I’m on a diet. It’s not the keto diet or Atkins. It’s not paleo or the South Beach Diet. It’s a combination of several resources I’ve followed for living a healthy lifestyle. I did the Lifetime Fitness D.Tox and then followed up with their Lean and Tone program. I’ve always been a pretty healthy eater for the most part, so I didn’t find it hard to follow the restrictions…except dairy. That was a little difficult with cheese and sour cream. I’m also currently on day 26 of the Arbonne 30 days to Healthy Living challenge. It’s very similar to the one Lifetime does except for a few differences, like avoid vinegar and it’s twice as long.
I’m simultaneously on day 5 of the Clean & Lean program by Ian K. Smith, M.D. Lastly (I think), I decided to go back to a vegetarian (almost vegan right now) lifestyle. The Clean & Lean program does allow and encourages dairy, but I’m still avoiding that at least until I finish the 30 days with Arbonne. That’s why I say I’m almost vegan right now. The other huge part of this program is intermittent fasting (IF). I’ve read about IF in the past and knew what it was, although I didn’t know there are three different options, but I had never tried it. You can do 12:12, 14:10, or 16:8, which is what I’m doing. The first number is how long you fast and the second is the feeding time. The shorter the feed window the more likely you are to lose weight.
So, Lifetime’s Lean and Tone program also provides participants with 3 weeks of workouts and a bonus workout, which I love and continue to follow 3 days a week at the gym. Every other day I run.
I know that your diet is like 75% of what contributes to weight loss, but for me, if I don’t workout regularly I gain weight. I’m only trying to lose 10 pounds but I want to be able to maintain a healthy lifestyle instead of fluctuating up 10 pounds all the time.
Basically, what I’m saying is that we are all different. We all have different goals for weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight. I think as far as food goes we all know what’s healthy and what’s not. At least I hope so. Fresh is better than processed. I choose not to eat meat some people choose to eat paleo style. Both are fine. Everything in moderation, right? Find something that works for you and your body AND your lifestyle.
Since I started writing this content, I have finished my Arbonne 30 days to Healthy Living. I love the 3 main ingredients in the Arbonne protein shake…vanilla, pea based, protein, fiber, and greens. It tastes great and gives me what I need to get through the day and do it in a healthy way. When I’m hungry and struggling to figure out what to eat, I know I can always turn to the shake. I’m going to weigh myself, do my measurements and take my after pictures in the morning. Then I’ll jump back on here and share my results. I’m also on week 2 of 16:8 intermittent fasting, which I think helps me not to eat junk late at night (like from 9-10pm).
Well, I blew it. We just got back from a long weekend in the Los Angeles area and I am now 7 pounds heavier. It might not sound like a lot….I guess it’s not, but it happened in 5 days. Why is it so much easier to put it on than to take it off. I didn’t eat horribly, but I only worked out one day. I didn’t stick to my intermittent fasting schedule and now I feel like a loser with no discipline. Man, we really beat ourselves up, don’t we? I’m not 100% back to the grind yet, but I’m moving that direction.
It was an amazing trip, though!! I’ll tell y’all about that next time. Meanwhile, I’m going to set my goals on how I can stick to my healthy lifestyle no matter where I am or what I’m doing.
Talk to you next time,
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