30 Day Shake Challenge Diary - Transferred From WordPress

My diary entries for my first 30 day challenge, from wordpress, have been copied here.

Info on the Herbalife program can be found here: 30 Day Shake Challenge

Im also going to carry on posting to this diary to track my weight loss.

My diet will be broken down into 30 day challenges, mini targets will be re-assessed and set at the end of each challenge.

I have over 130lbs to lose, wish me luck. Good luck to all!

Looking Forward To Tomorrow - 21/Sept/10

Tomorrow is day one of my 30 days of shakes challenge. I have my Herbalife Recipe Booklet and few of my own ideas to the ready. All I need is a blender, juice, fruit, ice and Formula 1 twice a day, a balanced meal, 2 ltrs of water and at least 20 minutes exercise.

Now, I HAVE used this programme before, however, as I look back on it now, I realise that my mind wasn’t really in it. I lost 3 stone in weight and then something snapped and I stopped. This being the second time around, I’ve made plans to keep blogs & video diaries, I’ve researched a little more about food, nutrition and exercise. I’ve started to make meal plans a week in advance, I’ve found more options for exercising to keep it interesting and I’ve come up with some new ideas for Formula 1, as well as the recipes that come with the programme.

All I have to do is remember that I am doing this for myself and no one else. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks, it’s about what I think about and how I feel about myself. That’s one piece of advice I’d give to anyone who may read this. If you want to make a change in your life, do it for you and your family, not for anyone else. You come first. Those that care don’t mind, and those that mind don’t care.

Why I Want To Lose Weight - 21/Sept/10

This is a quick video about why I want to lose weight, what I'll be using to lose weight, how I'll track my progress and how others can join in for support to share tips and info.

Day 1/30 - 22/Sept/10

My first day of my 30 day shake challenge has arrived!

Breakfast Shake:
250ml Berry Five Alive
Frozen strawberries and raspberries
1/3 banana
Strawberry F1

Lunchtime Shake:
250ml Citrus Blast Five Alive
Frozen kiwi, mango, papaya, pineapple
1/3 banana
Tropical F1

Main Meal:
1 chicken breast, baked in water, pepper, paprika and parsley
1/3 packet Good For You (Asda) pasta carbonara

Snacks:
1 chicken breast, grilled

Fluids:
Water x 4 250ml
Thermo Bev x 2 250ml
H3O x 1 500ml
Pepsi Light x 1 can

Exercise:
Line dancing – 5 songs
Wii Fit Plus – Rhythm Boxing, Kung Fu, Band Marching (18mins/100cal)
Walking – 2 x 30 minutes

Notes:
Feel like I’ve cheated a little with the amount of pasta I had for main meal, hopefully my workout evened it out a bit. Wasn’t tired, didn’t ache much after workout, took 2 of my Tang Kuei.

Day 2/30 - 23/Sept/10

Breakfast Shake:
250ml Berry Five Alive
Frozen Blueberries
1/3 banana
Strawberry F1

Workout Shake:
250ml Citrus Blast Five Alive
Tropical F1

Lunchtime Shake:
(Rocket Fuel Porridge)
250ml milk (ran out of soya! argh!!!)
75ml hot water
Chocolate F1
3/4 tbsp honey
50g porridge oats

Main Meal:
pork in tomato pesto
carrots
mashed potatoes (white and sweet) w/garlic and chives

Snacks:
/

Fluids:
Water x 4 250ml
Thermo Bev x 3 250ml
Apple Juice x 1 300ml

Exercise:
Wii Fit Plus – Rhythm Boxing, Kung Fu, Band Marching, Step Plus (26mins/203cal)
Walking – 2 x 30 minutes

Notes:
The tomato pesto was homemade using a tin of chopped tomatoes, basil, coriander, pepper, paprika, garlic, half chopped onion and 1 vegetable stock cube.

Day 3/30 - 24/Sept/10

Minus 3lbs on the scales.

