It is becoming increasingly difficult to stay true to the 30 day plan. Over the weekend there were a number of Christmas related events that I attended. Most notably is that my family hosted a Christmas carol sing-along for our friends and family. It was a lot of fun to play and sing the carols and share in lots of Christmas goodies and snacks. I mostly stuck to veggies and dip, but I did try the occasional cookie or other goodie! It was a lot of fun and as the last week before Christmas approaches, I am hoping to get in one more good week of sticking to the plan. I am planning another cleanse day this coming Wednesday.
I will still make use of the shakes and follow the plan as close as possible. I plan to have a shake at least once a day during the Christmas and new-years week. I remember in past years that I would often end up eating cookies, or chips or chocolates for breakfast but then I would feel lethargic, foggy and tired afterward. This year I will replace that with a shake, and will still enjoy the occasional treat. That way I should feel much better.
One other thing to note is that last night after my family went swimming, I took my family to Swiss Chalet (it is my families favorite restaurant). I had two shakes during the day and had followed the plan pretty closely. Swiss Chalet is fairly healthy anyway (I had a festive special) so I counted this as the 400-600 balanced meal. It might have been a little more than 600 calories. I also indulged in a single Lindt chocolate for dessert (it comes with 5). I noticed that 1 hour later at home I had to lie down because fatigue hit me like a tonne of bricks. I think that is because Isagenix is such a low glycemic balance of nutrition, I had a spike in blood sugar because of the chocolate, and got hit will the wall of fatigue (as an insulin response). I think because I have gotten used to feeling so energetic, this had more of an impact on me than I have experienced before. I think I just got used to having low energy levels most of my life. I had to have a nap for about 30 minutes, and then I was back to normal.
The cold I had last week is gone now, and I feel great and have a so much more energy these days. I have been sleeping much better than usual, and I fall asleep quickly. So what I read about Isagenix, and what I have experienced by following the program appears to be working for me.
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