3 Day Refresh RESULTS

3 Day Refresh RESULTS 
(DRUM ROLL PLEASE!)

So there you have it... Down 4.2lbs, and lost 1 1/2 inches off my waist and hips.  Am I happy with these results... YES.  Do I think this program works for some... YES.  Will I do it again... MAYBE, depending on the situation (remember from a few days ago... I like to eat.  I think about food all day.  I enjoy meats and cheese and COFFEE!).  I went into it with one goal... to finish it and be able to talk about it... and now I did it and have lots to say.  Do I think this program is for everyone... NO!

Being a fitness instructor, I had to exercise beyond what they recommended.  I felt weak and tired and hard a hard time getting it done.  BUT I felt lighter and thinner and 'healthier'.  Did it help with my cravings, yes probably.  I walked through the mall yesterday on day 3 with my daughter and didn't even think about stopping at Panera, like I normally would.  (although now, I want it... lol)  I wasn't hungry, per se, at all... but I did think about food a lot.  I'm one of those people that if you tell me I can't have something... its EXACTLY what I want!

WHO IS IT FOR!?
Its for anyone who wants a jump start to their nutritional plan.  Its for someone who has an event or vacation with a special outfit in mind.  Its for someone who needs a little 'reset' or 'refresh' after a vacation or party where they overindulged.  It CAN be for anyone, in some situations.  But, it wasn't easy, so if you decide to go for it... GO FOR IT!  Don't go into it like I did, thinking that it'd be ok to half ass it or ok to quit.  I kept going because... HONESTLY... I hate to waste money!!!  So, money well spent... but I thoroughly enjoyed my COFFEE this morning AND my CHEESE when I got from class!

www.beachbodycoach.com/coachdawn356 is the link to check it out... on sale as a challenge pack until midnight tonight (July 31), just click on "Challenge Packs" or as an individual kit in the "Shop"!

3 Day Refresh DAY 3

3 Day Refresh - DAY 3

This day was a breeze compared to day 2!  Here is what it looked like for me:

Wake up and drink 8-10 oz water
Breakfast - 1 Serving Shakeology (I chose chocolate) mixed with water and 1 WHOLE (they say 1/2) Banana
Morning tea - Green Tea
Mid Morning - Fiber Sweep mixed with 8 oz water
Lunch - Vanilla Fresh shake with water, 1/2 cup grapes, 1 cup cucumber with 2 TBSP red pepper hummus
Afternoon Snack - 8-10 (supposed to be 3-5 but mine were tiny) baby carrots with 1 1/2 T almond butter
Afternoon Tea - none
Dinner - Vanilla Fresh shake with water, Stir-fry from the recipes provided
Evening tea - None
75 oz water over the course of the day in addition to the shakes/teas

The worst part of Day 3 was the aching in my joints when I woke up.  I am attributing that to exercising too hard and too much, which is not recommended.  Had my Green tea and Shakeology with a banana and headed out the door to Zumba.  I was nervous, but class went well.  I mean, I always start my day with Shakeology, so this is normal.  My body was ok with this.

Got home and started this blog and created a Facebook page and it totally put my day on delay.  Had my Fiber Sweep at a normal time, but spread my lunch out over about 3 hours.  NEVER did I feel hungry though, so it worked.  With back to back classes at night, I think it helped

Dinner was the Stir-fry (I liked Day 2's Dinner better, for what that's worth), but it was filling enough.  I didn't have time to do my afternoon snack, so I took my Vanilla Fresh to drink between Zumba and Insanity... and then have my Afternoon Snack after classes were done.  Perfect.  Stayed up late for a team call... but went to bed satisfied... not hungry.

MY BIGGEST ISSUES:  Not having COFFEE and I sucked at drinking water!  Honestly, I think my results could have been better, but I was HATING drinking water.  Didn't want it... hard a hard time swallowing it... weird.  Should have pushed harder, but all in all... I am THRILLED with this program... and my results... NEXT POST!

(NO pics today... super busy and forgot!)

