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Monday, April 1, 2013
G.M. Detox
Yes, yes, I’m a slacker...
And last week I had my final Hourglass Boot Camp class.
So far, so good. But I’ve hit a bit of a wall, and seem to have stopped losing weight… I know – muscle weighs a lot. And I’m seeing some muscle coming through my blobby arms :o)
But I get frustrated when (in my head) results aren’t happening. And instead of having one cheat meal last week I had three! So I decided to give the GM Detox a try.
I hate “dieting”. And I can’t starve myself. I’ve tried those diets where you drastically reduce your caloric intake for the day. I can never make it past Day1 (if I even get that far). I didn’t expect to get through this seven-day detox either. Luckily, I’m really stubborn.
If you’ve never heard of this GM Detox it’s probably because most web sites call it a diet – I just dislike the word altogether. Sensible me knows that this “Detox” is not the wisest, healthiest way to lose weight. Weight-loss should be gradual, and anything that promises a 10-17lb loss after seven days is bad news. But I did it anyways. I did it because I hoped it would get me over this hump on the scale, because I hoped it would kick-start my weight-loss again, because since I could have virtually unlimited amounts of something or other each day I knew I wouldn’t be starving, because the detox consists of mostly vegetables and because I’d still be exercising so hopefully the results would mean real weight-loss and not muscle loss.
Here’s the low-down on this regimen:
Day1: All you eat is fruit.
You can have any fruit except for bananas. A lot of site recommended eating watermelon and melon because they have a higher water content and less sugars. Some sites warned against having mangoes and grapes because they’re high in sugar.
On day one I had watermelon, cantaloupe, green apple, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and blueberries. I drank lots of water and about four jasmine-green teas throughout the day. Day one also fell on a Monday, which is boot camp day, so I got a good dose of exercise. We did lower body that day – and I was sore until Thursday!
Day2: All you eat is vegetables.
You can have any variety of vegetables, in any amount. Cooked or raw. You also start day two off with a baked potato for breakfast.
Okay, baked potato for breakfast is WEIRD. But it’s comforting, considering that after that potato, all you’ll be consuming is straight-up veggies for the day. All the site that I read said that a “pat of butter” was okay on the baked potato. I swear all these bloggers just cut and paste from each other. It’s annoying because I’d be trying to get clarification on something, so I’d try a different blog for reference and they’d have the exact same grammatical mishaps as the first!
But… back on topic… I cut little slits in my potato and I put thin slivers of fresh garlic in there for flavor. I also sprinkled some cayenne pepper on top, and I passed on the butter. It was pretty good – but I’ve been cooking without salt for about two months now, so my palate’s used to it.
On day two I ate my baked potato like an apple on the drive in to work. Throughout the day I had celery and carrot sticks, raw broccoli and green peppers, steamed green beans and baby carrots (I may have “cheated” a little bit with these – I put a bit of balsamic vinegar and sesame seeds over the steamed veggies. But gimme a break – I needed some flavor. Veggie day was hard, and I really felt like I needed some substance.
When I weighed myself on the morning of day two, I had lost 1.2lbs
Day3: You eat fruits and vegetables.
No bananas. No potato. Other than that, you can have unlimited fruits and veggies.
On day three I pretty much just had a mixture of day one and two. I had papaya, green apple, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. I made a green smoothie in the morning with baby spinach, kiwi and mango. !). I had baby spinach and half an avocado for lunch with lemon juice squeezed onto it. And I had carrot and celery sticks, and raw green pepper.
When I weighted myself on the morning of day three I had lost 0.4llbs. Which sucked because day two was the hardest and I expected to get more out of it!
Day4: You eat bananas, milk and soup.
You can eat up to six bananas (some sites said eight), three glasses of milk and soup.
The soup’s made up of mostly cabbage and onions. It’s not bad. I’ll provide the recipe at the end of the post. Every single web site says that you can eat as much of this soup as you want – but they only mention it on day four and they say to eat it in LIMITED quantities. Huh? I’m convinced that this was one of those copied-and-pasted grammatical mishaps that I mentioned earlier. So I took it to mean that I could eat as much of this soup as I wanted. Also, I made the soup in advance (on Sunday night) and in anticipation of needing lots of it, I made enough for the entire U.S. army and their allies…
On day four I had six bananas, three glasses of almond milk and three good-sized helpings of soup. It was a good day.
I weighed myself on the morning of day four and had lost 1.4lbs
Day5: Beef and tomato day.
You can have up to 20oz of lean beef, and six tomatoes. It’s also recommended that you increase your water intake on this day.
I probably could have gotten chicken or turkey breast for my beef and tomato day. But after three days of nothing but fruits and veggies I wanted steak! I grilled four 4oz steaks the night before, cut them up into cubes and had them throughout the day, whenever I felt hungry. I didn’t get through all that meat (it really is a lot), so I had some left over for day six.
I buy tomato on the vine, because I find it has more flavor. So I just mixed my tomato and some steak cubes for a salad for lunch. I mixed in some fresh basil. Other than that, I ate the tomatoes like apples and the beef like popcorn!
When I weighed myself on the morning of day five I had lost 0.6lbs.
Day6: Beef and vegetable day.
You can eat as much beef and vegetables as you want.
I shredded the beef that I had left-over from the day before and added it to my soup. I just at that all day. The soup’s all veggies, and I still had three-quarters of a pot left!!
On the morning of day six I weighed myself and had lost 0.7lbs.
