Have a fun Thanksgiving?

Enjoy all the foods you get once a year and extra drinking with family and friends. I had a great weekend and thought I rebounded pretty well from the Thanksgiving Day feast but then the weekend went on with family in town and get-togthers with friends and I think the food and drinks finally did me in!

Luckily a boot camp workout, couple of Turbo Kick classes and a run or two helped along the way but I am still feeling it form the overindulgence!

Now what to do??

Time to get back on track and do a little extra to maintain this season.

Here is my usual game plan after a big holiday:

*Plan out my week of meals.

*Get to the grocery store so I am ready.

*Add in a little Body Cleanse to help my body out.

*Up the exercise.

Here’s a sample of a week to help you get back on track:

Breakfasts are always the same for me; plain oatmeal with chia seeds.

Snacks will consist of protein shakes and fruit.

Lunch on the menu this week is a California Hummus Sandwich (from the WCBC 4-week meal plan):

Whole grain bread (I use light bread, 40 calories)

Hummus

Baby Spinach leaves

Cucumber or tomato slices

Avocado slices.

Spread a little hummus on the bread; add the rest to make a sandwich.

Dinners: Fish & veggies

Bratwurst Bake: Turkey Brat baked with red onion, apple and butternut squash and caraway seeds.

Baked Chicken and sweet potato

Soup

Pesto, arugula & chicken pizza (WCBC meal plan).

With a healthy menu in place I’m going to add in 7 days of Arbonne’s essential 7-Day Body Cleanse.
This is a concentrated drink I’ll mix with water to help my body get rid of all the stuff I crammed it with this weekend. It will eliminate toxins, support antioxidant activity, liver and GI health as it cleanses.
I’ll also have a detox tea in the evening.

Not every cleanse or detox means you have to go all liquid. I certainly can’t do one of those detoxes for very long. It’s good to get the diet back on track and add in something to support the system, a little extra help.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and you’re all ready to get back on track and healthy today!

Happy Holidays

It’s the New Year and many people are ready to get moving on some new goals and life style changes.

We’re in the 2nd week of 2011, have your “resolutions” already taken a fall? Do you even remember what you were going to change? I’m sure many of you are doing the “Oh yeah, I did say I was going to do blank this year.”

So far this year every morning show, news show or email article I see has focused on ways to Detox or Cleanse. There are so many different ways to do this and so many questions surrounding them I thought I would bring a nice, simply, non-scary view to the subject.

I’m not a Detox guru and I don’t use/promote any “brand” of cleanse but I do know when my body feels TOXIC and its time for me to get back on track! This is usually about January 2nd for me b/c let’s face it, January 1 is spent watching football or curing a hangover from NYE which usually includes some kind of burger to help the get rid of the booze. Don’t know why but I always crave a burger if I did too much drinking. Actually, I do know why but that info has escaped my mind at this time. I read info on why we carve certain things after drinking but let’s get back to the detox.

I do promote that my clients keep an eye on what they do during the holidays. I don’t tell them to skip it all and stick their chicken salad and water but be smart and choose wisely. My choice, Christmas Cookies and lots of them! After a couple weeks of that I actually feel like my body needs a major dose of Clean Eating. Here is what I do to get my body and mind back on track in January. It would not be considered a detox by any hard core CLEANSERS but it works for me.

Since I honestly don’t think I could keep up the energy I need to get up at 4:10am daily, teach boot camp, get my own workouts in then run a full day of work, housework and mom duties I choose not to do liquid only type detox. What I like to do is fill my body with really good for me food that is filling, lower in calories but gives me lots and lots of vitamins and nutrients that my December diet probably didn’t support.

Here is an example day:

4:30am - Oatmeal (plain, 1 serving which is ½ cup dry)

7:00am – 2 pieces of fruit chopped up with a cup of tea

10:30/11am (after my workout) – Big Bowl of steamed veggies (zucchini, squash, asparagus, celery, mushrooms, spinach..), squeeze some lemon juice over them when done.

2:30pm – another bowl of oatmeal

Dinner – Lean protein like chicken or fish with a big salad of spring mix greens, maybe more steamed veggies.

I may also add in another cup of tea and I also drink a few glasses of water with ½ fresh squeezed lemon in it.

If you are dying for something sweet at night, have a frozen banana (peel then freeze some bananas).

If I feel like I need more protein I scramble up an egg and 2 more egg whites and mix them in with sautéed veggie for lunch like a big omelet instead of just steamed veggies.

I didn’t feel hungry on this at all because the food is high in volume, water content and fiber. I normally do this for a few days then get back on a nice balance of eating well through each day with 1 “fun” meal a week.

If you are looking for the right detox for you check out a variety of them to see what works for you and what you are able to commit to and finish or like me take some pieces and parts of different ideas and make your own Jump Start that will get rid of the sugar cravings of the holidays, loosen the pants a bit and get you back on track 

Have a Happy and Healthy 2011! Diana

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I am not a registered Dietician or recommend anyone follow the exact diet listed above. This information has been presented purely to share what I personally do and do not recommend anyone follow this exact day without consulting a professional.**