3 Day Shakeology Cleanse

My husband and I recently completed the 3 Day Shakeology Cleanse.  I'm a Beachbody coach and a lot of the other coaches on my team had done this and had some great results so I figured I'd give it a try and my wonderful husband agreed to do it with me.  Here's a little background on what this involves, then I'll let you in on the great results we both had!

What is the Shakeology Cleanse?  Basically the Shakeology clenase is a 3 day time span where you drink 3 shakes and eat only 2 pieces of fruit and a salad each day.  Shakeology is meant to only replace 1 or 2 meals/snacks daily, but if it's only for a short time period it's  okay and won't harm your body. 

What are the benefits?  The purpose of the Shakeology cleanse is to detoxify your body. Overtime toxins from the food we consume builds up in our bodies creating an unhealthy inside that can sometimes surface as other ailments.  The 3 day Shakeology cleansegives your body the opportunity to get rid of these unhealthy elements from inside and replace them with the over 70+ vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants included in Shakeology’s revolutionary formula.  Completing the Shakeology cleanse brings on more energy and vitality because you are not consuming heavy foods which gives your body the time to expel the unhealthy buildup of toxins within. Typically people completing the Shakeology cleanse will lose between 3-6 pounds over the short period of time. Don’t worry, this is perfectly healthy as this weight loss is not progressing over a long length of time.

What are the guidelines for the Shakeology Cleanse?  First of all, make sure you pick a 3 day time period that you have to dedicate to this cleanse.  Not finishing the 3 days according to the guidelines will obviously not give you the best results. The basics are as follows:

3 SHAKEOLOGY shakes a day

2 cups of Green tea a day

2 pieces of fruit a day

1 salad for dinner

Only white grilled protein in salad.

NO: 

Dairy or extra sugar

Only low fat dressings.

You can put your 2 snacks before/after any major meals-breakfast, lunch & dinner.

The fruit is optional.  Some will need the calories where others would not.  Power workout participants (super conditioned-not the weight challenged) are recommended the greater calories.

(For max results NO additives.)

NO DAIRY products at all for max results, no almond soy or rice milk.

Dinner salad was only WHITE GRILLED PROTEIN. Poultry or fish

Repeat all 3 days!! 

Our Shakeology Cleanse:  For the 3 days of the cleanse my husband and I ate as follows:
Drank a large glass of water upon waking
Breakfast - Shakeology with water and ice
Snack - Banana, cup of green tea and 8 oz of water
Lunch - Shakeology with water and ice
Snack - Apple, cup of green tea and 8 oz of water
Dinner - Salad with unlimited veggies, 4 oz of boiled organic chicken and 2 T of balsamic dressing
Snack - Shakeology with water and ice and cupe of green tea (mostly only drank this 3rd cup of tea because we were cold after our shakes!)
We repeated this for 3 days.  The times we ate kinda varied since we were out running errands and would eat when we were at home.

Our Results:  So after 3 days of eating very little solid food I lost a total of 3.8 lbs and my husband lost 5.2 lbs!  In only 3 days!!  And that's all from the food because we weren't exercising for these 3 days (well, day 1 I did Turbo Fire's Stretch 40 DVD, but that's not really a workout just a really good stretch!)  Aside from the weight loss I can definitely tell a difference in the appearance of my stomach (and my husband's too)!  It looks a lot more defined and my tummy seems so much flatter than before.  I also feel a lot better too!  Somehow lighter if that makes sense!  I thought I would feel hungrier than I did living off of shakes and rabbit food for 3 days but it actually wasn't too bad.  I mean don't get me wrong, I was hungry, but it was nothing that was unmanageable (my husband would probably tell you different, maybe men doing this should eat a little more.)  I thought that day 2 would be the worst excitement's worn off and there's still another day to go!  Day 3 was actually the worst for me.  Days 1 and 2 were over the weekend so I was busy and didn't have as much time to think about eating as much, but day 3 was back to my usual schedule and all I could think about was FOOD!!!  Today, the day after the cleanse, I thought it would be hard to go back to my normal eating schedule and that I'd eat everything in sight!  Suprisingly I'm back to what/when I ate before and I feel more satisfied by what I'm eating.

I'm definitely happy that I did this Shakeology Cleanse and I'm likely to do this again at some point, Beachbody recommends it like every 3 months but I don't know that I'll do it again that soon.  I can't believe that I lost as much as I did, I haven't had my weight down this low since before college!!  So if you're looking to drop a few pounds to get you over your weight loss plateau I definitely recommend trying this out.  You contact me via email or facebook if you're interested or have any questions.  I'm positive that you'll get great results like my husband and I did!!