diet

so, since we are going to mexico may 1st to 8th for maddy and brian's wedding, it is coming down to crunch time for getting our bods into shape for the beach. i was talking to my manager about how i would love to drop about 5 lbs, just to tone up, before we go and she told me about this colon cleanse she does every couple months. at first, i wasn't sure. i am not a believer in these fad diets that claim you will loose ten lbs in ten days; the reality is, you probably will loose ten lbs in ten days but you will just turn around and put those 10 lbs back on over the next ten days and in twenty days you are back where you started with nothing to show for your efforts. anyways, she printed the diet off for me and after reading it i think it would be a good idea to do in preparation for mexico. what's the worst that can happen? i loose 10 lbs for mexico and then, when i gain that 10 lbs back while in mexico staying all inclusive (lets be real, its inevitable staying all inclusive), i will be back where i started instead of up 10 lbs!

heres the deal. the cleanse was created by one of my manager and her husband, a doctor at the clinic where i work, cardiologist friends for his patients who need to loose weight quickly and healthily in order to qualify for heart surgery. it is not one of those sketchy cleanses that you hear all the celebrities promoting where all you do is drink some weird beverage-like concoction of maple syrup, lemon juice, water and cayanne pepper all day for a week, although it is sort of a liquid diet; basically, the bulk of what you are going to be consuming over the week detox is this natural, veggie soup you make and drink as much of as you would like over 7 days in combination with a daily food menu. this "daily food menu" is as follows:
day one: eat all the fruit (minus bananas) you want, drink as much soup as you would like
day two: eat as many veggies as you would like (minus corn, beans and peas), drink as much soup as you need
day three: combine day one and two, eat a large sweet or regular potato for dinner, drink as much soup as you like through out the day
day four aka "brenna's day from hell": eat as many as 3 bananas, drink as much milk as you would like, eat as much soup as you need. disgusting, i will be sticking strictly to soup.
day five: eat as much as 10-20 oz of chicken, fish or beef and at least six, large, fresh tomatoes, consume as much soup as you need
day six: eat as much meat, brown rice, veggies and soup as you would like
day seven: brown rice, veggies, chicken, fish, fruit and soup

also, you are allowed to drink black coffee (good thing i recently converted), tea, water, and non sweetened fruit juices. basically, you are cutting out alcohol, simple carbs, carbonated beverages etc. you are supposed to loose six pounds by day four and twelve pound by day seven. my manager says she does a modified version of this diet and only does day one through four, takes five to seven off, eating healthy, then does day one to four again. i think we are going to attempt to do the full week next week, eat normally until maybe two weeks before we leave, then do the modified version my manager suggests. jesse seems game but i am not sure if he will be able to stay strong with the lack of protein. i think it will be manageable since you are allowed so much soup, i think that i am going to make it chunkier rather than a thin, drinkable liquid - i just think that it will be more satisfying this way.

i will keep you posted on this diet attempt through out the week; i have a sad feeling we will be unsuccessful simply because we love food too much... we will see.