Yesterday I had lunch with my friend Jerry at a place we've never eaten before - The Greenery in Encinitas, CA. Not only was it a new experience for us, I don't think I have ever been to a vegetarian raw food place before. It was pretty good and since it was organic, too, it was not cheap.
That's one thing I think a lot of people have to get used to - paying for quality nutrition instead of volume of food. What our bodies really need is the quality nutrition to keep us healthy and surprisingly, satisfied.
Jerry mentioned that what a lot of people need is a system for how they eat and get exercise in order to lose weight. Then they can simply follow the system. I agree. I think one problem that people run into is when they get off the system. The key, I think, is to not beat yourself up. Simply acknowledge that you're not perfect and get back on the system. I won't be focusing on exercise yet.
Here's what I've eaten today and later I'll post Part 2.
1st (optional) I woke up around 5:30 and took the dog for a walk.
5:55 Prepared Isalean Shake in blender with water & then added ice cubes for my wife and me.
6:00 Drank shake with Ageless Essentials (AM) and 1 Tart Cherry Extract Dietary Supplement (for gout).
7:10 1 ounce Cleanse For Life with 8+ ounces of water.
8:35 1 ounce Ionix Supreme with 8+ ounces of water.
9:55 1 Isagenix Snack! with 8+ ounces of water.
For lunch I'll probably have some Mediterranean leftovers from Pita's in San Marcos.
Keep walking!
Showing posts with label Cleanse For Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cleanse For Life. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
What Did I Eat On Friday?
Today I started what I expect will be a two-day cleanse.
This morning at 6:30 am I had 4 ounces of Isagenix Cleanse For Life and plenty of cold water. An hour later I had one ounce of Ionix Supreme with water (always). About an hour later I had an Isagenix Snack! and then 1/2 hour later I had a strawberry and four grapes that Trader Joe's was sampling out.
At 11 I had 4 more ounces of Cleanse For Life with plenty of water (getting the idea?!). Around 12:30 or so I had an Isagenix Snack! and about an hour after that I had another ounce of Ionix Supreme with water.
After a nap I had 4 ounces of Cleanse For Life with water at 3:15 pm. A little after 5 I had two(!) Isagenix Snacks! with water and then just water for a while. Just a little while ago after 8 pm I had my final 4 ounces of Isagenix Cleanse For Life with probably 14-16 ounces of water.
Anyone who might be reading this and thinking that the writing is kind of boring should know that I'm in the middle of recounting 5 days of what I have been eating.
Anyone who is a little more curious should know that I haven't been and am not now hungry. I will say that it's an interesting sensation to find your stomach empty, but the nutrition in Isagenix does not leave me hungry except once in a great while.
Tomorrow should be another cleanse day and just so you know, you should not do more than two in a row because then your body will start to lose muscle. Right now I'm losing fat and it feels great.
This morning at 6:30 am I had 4 ounces of Isagenix Cleanse For Life and plenty of cold water. An hour later I had one ounce of Ionix Supreme with water (always). About an hour later I had an Isagenix Snack! and then 1/2 hour later I had a strawberry and four grapes that Trader Joe's was sampling out.
At 11 I had 4 more ounces of Cleanse For Life with plenty of water (getting the idea?!). Around 12:30 or so I had an Isagenix Snack! and about an hour after that I had another ounce of Ionix Supreme with water.
After a nap I had 4 ounces of Cleanse For Life with water at 3:15 pm. A little after 5 I had two(!) Isagenix Snacks! with water and then just water for a while. Just a little while ago after 8 pm I had my final 4 ounces of Isagenix Cleanse For Life with probably 14-16 ounces of water.
Anyone who might be reading this and thinking that the writing is kind of boring should know that I'm in the middle of recounting 5 days of what I have been eating.
Anyone who is a little more curious should know that I haven't been and am not now hungry. I will say that it's an interesting sensation to find your stomach empty, but the nutrition in Isagenix does not leave me hungry except once in a great while.
Tomorrow should be another cleanse day and just so you know, you should not do more than two in a row because then your body will start to lose muscle. Right now I'm losing fat and it feels great.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
What Am I Eating Thursday? Part II
Today I ended up having zero Isagenix Snacks! and decided to have some of the leftover chicken from yesterday about 12:15. Along with that I also had more of the organic goodies we got from Chocolatree.
This list includes 3 pieces of onion flat bread which goes very well with the cold chicken, which by the way, had no skin. Also 14 or 15 mini-pieces of the Nori snack which is the equivalent of about 2 1/2 of the big ones. I like the mini-Nori better, though I don't think the company recognizes any difference. Maybe there's more cheddar on the little ones? I finished the granola which means I had 3 1/2 ounces and 4 Chia Crackers. For dessert I had the other half of the brownie and it does taste better after you've had a lot of savory flavor. I finished with about 1 1/2 L.O.V.E cups as my son definitely did not like his and gave me half. Again, the antioxidants must be what people like about the cups, and the fact that they are raw, but it just seems like you could get the antioxidants from blueberries or something instead of paying $3 for one of these.