Measurements wise I’m down:
1cm from waist
2cm from hips
½cm over chest
1½cm under chest
1½cm from thighs.

Breakfast Shake:
250ml Berry Five Alive
Frozen Strawberries
1/3 banana
Strawberry F1

Lunchtime:
Tuna on wholemeal roll

Main Meal:
Chicken strips in Chinese style sauce
Egg and garden peas rice

Snacks:
/

Fluids:
Water x 5 250ml
Thermo Bev x 2 250ml
Pepsi Max x 1 300ml

Exercise:
Walking – 60 minutes

Notes:
Seems like I may have cancelled out the good that I’ve done with the Chinese style sauce. I was unprepared, as I had to make do with tuna instead of my second shake. Friday’s in itself is a very long day for me, from the time I drop off Kyle and school until around 9pm, I’m pretty much not stop rushing around trying to beat the clock. Housework, shopping, walking around town, taking Kyle to Judo, walking to and from school. Cheated today a little as I didn’t do the shopping myself this time, I ordered online, so that’s about 2 hours of walking exercise I missed out on.

Day 4/30 – 25/Sept/10

Breakfast Shake:
250ml Citrus Five Alive
Frozen mango, papaya, pineapple, kiwi
1/3 banana
Tropical F1

Lunchtime Shake:
250ml Apple Juice
Frozen raspberries
Strawberry F1

Main Meal:
Grilled chicken breast
Wholemeal pitta bread

Snacks:
/

Fluids:
Water x 4 250ml
Thermo Bev x 2 250ml
Pepsi light x 1 300ml
Tea x 1 cup w/ ½tsp Half Spoon

Exercise:
workout – 15 minutes

Notes:
Wasn’t very active today, weekends are usually quite quiet for me in general. At least I get to do my hour workouts during the week. Need to focus on drinking a bit more water.

Day 5/30 - 26/Sept/10

Breakfast Shake:
250ml Soya Milk
¼tsp Cocoa Powder
1cap Peppermint Cordial
Chocolate F1

Lunchtime Shake:
50g porridge
250ml soya milk
75ml water
1tbsp honey
Chocolate F1

Main Meal:
Sausage Casserole w/onion, tomato, garlic, coriander
Mashed potatoes w/chives

Snacks:
/

Fluids:
Water x 6 250ml
Thermo Bev x 0 250ml

Exercise:
/

Notes:
Wasn’t very active today, weekends are usually quite quiet for me in general. Workout tomorrow. At least I drank more water today.

Day 6/30 – 27/Sept/10

Breakfast Shake:
250ml Exotic Juice
Frozen Mango
Tropical F1

Lunchtime Shake:
250ml Apple Juice
Frozen Kiwi and Papaya
⅓ Banana
Vanilla F1

Main Meal:
Stir Fry Beef Strips W/onion, garlic, tomato, peppers and carrot
Stir Fry Soya Sauce
Egg Noodles

Snacks:
/

Fluids:
Water x 6 250ml
Thermo Bev x 1 250ml
Tea x 2 cups

Exercise:
Wii Fit+ 29 minutes 212cal
Line Dancing 20 minutes
Walking 2×30 minutes

Notes:
Drank more water in the morning than in the evening. Found the workouts easier today. Taking the bridge on the school run was easier on my chest and my back didn’t hurt so much.

Day 7/30 – 28/Sept/10

This Weeks total is:
Minus 5½ lbs on the scales.

Measurements wise I’m down:
2½cm from waist
3cm from hips
½cm over chest
2½cm under chest
3cm from thighs

Breakfast Shake:
250ml Apple Juice
Frozen Mango and Papaya
3tbsp Natural Yoghurt
Tropical F1

Lunchtime Shake:
250ml Exotic Juice
Peach and Apricot (tinned/juice)
3tbsp Natural Yoghurt
Tropical F1

Main Meal:
Chicken Tikka
Rice

Snacks:
/

Fluids:
Water x 7 300ml
Thermo Bev x 2 250ml
Fanta Zero x 1 250ml

Exercise:
Wii Fit+ 19 minutes 103cal
Line Dancing 20 minutes
Walking 120+ minutes

Notes:
Formula 1 Meal Bars and Protein Bars came today, keeping it exciting, as that’s sometimes the reason that someone gives up on their “diet”, through boredom and the same foods over and over.

