I'm on day 4 of the 21 day fix. In case you aren't familiar with this program,
it’s basically a portion-controlled clean-eating program, with the option of
shakes to replace a meal a day if you want. There are also different 30 minute workouts
on DVDs that you do every day.
But let’s get real. Starting
a program like this isn’t exactly the easiest thing to do. Which, my friends on Snapchat (yes yes.. I do
Snapchat. You should too it's super fun)
know very well. They have been been
getting kept up to date on my current moods and/or challenges since I began.
They began with a photo of the front of the eating plan,
titled "What is that bitch smiling about" moving to the ever clever "I
hate my diet" with a sad selfie of me sulking under a blanket. The first morning of shakes, there was a close
up view of my shake with the caption "Well. It's not great."
Well friends, now on day 4 I can tell you the shakes are
tasting better (A little bit of banana goes a long way), I have lost 3 lbs
since yesterday (I was a little afraid of the scale BEFORE I started so I only
had the courage to weight myself yesterday and this morning. Now if you tell me that's water weight I
might just cut you), and I'm starting to embrace the idea of clean eating. I mean, I wasn't a big one for processed foods before, but it's the little things that make a big difference that I'm doing. Like making my own dressings, and taking only milk in my coffee. That was tough. Like telling my parents I was pregnant when I was unmarried in University, tough. But, like everything, after a few days I started to get used to it.
Overall, despite the fact that between the dog and my kids I have
been up multiple times each night (remember the days when sleeping through the
night was the status quo, not the other way around…) and that the lack of sleep is
trying to entice my body into a narcoleptic spell , I’m feeling quite energetic.
Now for the workouts. The program leader girl, (who's body I think is supposed to be your motivation, but is really just slightly irritating to stare at.) nearly killed me on day
1. It was cardio, and despite sporadic
trips on my treadmill in the past few months, I fear I’m quite out of shape. Add to that her fondness for surrenders (if
you haven’t had the pleasure, it’s basically going down on your knees and back
to standing over and over again with weights), and well, I’m walking PRETTY
strange these days. I had to forgo
riding my horse yesterday for fear I would either not be able to mount, or
worse yet, not be able to dismount. ("Hey Indira, mind if I stay up here until
my legs figure out how to bend again??").
However, I had my favorite Burlesque class last night so I suffered
through the Lower Fix DVD yesterday (Upper Fix was the day before and it wasn’t
too bad even though I couldn’t engage my knees at all) in order to loosen up
for class.
Now, I would like you to picture a Burlesque dance combo,
performed by a girl who is having trouble bending her legs without making a
constipated-like face. It certainly wasn’t
pretty but about half-way through the class my legs finally loosened up enough
for me to at least stop grimacing.
Instead it was replaced with a placid smile, and to be honest I’m not
sure which looked worse.
Anyways, stayed tuned for what the rest of the week has in store for
me.
My biggest upcoming challenge?? Trying to get
through a weekend with my family visiting without over-indulging. (Insert my mom commenting somewhere that “Honey,
we’ll all try to be good” and my dad groaning and hoping I’m not planning to
pull a fast one on him by cooking fish or bison.)
Is anyone else in the body-makeover process? Lemme know what you’re up too.. I’m a social gal
who LOVES commiserating! ;)
xoxo
Brittany
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| This is definitely the face I was making. And the horse that would prefer I not plan to take up residence on her back until further notice. |
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