YL 5 Day Cleanse- After Day 1

Well day 1 of the Young Living 5 Day Cleanse went better than expected.  I started it on Memorial Day in hopes that I can control and adapt to this while at home.  I was hoping I could stay busy enough where I could keep my mind off of it.

Preparations for this wasn't too hard.  Over the weekend I bought all the food I needed.  Looks like I'll be living off of fruit, raw veggies, Tea and Water.

Making the shake wasn't too hard.  I used the Magic bullet to mix it all.  The vanilla flavor was alright, but I soon tried adding fruit to it for my dinner shake.

The first meal was at breakfast. That wasn't too hard to take in.  I don't normally eat breakfast, so it was just something that filled me up earlier in the day.

Lunch was isn't too bad either, but naturally I would have liked to eat something extra.  I had to run to the grocery store and it was a challenge to see all the snacks and food there and control my urges to buy something.  The one tough part was that my post lunch snack was raw broccoli and tea.  The broccoli I didn't mind although it was a little raw and I tried to have some fruit flavored Tea and I wasn't able to drink more than a few sips.

Dinner wasn't too bad either. I had 4 straight hours of lessons and I was just naturally tired from that.  I came home and had my liquid meal and my 1 cup of blue berries.

This morning I was pretty exhausted.  Feeling of no energy to get out of bed and get up.  The Day 2 review said that energy will be restored a little more.

1 day down, 4 to go.

Chris

5 Day Cleanse

Tomorrow I will be starting the Young Living 5 Day Cleanse.  For a while I've been pretty excited about this. But today, I've started to have some hesitations.  Thinking about not being able to eat certain foods entered my mind.  Wondering if I'd have enough self control to keep up with it.  Also on Wednesday we are suppose to have a company wide BBQ, and I was starting to use this as a reason to not start this.  But Monday through Friday is the only stretch of the next few weeks where it is the easiest to manage.  This 5 Day Cleanse is suppose to help me retrain myself and curb my appetite as well as try to lose weight.

I wish myself luck and hopefully I have the will power to stick this out.

Chris

A Fresh Start

I decided yesterday during Easter that I need to finally commit myself to a healthier lifestyle.  A commitment to eating and sleeping better and exercising more frequently.  As well as cut back on my alcohol in take.  I don't drink a lot, but I do enjoy 2-3 drinks 4-5 times a week.  The amount I drink it's bad, but my ultimate goal is to lose weight, so it's more to try to trim down.  I'm also going on a vacation to Brazil in June, so my goal is to have a beach body too.

I'd also like to secure have a longer life for my kids.

Chris

30 Day Challenge- Day 26

Well, I think I'm sort of failing this challenge. I don't think I really cleaned up my diet, which I think would have mad a difference in this challenge.  In fact, I'm drinking a hot chocolate with marshmallows right now.

I have worked out more, but probably not enough as I should to make a difference.  I need to figure out how to be more consistent with this. But it's easy to schedule other things around lunch.

I ran out of my NingXia supply and I think I feel a difference from that.  It made me feel better overall, better stool, etc. 

I've stayed up late the last few nights to catch up on some business emails and tasks.

I've had 2-3 drinks of wine more this week.  Had some Jack and OJ last night.

I don't know if I can ever get that workout motivation again.

I haven't been able to get back on my shots yet.  The insurance company hasn't synced up with the paperwork that my doctor says he sent in.  He did say that they've noticed that adults to stop taking shots sometimes show depressions symptoms.  I wonder if I'm getting that at times.  Not necessarily depression, but lack of an inner drive and motivation.   I'll see my doctor tomorrow, so I'll ask him.  Sometimes I wonder if that lack of drive is just because of me being so busy all the time.

Who knows I'll see if I can change my patterns.  Maybe I should try "Self Talk" and try to change my mindset by telling myself some motivating comments.

Chris

30 Day Challenge- Day 19

I'm getting back on the horse.  I let myself go a little bit this last weekend. Didn't eat the best, McDonalds a few times, and had a few drinks each day.  It did feel weird not working out for a few days.

Yesterday I played Basketball for an hour. It felt good to get some physical activity again.  I did use a 5 hour energy last night. Only because I wanted to stay focused and busy so I could get some kicking business stuff done.

Otherwise I haven't felt the need for a 5 hour energy at all.  I think I should try to make drastic cuts to sweets over the final 11 days and see if I notice any differences.  I feel fat right now.

-Chris

30 Day Challenge- Day 14

I didn't work out yesterday and I ended up eating McDonalds for lunch.  I let myself go this week unfortunately.  I need to pick it up again and really focus on healthy eating.  The one constant denominator was that I've had the NingXia daily and my body overall feels good.  I'm also getting pretty good consistent sleep where I'm at least going to bed by 10:30/11 PM.  I am getting interrupted sleep from Olivia and Parker though.

Yesterday I officially won the World Cup Tickets to Brazil.  I'm super pumped.  It's 8 months away.  I need to use this as a motivator to get a beach body ready.  I've tried to do that the last 3-4 years when I would go down to Brazil with Lu but never quite got motivated.

That's it for now.

-Chris

30 Day Challenge- Day 13

I've sort of let myself go a little bit the last few days. I haven't worked out since Monday.  I've had a few drinks 3 times this week.  I am still getting good sleep which I'm happy about.

The adjustment is mainly to having 2 kids and the late night feedings and Olivia trying to crawl into bed with us.

I think I'm eating well.  I don't know what the 'calorie count' would be.  But I'm still snacking on candy, which I need to stop.

Hopefully I can get to the gym these next few days.

-Chris