End of Week 1 Video - 28/Sept/10

Here’s a quick video about how this week has gone, *my results and *Tracy’s results.


* Note: Results are not typical, claims to weight loss includes, amongst other things, a balanced diet, recommended water intake, regular exercise and adequate rest.

Day 8/30 – 29/Sept/10

Breakfast Shake:
Formula 1 Meal Bar

Lunchtime Shake:
250ml Tropical Juice
Peach (tinned/juice)
Frozen Mango
¼ Banana
3tbsp Natural Yoghurt
Vanilla F1

Main Meal:
Baked Potato
Tuna, Reduced Salt and Sugar Baked Beans and
Good For You (Asda) Red Leicester Cheese

Snacks:
/

Fluids:
Water x 7 300ml
Thermo Bev x 2 250ml
Tea x 1 cup

Exercise:
Wii Fit+ 13 minutes 102cal
Line Dancing 25 minutes
Walking 2 x 30 minutes

Notes:
I wasn’t completely happy with my workout today as I ran out of time, would’ve liked to have done at least another 10-15 minutes. This will teach me in future to get my workout in first before anything else pops up.

Day 9/30 – 30/Sept/10

Breakfast Shake:
Formula 1 Meal Bar

Lunchtime Shake:
250ml Tropical Juice
Frozen Pineapple
¼ Banana
3tbsp Natural Yoghurt
Vanilla F1

Main Meal:
Breaded Cod
Dry Roast Potato w/dill
Minted Mushy Peas

Snacks:
Fruit Salad (apple and orange slices w/pineapple chunks)

Fluids:
Water x 7 300ml
Thermo Bev x 3 250ml
Laté x 1 cup

Exercise:
Line Dancing 45 minutes
Walking 150 minutes

Notes:
I had to rush my workout today as I had to get to school an hour earlier than usual to see Kyle’s teacher. Fingers crossed for a better workout tomorrow.

Day 10/30 – 1/Oct/10

Breakfast Shake:
Formula 1 Meal Bar

Lunchtime:
Roll w/chicken breast
Cherry Muller Light

Main Meal:
Grilled chicken
Pitta

Snacks:
/

Fluids:
Water x 4 300ml
Thermo Bev x 1 250ml
Soya Decaf Laté x 1 cup
Pepsi Light x 2 cans

Exercise:
Walking 2 x 120 minutes

Notes:
Walked around town and Asda looking for presents, couldn’t find what I was looking for so carried on searching more shops, hence the 2 hour walks. Wasn’t particularly happy that I missed a shake but I think I bounced back a little with just having a chicken roll and yoghurt. At least I kept my protein up. Oh yes, more water tomorrow! Tut!

Day 11/30 – 2/Oct/10

Breakfast Shake:
Formula 1 Meal Bar

Lunchtime:
Chicken Breast
Noodles
Homemade spicy tomato stir fry sauce (recipe to follow)

Main Meal Shake:
250ml Soya Milk
½ Cherry Muller Light
Frozen Cherries
Pinch Cocoa Powder
Chocolate F1

Snacks:
Weight Watchers Lemon Cake – 1 finger

Fluids:
Water x 6 300ml
Thermo Bev x 1 250ml
Pepsi Light x 1 cans

Exercise:
/

Notes:
Cheated a little, I think, with the lemon finger cake. I know they are only tiny things but I’m sure the ingredients wouldn’t have helped any! I’ve been drinking alot of diet fizzy drinks over the last few days, should stop that! Fizzy drinks upset digestion and can have a lot of sweetener in them!

