WE MADE IT!!
Nick and I both made it through two cleanse days with minimal effort and discomfort – yay!
There were a couple times when I felt a few very minor hunger pangs, but it was manageable, and there were ZERO cravings for anything.
Tuesdays are one of my early mornings where I train clients at 7:30am, and I try to get my workout done beforehand. I typically workout fasted AND I have a hard time eating at 4:30am…but, given that I need to get something in the bod after the past two days, I”m opting for the following:
- 1/2 IsaLean Bar
- My normal non-cleanse day morning elixir of 1 scoop Cleanse for Life, 1 scoop Ionix Supreme, 1 scoop IsaGreens and 2 tsp Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar
This will suffice until I get home around 8:45 and have my super yummy shake!
Observations:
- This is normal for me, but I had a huge surge of energy yesterday and actually had a hard time sleeping. I woke up 15 minutes BEFORE my alarm went off at 4:15am, and did not go to bed until nearly 10pm. I’m typically an 8 hour/night girl, so this always surprises me.
- I feel GREAT! It’s hard to describe, but those feelings of lethargy, puffiness, etc. are gone. I feel lighter and more like myself. I don’t weigh myself, but can tell that my clothes are a little looser.
- The times when I was tempted to break the cleanse were mental, not physical. We are so conditioned to eating 3 or more times per day, and it can take our brain awhile to readjust on cleanse days.
- I knew this would happen, but my morning coffee does not taste as good as it usually does. This was a big reason for me doing this cleanse…I wanted to break my cycle of having 3 or more cups/day. You will find as you go through this process that you lose taste for certain unhealthy things, and start craving the good stuff.
You might be wondering how the toxins get OUT of the body. It happens through excretion through urine, sweating, etc. It is NOT a colon cleanse – lol! It IS interesting though. When a friend of ours who is a hair stylist did her first cleanse a couple years ago, she couldn’t understand why her sweat smelled like perm. It was because she was sweating out all of those chemicals she is exposed to on a daily basis as a hair stylist.
SIDENOTE: if you are a hair stylist, auto mechanic or anyone else who works around chemicals or toxins every day, YOU NEED TO CLEANSE more than anyone!
As I started writing this before I started my day, I wanted to share how I’m feeling after morning workouts, etc.
I got to the gym around 5:45am and warmed up on the treadmill for 15 minutes, followed by hill sprints done in the following fashion:
4 x 45 secs at 15% incline
4 x 45 secs at 10% incline
4 x 45 secs at 5% incline
I took as long as needed in between each sprint to recover, usually 45 seconds to a minute.
I then met up with my friend, Emily, for a heavy-ish leg workout, which looked like this:
4 rounds of the following circuit
8 x each leg step-up/stiff-legged deadlift
10 x walking lunge/reach
3 rounds of the following circuit:
8 x each leg single squat off bench
10 x full reps/10 x bottom half reps hamstring curl
10 x new jacks
I felt really good during all of this – no loss of strength at all. Don’t get me wrong, it was HARD…but, I was definitely able to push harder today than I’ve felt like doing recently!
It’s close to 10am now, and I just finished my shake – 1.5 scoops IsaLean Chocolate and 1 scoop IsaPro for 36 grams total protein…so good!
Tomorrow, I’ll share how I’m eating these next 5 days, as well as how I’m feeling, workouts, etc.
xoxo,
Tara