Ultimate Reset Final Review

I did it! I conquered it and it is DONE! I lost a total of 7.8 pounds and 7.4 inches all over my body which is pretty decent for a girl who thought she has nothing to lose.

I want to clarify that I did not do this to lose weight but to experience the process so that I could recommend it to those that are interested in doing the Ultimate Reset and to have overall good health for myself. Weight loss was just a side effect of living a 100% clean life and when you are eating fruits and vegetables for 2 and a half weeks weight loss will happen I don't care who you are.

Was I happy to see a flatter belly and the cellulite disappear from my thighs HELL yeah I would be lying if I said no. I also did this to go vegetarian and see if I would enjoy it and I will go into all of that here on this post....it may be a long one so if you aren't interested in the reset I think you should just stop reading :)

Ok so I started this thing with super high hopes. I knew that I was going to feel like crap for the first few days and my diet was going to change into a vegetarian then vegan diet. I saw and looked over the book read the material over and over and I was totally positive. So what did I like?

I loved that;

I had portions that were filling
I was able to try new foods
I was not starving
I had a schedule that didn't change
I ate healthful foods and didn't just have a liquid diet
There was variety
The options for different food choices and menu switching
the way I slept
The way my face cleared up
I was able to try new things that I never thought that I would want to try anymore.


What I didn't like;

The variety (I know I said I liked it but at the end I was eating the same foods)
Being cold ALL the time.
No leeway for a cheat meal or combining Week 1 menu with Week 3 per say
That I had to change my whole entire life for this
The emotional feelings I felt
The length of time
I couldn't workout


After the middle of week 2 I was OVER this thing. I didn't want to eat any of the food and I just wanted to rebel.This probably had more to do with the fact that my son and husband were eating fish sticks, french toast, man and cheese in my face along with sweet treats. Even though I normally wouldn't eat those things the fact that I couldn't because of this program made it a real mind game for me.

I knew everything that I needed to do prior but I hit a wall. I was tired of eating fruit every single freaking morning since week one and a freaking microgreen salad every day for lunch. I wanted flavor because the food was bland but every time I wanted to give up I thought about the benefits that I was having despite the fact that I wanted to quit. It was purely mind over matter.

I also realized that this was just TOO strict for me and being someone that was already small I didn't really need that kind of structure to a degree. I was pretty happy with the weight loss that I had achieved but am glad that this pushed me more toward a cleaner lifestyle overall. I don't crave sugar as much and caffiene either so my coffee and super candy cravings are over. The processed food cravings are also gone and I truly crave more natrual foods. Even though I didn't crave meat I wanted to eat it right away as I found out through this process that I am not mentally ready to be a full on vegetarian just yet, I need more time but have given up pork and red meat for good. To think about it I don't really want to put a label on myself anymore truthfully, I want to eat what I want to eat and be classified as JEANNETTE not Jeannette the vegetarian or vegan just Jeannette a pretty cool girl that loves her family, friends, health and fitness ;)

So enough of the Negative NancyRevelation stuff, I really did like trying new things, and learning more about the discipline that I carry on my own accord. I did miss a lot of things but I knew that this was temporary. I would recommend this to other people ONLY if they were READY like REALLY READY to start a new weight loss regimine and/or stuck on a plateau. I would recommend it to someone who wants to try a vegetarian diet and lastly I would recommend it to someone who has the support and someone to do it with them.

Doing this Reset with my cousin was a blessing for me and I totally would have quit had I not had her cheering me on the way that she did and I am totally grateful to her for that! We both agree that working out or lack thereof was the worst thing that could have come of this but we take our workouts more seriously now and have our head in the game.

Would I do it again? Simply put no. I went through it did it but I like the freedoms that I have with eating and maintaining my weight but this gave me a good solid base to come back to when I find myself not fitting into my clothes.

I will post pictures and final stats later this weekend. This week and last week was super crazy for me. I have Bible study and duty and had it last week too so me taking the time to write this was blah.....crazy!!!

So let's be real!

