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Day 12 – Isagenix Cleanse Day – Monday 13 May

Today in the second Isagenix Cleanse day for this week.  As Monday is swim day I manage to get Charly and Rhiannon up and head to the pool at the usual 5.20am.  Light swim, just 250 meters, and then some aqua aerobics today.

I have a quiet and flexible work day today so when a call comes out from a friend who is looking for a fridge to buy or borrow as theirs has just broken down it is no trouble to answer that call.  We have an upside down fridge freezer in the laundry that we use, but have been discussing getting rid of for some time.  Our main fridge, in the kitchen, is a similarly sized upside down fridge also. So the morning turns into consolidating two fridges contents into one, giving the laundry fridge a spruce up and delivering it to our friend (in the rain).

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Day 11 – Isagenix Cleanse Day – Sunday 12 May

Hmmm…. Alarm is turned off for a sleep in.  The one on my phone is at least any way.  The physical alarm clock is in fine form.  4.53am and I am awake and bright as a button.  I get up and have my early morning Isagenix Cleanse and the back to bead for a while.  Hmmm…. 5.09am time to get up.  You know, they say that if you do something for 21 days it becomes habit.  This is obviously true.  Despite only 5 ½ hours sleep again, my body says it is time to be up, so I am up. Read the rest of this entry »

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Day 10 – Shake Day – Saturday 11 May

Up before the sun again, at 5am, however today I am going to do something a little different.  I to not leave the house until nearly 6 am and then I head up a nearby hill to watch the sunrise.  The distance from my house to the peak of the hill is about 1.7km.  The vertical rise is, according to my Garmin Fit app on my phone, 161meters.  The trip up is in the dark as the sun is not due to rise until about 6.50am.  I left earlier than I needed to, as I did not know how long the trail was or how long it would take.  The trip up is about 23 minutes.

To help time to pass I take a series of photos of the approaching sunrise, including some using the panoramic feature on my iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »

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Day 9 – Shake Day – Friday 10 May

I am up at 5am for a swim.  Unfortunately no one else is up for it, so I go for a run instead.  Overall I do 6.32km in 53 minutes.  My average pace is 8 minutes, 27 seconds per kilometre.  The run feels great, my stride has really opened up and I even manage to run a large portion of the 1^st kilometre.

Work wise I have had a slow week, this happens sometimes when you work for your self.  Yesterday, Thursday, I attended one job to do electrical work for an Air Conditioner installation.  It was a ducted system that usually takes 3 to 4 hours to complete.  Unfortunately the refrigeration team were not ready for me so I could not do the job on Thursday so it is up for today, added to the fairly full day of work. Read the rest of this entry »

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Day 8 – Shake Day – Thursday 9 May – The Big Reveal

So today is the big reveal day.  I have had seven days on the Isagenix 30 Day Cleanse Program, I have weighed-in, and I am pretty excited.  More on that at the end of this post.  If you have not read all my Isagenix story why not start reading from Day 0.

Out the door at 5.21am for my walk/run and I feel pretty good so I go a little further than usual, 5.34km in 50 minutes.  This works out to be an average pace of 9.22 minutes per kilometre which, while not my best pace for this distance is ok.  Back home at about 6.10am so I have plenty of time to get ready for work.  Still working on jushttp://stuartleetham.com/blog/wp-admin/post-new.phpt 5.5 hours sleep a night but seem to be feeling better throughout the day. Read the rest of this entry »

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Day 7 – Shake Day – Wednesday 8 May

Up at 5am to head to the pool, but only a half hearted 200m in the lap pool and 10 laps aqua aerobic style in the small pool.  Only Morgan came with me today.  My early morning energy levels are down at the moment.  I am beginning to suspect that only 5 ½ hours sleep a night is not quite enough.  But I will get over it.

Morning doses of the Isagenix products goes as normal however I increase the time between when I consume them as I want to be not as hungry when I get home.  I have my Mid Morning Snack at about 10.45am.  I am heading back home around midday when I get a phone call from Charly to tell me that Rhiannon’s car is ready to be picked up from the mechanics.  This suits me as I can go home, change and walk the 3km to the mechanic to pick up the car. Read the rest of this entry »

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Day 6 – Shake Day – Tuesday 7 May

Little Miss very nearly 17 has bought herself her first a car a couple of weeks ago.  It needs a little work before the Rego can be transferred so my early morning fitness activity on Day 6 of the Isagenix 30 Day Plan is to drive it to the mechanics and then walk home.  So out the door at 5.20am, at the mechanics soon after, drop off the car and the keys to the appointed place, and then make my way home.  3km in 28 minutes, I feel quite sluggish today after two consecutive days cleanse, and not as much sleep as I would like.

My lovely wife had an early night, 9pm, and I followed soon after about 9.30pm.  I was woken up about midnight, and then did not get back to sleep until nearly 2am.  Up at 5am, so as usual, a little over 5.5 hours sleep in total Read the rest of this entry »

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Day 5 – Cleanse Day – continued from previous post….

some weight.  I know, I know, you want to know but I will get to that soon.  Many things happened before I actually got out the door.  I packed my supps in bags as usual and decided to substitute the IsaDelight Plus chocolates, which I do not have, with ½ an Aussie Bodie 30g Lo Carb Protien bar for the two time that the Isa Delight is recommended.  I know the product is not the same but having the extra little bit seemed to help.

Other than that I followed the Cleanse Day Plan as detailed until late afternoon when another regular social/business meeting occurred.  Resisted as much as possible, but I am only a man.  So a couple of squares of Lindt White Chocolate, few slices of turkey breast and a smidge of cheese later I am writing my “feeling a little bit guilty” post.

Well not really feeling guilty as my progress has been pretty good so far as hinted at earlier.  So now I feel I can safely reveal some results from this mornings weigh-in.

I will preface this with the acknowledgement that these measurements are taken using a “Weight Watchers” brand scales, not exactly a calibrated scientific measuring device, and the results are indicative not absolute.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Day 5 – Cleanse Day – Preview

Day 5 is off to a great start.  Having a slow start day so got up at 6am for the pool session.  Before I do anything I weighed in and was very presently supprised with the results.  It has only been 4 full days on the program and I see by the display on my Body Composition Scales that a fairly big improvement has been made, but more on that soon.

I can only get my daughter up today for the swim session.  My wife and son worked late and need the extra rest.  In the pool at 6.36 am and swim 500m in 18 minutes.  I have never been much of a swimmer (I rest between each lap), but this is a two minute improvement on my last time so I am pretty happy.  Rhiannon, my lovely daughter does 300m then we both get into the small pool and do 20 laps of the 25m pool aqua aerobics style.

Back home at about 7.30am to get ready for work, first thing is the Isagenix Cleanse Day Early AM mix of supplements and Cleanse for Life. Then just enough time to write this preview post. Read the rest of this entry »

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Day 4 – Cleanse Day

So it is May the 5^th. My first ever Isagenix Cleanse Day coincides with my exercise rest day. This is a good thing, my rest day allows me to sleep in until 7.30am or so.  The Isagenix Cleanse Day is basically a Fasting / Detoxing day.  There are 8 times that a combination of supplements and/or detoxifying drink and/or sup low calorie snacks are taken.

In the Isagenix 30 Day Cleansing Program the recommended system includes 2 Cleanse Days in a row in week 1 and week 2 (Days 3 and 4; and Days 10 and 11).  Despite having pushed back my first one until Day 4 I will be following this method.  I was at times on this Cleanse Day feeling quite hungry, but it was not too bad,  Day 5 may be a little more of a challenge. Read the rest of this entry »