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!