Ultimate Reset Week 3......ok this cleanse detox thing is LONG! I thought three weeks would be cake but I am DYING to get back into running again and DYING to eat some chicken wings. Some habits still stick I assume, but whatever I am ready to have MY life back! Seriously some people embrace this reset with so much calm and I just have to say......I'm Puerto Rican I don't understand calm, and relaxed. I am irrational and hate giving up my control. What can I say it's the truth!

Don't get me wrong though I truly love that I can sleep through the night without waking up, my belly is flatter, and I AM seriously craving more healthy foods (Other than chicken wings) than I ever have before. I guess I am so frustrated because I have not liked the food choices and I have eaten either the garlic stir fry or the Asian stir fry for 8 days now and I am looking at a future of at least eating it 4-5 more times by the time this thing is over. I mean can we say TORTURE! eh I am not going to do that to myself, really fruit for breakfast for 6 days the same salad I have had for about 18 days for 6 more days and the same stir fried veggies for 6 more days.......um I think not! I REALLY want to quit and embrace my life but I just can't do that because I have a chicky that I work with doing her own cleanse and I don't want to let her down so I need to adjust so we'll see what I do for the next 6 days.

Truthfully, I was fine before I started this darn thing LOL. I hate REALLY good I just couldn't get rid of the belly and I wanted to switch over to the vegetarian lifestyle so I made this 21 day commitment and I guess now that it is all over (almost) I just want it done. I guess I felt the same way when I went to bootcamp 6 years ago.......LOL ohhhh seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is such a mind game! I want to work out again, I want to eat what I want again and I want my life back not the life that Beachbody has set out for me ha ha. I guess you don't truly understand how big food is until you either go on a "diet" or you change your lifestyle.....it's really really life changing.

I am not saying this to be negative toward the Reset at all. I think that it is a great program but I don't do these kinds of things. This whole cleanse detox thing is new to me and I feel like I have given up a lot. So my negative thinking has gotten me to where I am but I am willing to change that :) I have to think positive and know that after 6 days I can embrace a vegetarian lifestyle or pollotarian lifestyle when I am done with this in a way that works for me. Almost done!!!! I am sure that I am not the only one who is ready to be completely done with this either, I just decided that I would tell you guys the truth with how I feel. Instead of being so informational all the time this is me and my life and how I think! :P

STATS: I am down to 116 (7.8 lbs total) and have not measured or taken pictures because I had duty and then I had Bible study and trying to do it on a weekday is not so good for me so I will update on Saturday morning with pictures and measurements.

Have a good day!!!!

Day 14! Ultimate Reset

I can tell you that the Ultimate Reset is a challenge. For me it was more mental and emotional than anything. The food was a bit of a challenge but my palette like vegetables and it was a pretty easy transition considering that I wanted to use this to transition to be a vegetarian. Oh how things change huh? I really miss chicken ha ha. I do stand firm on my decision to keep beef and pork out of my diet because of the movie Vegucated. It really hit a nerve with me.

So I am glad that detox week is over because it has been the biggest hurdle for me, I did not fancy the menu for the week and stuck pretty much to quinoa and vegetables but overall mentally it was challenging because I gave up control over my entire being for this program and it was harder than I thought. I am doing everything the way that they want me to do it and while it has been eye opening it has taken a toll on me and stressed me out as well.

SO what did I realize?

* I need to keep going with my dreams....the ones that I made for myself when I started when I got in the USCG.
* I eat very well and better than I thought that I did which is why I started.
* Being a vegetarian is something that I don't want right now I need more assimilation time because it is really different for me and I was not ready for what that encompassed but like I said beef and pork are out.
* I am stronger than I thought that I was and even though I cheated a few times to feel more like myself I was actually able to stick to something and see it through.
         I was feeling a bit bad because I had not completed a workout program in awhile but I realized that      doesn't matter and when I commit to something I truly do commit to it even though I may stumble.
* I know what workout program I want to do and I am going to get it done! BBL and Body Beast here I come! I love that Body Beast workouts are 40 minutes and BBL too!!! FINALLY I figured it out! LOL

