3 Day Refresh Review, Results and Meal Plan

3 Day Refresh - My Review, Results & Meal Plan!

My 3 Day Refresh Review

This has been my BEST detox by far!  I am a foodie as most of you already know from my blog...I was able to eat REAL FOOD which made the world of difference for me. I think thats why I have always failed at those juice detoxes and such, I can't go that long without actual solid food in my system.

I like how the spaced out the food throughout the day so I was never left feeling like I was starving.  I was FREEZING on day 1 but thats really normal while detoxing. The vanilla fresh shake for lunch and dinner is AMAZING! Usually vegan shakes sweetened with stevia have a super gritty texture & weird aftertaste but this one I actually looked forward too and it helped keep me fuller longer. 

The burning question...no, I was NOT on the toilet all day! This was not a bathroom ridden, shit your pants kind of detox, in fact, it was great for regularity <--- something I was a little worried about with cutting coffee for 3 days.

My final thoughts...I will be doing this again FOR SURE!

My 3 Day Refresh Results

As promised! My 3 Day Refresh Detox results!! ✌🏼 Down 6.5 pounds!

I want to share my experience in a nutshell....yesterday on my blog I shared about emotional eating & my love/hate relationship with food. I am an addictive eater, an emotional eater, a binge eater, and I've struggled with my body image my entire life...this is NOT about my weightloss, this is about gently releasing myself from the food trap. Allowing my body to heal itself, breaking my food crutch.

🎀This is about CONTROL & EMPOWERMENT 🎀

Things I noticed:
✌ Bye bloating...all those sugary drinks plumped me right up.
✌ Better sleep
✌ Clear skin <--- if anyone has seen me the past month & my acne, it was due to my diet!
✌ ENERGY! I felt like a sloth, now I'm a cheetah 🙈🐯
✌ I'll touch on the hormones in another post! I have been reading ALOT into hormones and their different effects on the body...I truly believe all my ailments & imbalances I have been experiencing over the past few months is due to dairy & meat overload!  

✌My Blood pH!!! <--- this is exciting to me haha I actually wen tot the health food store and bought test strips to monitor this! I thought I was a fairly healthy person, after all, i eat good and workout...but what I found out is I was actually "extremely acidic) Being extremely acidic is like a breeding ground for cancer and other diseases!  Cancer CANNOT survive in a perfectly alkaline balanced system!! and GUESS WHAT?! I am a perfect 7.0 pH this morning!!! Off the scale victory for the day!

Bottom line guys...if something doesn't feel right in your body, whether emotionally or physically, you need to change it! HealYour body, treat it with respect & care 💕

My 3 Day Refresh Meal Plan

SIMPLE...SIMPLE...SIMPLE!!!  I am a creature of habit so I tried to keep it REALLY simple for myself! Keep in mind with the food, you aren't eating you get full & spike your "taste good" feelers...your eating to NOURISH your body! Take the time to enjoy the food, the textures, the freshness, the AMAZING vitamins & minerals your giving your body. TAKE NOTE of how the foods make you feel...no shitty lag here!

Here is what I personally eat over the 3 days:

Day One

I ate a cup of Cantaloupe with my Shakeology and half a medium apple sliced with lunch.

Day Two

I ate strawberries with my Shakeology for breakfast & a cup of honeydew melon for lunch.

Day Three

I ate a small apple sliced w/ Almond butter for breakfast & Canteloupe for lunch.

** I also added herbal tea in the afternoon and a green tea in the morning to replace my coffee!  I added a little lemon to my water in the afternoon also.  ***I DRANK 4 litres of water EACH DAY!

I have done past, I have done the 3 day refresh where I added spaghetti squash for lunch with olive oil & minced garlic.

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8 Ways to Avoid Emotional Eating

Let's be real here for a second...no matter how good you are at getting your "meal plan" down, how great you are with your health journey, no matter how much you love to workout...emotional eating can sabotage even the strongest efforts to get healthy & lose weight!  I have been on a constant journey for 3 years now with my emotional eating & love/hate relationship with food.   I have learnt my triggers that set my binge into overdrive.  For years I battled with not wanting to eat for fear I would gain weight (when I was already struggling with a weight issue), then I would binge eat to the point being sick,  then feel depressed about the choices I made, sending me back into the cycle of under eating.

The triggers will absolutley vary person to person but I believe there is a common theme for all of us:

Unpleasant emotions: When we are feeling shitty, eating (and in my case, sweets) boost your serotonin level (your sexy, feel good hormone) and lowers the level of Cortisol in the body...giving you that temporary lift in your mood.

Childhood Roots:

When you hurt your finger, did your mom reach for a cookie to make the boo-boo better? When you were down, did you grandma offer up your "comfort food"?  Emotional eating can root right back to childhood! When this isn't always a bad thing for our littles to feel better in the moment, when it follows us into adulthood where we experience far more "boo-boo"s, it becomes a problem-causing crutch.

Social Situations:  for me, this is a BIG one...go out with the girls, its automatically considered a "wine night".  Date night with hubby <--- WINE.  Visit with family from out of town...sugar packed, high fat dinner followed with WINE.  See the trend here?  Social situation cause breaks in your willpower to stay on track, i mean, how wants to be the host who offers water and plate of grilled asparagus??  This is a hard situation to break as society makes it so easy to pick on the people who tend to follow the health trend. (gluten-free much?!)

