Day 1: 3-Day Cleanse

My groceries for today and the next two days! Yes, this my cleanse. It's not the best or the most accurate but I've seen it work. I did it a few years back with my very good friend who was experimenting with the Medical Weight-Loss Program. I don't eat red meat but I will during this cleanse. Honestly, there isn't all that much I need to cleanse ( my healthy eating is a lifestyle). While I'm away training though, I can't control what the Army decides to feed me and I usually have to eat a lot of what I don't eat if I want to maintain. I would pass out if I didn't eat the food they give me.

So after my training, I didn't want to go grocery shopping because I'm going to be moving in a day or so. So I was basically eating fast-food, snacks or not eating at all these last few days. I pizza, cookies, candy...everything I don't eat. So as a punishment to myself for not keeping my discipline in check, I am going to do this very depressing 3-day cleanse.

It consists of water, eggs and half of an orange ( I use grapefruit too) for breakfast. Lunch is water, green vegetables, the other half of your fruit and red meat. Eat as much as you want until you are full. Dinner is the same as lunch, minus the fruit. <------The most depressing 3 days ever!

Basically, drink water, eat green vegetables and red meat until you dispose of all the unhealthy foods you decided to stuff yourself with lately. I bet you I won't eat any pizza/cookies again. That is unless I end up losing 20lbs that I don't want to lose.

I will also start my consistent workout schedule today. I did my workout this morning and will do another if I have time after work. Two workouts a day are not required, I just have to feel any down time I have and prefer to feel it getting in better shape.

Good luck with your experiments or new lifestyles!

p.s Keep a smile on!

Evening Run

The first day of summer is hesitant but still, it is approaching us. We've been hiding our bodies underneath clothes for way too long, it's time to show some skin.

I will walk you through everything I do to lose weight, tone up and simply live my healthy ...very challenging lifestyle.

I owe it to you to let you know where I am coming from on this. After the age of 3, I was always overweight. My doctors would put me on child diets all while I was growing up. My family nicknamed me "fatty watty" and "Tay Tay burger" until I grew up. My last year of high school I weighed around 160lbs. By the end of my freshman year of college I had seen the scale rise to a wake-up call of 190lbs. I had no idea where it came from or where exactly it was on my body.

I had a few things I wanted to do with my life that required me to lose weight. I wanted to feel comfortable in a short sleeved crop top and shorts, I wanted to look good in this very sexy leopard bathing suit from Victoria Secret and I wanted to join the Army.

I'll be honest, I would have never seen 140lbs if it had not been for my friends. I had a friend to walk with every morning, one to walk with in the afternoon and one to go to the gym with in the evening. Some days I wouldn't feel like working out but I wouldn't dare tell a friend "no working out today, let's just sit around and pack on more pounds" so I went, sometimes 3x a day.

Soon after that, the healthy eating started. Luckily, I never had many bad eating habits. I didn't eat fast-food or drink pop unless I had too. Most of which I had never had (Arbys, Big Boy, Burger King...) I grew up next door to Ralleys, naturally, that was my fast food spot.

I started researching what was good, why it was good, what was bad, why it was bad, when to eat, when not to eat, where to shop...everything. I got into the health and fitness magazines and made it my business to start living a healthy lifestyle before it was too late.

I not only own that sexy leopard bathing suit, I look great in it. I am comfortable in my skin and I know my body. I know how it works. I know what foods to eat, when to workout, what happens when I have a drink...

All this to say, I want to help you learn your body. Stick with me through this. Ask me questions, set up a gym date or simply learn and plan.

I will have food posts, workout recordings, clothing updates and all on this page. I hope your as excited as I am!

-Allante'