That is pretty much all I have learned through this week but I feel that it is alot. There is more to come about all of this but I figured I would keep this to the Reset for the week :) I am so excited that I have a week left lol

Tomorrow I will be taking a probiotic 3 times a day and I think that I will continue to purchase those since they are a reasonable price on Beachbody 27 bucks for 30 days. I have also started taking Omega-3's for healthy fats, I don't feel anything different but I like to supplement with them :) Anyway that is all for today! I hope that you are all having a great day!!!! If you have any questions please feel free to ask :)

Ultimate Reset 11 - 13

Ultimate Reset......

I feel kind of bad because I don't have any real updates, this has been a part of my life for the past 13 days and I can say that I am accustomed to it already lol. I did change the eating plan and refused to eat another salad so I made quinoa pilaf for Friday night dinner and for lunch Saturday and Sunday and I ate it for dinner as well so it was pretty blah. I can tell you that I am over giving my control to this program and I am ready to eat what I want to eat. I have been craving healthy foods except popcorn and Sour Patch Kids but I think that it is because I can't have it, not because I really want it.

I have been reading other blogs and I really want to eat all the healthy foods that they post again because I can't have them on a normal day I would maybe do one recipe/week or month if it looks that good. I have also increased my meals. I was TOO hungry and just added more vegetables to whatever I was eating because all weekend I ate 2 apples for a snack when I was only supposed to have 1......OOPSIE! Not really I don't feel guilty about it at all. I was hungry and I fed my body, I want this to be a pleasurable experience and being hungry was not an option. This wasn't something that was me being dehydrated trust me I drink my gallon a day. I was truly hungry to the point where I had hunger pains. I kept everything within the plan I just ate more so I don't feel bad about it at all. :) One set way is not right for everybody because every person is different. This was MY reset experience and call it what you will but I have no regrets for fueling my body at all.

  ******CONFESSION: I WORKED OUT 25 minutes and it was not yoga******* 

I felt great and don't regret that either because I was on a HUGE verge of blowing up for no reason. It was not like my PT test of a workout it was more of a functional workout called Buti a mix of yoga and plyo. Man was it nice to sweat. I did my 25 and I was GOOD to go my mind was right and I was in the best mood of my life that day! 

That's really all I have just a rant and a tattle on myself LOL TOMORROW I finish week 2!!!! WOOT WOOT! I will post my stats on Thursday because I have duty and will not have access to my scale but I will do my measurements on Wed morning :)

I think I have decided that I am going to actually do either Body Beast or Insanity I just haven't made up my mind yet :) I have 1 more week to decide. What do you think?

Ultimate Reset Day 10

What a whirlwind of a day! I woke up feeling a lot better than yesterday. I was positive and ready to start the day off right. So we make it to work and it is base clean up day! YAY I pick up trash to get a half a day of work, I would say that it is a win win! So I go out and pick up the trash and I end up walking for about 45-50 minutes total and before I even start the thang I am HUNGRY as HECK! I mean like so hungry it felt like i had not eaten all day, then from there it kinda went down hill. 

I went and picked up the trash hungry of course and I eventually forget about it and just start babbling away and make it back to the office at 10:30 take my supplements and eat at 11. 30 minutes earlier than I usually so because I was just that hungry. :) I pick up y son from daycare and we headed home and I got SO drowsy! I mean I felt like I had taken a Benadryl! I mean it was bad, so my mood goes a bit South because I am just pooped! I come home seriously ready to hit the sack! So I just laid in bed all day watching Parenthood on Netflix. Eventually my energy comes back and I am still in a sour mood. So I take my supplements again and I decide that maybe I need to eat more so instead of one apple I ate two and had a bit of extra peanut butter which I am not really supposed to have in this phase but I WANT TO FEEL NORMAL! So I eat it anyway. This is my reset and that is how I want to do things :) Then I just start falling down the slipper slope of negativity. 

