My Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 2 day 6, 7 and 9

In my post, Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 1, I had promised to write back in 10 days, but there is so much happening and am afraid I will not capture it all in one post. I will therefore break down part 2 into the 9 days, just to make sure you get the the most info, relate to your experience and hopefully get inspiration from my experience. If you just landed on this post and wish to follow my Detox journey, start HERE

I have been away for a while and I owe you this review. Been shopping! Nearly 50 % of my outfits will not fit, these includes inner-wear too. Be ready to shop for a size or 2 down after your 9 days of cleanse. If you are continuing with FIT 1 & FIT 2, don’t be in a rush, just buy what you really need as you progress with the transformation.

Just as day 6, I did not notice these days pass. It was just like any other day in my new life.

I was traveling on day 7 and 8 and it was quite an easy task. With my forever food and a few bottles of water packed in my bag, I had such a great time feeding at lunch. Dinner was a bit of challenge as my specifics of food preferences were not met a hundred percent, but I made do with what I could get. If you can limit your travel during these 9 days, please do to ensure you follow your schedules and rules to the latter. Backsliding and falling into temptation could cause your progress to stagnate.

My overall changes are as below. As I stated earlier, my main goal was not weight loss. I am happy to have completed the cleanse program for myself as well as for my clients as I am now in a better position to guide them through and give tips day by day of their cleanse program. Below shows total loss over the 9 days period.

Weight loss:       1.8 kgs

Tummy loss:      3.5 inches

Chest                  1.5 inches

Hips                    2 inches

Calves                 0

Thighs                1.5 inches

Biceps                1 inch

Overall I feel so much lighter, healthier, cleaner, slimmer and leaner. I highly recommend this program to everyone. If you have completed this program in the past, feel free to add in a few tips as well as testimonies.

What has been my lifestyle after day 9?

I would be lying if said am not enjoying my favourite chapattis, but I am doing so in moderation. I have realized I have become more cautious on what I feed on. I am now doing half my previous food portions. (I loved food). Not that I’m starving myself, but I just can finish the portions I used to have. And Yippee! Almost 2 weeks now, I have not gone looking for ice-cream or pizza. You can do it!

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My Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 2; Day 5 & Day 6

In my post, Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 1, I had promised to write back in 10 days, but there is so much happening and am afraid I will not capture it all in one post. I will therefore break down part 2 into the 9 days, just to make sure you get the the most info, relate to your experience and hopefully get inspiration from my experience. If you just landed on this post and wish to follow my Detox journey, start HERE

Day 5

Its now becoming routine, my body and mind have already adapted to the change. Being consistent especially with the hours is now paying off. I have found it helpful to have a set of a day's supplements in my purse, just in case I get stuck somewhere, I will not have to panic about maintaining my time schedules.

Not much changes happening, or rather I am not noticing them as much as the first 3 days I am not moved by junk food, and taking 3 lts of water has become an a downhill task. I keep wondering what I kept procrastinating about. You could say its all about 'the fear of the unknown'.

I have incorporated a few more minutes in the evening do squats. This is after I met a friend who is starting her Clean 9 program. She wanted some tips and of course I lamented about losing a inch of my bum. She advised that squats will help tone it instead of loosing it.

Day 6

Lunch on day 6

 It can't get easier than this. I am attending meetings in hotels and keeping my discipline. Water is just good with me to and its no pretense.

My muscles are however sore from the exercises - not that they were intense, but I just cannot remember the last time I had tried doing a push up or sit up until when i started preparing for this program

Today its the day to take measurements; awesome results. Another inch down on both tummy and chest, 0.5 inch down on my biceps,  no reduction on hips and calves. The best of all this is the energy I have especially in the morning. I feel light, the fatigue is gone. I feel like I could do those Ninja Warrior moves.

Am content, Am happy, looking forward to the last 3 days, its the final race.


See the final post, Day 7,8 and 9 as well as results.

My Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 2; Day 4

In my post, Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 1, I had promised to write back in 10 days, but there is so much happening and am afraid I will not capture it all in one post. I will therefore break down part 2 into the 9 days, just to make sure you get the the most info, relate to your experience and hopefully get inspiration from my experience. If you just landed on this blog and wish to follow my Detox journey, start HERE

Day 4

Tuesday was an early morning for me I needed to be in the office by 7:00 am. I took my Forever breakfast save for the Ultra Lite Shake. I was going to have it in the office. The previous night I had packed some lunch (What I would have had for dinner) Liver, Green beans, Carrots, Tomato and Rice. In my hurry to leave I forgot the lunch! I have always laughed at my colleagues who have forgotten their packed lunches. I never thought I would ever forget mine - I mean, who forgets food? 

Luckily I had enough ultra lite in the office. My only worry would have been where in town to get food that conforms to the clean 9 diet in terms of low fat, low salt 600 calories - I am better of managing that myself. My advice to you if you will be reporting to work and choose to have the meal for lunch instead of dinner, prepare some food yourself and pack it.

At lunch I felt the need to change my shake flavor. I got myself a packet of Soy milk. I had never liked soy milk, though I had also never tasted the flavored varieties, When my dad was doing his detox, he had told me he enjoyed mixing his shake with the chocolate flavored soy milk. I therefore decided to get it. For those in Nairobi, Soy milk is available at Nakumatt and Tuskys Supermarkets, and comes in lots of more flavors. In other cities/towns, you may check at the supermarkets, If its not available, try almond or coconut milk. 

I poured 300ml into my shaker, added some ice cubes and the Ultra lite. Oh boy! this is the yummiest and sweetest drink I have had all week. Tasted like chocolate milkshake - I am a sweet tooth and enjoyed this to the last drop! I actually think I could live on this. To some extent I felt like I was cheating on my detox. If you don't 'sweet', please try the unflavored one.

Read Day 5 & 6 combined

My Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 2; Day 3

In my post, Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 1, I had promised to write back in 10 days, but there is so much happening and am afraid I will not capture it all in one post. I will therefore break down part 2 into the 9 days, just to make sure you get the the most info, relate to your experience and hopefully get inspiration from my experience. If you just landed here, start HERE 

Day 3

Its Monday! I have never loved Monday mornings, how was this one going to be? I woke up about 20 minutes before my alarm went off. I took this time to review my day's activities. I was happy I did not have much happening out of office. The meal schedule was changing from what I had on day 1 and 2. I was going to have a shake for breakfast in addition, and a 600 calorie meal for dinner. I took my Forever breakfast and was ready for my exercise.

I planned that for the weekdays I would tune to KBC TV at 5:30am for Gear Up, a 30 minute fitness show. The exercises are simple and moderate and good for starters. It was awesome and I felt so energetic. I packed my lunch and I in a few minutes I set out to go to work.

The traffic that morning was out of this world. For the first time since I started my detox I felt hunger bite. I was lucky I had some water but well - could only do so much. Is it that when you are hungry good food that you can't have comes your way? I have used Thika Super Highway twice a day for the last 10 months, but for the first time I noticed that Brookside (for their mala) has a billboard at Muthaiga. The image of ugali, beef stew and greens totally got me day dreaming. 

When I got to the office, my first stop was the kitchen to get some water to mix in my Forever Fiber snack. And lo and behold, this is the day our team leader decided to buy cookies for team. They were served in a bowl for everyone to indulge. That is the point you realize that "the devil is real" and your only option is to apply the famous Bible phrase on Matthew 16:23. I graciously took my snack and in a few minutes my hunger pangs had subsided. The day went on quite well. 

