Operation Get Fit

Hi, my name is Katie and I am a sugar addict! Our New Years resolution this year was to lose 5-10 pounds. It is now half way through the year and I have GAINED 5 pounds...very discouraging! We have decided to do a 15 day mineral cleanse and eat only fruits and vegetables during that time. Now before you get skeptical and think, 'you can't be healthy and eat only one food group' because that is exactly what I have been doing for the past 6 months...eating SUGAR for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

 Six weeks of traveling, 2000 miles, too many fast food stops, and an expanding waistline has prompted us to jump start a healthy lifestyle with a 15 day cleanse. Here's our journey...(I am going to buy a pair of colored skinny jeans when I get to my goal weight of 120 lbs.! I need a little motivation when my cravings kick in!)

This is the cleanse we used. You can get it here http://www.amazon.com/Thisilyn-Cleanse-Mineral-Program-vcaps/dp/B0006U6II2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344016943&sr=8-1&keywords=thisilyn+cleanse+mineral for under $20. They have a mineral and herbal version. The mineral is suggested for first time cleansers as the herbal one is harder on your system. Many of you may be wondering...it does not interupt your daily routine.

Day One - July 19

Weigh in day!

Travis: 173.8 lbs.
Katie: 133.4 lbs.

We got back from our summer vacation and had NO food in the house. The nice part about this was that there wasn't any food to tempt us, but the bad part was there wasn't any 'good' food either.
 
Exercise: 20 min Athletic Strength Training DVD. This women looks like she is 60 years old and she was kicking our trash! I guess after being in the car traveling for longer than I care to admit we got a little out of shape! Hope tomorrow's workout is better!

Breakfast:

Kirkland Breakfast Weight loss Shake

Lunch:

Raspberries, Cherries, Peaches, Kiwi, Plums, Carrots, and Peas

Dinner:

Mmmm, Thanks Bruce and Suzie for this recipe! Black bean salsa on a bed of lettuce

Snack:

We are in love with the show White Collar so we made a little smoothie snack to get us through episode 2, 3, and 4!

Day Two - July 20

Exercise: 2 mile run.

Warm-up: 20 jumping jacks; 1:00 standing hamstring stretch; :30 high knees; 20 jumping jacks. Workout: 10 squats; 10 side lunges (each side); 5 standing calf raises; 20 lunges; 10 one-legged calf raises (each leg); 10 squats; 25 inner thigh leg lifts (each leg); 10 side luges (each side); 5 jump squats.

Stretching: 1:30 standing hamstring stretch; :45 calf stretch (each leg); 3:00 pike stretch.

Breakfast: Strawberry Coconut Smoothie

Mid morning Snack:

Cucumbers with Hummus

Lunch

Black bean salsa, carrots, peas, watermelon, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, cantaloupe, honeydew, and strawberries. (Adele eats all the raspberries off my plate so I technically don't get to eat those!)

Mid afternoon Snack:

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad.

Black bean salsa stuffed tomato

Dinner:

This was the true test of willpower today! We went over to some friends house for a BBQ.

No hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, desserts for us! I was surprised and how full my plate got while still sticking to only fruits and vegetables. My brain wanted SUGAR, but I stayed strong!

(Sorry, no picture...I couldn't think of a way to take one without drawing attention to myself.)

Day Three - July 21

Okay, so I am a terrible blogger and haven't kept track of the days very well. So instead of giving a daily account, here are a few more pictures of our meals and some of our exercise routines. We had to repeat several meals because I had a hard time coming up with new menu ideas that were only fruits and vegetables.

Every morning when Adele wakes up she asks for a 'breakfast shake' We had these almost every morning.

This is what lunch looked like more days than I care to admit!

Roasted beets, turnips, yams, and parsnips; corn on the cob;  cilantro green beans and fruit cup.



Fruit cup with black bean salsa on a bed of lettuce.

Southwest salad with fruit cup.

Best breakfast ever! Fruit filled cantaloupe bowl drizzled with honey.

Raw beet cilantro lime salad. Totally delectable!

Fresh fruit snack.

Lunch. What you see is what you get.

Fried egg salad with: green beans, peppers, avocado, egg, lettuce, and homemade herb vinegar.

We kept taking pictures of our food so Adele wanted her dinner to be photographed as well!

Exercise: We tried to stay active during the last 15 days. We played handball, Ultimate Frisbee, did ab exercises, leg exercises, went swimming, went bike riding, etc. We are trying to have eating right and exercising be part of our lifestyle instead of another thing to check off our to do list.

R E S U L T S

And now what you have all been waiting for...was it worth it?!!? YES! I don't want to eat only fruits and vegetables for the rest of my life, but we have had a mind change. We want to keep eating like this and adding some other food groups in small quantities.

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper...no more late night snacking for us!

Friday, August 3, 2012 - 15 days later

Final Weigh In:

Travis: 162.8 lbs. - net loss of 11lbs.
Katie: 124.8 lbs. - net loss of 8.6 lbs.



Now What?

We are going to try a whole foods diet and see how that works for us. There is a great website www.onceamonthmom.com that has great menu ideas for this! Check it out!

I am still not to my goal weight so I guess those skinny jeans will have to wait, but hopefully soon!

Thank You Elder Uchtdorf and Bob Newhart

Several months ago a Clinical Psychologist showed this video in one of Travis' classes. After Elder Uchtdorf's address Bob Newharts advice has a little more relevance!