I am a very very positive person. I love the be happy and I am the encouraging one out of all my friends and I HATE when people complain all the time but I am finding myself doing the same thing lately! "I want to be normal" "I wish I could have chicken" "I don't even know WHY I am doing this anymore!" I mean this isn't me at all. I am my very own cheerleader but this was something WAY deeper. Mind you I come to the conclusion of what all is happening while I am sitting in themiddle of the Burger King parking lot waiting for my husband and child to get back in the car. 

This is getting TOUGH and I was not prepared to be dealing with this quitting thing in week 2! I was prepared for it to happen in week 1! When the tough got going I usually always quit and I have done that a lot lately because I don't have a real goal that I want to achieve or an event that I want to go to or something like that to keep me on my game. I am happy where I am and I am in a place where I need to challenge myself and now I know that this is the most perfect thing that I can do. The Ultimate Reset is TOUGH you have to be mentally prepared for it and I would NOT recommend this to anyone who is on the fence about losing weight or getting on the healthy train. SERIOUSLY I am a coach and it is my job to be able to tell you when something is good or bad. It took me a YEAR to be prepared to take the plunge on this thing and part of it was financial and part of it was the "need" to do it. Here I am on the verge of crying because I want chicken LOL Pathetic. but I am glad that I had these feelings and I have been able to work through them and get to the root of my problem, the other part has to do with the fact that my husband and child are eating everything that I can't in my face. I have to remain strong all by myself over here, there is no one on the train with me lol and that in itself is hard. Anyway, that is how I have been feeling for the past two days! 

Here is a picture of what I ate today and my dinner. I just mixed the broccoli that was supposed to be a side with my pilaf and added Braggs Liquid Aminos and sesame oil to my dinner to make it Asian like so I could feel NORMAL lol. 

 

Day 8 & 9 Ultimate Reset

Well I can say that I believe that the reset is MAGIC and I love almost everything about it. Today was a really hard day for me, I really wanted to eat normal food and I felt like a bit of an outcast today and I literally have had ENOUGH with the salads already and wish they would re-vamp their lunch menu.

While I do understand that it is easier and more convenient to make it is really really LAME. I am all about being brutally honest and even though I am a coach and I love Beachbody products overall I really have to stay real on this blog. I will continue to as well. I really miss eating like a "normal person" and no-bake energy balls are my current NEED right now. ha ha Who would have thought that overall. It's all good I am glad that healthy is what I am craving.

Before I go through all my stats of the first week. I wanted to take a minute to explain this week. I am in what is called the Release phase of the Reset now. I take a Detox supplement and now my diet has NO meat in it at all and the grains are VERY limited. Yesterday it made my lower tummy feel funny but I guess it was because I introduced something new but it's cool it passed after a little bit and it wasn't pain it just felt weird. That's all I can really explain. The detox phase does not have you running to the bathroom and I have not noticed a real big difference in the bathroom if you know what I mean. :) I keep forgetting to take pictures of my food but really I am eating the same breakfast and lunch every day a bowl of fruit and then a salad for lunch. I will try to be more mindful of taking pictures of my food for you all to see.

On to the stats......... I forgot my measurements at work in my other notebook but I lost 6 inches overall and here we go!

6.4 pounds lost!

 

More definition for sure!

I can truly say that I am happy with the results and even though I am SICK and TIRED of the microgreen salad and I will not eat a salad for lunch for awhile in the future I am glad that I am going through this journey and I am SO happy that I made the investment in this product because it is changing me from the inside out! My mood is so much better, I am sleeping better, and I am a more patient person, I am more focused on the things that I need to do and I am less stressed.

It has been nice to take a break from the workouts but I can feel that I am still strong and will be just fine once I am all done with the Reset.

If you want to see more of what the Ultimate Reset is about check out this video!

If you are interested in purchasing the reset you can order it here.

Until next time!!!!

Jeannette

Ultimate Reset Day 6

Today was a pretty eventful day! It was full of frazzle brain craziness. I woke up and felt great I still have that pain in my back but it is going away.