Day7: Brown rice, fruit juice and veggies.
You can have as much brown rice, veggies and fruit juice as you want on the last day.
I didn’t have brown rice at home. But I did have and organic quinoa and wild rice mix. So I simmered some onion, garlic, tomato and bay leaves. Added water and some vinegar. And added my quinoa mix when it came to a boil. I also put in a bit of salt.
Instead of fruit juice I ate some fruits. And I had some soup for veggies.
I lost 0.8lbs when I weighed myself the morning after. So, in total, I lost 5.1lbs.
Which is alright - I guess. Nothing mind-blowing like the 10-17lbs some of the blogs brag about...
Now for the soup.
I used the biggest pot I could find in my kitchen.
Filled it about half-way with water. I threw in two cups of low sodium chicken stock, ground pepper, basil, one cabbage (cut into chunky pieces), one green pepper, four onions, three tomatoes and one celery bunch.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
No pain. No gain?
Okeee, ready?
I'm doing the Hourglass three-month challenge - it's a twelve-week workout, three times a week.
Classes run for an hour on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday.
This was Day1 workout:
I'm doing the Hourglass three-month challenge - it's a twelve-week workout, three times a week.
Classes run for an hour on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday.
This was Day1 workout:
We had to do a set of 30, then 20 and then 10 of each exercise, they all focused on butt and legs.
It was a really good workout, but when I woke up the next morning I wasn't even a little bit sore!
Disappointing. I was a bit upset with myself for now having pushed myself more, and decided that I'd need to make up for it next class. Well, as the day went on the soreness started setting in. By that afternoon I couldn't walk straight! Because Tuesday's an off-day (no boot camp) I decided to go to my regular gym. I managed about 30 minutes on the treadmill, and then relaxed in the sauna.
Wednesday was Day 2 of the boot camp. I had to give myself a pep talk to get out of bed. My muscles hurt! My body was rebelling. My legs didn't want to cooperate. It was horrible. Luckily, we weren't doing legs that day. We did some upper body, a lot of pushups and minimal leg work. I managed to get through it.
Thursday, Day 3, we did Cross-Fit.
Here's what was on the menu:
It was TOUGH! We had to do 40 reps of each exercise, going in order - up to down, left to right - and then do it all again from the bottom up. I managed to do it all from the top down and only missed 4 exercises on the way down, because we ran out of time, and because I was just too exhausted to go on!
I went to my regular gym on friday, but took the weekend off. I'm afraid to find out what tomorrow's session's bringing. But I'm excited to see some results!!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Oueee
I want to start documenting my boot camp experience.
But I'm so sore and tired that I just don't have it in me to write anything half decent.
I could hardly walk yesterday.
Tried to get a little sympathy from my boyfriend. His response? "No pain, no gain!". Thanks Babe. I guess he's right; and I did get myself into this after all...
Today was Day 3. We did cross fit. My arms were trembling when I was driving home, and I hardly had the strength to move the steering wheel. Needless to say, we got a great workout today!
I took a picture of the program. I'll post on the weekend - when I write a proper post!!!
But I'm so sore and tired that I just don't have it in me to write anything half decent.
I could hardly walk yesterday.
Tried to get a little sympathy from my boyfriend. His response? "No pain, no gain!". Thanks Babe. I guess he's right; and I did get myself into this after all...
Today was Day 3. We did cross fit. My arms were trembling when I was driving home, and I hardly had the strength to move the steering wheel. Needless to say, we got a great workout today!
I took a picture of the program. I'll post on the weekend - when I write a proper post!!!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Just a quickie...
I started a boot camp today!!
And I'm beat.
So this post won't be very detailed - it's more of a bookmark to myself, to remember what I want to write about.
This boot camp has an optional three-month challenge, so if you want to partake, you have to take your before pictures and after the 36 classes, you take the after pictures and everyone in the group votes for the most improved. The winner gets a free photo shoot and a couple of other prezzies, I think.
I had my sister take my before pictures last night. They're not pretty. I'll see if I can muster up the courage to post them on here...
Anyways, it's late and I'm tired and I have a throat infection - so hopefully tomorrow I'll get a chance to write a more detailed post about this new adventure of mine... Because now I'm going to sleep.
And I'm beat.
So this post won't be very detailed - it's more of a bookmark to myself, to remember what I want to write about.
This boot camp has an optional three-month challenge, so if you want to partake, you have to take your before pictures and after the 36 classes, you take the after pictures and everyone in the group votes for the most improved. The winner gets a free photo shoot and a couple of other prezzies, I think.
I had my sister take my before pictures last night. They're not pretty. I'll see if I can muster up the courage to post them on here...
Anyways, it's late and I'm tired and I have a throat infection - so hopefully tomorrow I'll get a chance to write a more detailed post about this new adventure of mine... Because now I'm going to sleep.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Heya there, you stud!
Hello! Have you seen this studded trench coat? Holy crap, I wish Canada had milder winters - I'd be wearing this all over town!
I first saw it on a fashion blog called 1sillaparamibolso. The image below is from the blog.
Isn't it gorgeous?!
I first saw it on a fashion blog called 1sillaparamibolso. The image below is from the blog.
Isn't it gorgeous?!
I couldn't just let it go, so after a little digging, I found where you can buy it. And it's on sale!!
Are you ready for this? Asos is selling it for US$92.35 - on sale from US$131.93! If you want to check it out for yourself, it's here: www.us.asos.com
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