Well, today is the last day of the cleanse/fast, I can report that I weighed in 7 pounds less this morning than 8 days ago. I'll be doing the measurements at lunchtime and will report back then, All in all, I cheated twice in 8 days which I think is not bad considering how restricted my intake was at times. I thought i would be "eliminating" a lot more stuff but perhaps I didn't have that much to eliminate.

What is interesting is how well I thought I functioned with such a low intake of food/calories. It makes you wonder. I would say that is the best thing to come out of this exercise. I now know that limited caloric intake will not whack me as much as I thought.

...more a bit later...

Well here we are at day 3 of the cleanse and today has been BRUTAL! Nothing but liquids and 2 of these rabbit-food-like pellets at each meal.

I cheated...I had a slice of pizza at dinner with the family...I just couldn't resist it...it just looked soooooooooo good, but interestingly only tasted so-so.

They say that sleeping is a priority at this point in the cleanse...kinda wondering if that is because when you sleep you're not eating...but could also be because of the stress on your body from either the lack of food or just the toxin release into the system...more tomorrow...

Cleanse Day 2:

Today was not too bad at all in terms of hunger...but the headache I've had building all day has almost been too much to bear. I got some pics and measurements taken today also so it will be interesting to see where those compare to 7-8 days from now.

Tomorrow the hard part starts...2 days of fasting featuring only water and some liquid supplements from Isagenix. A cetain amount of cheating is "allowed" within reason as long as the cheating is decent quality, healthy food such as organic apples or hard-boiled eggs...that sort of thing...

We'll see...ciao for now...

Well here we are...day 1...was on auto-pilot this morning and had a single cup of coffee before I remembered that this is day 1 and coffee (and beer, wine, and some other niceties) are disallowed for 9 days. So far today I've had 1 shake which was pretty good tasting actually along with 1 "Accelerator" tablet...will see what happens with that one.

...lots of water...

Lunch was just a bowl of vegetable soup and a bit of Rigatoni with the kids. Dinner will be a la breakfast and at 10pm I'll have something called Isaflush tabs which are part of the cleansing program. Right now I'm on a 2-day "pre-cleanse" before the official 7-day program starts.

...not doing too bad so far but I am clearly hungrier than normal and I had to fight the wheel driving past Starbuck's on the way to the office. I'm also planning to read a lot more when the hunger hits...should be an interesting 9 days!

Bill

Hi again. I'm going to be starting a 9-11 day "cleanse" early next week as a precursor to actually beginning more focussed training for a short triathlon in late-June or early-July. I'll be on a program recommended by a friend of mine. The protocol (and supporting nutrition) is by a company called Isagenix. Yes...it's MLM...but I cannot fault the results I have seen with my own eyes with my (already lean/fit) friend.

I cannot say I will be training a lot while under the regime as it involves a restricted diet and a few days of fasting thrown in, but I will commit to working my abs every day using the Abs of Steel for Men video. I may just get to the Y for some basic/light training just to keep up what little momentum I've built since the ski race. I am kinda scared since I don't think I've EVER gone a whole day without food in my life...let alone 2 whole days...

NO COFFEE...'nuff said there...

I have been back to the Y for general weights and bike/elliptical, but nothing I would call focussed training yet...but it's coming. The ski race got me pumped a bit and I would like to ensure I get in 2-3 triathlons this summer...and about 10 books.

I'll be blogging daily about my experiences...beginning with a weigh-in and getting measured up on Sunday. The program is basically designed to de-tox my body and also to switch on the body's fat-burning system.

Wish me luck...my feeling is that this is gonna be tough!