Fitness Update

Several of you asked me to update how the program is going. Thank you for all the encouragement.  I hope I can encourage you right back.

I am on Day 3 of Ani's Fat Blast Program.  For the first 3 days all of your meals are smoothies and blended soups.  In the morning there are two fruit smoothies.  One has nuts in it for protein and the other usually has greens in it with fruit.  Lunch and dinner are blended vegetable soups. You can eat them hot or cold.  I am using my blender 5 times a day (it is just a regular blender not a vitamix).  This first phase is designed to cleanse and rest your digestive system.  All of the soups and smoothies have been perfectly palatable and some have been very good.  Nothing has been awful so far.  She includes specific ingredients that blast fat and rev up your metabolism which is what I am trying to do (with exercise too).  So far, it has not been too bad. This program seems very nutrionally sound and balanced and I have spent a lot of time with nutritionists and researching nutrition over the years for the health conditions Harry and I had. 

Tomorrow, I start the day with a smoothie again but I have a big salad (very specific ingredients) dinner is soups again and soups and smoothies are snacks.  Also on this plan a snack can be a handful of almonds (raw) or 1/2 an avocado (which I LOVE).

I have been getting up about 6:40 and doing my step aerobic workout before I need to get the kids to VBS this week and it is working great.

I have had a slight headache mid afternoon but I usually make a blended soup or have a big glass water with lemon. Yesterday, I was at a friend's house and she had cupcakes and I kind of wanted one but the temptation passed quickly.

I am doing this eating plan as a jump start because I needed discipline with my eating.  It is hard for me to "watch" what I eat.  I kind of tend to eat really healthy or slide into unhealthy fast.  I can be an all in or all out kinda gal.

I have another post coming this afternoon...