What is the refresh?
It is a program designed to give you a break from poor eating habits while kick starting some healthy ones. With Shakeology, two high protein refresh shakes, a fiber sweep, snacks and delicious vegetable dinner options, your body and mind have a chance to clear themselves from some vices.
I chose to do this for a couple of reason. One, I knew that doing this could help me shed a few pounds. But more than that, I was not seeing the same results month 2 of Max:30 as I did month 1 and I KNEW the culprit--my nutrition. We had my son's birthday, a weekend out of town, my son's party/mom's birthday and Valentine's Day all in month 2. I ate great during the week, but those weekends were definitely more off track than I wanted. And when you really think about it, weekends are a large chunk of a month. It accounts for almost 30% of February! So if you give yourself "a break" on weekends to eat whatever, you really aren't going to progress forward. And I sure gave myself one to many breaks during some of those events.
What I didn't realize before the refresh, were some ugly, bad habits creeping back into my lifestyle.
On the refresh, there is no eating except what is outlined. There is also no dairy, meat or starches. (Of course, the allowed fruit and vegetables on the program are carbs and the high protein shakes help satiate hunger).
Because of that, I caught myself--quite often, actually--in the midst of popping something into my mouth. You know what I am talking about moms: a nibble of your kids snack as you prepare it, or their lunch. Or maybe you finish off their lunch as you are scrambling to clean the mess up and get them ready for naps. A snack out of boredom, or a sip of this or that.
That mindless eating was catching up to me. It was stalling my results just as much as an occasional treat would if not MORE!
I had also really, REALLY become a slave to sugar again. You saw the list above. Those are some sweet confection opportunities all bundled up together. Because of that, I was craving sugar--ALL the time! And caving.
Doing the refresh, I had to have discipline. I said I was going to follow the program. That meant when I was making my kids mini pizzas one day for lunch, I couldn't just pop a pepperoni. It meant not nibbling an M&M from the treat container. It meant not snacking when watching HTGAWM (sidenote: PLEASE tell me you are obsessed with this show too??)
What happened mentally was amazing. I was breaking through some habits and barriers that I know can have a pretty strong grip on me. My body started craving GOOD things. I was texting my accountability partner through the refresh about eggs. I wanted chicken and eggs. She wanted a Greek yogurt. Talk about a difference, right??
Did I get results? For sure, an inch of my waist and 4 pounds gone!!! But more than that, I gained control over my eating again. I saw the roadblocks I had allowed to creep back into my life and consciously overcame them and now am so much more aware of them. I reset my system, ridding it of the need for sugar. IN JUST 3 DAYS!! How huge is that!
This program is amazing and I am so grateful for what it taught me!
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