Alright, so I have to admit that my initial feelings after posting my first blog entry were not positive ones (feelings brought on only by my own conscience...). I laid in bed that night and felt sick to my stomach - 'OMG, what did I do?'... 'this is so embarrassing!' I felt like I had this moment of great confidence, almost like I walked out onto the beach in a bikini, followed by this awful realization that everyone would point/stare and laugh. The reality however was that I had beautiful comments, emails, words of encouragement, and support from so many friends. I knew that I was not the only one who struggles with her weight, but I didn't know that I was not alone in my quest to be done with this problem.
My 8 Day Trek
So here is my account from my first 8 days on Zija. I began taking the Smart mix every morning - the taste was not horrible, kind of like ice tea. The taste grew on me after a few days. I especially liked waking up, going for my walk/jog and then coming home to drink it. I was thirsty and hot and welcomed the cold drink. It also filled me up a bit before breakfast so that I wasn't as hungry after all that exercise. I want to say that I never considered this product as a meal replacement, I wasn't substituting a meal with a drink or a pill, Zija is meant to compliment what you eat and add nutrients and vitamins (from what I understand of the product - my understanding is still pretty limited at this point, so I can only give you a first hand opinion of my 8 day experience). I would then eat a good breakfast (usually oatmeal with fresh fruit and a yogurt). I would then take the XM3 pill 2 hours after breakfast, this was tricky, and I did manage to forget taking it quite a bit. I would eat a good lunch and good supper, and then go to bed. The product definitely helped with those nagging munchy cravings, and helped make portion control easier because I was less hungry.
If I were to tell you what this product did, I would explain that it made me feel better, healthier, more motivated to take better care of myself, my food choices, and my general motivation toward weight loss. I know that this sounds surreal, but for the last 3 days I have not been taking the product (my order has not been delivered yet and my sister-in-law is on vacation) - the difference that I feel is that I have less energy, feel more hungry and less motivated to make healthy food choices. I never thought that I would look at food differently, the 'bad' (yummy) unhealthy stuff was always attractive and I felt deprived if I didn't have it. While taking Zija the junk food just didn't seem appealing. I felt like, if I was going to eat something not nutritious that it better be damn good - and nothing seemed to be worth getting off track. I never thought I would turn down a dessert or a poutine without needing some pretty strong will power, but I did - without any problem or feeling of deprivation at all.
I can't begin to explain what this product is or how it works, I can only share my experience and the results from my scale. In 8 days, I am down 7 lbs - without even working at it or feeling like I'm dieting. I'll be back on the product tomorrow (after I see my sister-in-law) and I can't wait to share the next tails from my journey... which I think shall be interesting because I'm going to do the Zija tea (a detox) that has scared me up until last week when I listened to the importance of cleansing your body of the toxins produced during weight loss. For anyone that has ever experienced a 'detox/cleansing' - wish me luck!
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