Diet days 4-7

Since I have a neuromuscular condition that makes aerobic exercise difficult, and had the plantar fasciitis off and on for about the last 2 years, walking any distance for exercise was a challenge until about 3 weeks ago when I had something called Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy. ESWT is a therapy based on the concept of counter irritation of the injured tissues. Counter irritation is used with horses to speed healing and it is the same concept for people. Honestly, the most painful part of the procedure was numbing my ankle and foot - after that, it was a breeze and my foot felt great afterward.

Which brings me back to the diet...
Tuesday 5/12 - Cleanse day. I chose a Tuesday since I would be seeing clients all day in my office and not doing housecalls. I've gotten to the point that I can actually taste the flavor of the Cleanse for Life drink and not focus on the "cleanse" part. Water doing well, snacks going well and good communication from Kitt. A few folks are curious about what I'm doing. So far, so good.

Wednesday 5/13 - Shake day. Am doing something different today - Having a Mango smoothie. It needed a bit more flavor so I blended in half a small banana to the evening one. Had lunch with a friend and tried Chili's child's menu since the portions are more realistic - had a chicken breast and steamed broccoli. Went to the doctor for my 6 month lung checkup and weighed 159 lbs after eating lunch. Yeah! Still drinking the water. Drank the evening shake too fast and got brain freeze (yeowwch!)

Thursday 5/15 - My trusty office assistant and right hand came by to do filing and pick up stuff for client billing. She took a taste of the shake/smoothie and agreed it tasted good (so it isn't my imagination!) She also checked out the Isadelights chocolates - a semisweet chocolate that is supposed to help with cravings on cleanse days -

They are pretty good, even though I'm not really a fan of chocolate. When I was 3, I had a close encounter with those mint flavored chocolates in the blue box in the family medicine chest - Yep, ate the whole box, and was I ever sick - (they say we are not supposed to remember much from our very early childhood, but believe me, I REMEMBER that!) Anyway, after that I never was a real fan of pure chocolate. Mixed in other things it was OK, but not chocolate for chocolate's sake.

Made a smoothie for lunch and drove to a client's home for a housecall, then back to the office. Finished my evening meal with hubby at Culver's - had a Chicken Salad Sandwich and water. Only ate 1 piece of the bread. Finally got home from work at 8:45 and fell into bed at 9:30. Still on program and not hungry between meals.


Only 3 days to go on the 9 day program, then begin the 30 day schedule of 6 shake days and 1 cleanse day. I'm really curious now since my rings are not as tight and my pants are not as hard to zip.