Shakeology cleanse

I spent the last 3 days doing the shakeology cleanse.  As I mentioned on Saturday, it started out well.  No loss of energy and not ravenous.  I figured that was a good thing.  Went to bed Saturday night feeling good.

And I woke up Sunday morning, feeling the same.  Not overly hungry and doing well.  I went through the same "slightly hungry feeling" in the mid afternoon.  Since it happened, again, today, the 3rd day of the cleanse, I'm pretty convinced it's in my head more than anything.  I did start adding lime juice to my water.  I have read that there are folks who lose a great deal of weight by adding lemon to their water.  I think it has to do with the fact the water has some taste and since I wasn't really eating, I needed some taste!

Sunday is my meal prep day.  I plan out all my meals and cook what I can, bag things and put everything into little containers.  It makes it so much easier during the week, while I'm working.  It also keeps me on track, calorie wise.  I use Fitday.com to track my calories.  I've gotten pretty good about portion sizes but since I'm sticking to Chalean Extreme's food guide pretty tight, I have gone back to tracking my food while doing her program.  For her workouts, I'm taking in 1400 calories/day.

So, I was a little concerned that I might be tempted to eat since I thought I'd be hungry.  But I wasn't.  I had my shakeology and it kept me satisfied and on track with the cleanse.

This morning, I took Kris' Pilates class and didn't feel that I was lagging at all, well, any more than usual!!  I don't get to Kris' classes all that much, because I'm usually working.  So, when I do, it always takes a few times for me to remember what to do!  LOL!!  But I've been off work for over 3 weeks now, so I've gotten back into the rhythm.

Overall, I feel the cleanse was a very positive experience. The two things I was worried about, loss of energy and being hungry didn't occur and I even lost a couple pounds!  And it taught me a few things.  The first is that I won't "faint" if I do drop below that 1200 calories/day.  Oh, I wouldn't do this on a regular basis but I am thinking about replacing 2 of my meals on my rest day with shakeology.  It would only be one day/week, so I'm comfortable with that.  I think it will help me continue to drop these last 25 lbs.  And by dropping my calories once a week, my body won't get overly use to the 1400 calories I'm bringing in daily.

I also learned that I do have more willpower than I thought.  The thought of wanting to see how I would feel by accomplishing this pushed me forward and aided me in not cheating.  I'm a lot stronger than I thought I was and I can always do more.  Now I know how to find that part of me to go that extra step.  Because I think going that extra step is what makes life interesting.