I’m officially on day 5 of clean. 16 to go! Getting a good feel for the routine, and the recipes. Adjusting to a new poop schedule (haha), but surprisingly I’m not hungry at all. The biggest thing I noticed is a somewhat lack of energy/stamina at the gym. This could be due to the fact that I haven’t worked out in about 6 weeks, or something lacking in my diet. I’m going to start doubling my protein for lunch and see if that makes a difference. I also want to make sure that I don’t lose size with this clean.

The results are in…

As of today I am down 11lbs (including the elimination diet) since last Monday. Not bad for 8 days. I was 249.5lbs when I first weighed in and am 238.5 today.

The energy smoothie has grown on me. Frozen peaches, almond butter, a sprinkle of cardamom and water. I now crave it!

I stumbled on to a quinoa and chicken salad in the book that’s delicious. I did also found a recipe for a quinoa and apple salad with curry dressing. Sounds delish!

The program continues and I’m hitting most of my goals. I only did yoga once last week, but was at the gym/exercising every single day. Yoga has now become my “day off” but I still make sure to run a mile before hand.

I’ve come to love the sauna. It feels so good after workout. I force myself to stay in there until I have consumed a litre of water. After that it’s a hot/cold alternating shower. You certainly feel refreshed after that!

Massages have been hard to come by. We’re trying to get into a couples massage but Thunder Bay seems limited for that. Only a few places to go in town and they’re booked up for at least a week or two.

Just booked a trip to Cuba in 27 days, so it’s nice to have another hard goal. I want to hit 225lbs (13 more lbs) or just under 4lbs a week. I will probably need to add an extra cardio session (probably 45 min – 1 hour of stair stepper/elyptical per day).

Stay tuned,

Shendy.