Laziness Sets In

I don't know if it was the beautiful weather, or the close proximity to Thanksgiving, but I was LAZY this weekend! I planned to hit the gym at least once, enjoy an end of Autumn walk and cook some healthy and delicious meals, but instead I did none of the above! Grrrrr. I even ate some pizza on Saturday while I watched Nebraska kick the Gophers butts. This means that today I must get back on the straight and narrow. Today I am leaning on my Isagenix Facebook group to keep me from continuing down the wrong path! I used to think having a support group, or posting on a message board was lame, but honestly I have gotten so much motivation already today that I will now eat my words. After all, words are calorie free!
Coming soon: Healthy Thanksgiving post!

Lunch...it's not for everyone

Here is a picture of my lunch today:

Delicious and nutritious, but how do I get used to not having actual food to chew on? Admittedly, the excitement of mixing up my breakfast and lunch every day in my Magic Bullet is kind of entertaining and I am glad to be using it for something other than margaritas, but sometimes when the shake is gone I am left wondering where the food is. I have realized lately that I often think I need food, but when I stop to ask myself if I am actually hungry the answer is most commonly "no."
I am going to keep with it and come Monday we'll see how my first week's progress pans out!

Success

I have to toot my own horn for just one second because I actually got up early and worked out before work today! I even fended off the guy who kept bending over in front of me and then looking back to see if I was watching him.

First Day

Today is my first day on the Isagenix program and I am cranky, hungry and caffeine deprived! Just being honest. I am crossing my fingers that this is all because I am getting used to a new program and in a few days my body will be adjusted. It takes a while to rid my body of all of the delicious preservatives and junk I have built up and this is my body's way of punishing me--I am certain! Here is the lowdown so far:

In the morning I drink this juice called Ionix Supreme. It is basically liquid vitamins and packed full of nutrients--so good for my body. It does, however, taste terrible. There is no identified "flavor" but it is something like a Flintstone vitamin dunked in prune juice with a burning aftertaste of hangover vomit. I have been assured that I will get used to it, so I am holding out hope that it begins to taste like a pizza dipped in beer with a beajoulais-village aftertaste.
On the bright side, I get to treat myself to two shakes for breakfast and lunch and they taste amazing! Well, the vanilla one is amazing...the chocolate needed to be stirred a little more, so I am calling it operator error.
I also tried an oatmeal, cranberry "cookie" type thing that was pretty decent. It had all the taste of something decadent, but that suspect texture that most fiber filled healthy foods do. I have eaten worse (see Ionix Supreme) though, so I was pretty pleased overall.

I was also given a great website http://busygirlhealthylife.com/
to find great recipes for my non liquid meal. I can't wait to try a few of them, so stay tuned for my trials and errors!!