Day 12/30 – 3/Oct/10

Breakfast Shake:
Formula 1 Meal Bar

Lunchtime:
1/3 banana
1 pot blueberry Muller Rice Light
(waiting for delivery of shake mix)

Main Meal:
Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese
(Recipe to follow)

Snacks:
Protein Bar Chocolate Peanut

Fluids:
Water x 4 300ml
Thermo Bev x 2 250ml
Coke Zero x 1 cans

Exercise:
Biggest Loser – Wii – had a mess around setting up my profile and creating workouts. 15 mins getting used to the exercises.

Notes:
Silly me running out of juice for my shakes! I think I bounced back ok for lunchtime but I’ve missed a couple of shakes this week so I don’t expect to have great results. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for a loss, but it could be a maintain this week.

Day 13/30 – 4/Oct/10

Breakfast Shake:
Formula 1 Meal Bar

Lunchtime Shake:
Cranberry and Blueberry juice
Frozen raspberries, strawberries and cherries
3 tbsp natural yoghurt
Strawberry F1

Main Meal:
Grilled Chicken Breast
Pitta
dessert/toffee Muller Light

Snacks:
Protein Bar Chocolate Peanut

Fluids:
Water x 5 300ml
Thermo Bev x 1 250ml
Coke Zero x 1 can

Exercise:
Biggest Loser – Wii – custom warm-up 12 mins – 35cal
5 Minute Tone w/Tammy (YouTube Channel) shoulders, arms and chest and back (15 min total)
Walk – 2 x 30min

Notes:
I forgot to take my multivitamins about 3 times this week so that will probably affect my outcome for the week.

Day 14/30 – 5/Oct/10

The outcome for this week is:
Weight -> – 2lbs
Waist -> – 2½cm
Hips -> – 3cm
Over Chest -> – 2½cm
Under Chest -> – 4cm
Thighs -> – 2cm
Arms -> – 1cm

Breakfast Shake:
Apple Juice
Apricot and Peach slices
⅓ Banana
Tropical F1

Lunchtime Shake:
Soya Milk
Pinch Cocoa Powder
Chocolate F1

Main Meal:
Grilled Chicken Breast
Rice
Vegetable Spring Roll (Baked not Fried)

Snacks:
Protein Bar Chocolate Peanut x 2

Fluids:
Water x 5 300ml
Thermo Bev x 1 250ml
Soya Decaf Caramel Macchiato x 1

Exercise:
Walk – 90min

Notes:
Targets for this week are to take make sure I take my vitamin during main meal, drink more water and be more prepared with shakes.

End of Week 2 Video - 5/Oct/10

My progress this week. I'm happy with results, taking into account my intake.


* Note: Results are not typical, claims to weight loss includes, amongst other things, a balanced diet, recommended water intake, regular exercise and adequate rest.

Day 15/30 – 6/Oct/10

Breakfast Shake:
Apple Juice
Frozen Kiwi, Mango, Pineapple
Apricot halves and ⅓ Banana
3tbsp Natural Yoghurt
Tropical F1

Lunchtime Shake:
Rocket Fuel Porridge
250ml Soya Milk
75ml Water
50g Porridge Oats
1tbsp Honey
Chocolate F1

Main Meal:
Grilled Pork Steak
Poached Egg
Baked Beans
Steak Cut Chips

Snacks:
Muller Light Cherry
Muller Light Raspberry and Cranberry
(used for 2 different workouts)

Fluids:
Water x 5 300ml
Thermo Bev x 1 250ml
Tea x 1 Cup

Exercise:
Biggest Loser – Wii – custom Warm Up (9 min) and custom Work Out (23 min)
Line Dancing – 20 minutes

Notes:
I’m happy with the fact I made time for two separate workouts, and I know I’m going to feel it tomorrow! I’ll just have to work on another are, probably arms and posture. It was also my other half’s birthday, of which he just lounged around for most of the day – but I wouldn’t stoop to that! He got his workout in during the evening, he’s just joined a “work” football team, so that will keep him busy twice a week.