The rest of the day went on quite well. After work I was attending a team sizzle. I was looking forward to geting home, I was going to have a good meal. I kept thinking about that billboard, I missed ugali - not that I really love it anyway. I got home and Keshi had prepared some nice dinner, liver, rice and veges, but it was a bit late I could not afford to have such a meal near bed time, else I would have had to stay up longer. I therefore decided to treat myself to a veggie salad. It doesn't have a name, but you can call it Salade ala Christine

Ingredients:

1/2 raw carrot

1/2 cucumber

3 leaves lettuce

1/3 raw beetroot 

2 florets Broccoli 

1/2 lemon - juice

On day 3 you take measurements. I did this and YES! its working. Impressive changes! First of all my skin has cleared and is glowing. It feels nice when you meet a friend and they ask; "what are you using on your face?" On the size I got 1" down on my tummy, 0.5" down on my thighs and 1" down on my hips (felt a bit sad on this one, I dint hope to lose an inch of my bum!). However, it got me more motivated to enjoy this.

Cheers!

See day 4

My Clean 9 detox Journal Part 2 - Day 2

In my post, Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 1, I had promised to write back in 10 days, but there is so much happening and am afraid I will not capture it all in one post. I will therefore break down part 2 into the 9 days, just to make sure you get the the most info and hopefully inspiration from my experience. 

Day 2:

I woke up earlier than usual for a Sunday. I think its the excitement. I was so thirsty I headed to get some water first - irony as yesterday I had had enough of it. I was also feel light headed and was craving sugar badly. The number of times I paced in the kitchen while trying to fight the temptation to bite something sugary are countless. I had breakfast, a replica of day 1.

Then began my 30 minute exercise - dance. What would have been the better time to learn the moves in the new dance video, #UnconditionallyBae? Felt good sweating. I am surely loving this fitness journey.

After my forever therm snack, i could not handle the sugar craving. I decided to get an Orange, got thin slices which i would lick every time the craving came. It worked miracles!

At lunch I decided to experiment a bit with my shake. I added a pear and blended them together. The change of texture was welcome and i felt quite full.

The rest of the went well, dint feel hungry at all. If you start your Clean 9 program and hunger comes biting, on page 11 of the booklet lists a number of fruits and veges (low GI foods) you can bite on in moderation, but not exceeding 300 calories. Most of these food are those classified as zero calorie foods as the body uses more calories to process these food than the calories they contain.

Among them are pears which are currently in season. Its definitely very timely to start the detox as pears are less expensive, having just 1 will make you feel fuller for longer and they are very low on calorie content. 

See DAY 3

My Clean 9 detox Journal Part 2 - Day 1

In my previous post, Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 1, I had promised to write back in 10 days, but there is so much happening and am afraid I will not capture it all in one post. I will therefore break down part 2 into the 9 days, just to make sure you get the the most info and hopefully inspiration from my experience.

Day 1
It was a beautiful Saturday morning, As usual I slept in late and when I woke up, my baby sister Keshi was already up. I asked, "who is making breakfast today?" On most Saturdays we make chapati mayai which I always look forward to. Then oops! I remembered it was day 1 of my detox. That was the first sacrifice to to a clean me. Feeling excited about it, i went through the Clean booklet once more, - though I think I already knew it cover to cover.

I started with breakfast with is,
2 x Garcinia soft gels - they look quite big and I always thought I would have a problem getting them down, but to my surprise they are soft and slid easily down the throat. Phewks!

120 ml Aloe vera juice - I was already in love with Forever Living's aloe vera juice. it's not bitter or 'yak' as one would presume. Its blunt on taste though. I enjoy taking it in shots. If its your first time taking it, I would recommend that you take it in shots. It seemed easier to me that way when I first started drinking it.

Water, water and more water..... This was probably my biggest challenge on this day. I previously never payed attention to taking the recommended 8 glasses a day. On a good day I would have done 3 glasses. Now I needed to start doing about 2.5 ltrs! It got to point I just could get any more water in my mouth, but at least by end of day I managed to do 2 ltrs, which I would rate as just a few points short of excellent.

1 x Forever Therm: this you need to take at least 20 minutes after the Garcinia. So remember to create the time gap as its not written on the booklet.

