Calm night...

Morning-Sitting here at work. Sipping on my coffee for the day. Already wondering when I will be able to take my nice walk when I get home from work. My shins are still sore, weird. My 30 day ISA comes today! Then things will be less boring. I already figure that I am going to have to get to bed before 10 and get up around 5:30. I was watching people's stories last night on YouTube, real people, people who were not already stick thin. Curvy people like me. And seeing them go through their schedule of the day. Sounds like the best way to start is Shake for breakfast, 100ish snack-clean, 400-600 lunch-a clean lunch. So lots of veggies and lean proteins. Which means I am going to have to actually get up to make my lunch or at least plan it out the night before. Snack again and then a shake for dinner. Now I already plan on adding frozen fruit to my nightly shake for a few reasons. One, I already have the frozen fruit and two, I hate waking up starving. They-ISA members, talk a lot about toxins and how this is helping remove them so your body can function and expel the fat easier. So no fake flavors, sugar, nitrates....anything artificial is a no no. I was also looking at the cleansing part of the program. I will be cleansing Saturday and Sunday. It is not a poo cleanse. Trust me, it was the 1st thing I asked before I signed into this. However you will pee like cra cra all day long. And it's a two day cleanse so Saturday and Sunday a very strict program with a shake starting up Monday morning. I have read that along with the special snacks they give you for the cleanse days, you can drink herbal tea with no caffeine and have some fresh apple. And water. Lots of water. Water till your eyeballs float right out of your head.

I just noticed that my oatmeal choice is 250 calories. It better be damn good.(it was)


Home-wow. I was warned that getting the box of stuff was a bit overwhelming and they were right. Right away I found the guide of what to take when. I took a sharpie and labeled everything. I got 4 shake canisters and 2 cleanse bottles. I left 2 canisters and 1 bottle in the box along with the business paperwork. I don't want to make money off of someone. I want to better myself and I need to focus on that 1st.

So I labeled the vanilla for breakfast and the chocolate for dinner. Wrote the times of the accelerator on the cap and took out a snack baggie so I can remember to bring the afternoon with me. I was reading that if you take it later in the day-like after 2ish, it can keep you up at night and I don't want that. There is also a flush pill you take before bed and reading the back it sounds like it helps regulate your digestive system-makes you go on a normal schedule I guess. The bottle of cleanse and the morning shot I put in the fridge cause it says it is best cold and to keep it in the fridge after opening. The snacks I put a note on there that they are for cleanse days only. So my review on those will be Saturday and Sunday. There was 4 packets of some orange energy powder. I have read that some stick it in their morning shake-1/2 the packet and drink the other 1/2 during the day some time.  And you can have 1 to 2 of them on your cleanse days. Right now I think I am going to play those right by the book and not worry about them so they are with the other extras. There was also a sample of Chai tea, 2 meal bars and 1 fiber bars. That was kinda nice. Oh and a shaker bottle which leaks a bit. I am not sure if I will use it or not. Maybe test drive it tomorrow and see what happens. I plan on making my shake per directions but shaking it up with ice cubes to help break the powder up. I guess you have to drink it within 10 min of you mixing it up for it to be the most effective.

And now I am off to a pizza party. Good gosh what bad timing that is!

The guide is really easy to understand and follow. I took the marker and crossed off the extras they suggest which do not come in the kit. I didn't want to be confused. Give me the basics and directions and let me adjust.

Here is pretty much the whole kit(not my picture) My Supreme and Cleanse came in bottles and I got two canisters of vanilla and 2 of chocolate for the shakes.

3 day streak....

Morning-Pretty good day yesterday. I ate very reasonable, although I was more hungry than I thought after my lunch smoothie. Now remember, none of my ISA items have come yet so I am just making better choices at home. And for day 2 using MFP I really did a great job, in my opinion, keeping track of what I ate and even the amounts. I was feeling pretty good and energetic that I decided to take a walk along the bike trail. I set my iPod timer for 30 min, figured I would go that far and then a 30 min back for a good hour walk. I ended up really enjoying myself and walking a little over a hour. Later I found some program that maps your walk so you can figure the distance. I walked 3.25 miles. Impressive. I would love to make this my thing. Weather depending of course. But it was so relaxing and nice just to be outside and walking at my own pace without having to think about anything.