Several hours later I had my Isagenix Isalean Shake and along with the creaminess the ice cubes made it much cooler and that was really welcome because August heat is finally here in Southern California.
Of course I was drinking water throughout the day. Around 8:30 I had an ounce of Isagenix Cleanse For Life and about an hour later I had around 45 or 50 cherries. Now I'm going to finish up with an ounce of Ionix Supreme. It's important to remember that you always want to drink water with the Ionix Supreme and the Cleanse For Life. If you get it in powder form that's obvious, but we prefer liquid and if you drink it straight always follow with 6 or 8 ounces of water at least. My wife likes to mix hers with water so she doesn't even have to think about that.
I want to reiterate that we all need more water than we are probably used to drinking. We need 1/2 ounce of water for every pound we weigh. And that doesn't even count the problem of drinking coffee or diet soda which have diuretic effects. I don't know exactly, but I would imagine that if you drink 16 ounces of coffee that you have to drink at least 16 ounces of water MORE to make up for it. Many people make the mistake of counting their coffee volume as water and that effect can really take a toll over time.
Take it from someone who has had gout. It is definitely not worth it to NOT get enough water for a long period of time. I suspect that the same is true for alcohol consumption. I am not a drinker so I don't have experience here.
One last thing - twice during the day I also took Natural Accelerator to speed up my metabolism with completely natural ingredients. No ma huang, ephedra or caffeine.
You can lose weight and/or get superior nutrition using all natural ingredients. I'm not the only one, but feel free to contact me on Facebook by clicking on the title of this post.
Keep walking!
This list includes 3 pieces of onion flat bread which goes very well with the cold chicken, which by the way, had no skin. Also 14 or 15 mini-pieces of the Nori snack which is the equivalent of about 2 1/2 of the big ones. I like the mini-Nori better, though I don't think the company recognizes any difference. Maybe there's more cheddar on the little ones? I finished the granola which means I had 3 1/2 ounces and 4 Chia Crackers. For dessert I had the other half of the brownie and it does taste better after you've had a lot of savory flavor. I finished with about 1 1/2 L.O.V.E cups as my son definitely did not like his and gave me half. Again, the antioxidants must be what people like about the cups, and the fact that they are raw, but it just seems like you could get the antioxidants from blueberries or something instead of paying $3 for one of these.
Several hours later I had my Isagenix Isalean Shake and along with the creaminess the ice cubes made it much cooler and that was really welcome because August heat is finally here in Southern California.
Of course I was drinking water throughout the day. Around 8:30 I had an ounce of Isagenix Cleanse For Life and about an hour later I had around 45 or 50 cherries. Now I'm going to finish up with an ounce of Ionix Supreme. It's important to remember that you always want to drink water with the Ionix Supreme and the Cleanse For Life. If you get it in powder form that's obvious, but we prefer liquid and if you drink it straight always follow with 6 or 8 ounces of water at least. My wife likes to mix hers with water so she doesn't even have to think about that.
I want to reiterate that we all need more water than we are probably used to drinking. We need 1/2 ounce of water for every pound we weigh. And that doesn't even count the problem of drinking coffee or diet soda which have diuretic effects. I don't know exactly, but I would imagine that if you drink 16 ounces of coffee that you have to drink at least 16 ounces of water MORE to make up for it. Many people make the mistake of counting their coffee volume as water and that effect can really take a toll over time.
Take it from someone who has had gout. It is definitely not worth it to NOT get enough water for a long period of time. I suspect that the same is true for alcohol consumption. I am not a drinker so I don't have experience here.
One last thing - twice during the day I also took Natural Accelerator to speed up my metabolism with completely natural ingredients. No ma huang, ephedra or caffeine.
You can lose weight and/or get superior nutrition using all natural ingredients. I'm not the only one, but feel free to contact me on Facebook by clicking on the title of this post.
Keep walking!
What Am I Eating Wednesday? Part IV
If you're looking closely you probably have noticed that I'm actually posting on Thursday. This is true, but this post is about the rest of what I ate Wednesday.
For those of you who might just be finding BigManWalking for the first time:
No I don't think what I eat is that interesting to the whole blogosphere! :-)
During the next few days and for the previous two days I am recording what I eat to show all of you readers that you can do this, too.