When this was done, it was time to take photos, measurements while recording on the booklet. (These will be disclosed on the last post). Ideally it should have been before, but i was too hungry to then. but nothing much could have happened in a hour.

Then came time for my snack; the Forever Fibre. Its in powder form (like dextrosal - yes am that young) and comes in a sachet. It does not dissolve immediately, it settles to the bottom and becomes sticky, something like gelatin. Mix it in the shaker - its so much easier (This I discovered on day 3).

We had quite some chores around the house which we attended to. I was surprised that all along I dint feel hungry even for a moment.

Came time for lunch, you will not imagine Keshi made my favorite for lunch! Its definitely something full of calories. The aroma was tormenting but I kept my focus on the goal, gloriously made my shake from the Forever Lite Ultra with Aminotein. My choice was the vanilla flavour. If that is not your kind of taste, you have a choice of getting chocolate flavour. I mixed with water though you can mix with vegetable milk e.g soya, coconut, rice and almond. It was delicious I must say! Then off course the rest of the supplements as listed in the booklet.


Time went by...... more water, finished our chores and it was already evening. I had my Forever Clean 9 dinner, enjoyed a movie and retired to bed.

See DAY 2

My Clean 9 Detox Journal Part 1

I have been procrastinating about detoxing for the past 2 months. Going by my New Year resolutions, I should have ticked it off in January. My decision to do this was the amazing results I saw firsthand from Mom and Dad, as well as a few friends and clients. But I was afraid that I would not keep the discipline since I dint have any 9 days in a row clear of a meet up with friends for coffee, ice cream, pizza, reunion, birthday etc. How do I just look at nyama choma and pass with a smile? In the two months, I have realized that it’s a matter of choice and what I desire to achieve. I have made the decision and I am dedicated and so excited. Looking forward to CLEAN 9 days.

In case you are wondering what this Clean 9 is all about, read DETOX WITH CLEAN 9

In preparation,

1. I have spent some quality at the market buying vegetables and fruits, I will share a few of my 300 and 600 meals. I intend to enjoy those veges with some interesting recipes I have been looking up. Who said clean eating has to be boring?
2. I have weaned myself from sugars alcohol and coffee. It is advised you withdraw from these a few days before you start your cleanse program for ease of transition.
3. I have also started exercising and I believe my body is ready to cleanse.

What are my goals?

Many people take up the cleanse programs for various reasons. Most common reasons are to trim their tummy, while for others its a kick start to preparing their body for the 69 day FIT weight loss program. I am a size 12 with a BMI of 24.9 - I need to bring it down to 23, so if you are wondering what I want to achieve, read on…….

1. Radiant naturally glowing skin: I have struggled with acne and skin problems for about 7 years, having used FLP skin care products topically, I have achieved great results and my acne has healed. I am now working on clearing the blemishes. However we need to understand most skin problems portrays your internal organs health. The C9 will ensure that my acne does not recur while helping me achieve that naturally glowing skin.
2. Cut off my cravings and train myself on clean eating: I have always thought that “bad food” is attracted to me. I love my ice cream, pizza, French fries and all their relatives. I am lucky my body does not respond by increased weight and hence this has become a threat to my health. I am that kind of person who buys fanta because somebody mentioned soda. C9 will teach me to eat clean and control portions.
3. Re-energize: I am often feeling tired, out of sync, fatigued et al. Getting out of bed is always an uphill task for me. Not even massages seem to get me back on track.  Looking forward to better days ahead.
4. Develop a habit of exercise: You will not find me in exercise gear, I have not exercised in the past 365 days! The much I do is my walk to the office and back. I have always chosen the lift over the stairs. C9 program requires 30 minutes of exercise daily. This will be a transformation for me.
5. Trim my Tummy: Yes! I have one! Most of size 12 and 10 ladies have big tummies. Most of them are not visible as we have learnt to camouflage them in our dressing. This will happen almost by default with discipline. Who does not want a flat and tight tummy? I might just start rocking the belly button ring. 

 

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