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| I thought if I added a swirly straw to the shake, it would make it more "fun" |
In an effort to not be one of those people who look the same after pregnancy as they do in the ninth month, I thought I'd kick-start my post-pregnancy weight loss with the Isagenix cleanse. It's supposed to rid the body of it's toxins and, wow, I have a lot of those floating around. I think the system will be working the hardest to eradicate the Wendy's cheeseburgers that I chose to consume often during those last few months.
I predict that the most difficult things to abandon during the next 11 days will be the caffeine (No pick-me-up? How will I survive?) and the alcohol (Mama likes a glass of wine at the end of the day).
The plusses are that I will be promoting a healthy lifestyle (blah, blah, blah...) and I don't have to think about dinner for almost 2 weeks (because I don't get any. Boo).
Anyway, I thought I would document the process a bit for y'all. So here it goes...
Last Week
The package arrived containing all the “materials.” We actually purchased the 30-day supply for the two of us to each do the 9-day program (my husband, very sweetly, agreed to do it with me for support). It was very overwhelming, but I sat down and mapped out all our meals, then went to the grocery store and purchased the items we would need during the cleanse.
Today, February 15
Pre-Cleanse Day
We decided to begin the process after Valentine's day. I indulged on the days leading up to this on chocolates, cookies, and cheese, figuring that I might as well fill up on toxins and impurities before purging them out of my system.
I woke up at 4:15 because I couldn't sleep (I must have been EXCITED! Insert sarcasm), but “breakfast” wasn't until 7, so I tried to keep busy.
I needed to weigh myself and take many measurements so I can be assured that it worked. Kylt said that I shouldn't measure myself over sweats, but I just figured it would make my results more dramatic at the end of this whole thing.
When I finally got the chance to consume my morning meal, it consisted of
- A natural accelerator pill
- a couple ounces of a berry drink
- a chocolate shake
A few things: The horse pill better “accelerate” my weight loss (we'll see about that one), the drink (I'll call it berry-inspired, rather than flavored) was so gross that I could barely get it down (I think Kyle's exact words were, "Oh my God, it tastes like - and then some expletive that I'm not going to repeat here), but the shake was good (How can you go wrong with a chocolate shake?).
At 9 am I got to have a snack. I opted for a couple (6, actually) almonds. And water. It is now 9:30 and I'm starving. We'll see how the rest of the day goes.
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