This positive attitude thing isn’t ½ bad.  I mean I can’t say that I’m excited to eat, but I’m not as mad about it

I know it’s only day 4, but it does feel like forever.  The weekends go by in a blink of an eye, so I just have one more day this week!

I’m not a big candy eater, and even less of a chocolate eater.  I saw a commercial for the new dark chocolate reese’s peanut butter cup, and about started salivating.  It’s funny how much more desirable things become when you can’t have them.

I don’t really want a reese’s peanut butter cup, I want what it represents.  I know that if I ate it, it may make me feel better for a short while, but will leave me feeling worse than when I started.

I’m finally getting in my green!!  I’m actually starting to enjoy all the vegetables.  Today I ate a whole tomato with breakfast, and a whole cucumber with lunch.  I didn’t even need dressing with my snap pea’s.  I enjoyed the taste.  I know that sounds weird, but that’s part of what I love about this cleanse.  It almost feels like your senses are enhanced, eventually. Don’t get me wrong, anytime someone says pizza I go in a homer-Simpson like trance and have to catch myself before I drool….but I’m starting to really enjoy eating so clean, and drinking so much water.

Daily Food Journal:
Breakfast: Chicken breakfast sausage scramble, with a side of spinach and turkey bacon
3 Egg Whites, 2 Chicken Breakfast Sausage, 1tbsp salsa, and 3/4cup cook spinach with 1 turkey bacon

Lunch: Turkey Taco Salad
5.5oz Ground Extra Lean Turkey(grilled in taco seasoning), 1 cup cherry tomatoes, 3cups romaine lettuce, 2tbsp salsa 

Dinner: Shrimp and Chicken Stir Fry
4oz chicken, 10 shrimp, 3cups trader joe’s stir fry, 1/2 cup mushrooms

Snack 1: Protein Shake
4oz almond milk, 1 scoop protein powder

Snack 2: 1 oz Sunflower seeds

Daily Totals: 1,168calories/ 54g fat/ 96 Ounces of H20

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Today was MUCH MUCH better.  Day three is typically a really hard one.  I think my positive thinking is helping.  I’m still craving high added sugar items, like ice cream, cereal, and Chinese food.  This tells me I still have a lot of cleansing to do.  Pretty soon I start craving fruits and whole grains…mmmmm….I sure wouldn’t mind either of those right now!! 

I will admit I’ve gone a little over board on the sunflower seeds, but my daily fat intake hasn’t been over.  I’ll just need to remember to be watchful when I have higher fat meats (like salon or Turbot).

My energy hasn’t been too low, and I’ve been getting in more water and chomping down on the greens.  I’m still not feeling great, and I know the best energy surge it yet to come!

I’ve been doing lower intensity, consistent exercises (instead of high intensity intervals) to compensate for my low carbohydrate level.  I have a really hard workout planned for tomorrow, and I know my metabolism is going to need for than 1200 calories.  It’s going to be a challenge to force more food down.  I’m going to ad ½ a portion to one of my shakes, and 2 extra ounces of protein to my post-workout lunch.

I’m really excited to try a Cleanse Turkey Taco Salad that Belinda suggested today at camp.  Ground Turkey, Taco Seasoning (with no added sugar), lettuce, tomato, salsa, etc…

I’ve also just put 6oz of almond milk, 1 scoop of chocolate protein powder, and 1 tsp of peppermint in the freezer to try to make a cleanse friendly ice cream/frosty…..I’ll let you know how it turns out!

Breakfast: 3 Slices Turkey Bacon, Protein Shake with Almond milk, 1 Tbsp Sunflower Seeds, and 1 Tomato               
(273cal./10fat) 

 Lunch: 5.5 Ounce Chicken Salad ( cucumber, romaine lettuce, cherry tomato, yellow tomatoes, snap peas) with lemon juice, garlic powder, pepper, and sea salt.                             
(230cal/3g fat) 

Dinner: Shrimp Stir Fry: 6oz Shrimp , cooked, 3Cups Trader Joe’s cabbage stir fry, broccoli, snap pea’s, and 1tbsp sunflower seeds)
(333cal/6g fat) 

Snack: 2 tbsp Sunflower Seeds
(89cal/8g fat)

 Snack 2: Turkey Burger-4oz Turkey Breast, 1 tbsp onion, 1 tbsp mustard, 1/2c mushrooms, and 2 Tbsp sunflower seeds
(258cal/15g fat)

Daily Total 1,182calories/42g fat

                                             Week One is ½ over that quick!!!!

~Maddog

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Oh Mondays….why do you treat me this way??  To be honest, today wasn’t much better than yesterday.  I didn’t want to eat anything, talk to anyone, or move.  “Why oh WHY did I start this” I thought to myself.  I blamed my bad attitude on this cleanse, until I realized…I’ve had a bad attitude since day one.  Isn’t not the cleanse that’s the problem….it’s me.  I want to get back into great shape, I want more energy, I want to fit back into my skinny jeans!!  But I don’t want to do the work. 

