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