The Shake Cleanse uses Shakeology® in creating multiple day cleanses to jump start you in your fitness, break a plateau or shred pounds fast & effectively in a healthy way.
The basics are as follows:
3 Shakeology® Shakes a day 2 Cups of Green Tea a Day 1-2 piece(s) of fruit a day 1 Salad for dinner- You can load up on greens and vegetables. Only Low Fat DressingsOnly white grilled protein in salad - Poultry or Fish!
NO: DAIRY or EXTRA SUGARS, diet soda, Almond, Soy, or Rice milk
You can put your 2 snacks before/after any of the MAJOR MEALS - Breakfast Lunch & Dinner
The 2nd piece of fruit is optional. Some of you will need the calories where others will not. Power workout participants (Super Conditioned- not the weight challenged) are recommended the greater calories.
REPEAT all 3 Days
BREAKFAST:
Shakeology® 140 calories, 1 scoop
add ice and mix in blender
10-12 oz of water
SNACK (85 calories):
1 piece of fruit
1 cup of green tea (I used Lipton mixed berry or cranberry pomegranate green tea)
LUNCH:
Shakeology® (140 calories), 1 scoop
Add ice and mix in a blender
10-12 oz of water
SNACK:
Shakeology® 140 calories, 1 scoop
add ice and mix in a blender
10-12 oz of water
DINNER:
Salad Grilled white fish or poultry (~340 calories)
2 T low calorie/low fat dressing (I used plain red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil)
1 cup of green tea (I used Lipton mixed berry or cranberry pomegranate green tea)
Workouts should be LIGHT during the cleanse: moderate walking and/or light weights
Participants have reported weight loss between 3 lbs and 9 lbs!
What does the Medical Community think of Shakeology? Just watch:
Goal: Stop eating things after dinner just because I still have calories left on MFP. If I’m not hungry, don’t eat!
This is easy enough to say, but let’s see if I can accomplish it all week. For some reason, when I see that I have calories left in the day, I automatically assume that I must still be hungry. I need to remember that it’s okay to stop eating when I am full even if I’m under calories.
seeing real live people’s progress and struggles with fitness and healthy eating. It’s so much more real to me to be able to read about someone’s journey than simply seeing a before/after.
Lifestyle changes are not easy, and I know I’ll make mistakes, hit plateaus, and get frustrated…but with the support and encouragement of this community, I will reach my goals.
Keep up the good work, everyone!
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Whatever that Insanity calendar dishes out at me for the day.
And I just looked at the calendar for the first time to see what I’m doing today and had my heart skipped. This week is RECOVERY WEEK!!!! I do Core Cardio and Balance every day for 6 days. Not exactly sure what that workout entails, but at least I’m not going to kill myself with Pure Cardio or Cardio Power and Resistance! WOOOO!!
Off to do some Insanity!
Hey S1C (Square One Challenge) Posters,
I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is I am back and going to start posting and updating this week. Bad news is, I’m still at Square One. My neck, shoulder and back got messed up again putting me on the side line. I just woke up last week and it was all messed up. I’m really paying the price for this injury last October and it’s starting to frustrate me. I did have a realization this weekend that I am just not ready for P90X. It is putting to much strain on my physically and mentally. When I do P90X I remember where I was before my injury, what I could do, and now that I am back to the beginning and I keep straining an old injury it is frustrating to me so I’m switching to a program that I know works, that doesn’t put excessive strain on my neck, back or shoulder, but I have yet to complete. That program is RevAbs.
I have started it about 3 times and every time I get to day 30 I catch the P90X bug, doubt WHY am I doing RevAbs when I should be doing P90X, I make the switch then a few weeks later, I’m sidelined. My goal is to complete a full 90 days of RevAbs starting today. I’m going to post a video today about this too. Thanks for being there for me and thank you Jillian for texting me this weekend and calling me out. I appreciate the support. Talk to you all soon,
Joey
I lost 4.9 pounds this week.
4.9!
SW: 247.6
PW: 219.4
CW: 214.5
I wish I knew exactly what made the difference this week. I’ve actually been a little bit looser with my calories- going over by 100 or so some days. But, I’ve also been trying out different kinds of exercise. I did a ton of dancing this week, and I’ve been adding in short workouts during the day when I have a spare 10 minutes or so. Whatever it is, I hope to keep it up (sans the crying during workouts. That’s not fun)!
Green Tea: It also helps in weight loss by preventing bloating. Dairy Products: Just choose the low-fat variant though. Oatmeal: The high fiber and low-fat oatmeal is a good choice. Hot Peppers: The capsaicin chemical found in chili is known to give metabolism quite a kick. Protein: When going for protein, lean turkey meat and chicken breast are fine choices. Broccoli: The broccoli is a great choice with its 20-calorie per cup rating. Also, it is rich in calcium which has been linked by numerous studies to weight loss. It is also rich in vitamin C which aids better calcium absorption. Grapefruit: Chemicals found in grapefruit actually helps lower insulin levels which are helpful in facilitating weight loss. Mangosteen: This fruit is known to improve the function of the excretory system and thus rid the body of toxins. Coffee: Drinking about two cups of coffee everyday can jumpstart your metabolism. Any more than three cups though is not advisable.
do i wake up at 6 and go.
it opens at 7am and i like being early as possible because then there won’t be people there (the odd one maybe) and im really really self concious
and i have a big scar across my leg from my burn
so its all very difficult hm i really want to go though its so good for your muscles and things
I first decided to lose weight years ago.
And I tried. I’d start working out, and eating smaller portions. But I’d always end up going all out, then taking a day off. A day would turn into 2, then a week, and before I knew it a few months would have passed, and I wouldn’t have had a single workout.
Then last year something just clicked. I did what I could, and didn’t feel guilty when I had to take breaks. If I needed a day off, I’d make sure I took one, then start right back up the next day. And eventually I just learned to love working out. And now I’ve reached a level of fitness that I will not give up. I want to keep getting better. I’ve worked way too hard to let all I’ve achieved slip away.
I’ve also learned so much about how the food I eat affects everything from my skin, to my workout intensity, to how I feel throughout the day that I could never go back to just eating junk.
I’ve gone off on a bit of a tangent here, haven’t I? lol All in all, I’ve been trying for years to lose weight, but I didn’t succeed at it until about the last year and a half or so. And now there is no going back. :)