3 Day Refresh DAY 2

3-Day Refresh DAY 2

Day 2 started rough.  I  was SO tired when I woke up and didn't want to even get out of bed.  But I had to... had class to teach at 8am.  Here is my day 2:

Wake up and drink 8-10 oz water
Breakfast - 1 Serving Shakeology (I chose chocolate) mixed with water and 1 WHOLE (they say 1/2) Banana
Morning tea - Green Tea
Mid Morning - Fiber Sweep mixed with 8 oz water
Lunch - Vanilla Fresh shake with water, 12 strawberries (I had 10 because mine were huge, 1 cup cucumber with 2 TBSP red pepper hummus
Afternoon Snack - 2-3 celery stalks with 1 1/2 T almond butter
Afternoon Tea - GREEN Tea
Dinner - Vanilla Fresh shake with water, Spinach Salad from the recipes provided
Evening tea - None
75 oz water over the course of the day in addition to the shakes/teas

So I woke up and chugged some water and FLEW down to the kitchen to make a shake.  I had slept in and had 10 min to be at class!  Chocolate Shakeology with a whole banana and out the door.  I coached through most of the class, because I was worried about how I felt the night before.  After all, its NOT MY CLASS!  It was theirs, so I let them do the work.

Enjoyed one cup of green tea in the morning but the CAFFEINE HEADACHE was unbearable!  So instead of a caffeine free tea in the afternoon, I had another cup of Green Tea.  Lunch was good again, held me just fine and I LOVE my snack of cucumber and hummus!  LOVE IT!  As in, I will eat this after its over!

Mid afternoon is when I started feeling better.  I'm not gonna lie.. prior to this, I WAS GOING TO QUIT!  I hated it!  I mean, I'm not doing this to lose weight or for any specific event.  I wanted to try it and see what its like so I could talk about it.  And most of day 2 I HATED IT!  Just being real.  BUT once I got my headache under control... I was MUCH better!  I was never hungry... which is nuts, considering my love to eat... I love food.  I think about it ALL. THE. TIME!  The only hard part this far was the headache... and I hear that's pretty common.

Dinner time brought me an amazingly huge and awesome salad!  LOVED IT!  I was so full after the salad, I had to wait an hour or so to have my Vanilla Fresh shake. I stayed busy in the evening and never even had a craving to eat any more food.  Got the babies to bed and climbed into bed around 11pm.  I had all kinds of energy... and it took me a long time to fall asleep... REALLY!?  I WANTED to be tired... lol.  But I went to sleep eventually and felt great!

I think I found the key for this... for me anyway.  Pick the meals with the biggest portion.  Snacks with the biggest quantity.  So glad I stuck it out... only one more day to go!

3 Day Refresh DAY 1

WHOA and WELCOME!

So I was asked to document my process of the 3 Day Refresh by Beachbody, so I thought it was the perfect time to start that "fitness blog" I have been meaning to start for years. First blog post... here it goes.

3-Day Refresh - DAY 1

Day one looked like this for me:
Wake up and drink 8-10 oz water
Breakfast - 1 Serving Shakeology (I chose chocolate) mixed with water and 1/2 cup grapes
Morning tea - Green Tea
Mid Morning - Fiber Sweep mixed with 8 oz water
Lunch - Vanilla Fresh shake with water, 1 Cup watermelon, 2 celery sticks (I think I had 3 because the ends were cut off and they were small) and 1 1/2 TBSP Almond Butter
Afternoon Snack - 1 cup cucumber and 2 TBSP Red pepper hummus
Afternoon Tea - Peppermint Tea
Dinner - Vanilla Fresh shake with water, Kale with Pine Nuts from the recipe selection
Evening tea - Peppermint Tea
75 oz water over the course of the day in addition to the shakes/teas

So the morning started with the water, as directed, followed by my normal serving of Shakeology. The grapes were a bonus. I started this program being very skeptical that I could actually stick with it for 3 days. Taught Zumba, came home and had my Green Tea and a while later, my Fiber Sweep. Not NEARLY as gross as I had imagined. Kinda citrus-y flavor, but bland. I heard ahead of time to chug it down fast because it thickens... so I went back to my college days of chugging beers and just gulped it down.

Just as I started getting hungry, it was time for lunch. Lunch was pretty filling. I ate/drank it all at once. Liked the flavor of the Vanilla Fresh... but its kinda bland too. It was just enough, I was full, but not too full. This is where things got challenging. The book says only light to moderate exercise, and if you remember I had already taught a full hour of Zumba in the morning.

Monday evenings, I teach 3 consecutive class, one being INSANITY. So i chose to have my afternoon tea and snack, and before class, I made my Kale with Pine Nuts to gulp down on the way. I still had my Vanilla Fresh to drink after class. I thought it was smart... but in the end it was not. I was DYING during Insanity. I had 0 energy and got light headed a little. Thank goodness my class after that is Power Stretch (similar to Pilates, with stretching). I couldn't wait to get home to my Vanilla Shake.

I went to bed still kind of hungry, but not TOO bad. I'm saving my BEFORE picture post until after I'm done for comparison... but DAY 1 in the BOOKS!