We'll see how I feel after we do my measurements tonight but I wrote my cleansing coach this week for some advice cause I'm finding this week to be quite difficult and a little discouraging.
Here's her great advice...which I am going to live by the next two weeks!!
"AS for your program,don't be discouraged, your first measurments had you down 5 inches and sometimes it takes a few weeks for the scale to move, but when it does it will. Now's the time to focus, and maybe for this week we can really focus on being strict with the diet (not even a cheat morcel).
I reviewed your Blog and hadn't actually looked closely at your food portions until now but I have a hunch that your portions are too big. For this next week try the following:
- skip the bananas this week & rice/pasta
- add a max of 1/4c. of blueberries to your shake only or better yet take them out completely. You don't want to feel stuffed after your breakfast (or anytime), afterall you probably have a snack in the morning anyway. That will only end up making you feel more hungry when your stomach gets empty.
serving size suggestions (except for veggies) - try to keep things the size of your fist - chicken/rice/pasta.
1c. of brown rice has about 220 calories in it -
I noticed last week one night you had 1.5c. of rice for dinner which is over 300 calories.
try to limit your starchy carbs rice/bread/pasta/pita) to 200 calories /day (not per meal) so 2 pieces of bread or 1c. rice/pasta per day. A good site to go to is www.calorie-count.com if you're not sure of the nutrient facts in some of your foods.
here's a few for your reference.
1c. frozen unsweetened blueberries = 80 calories
1 medium sized banana has about 115 calories.
1 skinless, boneless, chicken breast (1/2) will have anywhere from 150 -200 calories
Green Tea Latte with soy - Starbucks: Tall 12oz: 140 calories, 2.5 g fat, 22g of sugar. (from the Starbucks website)
Movie Popcorn: I believe it's oil popped at the theatres, so has 55 calories/cup with 1.5 g of fat...
You shouldn't need to add anything to your diet on workout days. Try to have your shake about an hour or 90 minutes before your workout session AND you might want to have a Want More Energy drink before /during. On your Bootcamp training day, and only if you're feeling hungry, have another apple or other snack (even 1 boiled egg) mid afternoon (2ish) then have your shake around 4pm. IF you don't really feel like having a dinner on your Boot Camp training days, have a shake when you get home - it will help with recovery - having more than 2/day is absolutely OK.
Clense days: in the morning take 2 or 3 snacks with some water first, then a shot of Ionix, GIve it 10-15 mintues if you can then instead of the 4 shots of Clense drink mix the 4oz with 1/2 c. of water followed by more water.
- if you're hungry have cucumbers/apples/pears/ tomatoes etc...
If things don't progress the way you'd like after this week of being very good, then we can look at possibly only 1 meal /day on your non workout days, OR, changing your shakes. For more stubborn fat loss it can be recommended to have 1scoop Isalean + 1 scoop IsaPro + 1 scoop IsaFruits. The IsaPro is straight protein powder with no flavour and 2 g of carbs. This will lower your calorie content but still give you a well balanced shaked with some carbs for energy.
here's a typical day for me on the clense:
breakfast: accelerator, Ionix shot, Isalean Chocolate shake with 1/4 c. of fr. blueberries or 1 scoop of Isafruits (or sometimes both)
I usually have an herbal tea at work in the morning (Aveda makes my favourite)
snack (between 10-11am): organic apple, or cucumber slices, or a few carrots
lunch(noon): 1c. diced chicken & salad with salsa, tomatoes, 2 or 3 snacks, & usually a tea
mid afternoon (3pmish): 1 shake (nothing added)
dinner: small portion of whatever we're having, salad, and or veg - brocolli, tomatoes, (occaissionally peas/corn but they're more starchy)
after kids are in bed I'll have a tea, or a few snacks if I need but I try not to have any food after dinner.
- I hope this helps."
Thanks 'A'! I'm sure it will help!
