Day 4
Feeling GREAT! This stuff is really giving me some great energy throughout the day. Although, I do feel a bit jumpy and jittery sometimes. It's giving me energy to workout like crazy, and do more sit-ups, more arm workouts, more time on the elliptical. And it's definitely curbing my appetite. Also, I've noticed that you should definitely either eat or have just a little something to eat when you take the pills, or something shortly after. It definitely avoids some tummy aches.
Day 5
More of the usual...you'll definitely be using the potty in the morning after taking those cleanse pills. Sometimes more than once. Yup, I know, it's kinda gross, but hey this IS a cleansing product. Today was slightly harder to keep up with my cardio routine, but I still got it done! I did way more ab workouts this time too, and my stomach feels so much tighter than ever!
Overall so far I can DEFINITELY tell something is changing with my body, in a very good way. I feel lighter, healthier, and slimmer. My abs feel tighter and my arms look smaller. Everything so far is going well, some slight tummy aches here and there, and a few times I had to run to the bathroom (ha!) but other than that, I definitely think it's working!
25 February 2010
22 February 2010
Quick Trim: Quick Fix or Quick Nothing?
Okay so as many of you know, I started the Quick Trim diet a few days ago. So, here I will lay it all out, all my adventures, mishaps and triumphs on the QT.
So I bought it at Wal-Mart (LOL) for $29. Not too bad considering at GNC it's a whopping $59! Half off the GNC price? Um yes please! Checking out the plan here are the main rules:
*Pop the PM Cleanse pills twice daily: Once in the morning when you wake up, and once before bed.
*Pop the AM Burn pills twice daily as well: Before workout sessions or between your meals.
(That's 8 pills a day, by the way.)
*Workout plan: twice a day, 30 or 40 minute intervals each. Or one hour cardio. But here's the thing; it says to either do some walking, jogging, or biking...my guess is if you get a really hard 30-40 minute workout in you should be okay. And it doesn't state to do any strength training (like sit-ups, arm circles, etc.) but mentions you can if you want to.
*The diet: UGH. Low sodium, low/high carb days change every other day (i.e. good carbs, NOT bread and bad stuff). But overall, the calorie intake is around 1000 a day. Sodium intake is forbid for the second week so the body can totally flush it out. Makes sense.
Here's my dielemma:
1) NO way of cooking my own food. I live at my sorority house and we can't use the stove or oven. Awesome.
2) There are NO frozen meals that have a small amount of sodium in them. Awesome.
3) I have a pretty hectic schedule which prevents me from having the 4 meals a day.
So here's what I'm doing. I'm going to also follow the Special K challenge these two weeks. It will keep my calorie count down and yet still give me a good amount of nutrients and what not. For my third meal I'm just going to have to wing it and find a good alternative meal.
Day 1
Feeling good. The pills are a bit much to have to take each day but so far so good! They give me tons of energy and actually make me want to drink tons of water.
Day 2
Well. If Quick Trim can be summed up in as few words as possible, I'd choose MAKES YOU SHIT LIEK CRAZY! Yup. This stuff makes you poop poop poop like crazy. I'd definitely not recommend this to any of you who do not have steady access to a potty. And my stomach hurt basically all day too. Even after I ate food. I tried working out, but I could only muster up 20 minutes on the elliptical since I felt like I was going to throw up. Guess it's just my body's way of getting used to the pills?
Day 3
More poop, ha. Feeling better but definitely could not take a nap since I was so jittery all day. Stomach is feeling better than yesterday, but I feel bloated. Like my stomach needs to bloat out and then after another week it will shrink? Let's hope so.
I'll keep you all posted!
So I bought it at Wal-Mart (LOL) for $29. Not too bad considering at GNC it's a whopping $59! Half off the GNC price? Um yes please! Checking out the plan here are the main rules:
*Pop the PM Cleanse pills twice daily: Once in the morning when you wake up, and once before bed.
*Pop the AM Burn pills twice daily as well: Before workout sessions or between your meals.
(That's 8 pills a day, by the way.)
*Workout plan: twice a day, 30 or 40 minute intervals each. Or one hour cardio. But here's the thing; it says to either do some walking, jogging, or biking...my guess is if you get a really hard 30-40 minute workout in you should be okay. And it doesn't state to do any strength training (like sit-ups, arm circles, etc.) but mentions you can if you want to.
