now you'll have to wait. I'm not posting until you go back up and re-read everything I wrote. Do you understand how amazing it is to do a cleanse that allows you REAL food that tastes sensational AND gives you incredible results??????? Go ahead, I'll wait while you re-read.

Ok, that was enough time. 3 days and plenty of food later, I lost 6.5 lbs!!!! Yes, you are reading that correctly 6.5 lbs!!!!!! How amazing is that!?!?! Not only did I lose some extra weight, but this program REALLY and TRULY helps kick some extra cravings. My shakeology has helped me so much as far as sweets go. I rarely want them and when I do, it is so much easier to talk myself out of it than it used to be. But every once in a while still that need a sweet feeling kicks in and after the holidays, well I just needed a swift kick to my system to knock that out of here. I promise, I'll update some total inches lost after I do some measuring. I can pretty much guarantee some waist space lost (haha.)

I do have to tell you that this month, there is an amazing deal going for the 3 day refresh. I think you'll definitely want to check it out here. They are practically giving it away when you get Shakeology. With a combo like that, those lbs that need to come off don't stand a chance of staying. If you do click on that link up there, I sure would love if we could have a chat first. I want to know about your fitness and nutrition goals. This is about how you can get where you want to be and you need to know, I want to help you get there by being your coach.

If you're interested in checking out any of the products you ever hear me mentioning as I go on and on and on, please go here. The same thing applies as above. A person's health and wellness journey should not be traveled alone. I wouldn't and couldn't be where I am without my coach. She helps me, inspires me, motivates me and listens to me EVERY. SINGLE. DAY!!! I WILL absolutely do the same for you because it means changing your life for the better....forever!!