Baked tempeh.......it was really really dry. I used other peoples suggestion and marinated it overnight and the taste was great but wow my mouth was like the Sahara Desert LOL wow I broke the rules and I drank water with my breakfast. FYI you are not supposed to drink water with your meals because it disrupts the persons dogestive juices and messes with digestion. Anyway it was pretty okay I just didn't really like that it was dry. I have another try tomorrow at it so we shall see.


I totally worked out today.......You are not supposed to workout on the Reset BUT I am in the military and I had to do my PT test. I tried to schedule it before the Reset and no one was able to do it for me for me until today. But I did a great job on it despite feeling tired through out the whole thing. I ran 1.5 miles in 12:20, 40 push-ups, and 82 sit-ups. I felt SOOOO tired for the rest of the day and can totally understand why they say not to workout.

Second bust of the day I forgot my quinoa salad and at WAYYYYY late I had breakfast at 6:20 and lunch at 1:15 craaaazy, but I had to do what I had to do and it is what it is and I can say that I am glad that today is over lol

Dinner was rather interesting to. I ate beets for the first time, I am not really that much of a fan but at the same time it was sweet so it cured my sweet cravings. :) I thought I was going to love this meal because so many people have spoken so highly of it but eh it was ok. I would make it again just not really have it in the regular rotation. There was also a zucchini cashew soup....eh I wasn't a fan of that one it tasted like cashews, it makes me think that I did something wrong but I didn't lol.

I ended up waiting so long for lunch because of my workout and it spiked my metabolism and because I forgot 1/2 my lunch I was famished and totally ready for snack and I felt really low and hungry just really icky and I can tell you that I will never do that again with the way I felt after the workout it totally solidified the fact that I was still cleansing and will be and it is my time more than ever take a break and enjoy the rest of this process. 

So, needless to say today was not the best day on the reset but I managed to get through it, eat all my meals and be okay. I am pooped but I will be okay tomorrow is another day and this day that happened was just life! I can't wait to weigh in! I feel lighter and more alert and I know that the scale isn't everything but the whole circle of the measurements, pictures, and the weight will all be great! I can see the changes all around!

Ultimate Reset Day 5

Hello!!!! 



Day 5 is almost done. I can say that this has been the most eh of the meal plan all week. Everything looks pretty bland but breakfast and lunch were good and satisfying and for a snack I had edamame. So, on the reset you are able to swap your breakfasts for breakfasts and so on so I switched my breakfast this morning for some seasonal fruit, for lunch I had what was on the menu and for dinner I am doing the same thing. I really like that flexibility because I am not a fan of sushi and I am not a fan of farina and I know them both for a fact and to have a great experience I didn't even both making those two dishes. I fell in love with the coconut quinoa that I just kept eating it because I enjoyed it and I wanted to use the coconut milk that I bought. 

Lunch Day 5

Dinner Day 4

TIP:  I spent $145 on food and I didn't even use all of the food that I bought so I suggest either doubling up on recipes that you think you will enjoy and forget the rest and save some cash. That is what I am going to do for week two to try and save some $$. 

I woke up at 6:00 refreshed and ready to start my day, I wanted to stay in bed as always but the kiddo didn't let us but it gave us a head start to getting ready for church which isn't such a bad thing especially when all you really want to do is be lazy. I got really hungry at church and I blame that on the lack of water but I had already drank a ton or so I thought but I made it home and to my meal in no time, as you can see above it doesn't take that long to make :) 

I have not had meat in 2 days and I can honestly tell you that I don't really miss it other than chicken wings....I don't understand my obsession about it is but I really really like chicken wings LOL. 

So despite trying to relax on this wonderful Sunday, I still had to paint my sons room, the room was a really really dark brown looking color and trying to put yellow on top of it was worse than white I tell ya. So I had to go back to the store get more paint did a bit of shopping for myself and got back to it. It is now 6:30 and I have no idea where my day has gone so needless to say yoga tonight is probably not going to happen since I have to get dinner ready for the family get showers and probably hit the sack.  

