The Art of Cuisine

Well, it is Friday and I have been a pretty good girl.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I plan on going out to Olive Garden with friends and my daughters for dinner. It will be hard to behave myself on my birthday with everyone wanting to buy me drinks, desserts, and a big meal, but I will only 1/2 of the servings or maybe even 1/4 depending on how big it is. Someplaces just serve way too much food, but for people like me that have been eating less, our stomach is shrunk it makes about two to three meals for us.Yes, you can get full off of 1/2 of a meal after doing this diet. Hey, I am a Cheap Date! My dessert will be split with everyone at the table; yes I will have a few bites of my birthday Ice cream Gelato then pass it around.

I can tell my stomach is getting smaller now because of this yummy diet my pants are fitting loser. I can eat about half of what they serve you and be full. So, portion control will help here and it is only one meal. Splurging once a week will not hurt you on a diet. Sunday I will be doing my first cleanse day and can't wait. I have an easy day planed. I am feeling good on this diet and not deprived of anything. Shoot, I can even have chocolate. I have these yummy Isa Chocolates that are just wonderful and the Isa Snacks taste like cake batter so if I am ever craving sweets like I was earlier todayI just have one of those treats then I am not craving anything anymore. Those chocolates are amazing what do they have in them that stops you from craving throughout the day. Amazing!

Drink plenty of water every day —

I am getting ready to prepare for my first cleanse day on Sunday. Here is something important tips.

Let's discuss theimportance of water in helping you cleanse impurities and support weight loss.

Your body gets rid of impurities in several different ways: through elimination, perspiration and breath (that's why cardiovascular exercise isessential to Nutritional Cleansing!). Water is important to cleansing for theobvious reason - it helps your body remove impurities naturally.

Your body is about two-thirds water. When you don't get enough water, you become dehydrated. Dehydrated cells don't function as well as hydrated cells.If they aren't working properly, then your cells may not be removing impurities efficiently, which affects the body's overall health.

Water is also important to weight loss. A build up of impurities in your body may affect how well your metabolism works. Water can also help quell hungerpangs for short periods of time.

The bottom-line is you must drink adequate amounts of water each and everyday. A general way to calculate your daily requirement of water in ounces is tocut your body weight in half. A person who is 150 pounds should drink 75 ounces of water, while a 200-pound person should drink 100 ounces.

If you exercise vigorously or live in a very hot region, your water requirementsmight be even higher.

Keep a water bottle with you at all times - in the car, at work and alwayswhile exercising. Make a conscious effort to drink from your bottle every 10 -15 minutes, even if you're not thirsty. Some experts believe that when you experience thirst, you're already dehydrated. So, drink continuously throughout the day.

If you are wondering what diet I am on take a look at this website http://chef_lindag.isagenix.com/us/en/home.dhtml

Here is what a typical day looks like

Early Morning

Drink IsaLean® Shake with banana, blueberries and strawberries

Mid-Morning

Take 1 Natural Accelerator™. Eat a healthy snack, if desired—1 - 2 IsaDelight™,1 Isagenix Snacks!™, small organic apple or 5 - 6 unsalted almonds.

Noon

Healthy 400 - 600 calorie meal

Mid-Afternoon

Take 1 Natural Accelerator™. Eat a healthy snack, if desired.

Evening

Drink IsaLean® Shake ot IsaLean Soups

Every Day

Drink water—at least half your body weight in ounces.

Drink one to two ounces of Ionix® Supreme.

Take 1 to 2 capsules of IsaFlush!®. Which these products come with the 30 day cleansing system. The shakes are so yummy that my kids ask for them every morning as well.