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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

24 Day Challenge - Day 2

Day 2

I'm really hungry today.  Probably because I keep thinking about tacos and Diet Pepsi and cookies and caramels...

30 Minutes Before Breakfast: Mandarin Orange Spark

Breakfast: Fiber Drink (Ick!), banana, hard boiled egg

Snack: 1 cup strawberries, hard-boiled egg
I actually had another snack of cocoa roast almonds because everybody at work was talking about food!!

Lunch: Salad (romaine, walnuts, light honey mustard dressing), rotisserie chicken, baby carrots, hummus

Snack: Apple slices, natural peanut butter (no sugar added)

Before workout: 3 Catalyst
Workout: Ran 2 miles

Dinner: Rotisserie chicken, brown rice, carrots, cucumber, avocado, orange, 1 Omegaplex




Snack: More cocoa roast almonds.  And probably another apple.

Bedtime: Herbal Cleanse Tablet

I drank at least 64 oz water today - probably closer to 75 when you consider the 8 oz I had to drink immediately after the Fiber Drink.

My joints are sore today.  My right hip has been sore for the past few weeks, but today my left knee joined in the party.  I'm thinking that it probably has something to do with toxins and will probably go away.  It's not very conducive to running, though!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

24 Day Challenge - Day 1

A friend recently introduced me to Advocare which is a company "specializing in health and wellness, weight management, vibrant energy and sports performance".  I started reading about the 24 Day Challenge and decided to "take the challenge". 

A lot of people have said that they have increased energy after the 24 days, in addition to losing weight and inches.  I'm hoping for all 3 :)

Day 1

30 Minutes Before Breakfast: Mandarin Orange Spark

Breakfast: Fiber Drink (I am NOT looking forward to this tomorrow!), banana

Snack: 1 cup strawberries, hard-boiled egg

Lunch: Salad (romaine, baby bell peppers, cucumbers, Bragg's Raspberry vinaigrette), grilled chicken, baby carrots, hummus
The dressing is supposed to be sugar-free, but I just can't eat that again.  So...I'm going to cheat and use Newman's Own Honey Mustard from now on because I think the salads will go down a LOT easier!

Snack: Apple slices, natural peanut butter (no sugar added)

Before workout: 3 Catalyst
Workout: Ran 2 miles

Dinner: Rotisserie chicken, brown rice, salad (with Newman's Own Dressing!), 1 Omegaplex

Bedtime: Herbal Cleanse Tablet

Nothing earth-shattering today except that all the water I drank went right through me.  I've been drinking at least 64 oz of water most days for the past 3 months, but today it was like I just started drinking tons of water.  That and the fiber drink - YUCK!  Although, I guess if the cleanse does its job in ridding my body of toxins, then it's a price I can afford to pay. 

Another thing I noticed was that running was a little easier.  I'm not getting my hopes up in case it's a placebo effect, and it was only 2 miles because I had things I had to do.  But I'm really excited about running getting easier as I lose more weight, and today was a little taste of that.