Well, off to go cook dinner for the family....maybe I'll try to get a half hour of yoga in before showering.....we shall see! Until tomorrow! 


If you have any questions about the reset please feel free to ask me 

jeannettealverio(at)yahoo(dot)com   :)

Ultimate Reset Coconut Quinoa

Here is my favorite recipe on the reset! I will be posting more through out my journey so that you have an idea of what it is that us resetters are eating! If you are interested just shoot me an email and I will get back to you!!!

3/4 c quinoa cooked (warmed)
2 tbs coconut milk (warmed)
1 tbs walnuts
1 tsp maple syrup 
1/4 c pineapple 


Mix it all together and enjoy!!!!!

Ultimate Reset Day 4

WOWZA! What a day!!!!! I woke up feeling great once again! I slept from 10:00-6:45 I didn't want to get out of bed because I wasn't ready buy my kiddo sure thought it was time for everyone in the house to be alert and alive! 

For the past two days I have been feeling really happy! Smiling for no reason, being really affectionate with my husband but in the same I am llike Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde because I can't really be bothered with. Everything has to come from me or I get really irritates really fast which is soooo crazy . I mean I get mad!!!! I just breathe it out and let it go. So mood wise 9/10 I am in a delicious mood, I just can't be asked too many questions or my kiddo can't be repeating himself all the time like he does. I just go to the bathroom and pretend I have to go potty and relax :) 

My body is ACHING!!!! My lower back is a MOTHER! Oh it hurts so bad, and my legs have felt like they need to be stretched so I threw in one of my yoga DVD's 
and after that hour it seemed like the tension exploded out of me. I was feeling energetic today so I painted my kids room and I caused my lower back to go in even more pain (Jeannette you are a moron). I was thinking to myself you are trying to get all the toxic stuff out and you are smelling it dummy! In my defense......not that I have much of one I have been trying to paint his room for months now and today was just the day. I am sure that I will get the toxins out eventually and I will NOT be painting again. I have to finish the project but I will either get my hubs to do it or I will do it after the reset :) I will really be doing yoga again. 

I am super bloated and there is nothing that I can do to get rid of it, it might just be the fact that I am detoxing. I'm not too worried about it because the results that people have are my motivation that this is going to work out just fine and I hear that the first week is always the pits so I am going to wait until this week. I have NOT weight myself, I have walked by my scale a few times today and darn it I wanted to get on it but I don't want to ruin it either.

Here are some pictures of my meals that I remember to take today it's just my Greek Salad that I had and my Alkanize supplement that I have to take. 

The food is really good and filling and I am enjoying it A LOT! I am really enjoying the journey even with all the aches and pains......this is my first time going through this process and while there are some discomforts it is more about getting to know my body for what it can do without deprivation. There have been times when I double check my recipes because it has me eating so much lol. Here is a sample of my Week 1 supplement and eating schedule 

6:45 AM - Optimize supplement with 20 shakes of mineralize in water
wait 30 min
7:15 -Breakfast - coconut quinoa 
wait at least 2 hours for me it is about 4-5 
12:00 - Take Optimize and 20 shakes of mineralize water
Wait 30 minutes
12:30 - Greek Salad with Greek dressing lentil lime salad 
Wait 2 hours 
4:00 - Alkanize with mineralize water 
4:30 - Quinoa with 1/3 avocado
Wait at least 2 hours 
7:00 - Soothe and Optimize supplement with mineralize water 
7:30 - Vegetable stir fry with peppers, broccoli, zuchinni, carrots with quinoa and cucumber tomato salad

Ultimate Reset Day 2

Ultimate Reset! I can say that I LOVE this program so far! I have NO complaints with it what so ever.

Last night I was exhausted. I cooked my dinner of salmon, asparagus, and boiled red potatoes. I made my lunch and I cooked my husbands lunch and dinner meals as well. I was a busy woman in the kitchen! I then did the cleaning that I had to do around the house and relaxed a bit. I ended up going to bed around 9:15 I just fell asleep! I recieved a text from my cousin who is on this journey with me and she told me that she went to bed at 9:00 and was up before the alarm! I was too!

