I can't believe it's already race season again! What an amazing summer it's been!
This year, I have the goal to run the following half marathons:
I've been working on distance each week and increasing my distance but during the week working on speed and cross training.
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I have decided that on Mondays, it's really hard for me to get to the gym or go run with my busy office Mondays. So, instead, I have decided to create a challenge I've named "Manic Monday". Every Monday I will do the same workout.
The workout:
- 100 Situps
- 100 Pushups
- 100 Squats
- 100 Burpees
- 100 Tuck Jumps
Do these reps as fast as you can with good form and record your time. Do the workout every Monday and try to improve your time. You can do these exercises in any order and you may split the sets up as you wish.
Monday 9/30 was the first day I did this and it looked like this:
10 pushups, 20 situps, 10 pushups, 10 tuckjumps, 10 burpees, 10 squats. I repeated this sequence until I reached 60 reps of each exercise and then I knocked out the remainder 40 reps of each without jumping from exercise to exercise.
It took me 29:33.
I really enjoyed this because I was able to do this in my living room! Who wants to join?!
Today was the 3rd day of Dr. Oz's Detox.
Day 3 was great. I went to get my hair done so I actually skipped my lunch smoothie. I didn't plan to be gone for as long as I was (I had other errands I had to run) so I didn't bring it with me as I did yesterday. I wasn't hungry all day! Honestly, I didn't even "eat" "dinner" until very late. I've read that on cleanses/fasts that the more you do them actually the more energy you have--this was definitely the case today. I cleaned the whole house, I did all the laundry, ran lots of errands, and still felt energized and not hungry!
DINNER SMOOTHIE
Delciousness Factor (1-10): 10
Ingredients:
- Blueberries
- Coconut Water
- Kale
- Mango
- Lemon
- Avocado
- Cayenne Pepper
- Flaxseeds
Calories: MyFitnessPal says 322.8 Calories
This was definitely my favorite smoothie. I've thought that I will make this again even when I'm not detoxing. When I was making this ahead, I though "cayenne peper and blueberries...yikes". But it was delicious. This smoothie is SPICY too! It really has a kick to it to make it interestingly delicious. I figured out why they have you drink this at night before your bath...the pepper helps open the pores to detox more in the bath! Definitely helped! This smoothie is also just as filling as the rest, kept me full until morning when I had my tea and breakfast smoothie!
Overall I loved this detox and definitely would do it again.
Pros
- Felt great
- It was only 3 days!
- Smoothies were great
- The bath is amazing
- Felt like it worked ridding the toxins from my body--felt like I didn't "need" caffeine on my next early morning trip, felt like I didn't crave a sugary food like I normally do around 3pm.
Cons
- Start up costs make it expensive (lavendar oil, flaxseed, coconut oil, stevia, the multi vitamins, epsom salt). If you don't already have these it can jump up your shopping list's cost quite a bit. But now that I have these items, the next time I do this I won't have as much costs. I really only need to buy the fresh fruits and veggies.
- The Lunch Drink was awful. The second day, because I was hungry I think it was more manageable...but on the 3rd day when I skipped the lunch and came home just the thought of the lunch drink made me gag. I have read that you should chop the celery up before blending it and it helps... who knows.
:)maggie
ps--I realized I never posted this. I had it written but I didn't publish whoops! Just a couple months late!
Today was the second day of Dr. Oz's 3 Day Detox.
I was a little hungry today, way more than I was yesterday, and my hungriest time was leading up to lunch. After the lunch smoothie, I was full until dinner and I feel a little hungry now but not anything bothersome. I took the detox bath again today and feel even better. My skin is SO smooth and the coconut oil that you use as lotion after the bath is AMAZING. One thing about the bath... only soak for 15 minutes (I set a timer on my phone) because you will get dehydrated. I got dizzy coming out of the bath both days.
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Lunch Smoothie Review
Deliciousness: On a scale of 1-10... 3
Ingredients:
- Celery
- Cucumber
- Kale
- Green Apple
- Lime
- Coconut Oil
- Almond Milk
- Pineapple
Calories: From MyFitnessPal... 412
First thing about this smoothie: it's NOT good. I don't know what it is...but it is just not good. It's drinkable (I really should say edible as this is a very THICK drink) but it's not enjoyable. Other people who have done the Detox also say that the lunch drink is bad. When I drank it yesterday for the first time I thought I wouldn't be able to drink it again today and then tomorrow too...but surprisingly today wasn't as bad. I actually ate it like soup out of a container today when I went to lunch with one of my reps.
Like I said, I feel great. I'm excited to finish this tomorrow and see the final results!
:)maggie
So I know, I know...it's been forever since I've blogged!
Recently I've been hitting both the gym as well as cross training really hard. One of my new favorite things is Fridays. Fridays at 4:30 I go to a Pilate's class. Our instructor combines yoga into it as well so it's improving flexibility and core strength. Then exactly after that class is SPIN! I love spin because it allows me to not have the impact from running yet still get an AMAZING workout. I feel my legs getting stronger by the class and it's ultimately helping in my running times too (which I know is coming from Pilate's as well).
We decided not to do the other half marathons we originally were going to do and save the next 13.1 for Fontana Days in June. (I still may do the half at Run Through Redlands in April). We've just been running and training for distance! I recently ran a 5K with our work team for Race for the Cure. It was AMAZING. There were so many people there it was really inspiring. I ran it is 26 flat and I haven't ran that fast since I got my orthotics so I feel like my other activities are helping me!
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So just a bit of an update... now on to the blog post at hand...The 3 Day Detox. I found this on Pintrest. Dr. Oz is the one that started this (and I didn't realize it, but my mother in law also did this last fall and loved it). The thing that got me really wanting to do this was the fact that it's only 3 days. I do another cleanse from Trader Joes that's 2 weeks. Since it's only 3 days it's really not supposed to help with weight but more to rid yourself of toxins in your body.
It's a smoothie cleanse and you drink 3 smoothies a day that are different and I'm willing to bet that they are designed for something different but I can't find out the reasoning behind that.
Since I'm going to review each day, I will review one smoothie per day along with how I felt. (HERE IS THE DR. OZ CLEANSE INSTRUCTIONS)
Breakfast Smoothie
Deliciousness Scale (1-10)...10!
Ingredients:
- Water
- Flax seed
- Bananas
- Raspberries
- Spinach
- Almond Butter (I used Peanut Butter)
- Lemon
Calories: Myfitnesspal said 312 calories
I really liked this smoothie. It's definitely a true fruit smoothie. Very delicious and refreshing. It kept me full until lunch with no problem. I drank the smoothie at 7:30 and had lunch at 12:30. Using the blender made it think but definitely drinkable.
Before breakfast you drink a cup of green tea with a lemon (I used Trader Joes Organic Green Tea)
After breakfast you take half of a serving of your multivitamin and a full serving of your probiotic. (I use Vegan Raw multivitamin--I've taken these for awhile and like them--serving is 3; I use Trader Joes Probiotic and LOVE this probiotic--serving is 2)
After lunch you take the other half of a serving of the multivitamin and then a full serving of the Omega 3 (I picked up the Omega 3 at Trader Joes--serving size is 1).
After dinner you take your detox bath. I was a little skeptical about this because it's 2 cups Epsom salt and 10 drops lavender oil. You then use coconut oil for your lotion afterwards. I thought it was just a process but even after one bath my skin feels AMAZING. If you do this detox, DO NOT skip out on the bath.
I wasn't hungry all day, I feel great tonight and am looking forward to tomorrow!
:)maggie
