Hey, kettlepeeps!
I’ve finally gotten used to the idea that I am only eating one meal a day. If you’ve never taken “meal replacement” shakes before, imagine that you get to choose the one (sensible) meal you’re going to eat… for five days in a row.
At first, I was obsessed, trying to plan the absolute best meal I could possibly eat. Today, I’m thinking, “Ah, what’s in the fridge?”
Seriously. I came home from my walk, and these were baking!!!!
Another thought that gets me through avoiding things like warm chocolate brownies right out of the oven is that I can always have it later. I haven’t come across anything that I cannot find if I really wanted it later.
The other rule of thumb that’s helped me with this cleanse is that I’m not allowing myself to be so hungry that I cannot function. That may be slowing my progress, but let me tell you, I’m a much happier person.
In addition to my one meal a day, I’ve been nibbling on small amounts of cashews and almonds. I unfortunately started to break out (I knew almonds made me break out before going into the cleanse, however, it’s the recommended “snack.”) One day, I also ate apple dippers out of my child’s happy meal-- no caramel sauce, of course.
The point is, I haven’t been ultra-strict about NOT eating anything but that one meal, however, the choices that I’ve made since that one slip up have been reasonable.
I also found time to work out today. As you know, when I work out at home, I’m bound to get interrupted. On this particular day, I enjoyed taking my energetic 3-year old nephew on a walk/ jog/ run with me. For over 1/2 an hour, we alternated between him running and me jogging, and me watching him climb other people’s walls.
Evenings are tough, and I’m sure other parents can commiserate with me. There’s dinner, and baths, and bedtime. In addition to the normal nighttime business, I’m breaking my son from the bottle, my youngest nephew is getting potty trained, and my oldest nephew… well, he decided to remember his book report was due the next day at his bedtime.
With that said, here’s today’s video. I decided to only include active footage- you can look at back posts to see how I’m making the Isagenix shakes if you’re interested!
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