Let Me Apologize In Advance...

A few weeks ago I walked into a meeting with a coworker and a client.  The client turned to her and said, "Is it okay if I say that you look FABULOUS?"

She laughed.  "It's MORE than okay." she said.  "I've worked really hard."

Well, it turns out that she hadn't worked THAT hard.  She'd done a 30 day cleanse called Isagenix and had lost 23 lbs in 30 days.

Wow.

I'm 41 years old.  I DREAM of losing 23 pounds - although it would probably be healthier if I lost 10.

So after thinking about it for a couple of weeks, and really looking deep inside myself and seeing a SERIOUS Diet Coke addiction, I decided to do it.

I started on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.  I'm scheduled to be done on December 22nd.  I figured that the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas flies so I should use that time warp to my advantage.

I also figured that I'd look fabulous by New Year's. #WIN.

I know a lot of people start their resolutions on New Year's Day but January is misery anyway - no need to add to that.

So here I am, three days in and it's been okay.  The first day was tough.  The caffeine withdrawal was hard.  I was tired and cranky and I had a headache.  I'm still committed to running 500 miles in 2012 and I had to cancel the run I had scheduled for Friday because I wanted to crawl into bed and sleep for a month.

I was NOT a big fan of the shakes.  (Two shakes replace breakfast and lunch.)  I was hungry.

Day 1 was HARD.

Day 2 wasn't as bad.  We even went out for dinner and I had tuna.  It was FABULOUS.

Day 3, today, was okay.  I was very busy and didn't do a good job drinking my shakes on time so I got hungry and may have snacked more than I should have.  I DID run 5 miles today and yesterday so I'm not being as strict as they tell me to be with the calories (they say have a 400-600 calorie meal for dinner.  I might go 200 calories over.)

I've been doing okay drinking water.  It turns out that while I VASTLY prefer Diet Coke I actually drink A LOT during the day - so it's not a big deal for me to log the ounces they tell me to (about a gallon.)

So far I've lost 3 pounds.  Normally I can lose weight on the first couple of days of a diet but then I get sick and quit.  I'm hoping that the engineered nutrition on the isagenix program keeps me healthy and motivated.

I will try not to bore you with the details. 

But if you're interested, feel free to email me with any questions at kit@bloggingdangerously.com

 

 

Comments

[Jenn]

Just finished my 30 days :-) and the caffeine was by far the hardest part for me. But (as confessed online and to my support contacts) I was more about smaller real changes and didn't go stricyly by-the-book. As such, I also didn't lose 23 lbs - congrats to your coworker! And to you!

[ColdBlooded]

Good luck to you!

[DaddyRunsALot]

Simply, good luck - I've been considering a cleanse diet (but I can't do it between Thanksgiving & New Years -- between holiday parties and friends coming from out of town . . . well, I could do it, I guess, but I choose not to), but the caffeine withdrawal scares the hell out of me.

Maybe a February resolution . . . I find that January, at the gym, is brutal with all of the resolution-setters, but, toward the end of the month, it's back to normal . . . so a month of waking up, running on Monday/Wednesday/Friday (swimming on Tuesday/Thursday), lifting at the gym on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, long run on Saturday -- combine that with a month of eating clean . . . that will get me where I want to be for the summer :-)

[DaddyRunsALot]

And you're right - I can't picture you losing anywhere close to 25 pounds.

[Jamie Jones]

Good luck to you, lady! I can't wait to hear how it goes along the way!

[Amber]

Ugh. Quick weight loss like that is scary. I've lost 45 lbs this year, but it was from January-September. All through dietary changes. But I never counted calories. In fact, some days I KNEW I was taking in 3k calories (of course, I was breastfeeding, too, so that was part of it. I feel better than I ever have and I didn't have to worry about shakes.