Sometimes when you have a lot of negativity, it’s easier, and feels better, to just be angry, instead of doing the work it takes to rid yourself of all the negative.

 Well now it comes down what do I want more….The choice is easy….I would like to just be negative

OF COURSE I CHOOSE TO GET AND STAY POSITIVE

But these means I will have to stay positive, even when I don’t feel like it.  On that positive note, I had a great day nutritionally.  And I might even reach as far as to say my ab’s are feeling flatter already!

At camp this evening I heard a lot of people going through the same negative feelings.  Hang in there!!  It gets better…..soon….I promise!                                                                            

Breakfast:

8oz Almond Milk, 1 scoop Designer Whey, 1 Tbsp Fiber Sure, 1tsp cinnamon, 1tsp mint extract

(140calories/5g fat)

Lunch:                                                                        

4 oz Trader Joe’s Seasoned Turbot and a large salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, celery, snap peas) with lemon juice and garlic salt.

            (183calories/2g fat)

Dinner:                                                          

6oz Turkey Burger wrapped in a lettuce, with mustard, mushrooms, and pickle

(279/20g fat)

Snack:                                      
1 tbsp Almond Butter and 3 celery stalks         

(120cal /10g fat)          

Snack 2 :                                                                                   

2cans of Tuna Stuffed in 2.5 Bell

            (225cal /3g fat)

Snack 3:                                          

8oz Almond Milk, 1 scoop Designer Whey, 1 Tbsp Fiber Sure, 1tsp cinnamon, 1tsp mint extract

(140calories/5g fat)

Daily Total: 1326/44g fat/ 80 oz Water 

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Cleanse Day 1:

So it’s been quite awhile since I’ve done this cleanse, and for good reason…it sucks.  But I’m sad to say I’ve gotten sloppy.  Nutrition isn’t much of a struggle for my typically.  I can design meal plans in my head, and enjoy eating good food.  But these days I work from home, which means I travel more, and have easy access to my fridge.  This seems to have resulted in eating more food less often, with few veggies.  Not to mention I’m now a gym member…no more working out alone, conveniently, whenever I feel like it.  While I haven’t gained a lot of weight, I’ve definitely gotten softer- and that just won’t due!  Now after the first time I did the cleanse I said I’d do it again, but every time I considering it the thought of the smell of turkey sausage and egg whites made me put it off.  Well, school’s about to start, meaning if I don’t get on track now-I see weight gain in my immediate future!  Plus I had a few clients twist my arm into it.  Little do they know my grumpiness will just transfer into harder work-outs!  Flatter Abs-More Energy-Harder workouts= Win-Win-Win!

Everyone has a different experience with “the cleanse”, mine wasn’t always pleasant.  Anyone who’s done it before will tell you, the first time is actually the easiest.  You haven’t eaten a lot of the foods, and the prospect of speedy results over-powers the unknown.  Now I know.  You know how people say that when something hurts so bad it goes numb…like a tattoo…or shark bite…I remember on my last cleanse day 10 it was 6:20pm I had been slammed all day and was super low on calories.  I had class in ten min and forgot to grab a cold water to make a shake…all I had was an old ½ full warm water bottle and some powder.  I knew I have to get two meals in minimum…and all I needed was 6oz.  I drank that drink in two large gulps, and tasted nothing…my taste buds had seriously gone numb.  But I also remember the surge in energy and the clean clear feeling.  After these first few days I’ll be feeling great, thinking more clearly and my abs will be looking better than ever!

I really expected today to go smoother.  It’s Sunday….I can cook, and it’s DAY ONE!  From my first glace in the mirror I knew it was going to be a long day.  How did I look like I got hit by a truck before 8am?  Somehow, I didn’t get to eating until around 10am. 
Breakfast: (4) Turkey Bacon and (4) Egg Whites with 1 cup cherry tomatoes (250calories/2g fat)
 Lunch: (2) Garlic Herb Sausages and more cherry tomatoes (260cal/ 14g fat).

At this point I went kayaking, and was so proud when I packed my celery and almond butter!   I was less proud, and hungry when I realized I left it at home!

Snack 1: Celery covered in 2 Tbsp of almond butter and sea salt/cinnamon (200cal/20g fat)    
Dinner: 6oz chicken and 2 cups snow pea’s (250cal/2g fat)
Snack 2: 15 Shrimp with lemon and salt (75cal/ .5 g fat)

Snack 3: 4oz chicken and Celery covered in .5 Tbsp of almond butter and sea salt/cinnamon (170cal/6g fat)    

Daily Totals: 1205 calories/44.5g fat/80 ounces of water

Over-all not a terrible day…still no green veggies!  That must change.  Day one is down-thank god!  That means I’m one day closer!  And tomorrow I plan to eat some more green and drink some more h20!

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