Regardless of your personal triggers for over eating, emotional eating, or addictive eating...HAVE NO FEAR! I am living proof you can break these habits <3  Here are a few tricks I use to fight off my emotional eating monster:

1. PLAN YOUR DAY

Meal planning, food prep, and knowing whats happening in my food world ahead of time has been a BIG game changer for me! First off, I am a meal skipper...this leads to drop in my blood sugars. Remember the hormone thing I talked about before?? Well this sends it straight for disaster! I plan my meals no more than 2-3 hours apart, this way, i keep my sugars right where they should be and I don't overindulge thinking I'm never going to eat again (yes, I'm dramatic)  For tips on how to meal prep, check out Clean Eating

2. FIND FOOD ALTERNATIVES.

If your eating because you’re stressed, unwind by taking a bath or cuddling on the sofa with a blanket. Find a book you love and indulge in that. If your feeling lonely, call a friend or plan a coffee date!  If your irritated, GET OUTSIDE! Breathe slowly & deeply through your nose a few times. 

3. EXERCISE MORE.

I don't know about you, but i fell AMAZING after a killer workout. I feel a sense of accomplishment, freedom, satisfaction & sexiness. <--- this, my friends, is a completely different boost than the boost I get from a food rush.  Exercise is cleansing to the body, a great way to boost those happy-hormones I talked about before and will keep you on your health journey track instead of sabotaging it.  Im not saying you have to kill yourself for 3 hours in the gym. Try this: when your feeling like hitting the kitchen, do 3 Sun Salutations.

4. FILL UP ON THE GOOD STUFF

Cravings...they aren't as much of a mental thing as you would think! They are actually your body telling you that your lacking something! The best way to get around this...eat a well-balanced diet FULL of veggies, fruits, & seeds.  You should be eating more than half of your food in the form or raw or steamed veggies.  Don't like veggies? guess what, your body rejuvenates its taste buds every 2 weeks! keep eating it even if your not a huge fan...you tastebuds learn to recognize the good stuff & will start to crave this!! COOL EH?!

5. SAVOUR THE EXPERIENCE

I'm a foodie! So my foodie tip of the day for you...enjoy the moment. Eat slowly, appreciate your food.  Notice the flavours, the texture, the creation. Notice the smells and the colors. Think of all the beautiful things your food has to offer in the form of vitamins, nutrients, minerals... Sounds intimate right?! IT SHOULD BE! You should have a close, healthy relationship with what your putting into your body, after all, if its going in, it BECOMES YOU! 

6. SET YOURSELF FREE.

Meditation...when I say this people automatically get weirded out and picture sitting in a quiet, candle lit room with their legs crossed humming some ritualistic tune...GET REAL!  Start super simple. Sit in a comfortable position, even cross legged for effect ;) Close your eyes, pay attention to your breathe. take a full breathe in through your nose for 5 counts, then out for 6 counts...in for 5, out for 6...in for 5, out for 6. follow your breathe until you can feel its rhythm. Focus on nothing but the breathe. once you feel in a relaxed state, take a BIG inhale in through the nose, decide what you need to LET GO OFF (whatever is ailing your heart) and breathe it out. Breathe out the bad, negative, shitty, awkward stuff. Breathe in positive & happy thoughts.  SIMPLY RIGHT?!?!?! Please, give it a shot.

7. GET ENOUGH SLEEP, CUT OUT THE BOOZE

These are 2 things I have come to terms with...operation as a zombie is not sexy, nor is a dependancy on wine to feel great. Get in your 8 hours.  Set a bedtime routine you LOVE! Invest in a great anti-aging face serum you LOVE & are excited to use at bedtime. Wash your face, get cozy, read a book.  On the wine, its a sugary shitstorm whether is has the health benefits or not...LIMIT IT! and try to avoid right before bedtime, it screws with your sleep patterns.  And believe me, when i've had a glass of wine or 2, I have NO problem hitting the kitchen to find some cheese of a starchy snack.

8.  BE GENTLE ON YOURSELF

WE ARE HUMAN. We are going to have good & bad days. Someone asked me yesterday, do you ever eat theatre popcorn?? if so, do you just not eat all day to earn it? HELL YES I DO eat that popcorn! And no, I eat healthy as usual.  <--- get the popcorn, enjoy each kernel slowly, then get back on track. Don't beat yourself up.  Know that you are on a marathon journey, not a sprint. Don't burn yourself out by restricting everything all the time. If you find yourself in a binge, remove yourself, recognize what triggered it & let that go.

If there is one thing I have learnt from this journey to get my health in check, it's to  remember why your starting. Have a set reason you are driven to accomplish what you've set out.  Personally, I have my WHY written out in many places...when I feel like failing, I remember why I started.

Tomato Coconut Curry Soup with Chickpeas

I don't know if it was all the travelling or the cold, rainy Spring weather we are getting but I was in SERIOUS need of some homemade, comfort food soup yesterday! I am on a HUGE coconut curry kick so here is what came out of it!

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 1 cup diced potatoes
• 28 oz can diced tomatoes, organic
• 15 oz can full fat coconut milk
• 2 cup vegetable stock (240 ml)
• 15 oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 2 cup spinach, chopped
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• 1 tsp Himalayan salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 cloves of garlic, minced or crushed
• 1 tbsp minced fresh ginger 
• 3 tbsp Cilantro
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Directions

1. Heat the coconut oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the diced onions, Cook until very soft, about 5 minutes. Add the curry powder, ginger, garlic and bay leaf and cook for a few more minutes, until fragrant, constantly stirring to avoid burning.
2. Add the potatoes, tomatoes, vegetable stock, and coconut milk  and bring to a simmer. Cook for about 30 minutes until potatoes are just tender.  Add the chickpeas and chopped spinach and simmer for another 5 minutes or until the spinach has wilted.  Add Cilantro, salt & pepper to taste!

This soup makes AMAZING leftovers as well!