I'm sorry that I've turned into one of those meatheads who only talks about working out and/or nutrition. It's kind of all-consuming right now so please bear with me. It literally is what I think and talk about the most and I'm sure I'm driving my friends, family and co-workers crazy.
But I don't care.
Not really, anyway. So, prior to Monday's weigh-in, Trainer Mike encouraged (told) me to do a juice cleanse. I don't know about you, but that sounds anything but appealing to me. The rest of my team did a cleanse last month (when I was out of town) and they barely made it out alive. So, I compromised with Mike and agreed to do a smoothie cleanse for 2 days. No Jamba Juice or anything super sugary, but homemade smoothies with fun stuff like flax seed and spinach. I figured I would be okay and not get ravishingly hungry because smoothies are more substantial than juice.
I decided to do Dr. Oz's 3-day Cleanse. I think it was meant to be a juice cleanse, but I did it in smoothie form.
So, Saturday morning, I got up and made the breakfast smoothie. It was pretty good but I was absolutely famished by lunch. Jordan agreed to do the cleanse with me. She's such a good sport. We were excited to try the lunch smoothie. It looked really good.
See how excited Jordan was?
Our excitement did not last long.
It was - hands down - the most disgusting thing either of us has ever choked down.
And we both served foreign missions.
It was basically a whole salad in smoothie form. Suuuuper gross.
But, we were determined to be successful so we suffered through. We were literally standing side by side over the kitchen sink trying not to throw up. It was so bad.
We did it! We got it down. Unfortunately, we were sick to our stomachs the whole rest of the day. Within 2 hours I felt sick and hungry at the same time. Not the most pleasant way to spend a Saturday.
By late evening, I was feeling better but wanted pretty much anything besides a smoothie. However, out of fear of the wrath of Mike, I choked down another smoothie. It wasn't so bad because it had more fruit and less celery (actually no vegetables) but I just wanted so badly to chew something. Jordan had given up well before this and abandoned me in my misery. I did cheat a little and had some real food along with the smoothie. I ate 3 smoothies on Sunday and a little food so I could survive and feel at least somewhat normal and I guess it worked out because I won the weigh in.
I don't think I'll ever do another 'cleanse' but I do like smoothies (most of the time) so I am replacing one meal a day with a smoothie and it seems to be going well.
I'm pretty excited that I have completely changed the way I'm eating and it's pretty easy for me now. I, of course, could eat junk food at any moment and be perfectly happy - I don't think that will ever change - but I feel so much better in general. Put good in, get good out.
Today, one of my co-workers Nick (he works in a different department and I don't know him very well) was at Erica's desk raiding her candy dish. All the candy in the dish was from Christmas and no one has touched it in at least 2 months. Nick took a whole hand-full and hung out for a minute to chat. He opened a peppermint patty and popped it in his mouth. In my prior life, I loved peppermint patties and I was quickly reminded of that as I saw the look of pure joy on his face and could smell the deliciousness of mint and dark chocolate.
"You had better walk away before I french kiss you!"
Oh my gosh, did that come out of my mouth? Yes. Yes, it did. I have officially turned into a freak! Not only do I hardly know this guy, but he's married.
So embarrassing.
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