24 Day Challenge: Day 10 & 11

Day 10 marks the last day of the Cleanse Phase, and the last day of the fiber drinks. Although they didn't really bother me at all, I will be glad to be move on to the dark chocolate meal replacement shake. Today we just had leftovers for dinner, so since I slept through Crossfit this morning, I made up my run. However, since I knew my run would take about 30 mins, thank you C25K app, I did throw a few sweet potatoes in the oven to have as a back up side for later in the week. To make the sweet potato, I turned the oven on 450°, pierced the potatoes a few times with a fork, placed them in foil, and before I sealed up the foil I topped each one with a tablespoon of coconut oil. I put these in the oven, set the timer for one hour, and took off on my run.

Although this was the last run of the week, it still didn't seem much easier. Hopefully as the weeks go on, the intervals will help build up my endurance. Cardio has always been my weakness when it comes to fitness. When I finally made it back to the house, I organized all of our products to get ready for the MAX PHASE!!!

I also made a call to one of my coaches to check in and see if I needed to make any changes to my schedule for the new phase. During my conversation with her, she asked if it'd be weighing myself the next morning. If you remember from day 1, I decided to put the scale away and only weigh myself on day 1 and 24. I thought that the surprise of the full results would be most exciting. However, my coach suggested that since this was my first challenge, I might want to see which phase produced the most progress for me. Since I was ÜBER curious to know if I'd lost any weight, I agreed with her sound logic and got the scale out for the next morning.

On the morning of day 11, I jumped out of bed and ran to the scale like a little kid on Christmas morning running to her stocking. Ok, I stopped to pee first, cause you know every little bit helps. I knew that something had happened because I could tell in the way my clothes were starting to feel, but I wasn't totally sure. Moment of truth. I stepped on the scale, and held my breath...then immediately blew it out because that might add a little weight. Five pounds down!!! Five pounds in 10 days. 1/2 a pound a day (approx). Even though I'd seen others reporting a bigger weight loss, I was really pleased with this progress. I know that I didn't put this weight on overnight, or even over the course of one year, so it's going to be a long journey to where I want to be. So, to lose 5 lbs over 10 days was super satisfying for me.

So after an encouraging trip to the scale, I ran off to Crossfit where I saw even more progress! Today we worked on finding our personal record for front squats. Although to be fair I haven't been really good at keeping track of my progress in Crossfit, the last thing I'd had recorded was 155lb. Well I don't know if it was my natural high from my weight loss progress, or it it's the Catalyst working, but I hit 190lb for my front squat and could have probably done more. What a great first day of the Max Phase! If today is any indication of how the rest of the phase is going to go: I CAN HARDLY WAIT!

Tonight for dinner, I kept it nice and simple with some grilled tilapia and zucchini. Here's the recipe:

Red Thai Curry Tilapia & Grilled Zucchini

1 lb. of Tilapia

Pampered Chef Red Thai Curry Seasoning

4 Medium Zucchini, sliced into long strips

Cooking Spray

Lemon Pepper Seasoning

Heat your grill up to medium high heat and get out your grill pan. Once the grill is ready, put the grill pan on the grill and spray it with cooking spray. Sprinkle the RTC seasoning on the tilapia and the LP seasoning on the zucchini. Grill the tilapia and the fish for about 3-4 mins on each side. You don't want any of it to char, but you want it to get some nice color. Remove the fish and the zucchini and enjoy immediately. This makes about 3 servings.