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Pre-Master Cleanse

February 26th, 2010

This is how it goes:

Friday night, bought my citrus extractor (I highly recommend this instead of doing it by hand and a reamer) for about $15 bucks at Wal-Mart.

Saw a deal at Sweet Bay supermarket for lemons 3 for $0.99 so I bought a bunch of them. Some were small and I don’t want to be short on the juice. ya know what I mean

Next thing is for me to find a nice gallon size container that has a large opening. I couldn’t find anything at Wal-Mart so I guess Target will be my spot tonight.

I’ve already prepared the lemons and stored them in the fridge and today all I need to do is find that container and then in the am I will be good to go.

I wanted to start this cleanse on Friday but after careful consideration I decided to start the cleansing process on Saturday. I know being in the office on Friday for the first day of this process may not be the smartest idea for me.

Off to the store to get my container and I will tell you how I feel during the next 10 days.
I want you to see how I go through it and then you can see that it aint that bad and do it yourself.

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Tags: 10 days fitness master cleanse

Fitness Goals

January 26th, 2010

260lbs 1-26-10

There are a few things that I want to accomplish fitness wise and one of them is definitely getting down to the low 200’s.

I am currently at 260-265lbs give or take.

Like most people who diet or try to lose weight by exercise and eating healthier we tend to yo-yo. I realized that it has to be a lifestyle change and not a diet.

I am totally cool with changing my bad habits but I won’t go cold turkey on everything. I understand that I need to change things up if I really want to see results.

The first thing that I will be doing is detoxing. I plan on going on the master cleanse for about 8-10 days and then begin my hard core work out regimen. At the moment I have cut back on my two servings at dinner and stuff. (I won’t lie here, not all the time though because I am a fan of food!!)

After I get off the detox I will begin a 60 day no weight intense cardio type workout. After that I will take a 1-2 break and then hit the weights for a p90x type workout.

So my goal for 2010 is to be in the low 200’s. I am not quite sure what will work for my body type just yet so the weight isn’t my only goal factor, I want to be in shape. Like clean my abs with a q-tip shape. Well not really but that would be nice. In order for me to do that I would need to be 100% disciplined and like I said that is a lifestyle change.

Summing it up I am at 260+ pounds and need to drop 60 to get to my desired weight. I know I can do it in 6-7 months. That’s only 8-10 lbs a month. I know I would be able to achieve this goal and by documenting what I am doing here you will get to see me through my ups and downs.

I will let you know when the detoxing begins. (shortly)

Ciao,

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Tags: eating healthier exercising Fitness habits

Day 1 – Changing Habits

January 25th, 2010

I’ve decided to change a few things up in 2010 and my health was one of them. That being said, I now need to change some of the bad habits I have.

Some of the habits I need to modify:

eat smaller portions and more frequently (possibly 5-6 meals a day, roughly 300-500 calories) What will help me is to eat from smaller plates and, drink from taller glasses.
take more breaks to reduce stress. For every hour or so of work to get up and move around and stretch
cut soda out of my meals – my choice is water for sure but I will opt to switch soda out for iced tea with an artificial sweetener
will be more active. Besides the whole working out thing I will do more
EXERCISE – beginning I will workout 4-5 times a week for at least two-three months and then after that cut back to 2-3 times a week to main a healthy lifestyle.