Twins Train for the Twentyone: 01/24/2016

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Did Someone Say Military?

Twin 2 one day was searching on Pinterest and came across the Military Diet. It seemed like something she would be interested in trying so she asked Twin 1 and they decided to give the 3 day diet a try. You can read all about it here:

http://themilitarydiet.com/

Basically the premise is you eat around 1000 calories for 3 days and could potentially lose up to 10 lbs. It's a quick fix to start your metobolism and get you on the right track. While eating less than 1200 calories isn't ideal, it's only for 3 days. There is also a meal plan for the remaining 4 days of the week. Please talk to you doctor before you try this. It isn't for everybody.

We decided to give it a go. We have done 2 rounds already. Here is the menu for the 3 days (they also give you alternatives if you have any dietary restrictions).

DAY 1

BREAKFAST - 1/2 a grapefruit / whole wheat toast with pb / coffee

Lunch - we forgot to take a pic - 1/2 cup of tuna / slice of toast / coffee

SUPPER - Apple / 1/2 banana / 3 oz meat / green beans

DESSERT - vanilla ice cream (same every night)

DAY 2

BREAKFAST - Toast / egg / 1/2 banana


LUNCH - Cheese / crackers / egg

SUPPER - Broccoli / Carrots / Turkey dogs / 1/2 banana

DAY 3

BREAKFAST - Apple / cheese / crackers

LUNCH - Bread / egg

Supper - tuna / 1/2 banana / vanilla ice cream

We do not have a picture of supper as we went to Twin 1's for the NFL conference championships and had wings, etc instead

Here is an example of a breakfast from one of the off days:

Toast / egg / tomato /avocado

While the diet can be effective we have learnt a few things:

1. After eating vanilla ice cream every night we are now addicted to it.

2. While we have had success losing up to 3 lbs in 3 days the key is to keep it off during the remaining 4 days.

3. The deal is to drink coffee the first day but not the remaining two, just water. That's hard.

4. The key to not being 'hungry' is to drink water and maybe chew some gum and keep yourself busy OR do some kind of intermittent fasting where you eat breakfast later than normal.

5. During the 3 days you can still work out but find you won't have a whole lot of energy with so few calories, just keep the workout light and not vigorous.
6. Day 3 is the hardest but knowing that you can eat 'normal' the next day gets you through it and it's only 3 days. Anyone can do 3 days right?

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Wha'd Up?

Still not a whole lot going on around here. After the hustle and bustle of the months leading up to Christmas and Christmas itself things really slow down during the winter months. The most exciting thing right now is the NFL football playoffs. This past weekend determined who was going to the Superbowl in two weeks: Denver Broncos vs. Carolina Panthers. While we hope Denver wins and Payton finally retires Carolina got a pretty crazy good team this year.

Here is the spread we had:

Don't they all look excited about the game?

On to other things.

So we were at Winners one day and found a package of socks we wanted to try out for running. They came in a 6 pack so we each took 3 pairs. This is what Twin 2 has left of 3 pair. Not even a matching pair and they are her favourite socks to work out / run in. She's been looking for the same ones since before Christmas and has had no luck finding them yet. She will continue to wear and wash this mismatched pair in hopes they too don't go missing.

We must admit, we've been having some great winter weather (so far). Twin 1 was at Point Pleasant this past weekend and saw hords of runners taking advantage of the weather. This was only a few she was able to capture.

Twin 2 also took advantage of a nice EDO this past Monday. Her and hubby went up to the new golf course in Timberlea who are offering some free winter activities (skating/sledding/snow shoeing/cross country skiing).