Refresh: Day Deux

Today marked day TWO of my cleanse using the 3 Day Refresh. I won't lie and say that it's easy peasy, but I WILL say that it is TOTALLY doable and is the perfect length of time for success.

...we can do anything for 3 days, right? 

Today, I decided to utilize the free flavorings more!

Here is a recap of my day:

Breakfast, meal one, consisted of my chocolate shakeology and kiwi.

Breakfast was followed by my hot earl gray, which I enjoyed snuggled up with a warm blanket and devotional, and a fiber sweep shake.

Lunch, meal two, consisted of a vanilla fresh shake (with cinnamon and nutmeg), green grapes (with lemon juice and cinnamon), & cucumber (half with hummus and half with red wine vinegar).

For my third meal, afternoon snack, I had red peppers with hummus that I had sprinkled cayenne pepper on top of!

My fourth and final meal, dinner, was comprised of veggie steam-fry (green beans, carrots, broccoli, olive oil, sea salt and red pepper flakes) with a vanilla fresh shake (added lemon juice- OMG!).

Okay, so you can see here that I added seasoning to almost every meal.. it made a difference in how I enjoyed my food! I made reference to my tip for the vanilla fresh shakes on my Facebook earlier: JALoC.. just add lemon or cinnamon :) What a DIFFERENCE though!

Observations from day two: I feel lighter on my toes.. no bloating.. slight mental fatigue.. do your thing, refresh!

Refresh: Day ONE

Before I get into the deets, I'd like to fill you in on what I did before: reviewed program in full, decided to take 3 days off from exercise (to allow my body to use the ingested calories to cleanse my system, rather than using them to rebuild muscles), selected the foods I would eat in advance, made grocery trip & prepped my produce (wash, chop, store).

So I woke up today totally JAZZED to start my refresh-- I think being mentally prepared is important. I started out by coming straight downstairs and drinking a full glass of ice water. Then, I had my first meal within an hour of waking up. My breakfast consisted of Chocolate Shakeology mixed with water (only) and kiwi, which was an approved fruit serving.

About 1.5 hours after my breakfast, it was time for a hot mug of herbal tea: you pick which one you like most.. but go with decaf and don't add sugar.

water.

water.

water.

Another hour later, post tea, I had my fiber sweep that was simply shaken into about 6 ounces of water. Cheers!

By the time lunch rolled around, I was READY to chew on something. At this point, I wasn't starving, but definitely had the munchies. Meal two:  red peppers, hummus and grapes + vanilla fresh shake in ice water.

 ..surprisingly satisfying!

After more water and about 2 hours, I was allowed another mug of herbal tea with a snack (meal 3).

(1 veggie + 1 healthy fat)

No time to get hungry through out the afternoon with the perfectly timed snack!

I waited probably 30 minutes too long for dinner and INHALED my food. My dinner, 4th meal, consisted of sautéed asparagus and almonds with olive oil and lemon juice. I also got to drink another vanilla fresh shake- this time I blended it with a little ice, water, cinnamon and lemon juice! DELISH..

I'm sitting upstairs now in my office with a slight taste for a snack, but I'm not starving.. dragging.. or "hangry" (a term coined by Nate after seeing his wife in a state of angry fueled by hunger.. HA).

I could probably go have another glass of water or some hot tea, but I think bed is calling my name.

Day One: success!