Using what I'm using is not a diet. It's truly a lifestyle. If you happen to not stick to it one day, don't beat yourself up. You didn't blow it. Just move on.
What I have found, though, is that it's not a challenge "sticking to it" and only when I CHOOSE to eat more I don't lose weight as fast.
Of course, one habit that I want to stress is drinking more water and I personally think cold water rocks and room temperature water I drink because it's good for me.
Last night around 7:45 I had my final Isagenix Isalean Shake for the day and this time I had no banana and only 1 1/2 scoops. Because I don't want a recurrence of gout I am looking at what my results will be if I lower the amount of shake ingredients over several days. Tomorrow I will start a cleanse for 2 days and there will be no shakes. I also like to add a little more water when I make the shake in addition to ice cubes. I like the volume. Instead of 8 ounces of water I start with 9 or 10 and then 6 or 7 ice cubes. My guess is that's 13-14 ounces of water total after the blender does its thing. When I add the ice cubes AFTER I blend the shake with the initial water I find that the action of the cubes being blended makes the shake much creamier. I'm pretty sure that's how the Isalean Shake is meant to be prepared.
Because the shake has live enzymes, it's important to drink it within 10 minutes to get the highest nutritional benefit. I'm usually done in under two minutes. I really like the chocolate.
About an hour later I had Isagenix Cleanse For Life and about 12 ounces of water as a chaser. Sometimes I like to have more water. Don't feel that you have to have the exact same amount every time, but do drink enough water with whatever you're taking in.
Around 10:00 I had Ionix Supreme and more water. I decided to stay up late and ended up remembering my wife's advice so I had some Bragg's Apple Cider vinegar in water around midnight. Drinking this much water you will probably find that if you weigh yourself before bed and then again when you wake up, the difference could be 2-3 pounds or more.
It's important to not be bothered by short-term fluctuations of a few pounds in weight. You might not have eliminated everything you've consumed and other times you might be retaining water. If you are exercising enough you could also find that you are putting on muscle, which is denser than fat, so the same volume of flesh weighs more.
Back in a couple hours with What Am I Eating Thursday? Part I.
Keep walking!
For those of you who might just be finding BigManWalking for the first time:
No I don't think what I eat is that interesting to the whole blogosphere! :-)
During the next few days and for the previous two days I am recording what I eat to show all of you readers that you can do this, too.
Using what I'm using is not a diet. It's truly a lifestyle. If you happen to not stick to it one day, don't beat yourself up. You didn't blow it. Just move on.
What I have found, though, is that it's not a challenge "sticking to it" and only when I CHOOSE to eat more I don't lose weight as fast.
Of course, one habit that I want to stress is drinking more water and I personally think cold water rocks and room temperature water I drink because it's good for me.
Last night around 7:45 I had my final Isagenix Isalean Shake for the day and this time I had no banana and only 1 1/2 scoops. Because I don't want a recurrence of gout I am looking at what my results will be if I lower the amount of shake ingredients over several days. Tomorrow I will start a cleanse for 2 days and there will be no shakes. I also like to add a little more water when I make the shake in addition to ice cubes. I like the volume. Instead of 8 ounces of water I start with 9 or 10 and then 6 or 7 ice cubes. My guess is that's 13-14 ounces of water total after the blender does its thing. When I add the ice cubes AFTER I blend the shake with the initial water I find that the action of the cubes being blended makes the shake much creamier. I'm pretty sure that's how the Isalean Shake is meant to be prepared.
Because the shake has live enzymes, it's important to drink it within 10 minutes to get the highest nutritional benefit. I'm usually done in under two minutes. I really like the chocolate.
About an hour later I had Isagenix Cleanse For Life and about 12 ounces of water as a chaser. Sometimes I like to have more water. Don't feel that you have to have the exact same amount every time, but do drink enough water with whatever you're taking in.
Around 10:00 I had Ionix Supreme and more water. I decided to stay up late and ended up remembering my wife's advice so I had some Bragg's Apple Cider vinegar in water around midnight. Drinking this much water you will probably find that if you weigh yourself before bed and then again when you wake up, the difference could be 2-3 pounds or more.
It's important to not be bothered by short-term fluctuations of a few pounds in weight. You might not have eliminated everything you've consumed and other times you might be retaining water. If you are exercising enough you could also find that you are putting on muscle, which is denser than fat, so the same volume of flesh weighs more.
Back in a couple hours with What Am I Eating Thursday? Part I.
Keep walking!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
What Am I Eating Today? Part III
At 9:20 I had 1 ounce of Isagenix Cleanse For Life and 8 ounces of cold water.
I am still amazed that I am rarely ever hungry using Isagenix.
Keep walking!
I am still amazed that I am rarely ever hungry using Isagenix.
Keep walking!
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