A Lesser Man
My wife and I are on Day 10 of a 30 day Isagenix Diet Plan. It was her idea and I got dragged along for the ride, but hey, it's a lot easier with both of us on it. (I imagine if only one of us was on it they would kill the other as soon as they saw them eating a slice of pizza.) Ever since I was diagnosed with a thyroid condition I've had trouble dropping weight. No matter how much I exercised and cut out junk food, my body seemed content to maintain the weight I was at, so I thought, "Hey, it's only a month. I'll give it a shot."
The Isagenix people of course would like to get you to sell their product, but I have no interest in that, and they don't really bother you much other than the occasionally easily delete-able email.
Anyway, It's a pretty easy diet to follow as it's all laid out for you in the plan. Basically, everyday you take a bunch of pills, drink a couple of shakes, and eat a sensible, low calorie (400- 600 calories) meal. Oh, and drink lots of water.
They even send you a planner that says things like, "Enjoy an IsoLean Shake!" and "Choose 1 serving of a delicious Shake Day snack!"
For me, the worst part is that every morning starts with downing a glass of Ionix Supreme. The stuff tastes like wombat urine, and they don't even try to fool you buy saying "Enjoy a glass of Ionix Supreme." The instructions simply state, "Drink a glass of Ionix Supreme", mostly because if they said, "Choke down a glass of Ionix Supreme" no one would do it.
The shakes themselves aren't bad—I got the chocolate ones—and I eat an IsaLean bar for lunch instead of the shake because I can't be bothered to make the shakes at work. (BTW, they also send you a handy dandy blender to make the shakes with.) The bars taste like a cheap, chewy chocolate/caramel knock-off, and there's also a lemon bar that's not bad.
The cleanse days are a little rough, mostly because you have to drink TWO glasses of Ionix Supreme in a day. That and no real food, not even the shakes or bars, just lots of pills, a lot of snacks (the IsaDelight chocolates are pretty good), and several glasses of something called "Cleanse For Life."
We do one cleanse day in every seven. The first one wasn't bad, although the next day when it was time to have that one low calorie meal again, I'd have eaten road kill as long as it was still crunchy and solid.
I don't know if I could do this for much more than 30 days, but I only need to do it long enough to lose weight. My regular diet and exercise routine will allow me to maintain whatever weight I finally stop at.
It's not the easiest diet in the world to be on, but I still have plenty of energy to make it through my work day and go to the gym every night. I've lost a little over 10 pounds in the first 10 days—and it's not just water weight, either.
The Isagenix people of course would like to get you to sell their product, but I have no interest in that, and they don't really bother you much other than the occasionally easily delete-able email.
Anyway, It's a pretty easy diet to follow as it's all laid out for you in the plan. Basically, everyday you take a bunch of pills, drink a couple of shakes, and eat a sensible, low calorie (400- 600 calories) meal. Oh, and drink lots of water.
They even send you a planner that says things like, "Enjoy an IsoLean Shake!" and "Choose 1 serving of a delicious Shake Day snack!"
For me, the worst part is that every morning starts with downing a glass of Ionix Supreme. The stuff tastes like wombat urine, and they don't even try to fool you buy saying "Enjoy a glass of Ionix Supreme." The instructions simply state, "Drink a glass of Ionix Supreme", mostly because if they said, "Choke down a glass of Ionix Supreme" no one would do it.
The shakes themselves aren't bad—I got the chocolate ones—and I eat an IsaLean bar for lunch instead of the shake because I can't be bothered to make the shakes at work. (BTW, they also send you a handy dandy blender to make the shakes with.) The bars taste like a cheap, chewy chocolate/caramel knock-off, and there's also a lemon bar that's not bad.
The cleanse days are a little rough, mostly because you have to drink TWO glasses of Ionix Supreme in a day. That and no real food, not even the shakes or bars, just lots of pills, a lot of snacks (the IsaDelight chocolates are pretty good), and several glasses of something called "Cleanse For Life."
We do one cleanse day in every seven. The first one wasn't bad, although the next day when it was time to have that one low calorie meal again, I'd have eaten road kill as long as it was still crunchy and solid.
I don't know if I could do this for much more than 30 days, but I only need to do it long enough to lose weight. My regular diet and exercise routine will allow me to maintain whatever weight I finally stop at.
It's not the easiest diet in the world to be on, but I still have plenty of energy to make it through my work day and go to the gym every night. I've lost a little over 10 pounds in the first 10 days—and it's not just water weight, either.
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