And the Results from the 2 Day Fast Start

5 pounds lost for me and 6 pounds for my friend!

We followed the rules pretty closely.  Both of us had to add a little "something" to fight off some dizzy spells, but overall I think it was a good exercise for a couple of reasons.
1- It reminded me how much I am overeating calorie wise. My body doesn't need everything I think it does.  I just really like eating.
2- It's so easy, especially as a mom I think, to just grab a couple pieces of cereal, eat the leftover grilled cheese crust, especially when you feel like "seriously, I haven't eaten all day!".  But, it's dangerous.

I'm sure there are some more.  Maybe you've done something like this before and if you did, what were your take aways?  

I won't be doing it anytime soon again.  My goal now is only to keep off what I lost in those two days through Friday.

I am using SparkPeople to track calories/meals, fitness and weight for progress.

Here's hoping for a great weigh in on Saturday!!!

Last Day

So, since my post last night, it was sort of a mixed bag.  Last night, I got up with my littlest and was dizzy with a bad headache, so I had to eat something.  I had half of a protein bar (about 110 calories).  Worked well.  

Weight: down 2.8 pounds
Strawberry tea w 1 tsp honey
9:30: shake with 3 cubes coffee & 8oz water
12pm  Weight- no change
1pm- Strawberry Tea, no honey
1:45- shake- chocolate, 8oz water, ice
3:45- 1/2 protein bar (110 calories- was taking kids to the park and didn't want to risk a blood sugar crash)
4- walked 1.5 mile
6- really wanted tacos & peeps
8:35- last shake!!!
8:35- weight- no change
Did a quick 8 min ab tape.

So, I'll leave my "glad I did it" etc till tomorrow when I see the final results. 

For now, I'm planning what to eat tomorrow and making lists for snacks and dinner for the week!

Getting ready to MOVE...

was the motivation for finding this solution and giving it a try.  

When we moved last time, it worked well for me to have a list of meals that I knew were in a good calorie range for me and where my family liked to eat.  It made it easier to make good choices.

Well, that move was a distance of about  500 miles.  This one will be 2100.  So, I'm going to need more options!  Plus, with these shakes, they give you recipes to keep it from getting dull.

I've taken those recipes and made a file that is easy to print and can keep with me for different options with both the Greenberry and the Chocolate shakes.  It's arranged by calories.  One note I made was the difference, in calories, between skim and whole milk. 
Download it here!

 I am going to be moving my family to whole milk for a lot of reasons.  It may sound counter intuitive to the weight loss goal, but check this out if you're interested in hearing why.  Or here. 
Or here...

Couldn't wait!

You know that feeling from when you were young and you got to pick something out at the grocery store, then go home and eat it all right away?  That's how I felt about getting started with the 2 Day Fast (search for Cleanse)...  Ordinarily, I am NOT a fan of these limited calorie diets.  I'm doing this only to jump start/cleanse before a new program and because it's a very short amount of time. 

It's been challenging.  I'm at the end of Day 1 and I am definitely hungry, but not as hungry as I would be had I not eaten crappy the last 2 days ending with pizza last night.  I'm sure a lot of that carried over to today.  Oh, and I got the chocolate.

Here's what I did today:
7:30- shake
8-9- hot tea
9- starting to get hungry
9:11- forgot and took 1 piece of my son 's life cereal
More tea (super sore throat)
11:30- shake, added ice and frozen coffee cubes to avoid headache
Peach tea
3pm- walk: 2.1 Miles
Headache!
6pm- shake, just ice this time.
Peach tea

I am keeping track of lbs lost but won't post it till tomorrow. ;)
I am doing it with a friend which really helps.  I made the kids popcorn and was so tempted!  So, I texted her instead of eating any, even though I know she wasn't near her phone.  Definitely do this with a friend.  It's getting to where everything looks yummy, lol.

After tomorrow, I'll be going to a normal 1200-1500 calorie/day goal. 
Tonight, I'm going to work on adding those predone recipes to the Nutritional Calculator app I use for calorie tracking- SparkPeople.com

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope to have great results to share tomorrow!

Arrived!!!

(First blogger app post so please be gracious!)
So my products finally arrived- yay!!!

I will have a new post soon about a yeast cleanse I am doing in conjunction with this endeavor... But the products are pictured below.

This week proved to me that this was a good decision. It's been stressful ( and will be for about 2 months as we prepare to move cross country) and I gained 2 pounds. Ugh!

Monday starts the 2 day fast. Ill weigh in before & after. Then be doing the regular shake regimen after that. The box did come with a sheet of recipe ideas- yay!!!

Waiting...

I got the shipping notice super fast on what I thought was my first shipment of shakes!  Alas, it wasn't.  It was this box, that had gone through FedEx Smart post which meant I was either waiting a week for it to be delivered to me or getting it myself.  (And remind you, I thought it was my shakes.)  This was what I got- a big box with a welcome folder containing only 1 DVD and 1 CD.  Nothing else.

 This "waiting time" is almost working against me.  With Easter candy laying around and leftover cupcakes from my Matilda Jane party, I'm not being as good as I had been even last week.  Oh well.  Tomorrow, right?  Lots of walking at the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention.  And hopefully, before the weekend, my shakes will have arrived.  I did already get the shipping notice, but who knows what that means!

SHIPPED!

With an estimate of 5-7 business days, you can imagine how impressed I was when I saw the "shipped" notice today on my order!

I am excited.  I am starting with the 2 day Fast (in chocolate- find it under Shop, then Search for Cleanse)

Then, moving on to alternating Chocolate/Greenberry options.  I like that there are recipes given for each of these with varying calorie counts to help you not get bored with just one option.  

I'll be keeping up with my progress on my dashboard here.