Started week 3 of the Ultimate Reset today, but wanted to give you an idea of what my first week was like! Here are some of my reflections on that first week:

Really and truly, I went into this just wanting to get myself back into a healthy groove, to get out of some bad habits. I’m all about moderation, and firmly believe that indulging every once in a while is a good thing (especially once you’ve met your goals)… ice cream every night before bed and more fast food than real food for lunch was too much!

The program is a detox of sorts, but not the kind where you starve yourself, or drink juice all day every day, or take horrible supplements that leave you in the bathroom all day long. I’ve eaten a LOT of food, and carried on with life as normal, other than carting around a large bottle of water! 😉

Here are just a few of the things I’ve eaten this week:

I have experienced some aches and pains (sore muscles at the end of the day), a slight headache in the evenings for the first few days, and up until yesterday (day six) I was pretty wiped out by 6pm. None of these were a surprise to me, since the program is very clear on what to expect, physically, mentally and emotionally.

I also had a physical this week. I have some autoimmune diseases in my family history (the biggest of which is Hashimoto’s disease), so I make a point to have a physical done yearly, accompanied by bloodwork, to make sure that there’s nothing I need to be keeping an eye one. This year’s physical is two months late (I typically do them around my birthday) because life… but it worked out well, because I learned some things that I really need to be keeping an eye on!

1. My glucose levels were on the high range of normal, just shy of what would be considered pre-diabetic. HUGE wakeup call for me!
2. My healthy cholesterol has gone down considerably since my last visit.

Both of these things can easily be remedied with diet and exercise. Working on the diet side of things make (diet as in what I put in my body, not being on a diet) and once Reset is complete I’ll be working out again.

Some things have really surprised me. These are my non-scale victories, the things I really try to focus on when making healthy changes:

• I’m stronger than I thought I was. My sweet husband is about to embark on his own journey to get back on track with healthy eating, which means that this weekend he is indulging. When he first brought home the goodies (pizza, ice cream, cake), I was really upset. But once I sat down to eat my dinner, I found that I didn’t even want that stuff, and was even a little grossed out by it!
• I’m a pretty adventurous eater (I almost said good eater, because I live in toddler world and when B is willing to eat something new or healthy, we talk about what a good eater he is! 😉 ), but I have tried some things this week I would never have eaten otherwise. A few of the things I have loved and will add into my normal meal rotation!
• I’m feeling really good a lot sooner than I expected to!
• I fit into a pair of shorts yesterday that two weeks ago I couldn’t zip up… that two months ago I wore in Mexico with no problem. Celebration for sure! (Also a huge reminder of how quickly my hard work faded away…)
• I can do this, even when life doesn’t go as planned and I have to eat out. Delicious, Reset-approved, vegan Chipotle bowl for the win!

Like I said before, I really and truly did start this to be healthy. So, while I am having Kris track my weight and measurements (because I am all about numbers and tracking progress), I don’t know what they aren’t! I know, I can’t believe it, but I want to stay focused on setting healthy habits and how I feel, not numbers on scales and tape measures. I’ll have him share the stars with me once I’ve completed all three weeks, and I’ll share with y’all!

Stay tuned for a week 2 overview!