This morning I also decided to cut back to one cup of coffee. It was 20oz size and I drank almost all of it. However, I tossed it at 9 and started on my water. Baby steps. And lots of bathroom trips. LOTS of bathroom trips.


Afternoon-I find that if I write here and there during work, it's super easy to copy and past into my blog when I get home and then finish the rest of it. Which is why some days you will see morning and afternoon posts.

Because my shins were still sore when I got home from work and that it rained and is only 50 out, I didn't walk outside. I did get 35 min of walking in on my treadmill. I made a salad after getting E her dinner and then sat down and logged it on MFP. 3 days in a row I have logged. I think that I have just enough calories for a small treat. Thinking hot chocolate on this grey day would be perfect. And that is where I am at now. Thinking & playing a numbers game. I wanted to stay in the 1400 to 1200 range for the day. 1400 based on a good workout day. My Fitbit told MFP that I earned 510 extra calories for the day. I am at 1441 for the day. Is a 100 calorie hot chocolate going to put another pound on me..no. But the numbers will be so OVER what I planned. See, head games, over thinking, too much time on my hands and all of that crap.


I am having the hot chocolate. 3 day streak. I can afford a hot chocolate after the kids are in bed.


I also decided to let C know what I did. Well a few details. I told him after my 30 days were up I would let him know the cost. I also told him that no matter how much he thinks this is not going to work, he needs to support and encourage me regardless of his hesitations.

 Tomorrow my kit should be here. I am kinda excited, kinda nervous. I still have to take my measurements. I have decided to measure my upper arms, waist and thighs. I think those 3 areas are the most noticeable and the easiest to track. I did take my before pictures on Saturday. From what I read you measure and take pictures on the 11th day and again on the 30th-last day. I am trying to soak up as much as I can before I start.

Into The Groove

Yesterday I went into food awareness mode. I figured out a day with the ISA and snacks and then a bit more calories for working out. ISA figures that to lose the inches and pounds, you need a min of 1200 calories a day. However, when you work out you burn calories and generally if you are not taking in more to compensate you go into starvation mode. So I added about 200 more calories to MFP set up to balance out the days I want to work out. This is something I kinda knew already but was backed up with the experiences from others that I found on the FB page. I updated MFP and charged my FitBit. I am starting over and using the tools I have now to make little changes before my stuff gets here.

I also did a mock day with the meals and snacks and what I have on hand for snacks to see where I would come out calorie wise. Yesterday with just being aware of what I was eating and when-huge side note, I need to become much better at measuring and weighing my food. But with that said I had a 1615 calorie day. Just a bit over the 1400 I set up but I had a slice of apple pie with cool whip which is what pushed me over. On my mock day I am sitting at 976 calories for the day. The shakes are 240, snacks are suppose to be around 100 and your meal between 400-600. I have the shakes in there for breakfast and lunch. Also a snack between breakfast and one in the afternoon. And then I took a look at what I already have on hand for food and planned my dinner around that. That gives me room to have another 300 in calories if I need them. And those calories may change if I add fruit to the shakes which I can't really do unless I am home. I am not going to haul my blender to work. But maybe I can make a shake with fruit for dinner and eat my meal during lunch at work. We will see what works best. Maybe I am over thinking/planning it all...

I do believe that looking into so far, coffee is a no no cause of all of the toxins. Even the water needs to be bottled and not from the tap because of the chemicals. Lucky for me we have free bottled water at work. Unlucky for me we have a K-cup machine and all of the free coffee I want. I am planning on going from 2 cups to 1 which also will mean I start drinking my water 2 hours earlier.

Again, I am probably over thinking all of this considering my kit isn't even here yet.