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 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

DETOX with Forever Living Clean 9

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Doctors recommend detox twice a year. Clean 9 is a 9 day body cleanse program from Forever Living Products that helps remove the stored toxins in your body.  C9 will leave you feeling lighter, energized and looking better.

Do I really need to detox? Detox is for all adults irrespective of their weight. You need to detox if you often feel tired, fatigued, often get break outs, have 3 meals a day and don't pass stool at least twice a day, haven’t detoxed in the last 6 months, often have cravings for sugary foods, consume foods that are not organically produced, breath in air that is contaminated, the list is endless...... Basically with all the news headlines on toxin intake especially in Nairobi, we all need to detox.

The Clean 9 program contains,
1. Forever Therm: derived from a variety of herbs, helped to body metabolism and burn fat.
2. Forever Garcinia plus: designed from garcinia fruit. An appetite suppressant, fights cravings, and reduces hunger pangs.
3. Forever Fibre: assists in production of healthy mucus in the intestines, absorbs extra fluids and helps you feel fuller for longer.
4. Forever Ultra Lite: a healthy shake with all necessary nutrients and minerals, acts as a meal replacement.
5. Aloe Vera juice: 99 % stabilized Aloe Vera juice. a great cleanser for the internal organs. Excellent fit maintaining a healthy digestive system hence overall health.

6. Tape Measure

7. Shaker

 


8. Booklet guide to take you through the 9 days.

Day 1&2, involves fast from ordinary foods. The protein shake replaces one meal, the other meal is restricted to a given list of veges and fruits (with low GI) to choose from but portion must not be more than 300 calories for women and 600 for men. Also requires you to do 30 minutes light exercise
This is in addition to the supplements n aloe juice which their intake is also scheduled

Day 3-9. This is now getting easier. You can now add carbs n protein to the 300/600 calories meal. You may go up to 600-women/1000 men.
Check out the guide online

https://www.foreverknowledge.info/templates/toolkit/ForeverFit/Storage/C9Booklet.pdf

How does it work?
Science explains that our fat cells become surrounded by toxins. These toxins come from our convenience or processed diets, toxins in the atmosphere, our homes, our cars and environment.
C9 works by stripping away those toxins such that the fat cells are then exposed and the body can now access this ‘food store’ for energy production (by converting to Glycogen).

These fat cells then get burnt up when we exercise (or exercise more) and over time, hence weight loss.

Weight loss with Clean is on average 2-5 kgs, most of this from the tummy area. So if you are always working towards a flat tummy, C9 is a good bet. However, if your goal is to lose more than 5kgs, then you need continue with the Forever FIT 1 (30 days) that helps to burn fat and lose weight & Forever FIT 2 (30 Days)that helps to tone up and build lean muscle hence sustaining your weight loss.

I have written a day by day journal of my experience with CLEAN 9. Enjoy the read. My Clean 9 Detox Journal

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