So I figured I should probably update this silly thing I created who knows how long ago.
In the last month I have been seeing a Personal Trainer to assist me with losing weight and becoming overall healthier and happier with myself. She suggested to me last week that I attempt a "24-day Challenge" that consists of a 10-day Cleanse, and then a 14 day regiment of additional supplements. Hopefully this will help me attain my current short term goal of losing a pant size by the middle of December. I hope to go from a size 14 to a size 12, which I have been told at my current rate of progress is completely attainable.
Day 1: Fiber Drink (citrus flavor) and 1 pack Herbal Cleanse Dietary Supplement (3 horsepills)
On 11/16, after my regularly scheduled session with my personal trainer, she e-mailed me saying that I could start the cleanse that night by taking the fiber drink and the cleanse supplement at the same time before going to bed. After confirming that this wouldn't cause any issues with the fairly strict diet I would need to have, I went ahead and tried it. This is the day that I tried the fiber drink just as suggested, with 1 cup of water. It smells awful. I mean REALLY awful. It became so thick that I couldn't drink it through a straw as I had intended to do. :( I added a bit of the crystal light I was drinking to help thin it out, but it was very difficult to finish. I went to bed fairly early after finishing up the drink of horror and taking my pills, around 5:30am.
Day 2: Fiber Drink (citrus flavor) and 1 pack Herbal Cleanse Dietary Supplement (3 horsepills)
11/17. Round 2 of attempting the Fiber Drink. As Valerie (Personal Trainer) had suggested the day before, I tried mixing a serving of SPARK (an energy drink that comes with the challenge) with the serving of Fiber Drink. SPARK tastes just fine (fruit punch flavor), but it too smells pretty bad. So now I had 2 cups of bad smelling thing to drink, though luckily it tasted a little better and was thinner. Unfortunately, the smell and texture still made me feel as though I would gag a little, and took me over an hour to finish the drink. I attempted to offset the texture and smell by eating an apple (granny smith) in between trying to force the liquid down my throat.
Before work meal and lunch: I cooked up a batch of what we called 'tortilla soup', which is basically shitloads of veggies in tomato soup and chicken stock, with some cubes of chicken breast added. I managed to screw this up pretty well though, and possibly one of my cast iron pots because I had the incorrect burner on. :( This left the veggies not getting -as- cooked as I liked, and us almost being late to work. The good thing about this soup is that it contains everything I'm allowed to have on the cleanse. :) Luckily, it still tasted just fine and made an excellent 2 meals!
Post shift workout: Cardio with the treadmill. 30 minutes of alternating a fast paced walk and a slow paced jog. I did more walking than jogging as I was not feeling so well, and my left leg decided it wanted to try and have shin splints again.
Dinner: Bertolli meal for 2 - Shrimp/Penne
Day 3: Fiber Drink (citrus flavor) and 1 pack Herbal Cleanse Dietary Supplement (3 horsepills)
11/18. As I'm writing this, I'm getting down the fiber drink. I've finally put it in a form that I can handle, but it will take a while to drink it all. I combined 1c orange juice, 1c water, fiber drink packet, SPARK packet, and 1 cup of strawberries and blended it together. After it seemed meshed together well enough, I added a scoop of ice to cool it down. Adding the strawberries and oj seems to have cancelled out the bad smell, and the awful texture. Today is also the last day for the fiber drink for a few days, so I'm pretty pleased about that. ;)
Before work meal: Salmon and rice. The salmon is currently defrosting, I'm sure it will be tasty.
Lunch: I'll be having another bowl of soup, as I only know how to make it for 10-12 people, and not just 2 >.>
Post shift workout: Circuit night. I will likely repeat the circuit that I did on Tuesday with Valerie, and add in a couple core exercises.
Dinner: Undetermined. Possibly a bowl of cereal.
Now that I've got this started, I'll attempt to keep updating throughout the cleanse and continue on through the rest of the challenge. I hope this recount of events was enjoyable. :)
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