I made it through week 2
I finished my second week of boot camp!
Whew! I can't say the actual camp is fun while I'm there, but afterwards I feel so good (except for the tired, aching muscles.)
I over did the abs on Thursday and yesterday my physical therapist asked for my trainer's phone number. Apparently the two of them are going to talk.
Last week my boot camp group and I started a 24-day "cleanse". Now, this isn't the cleanse you may be used to hearing about. It is not a cleanse that requires 24 days of starving yourself to death.
Quite the contrary, it is 24 days of "clean eating" which basically involves no red meat (and I love red meat), no white foods (potatoes, rice, flour, white bread, etc.), no sugars, no dairy, no oils, no caffeine, and no alcohol. In other words...healthy eating. There are some vitamins and supplements that go along with this cleanse, but nothing drastic.
I haven't been hungry at all. It's just hard to get out of bad habits like stuffing a Girl Scout thin mint cookie into your mouth just because they're sitting on the counter at work. Thinking about what you're eating is a good thing.
I know I've lost a few pounds already, but I can't tell you how many because Dana's cat, Zima, destroyed our scale and I haven't replaced it yet (a subject for another day).
So we're in our eighth day today and the cravings are going crazy. French fries, French baguette, chocolate, cookies, potato chips. It all sounds so good.
16 more days and I'm going to treat myself to one of these.
I can do it, I can do it, I can do it.....
Actually I might be able to make a "healthy" cookie with wheat flour, applesauce instead of oil, agave nectar instead of sugar, and we're allowed a small amount of dark chocolate. Hmmm...I think I'll look into that.
Whew! I can't say the actual camp is fun while I'm there, but afterwards I feel so good (except for the tired, aching muscles.)
I over did the abs on Thursday and yesterday my physical therapist asked for my trainer's phone number. Apparently the two of them are going to talk.
Last week my boot camp group and I started a 24-day "cleanse". Now, this isn't the cleanse you may be used to hearing about. It is not a cleanse that requires 24 days of starving yourself to death.
Quite the contrary, it is 24 days of "clean eating" which basically involves no red meat (and I love red meat), no white foods (potatoes, rice, flour, white bread, etc.), no sugars, no dairy, no oils, no caffeine, and no alcohol. In other words...healthy eating. There are some vitamins and supplements that go along with this cleanse, but nothing drastic.
I haven't been hungry at all. It's just hard to get out of bad habits like stuffing a Girl Scout thin mint cookie into your mouth just because they're sitting on the counter at work. Thinking about what you're eating is a good thing.
I know I've lost a few pounds already, but I can't tell you how many because Dana's cat, Zima, destroyed our scale and I haven't replaced it yet (a subject for another day).
So we're in our eighth day today and the cravings are going crazy. French fries, French baguette, chocolate, cookies, potato chips. It all sounds so good.
I can do it, I can do it, I can do it.....
Actually I might be able to make a "healthy" cookie with wheat flour, applesauce instead of oil, agave nectar instead of sugar, and we're allowed a small amount of dark chocolate. Hmmm...I think I'll look into that.
Comments
To keep the universe from getting unbalanced I'm going to double up on the bad stuff you are avoiding.