Tonight I was thinking about a time in my life when everything seemed (compared to now) to be going so good. In my mind I thought “those were the good old days”…. until I remembered back then I used to reflect on my late teens (antics) as the “good old days”.

I realize now the good old days aren’t gone. I’ve just yet to make new ones.

Here’s to the good old days!

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My wife and I are doing another 3 Day Shakeology Cleanse right now. Well, mostly. Life gets in the way sometimes.

We are spending a week in paradise next week so we wanted to do this to try to get those few last pounds off. I’ve kind of hit a barrier, every week I get down to 173-174, then I cheat during the weekend and by Monday I’m back up to 177-178. I was going to skip a cheat weekend but last weekend was a holiday weekend so that obviously didn’t happen. So Shakeology cleanse it is! Hopefully it will do more than just compensate for my cheating last weekend, we’ll see. Last time I did it I lost 6 pounds. Since life is getting in the way this time I don’t expect the same results, but there are more reasons than weight loss to do it. In fact weight loss is a bad reason.

For those wondering what the heck a Shakeology Cleanse is, let me explain. It’s not a traditional cleanse with very few calories that turns you into an energyless zombie for a few weeks. It is calorie restricted and you only consume good, natural foods. Here’s the basic plan:

3 servings of Shakeology per day
2 pieces of fruit (optional)
1 Large Salad and 4 oz of white meat for dinner
2 cups of Green Tea

This totals about 800 – 1200 calories per day. The point of the cleanse is nutrient efficiency. You are getting the maximum nutrients in the fewest calories. Plus you are flushing out any junk, toxins etc. If you are addicted to food like I am you might get some cravings but most people have no problems since you are eating regularly throughout the day.

If you’d like to try the cleanse, you can order Shakeology at www.HateEatingVeggies.com. Disclaimer: I get a commission when you order. Even if I didn’t I would still highly recommend it. My wife and I love it and have it for breakfast every morning. In fact, I got started on it when a friend told me about the cleanse back in October. After that I was convinced so I’ve been enjoying Shakeology ever since.

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Well, I didn’t make my goal of 3000 pushups. I was on track for the first 10 days or so but then I started getting pain in my arm so I backed off a bit. Then I started getting pain in my wrists. A friend suggested that I grip barbells when doing it rather than having my hands flat on the floor. That seemed to help a lot, but by then it was I think the 2nd to last day of the month. Still I managed to squeeze out 1850 for the month. I think that’s still pretty respectable.

Pushups are great, I highly recommend you add them to your routine whatever it may be. Just don’t go crazy and hurt yourself, listen to your body.

I’m going to continue doing pushups daily. I haven’t been tracking them though. Maybe next month I’ll track them again, and who knows maybe I can get to 3000 next month.

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I’ve done 950 push-ups so far this month. By the end of the day I’ll be at 1000. The goal is 3000 and I’m right on track. I’m doing a 3000 push up challenge, so I do 25 push-ups at a time, 4 times throughout the day. You’d think it would get easier but it hasn’t really. It started to get easier but then I did my normal chest workout and it’s hard again.

I weighed in at 173 today. I was going to post the other day that I had plateaued but apparently not. I’m not overly worried about it, as long I’m seeing results in the mirror and in my measurements it doesn’t matter what the scale says. Still it’s nice to see that progress too. If you recall a few weeks ago I made $10 by meeting my goal of 174. After that I went back up to about 176 and couldn’t get below there. But here I am, 173. Woohoo!

I think I might start adding lightweight kettle bell swings every day too. They really get my heart pumping so it’s probably a good way to kick start my day.

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One of my projects is finally live. We are donating 50% of the gross profits from this site to the non-profit organization we feature. The first design is benefiting the American Red Cross’ disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific.

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Woohoo! Just got $10 because I made it to 174 today.

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Weighed in at 176 today. Not very impressive considering that’s what my weight was a week ago. Basically I’ve been spending the week losing what I gained from binging over the weekend.

My goal was to be 174 by tomorrow. I even have a bet with a friend but it’s not looking good. I’ve dropped a pound a day since Monday so unless I can drop 2 by tomorrow I’ll lose the bet. I know I shouldn’t be focused on the scale but that is the easiest way to measure progress and unless my other measurements show drastic change (for the good) on Monday, the scale is a good reference for now. Plus there’s $10 on the line.

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I’ve now been doing this diet for a week. Not a whole lot of change on the scales. I’m down one pound from where I was last Monday. Here’s my measurements:

Weight: 179
Waist: 37″
Hips: 38.5″
Upper Arms: 14.5?
Thighs: 23.75?

So basically I lost a quarter of an inch off my waist and chest, a full inch off my hips and gained 1.25″ in my legs. That could be due to the kettlebell swings I’ve been doing, or maybe inconsistencies in measurements.

I think I need to back off the binging on the weekends a bit. Just for the heck of it, Sunday afternoon I weighed myself and I was 182. That’s six pounds heavier than I was last Thursday. Granted it comes off quickly when I resume the diet during the week but I’m only down a pound overall. I was hoping to lose a bit more considering I lost 4 lbs during the week last week.

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So far the diet has been going great. I’ve enjoyed my meals and haven’t really been hungry, except for when Jessica takes too long making dinner .

I weighed myself this morning and the scale said 176. The last time I saw that was after I did the Shakeology 3 Day Cleanse last October. Four pounds in four days, not too bad. Hopefully I didn’t cause any problems last night. We met some friends at a wine bar and I had a little more than my daily 2 glasses of wine I’m allowed. Oops. I’ll be doing that again tomorrow too.

Here’s a pic of a typical lunch for me on this diet.

So as you can see I’m not starving myself. I can’t wait to see my results on Monday.

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