This morning I woke up probably around 5:00-5:15 but stayed in bed because we all know we only get up when that alarm goes off right?!?!? Sleep/Bed time is precious time! LOL I got up and took my Soothe pills with my distilled water and started getting ready for my day.

For breakfast I had my Coconut Quinoa if you are interested in the recipe I will post it below. I made it to work and I feel great! I still feel a bit groggy but my mood is GREAT! All I want to do is be outside and taking a long walk, but I am stuck in an office but I can tell you what I will be doing after work! Going outside for some fresh air!

I can honestly say that the biggest struggle for me is not working out. I see my girlfriends who I workout with daily going off to the gym and I feel a little left out.......for obvious reasons! I want to move too! LOL I will get over it eventually I think the beginning of this whole thing is adapting to new habits and a new way of life even for a little while......I'll get over it and it is only three weeks and maybe I need a break for a bit who knows.......

Well my meals have been delicious today I loved every single meal that I had today I still feel like I need a snack in between breakfast and lunch but I will see how I survive in the first week with that before I go making crazy changes, I already had an extra taco shell which maybe I shouldn't have had but hey mistakes happen and with the way that I have been craving GUM, CANDY, GUM, CHIPS, CANDY all in that order repeatedly all day I will say that an extra taco shell is the least of my worries. 

Tonight I had a Southwest taco and holy mother of Jesus was it a flavor explosion in my face! ha ha! I love the mixture of cumin and all those spices and YUMMMMM it was amazing! I had it with a side of kale and guac it was delicious!

So the bad points of today......CRAVINGS for sure I smelled everything more and I wanted BBQ, Chips, Candy, Gum, Sour Patch Kids but I fought all of the temptations because my cousin sees me as an inspiration and we are doing this together and I can't let her down :) I know that I should be thinking about the foods that I can have but I am consciously thinking about what I can't have......I guess I am human LOL Well that was the worst of it for today. Tomorrow is the last day of eggs and meat so off to the vegetarian lifestyle tomorrow! EEEEK LOL

ohhh look at those sexy black socks! ha ha ha

Reset Day 1 and pictures

I have to admit Day 1 of the Ultimate Reset was scary to me because so many people are having weird symptoms like huge headaches and things like that. Alkanize had gotten a bad wrap and I wasn't to eager to try that out either but hey it was part of the deal. I knew I would be able to deal with it. Anyway I have to say that I am only feeling REALLY exhausted.  I drank almost a gallon of water today which is really new for me but I still have some time to get the whole gallon down....I can totally see myself waking up A LOT tonight ha ha.

I weighed myself this morning.........123.8 I emailed myself the picture but it didn't get here at the writing of this blog post so I will post it tomorrow for you all to see :)

I fixed my breakfast and prepared my lunch last night which was a super smart thing to do because making breakfast took a little bit longer than usual. Good thing tomorrow is oatmeal, I can make that super fast. So let's talk about the good.....


1.) the food was delicious
2.) Everything is already written out for you.
3.) I felt full for most of the day.
4.) I didn't feel deprived.

Don't get me wrong I was tempted to eat everything that wasn't on the meal plan. To be honest todays meals would have been something I would have eaten on a normal day but since it was the only thing that I could have and it was already predetermined for me I struggled with the control part of my life.The bad part of it all.....I feel super tired and I was flighty today at work today and didn't make my lists like I normally do. I think that was a HUGE thing for me because typically I would pick up a 5 hour energy or a Red Bull or to perk up. Now I feel like I KNOW that I can stay awake but how important sleep is. It's only been a day and I am not claiming to know everything about myself but I have a feeling that I know what REAL tired is now that I have actually felt it and not forced some type of every product in my face. I think we as a society are really dependent on them and we really shouldn't be, it's not a good thing but I am not judging of course I only had an energy drink....yesterday lol

Anyway my day went pretty well, I am still a bit scared of what days 2-3 has in store for me and I can say that I am still nervous but I know that it is all for good reason! My health.