*The diet: UGH. Low sodium, low/high carb days change every other day (i.e. good carbs, NOT bread and bad stuff). But overall, the calorie intake is around 1000 a day. Sodium intake is forbid for the second week so the body can totally flush it out. Makes sense.
Here's my dielemma:
1) NO way of cooking my own food. I live at my sorority house and we can't use the stove or oven. Awesome.
2) There are NO frozen meals that have a small amount of sodium in them. Awesome.
3) I have a pretty hectic schedule which prevents me from having the 4 meals a day.
So here's what I'm doing. I'm going to also follow the Special K challenge these two weeks. It will keep my calorie count down and yet still give me a good amount of nutrients and what not. For my third meal I'm just going to have to wing it and find a good alternative meal.
Day 1
Feeling good. The pills are a bit much to have to take each day but so far so good! They give me tons of energy and actually make me want to drink tons of water.
Day 2
Well. If Quick Trim can be summed up in as few words as possible, I'd choose MAKES YOU SHIT LIEK CRAZY! Yup. This stuff makes you poop poop poop like crazy. I'd definitely not recommend this to any of you who do not have steady access to a potty. And my stomach hurt basically all day too. Even after I ate food. I tried working out, but I could only muster up 20 minutes on the elliptical since I felt like I was going to throw up. Guess it's just my body's way of getting used to the pills?
Day 3
More poop, ha. Feeling better but definitely could not take a nap since I was so jittery all day. Stomach is feeling better than yesterday, but I feel bloated. Like my stomach needs to bloat out and then after another week it will shrink? Let's hope so.
I'll keep you all posted!
19 January 2010
I-96. Exit 117A. East Bound. 911...
So I'm sure many of you are wondering why I've been acting the way I have since this past Monday, Jan 18. I witnessed something that I pray that none of you ever have to see in your own lives. I'm forever scarred from what I saw. So, as a way of getting over it, I'll tell you here exactly what happened.
I was driving on east bound I-96 on Monday January 18, it was about 2pm. Listening to some Allison Krauss to calm me down, I was driving in the left lane, another car ahead of me, behind me, and in the right lane several yards in front of me, a semi truck. Just then, the semi began to sort of swerve, and just started going to the right, onto the shoulder. I didn't really realize what was happening until after it actually happened.
The semi hit the guardrail, smashing it to the ground, and then a small bridge. The impact flipped the semi over, the front carriage smashing all about. Things were flying, cars were screaching to a hault. The car in front of me stopped short, so I had to swerve slightly to the right. My heart pounding, adreneline rushing through my entire body, I'm shaking. Immediately as my car finally stopped, people begin to get out of their cars, rushing to the semi. The smells...like burnt oil and tires. I look behind me, and then in front of me, trying to find a way out. But there's something blocking my way out. I glance at it once, then again, and again. My heart sinks. It's the driver's body. Twisted and mangled up. I honestly didn't even see a head on the body...just a burnt bloody spot where one should be...or maybe not, I really don't know. The torso was twisted...arms and legs just spread out on the road. People were screaming, on their phones, one man stood over the body and kept others away from it.
I immediately grabbed my phone and dialed 911. I could hear my voice shaking as I told the operator where I was on I-96, and what happened. Later on I remembered that I think I told her I was on west 96, but I was sure than with all the other 911 calls that were probably going on they put it together that it was in fact east. I told the operator that the driver was lying on the ground, she asked if he was pinned under the car. No, I told her, he's just sprawled out in the middle of the road. I could hear her repeating to a dispatcher that the driver had been ejected from the semi. I then told her that fuel was spewing out of the tank as well (might be where the rumor that it was a tanker semi started). She repeated back everything I was telling her to the dispatcher. People gathered all around my car. I was shaking. The man who was guarding the body told the woman in front of me to move, and I did the same. I started out slowly, the 911 operator taking down my name. She didn't tell me to stay, so I didn't. Looking back, I probably should've. I saw everything from the first moment it happened. But I had it in my head t get out of there...the fuel...what if it blew up? I had to get out. I had to keep driving. So I did.
I was shaking and taking deep breaths. I resisted going over 70 in fear of what may happen. I stopped a few miles down at a gas station, called a few friends and my parents. My dad was the most worried, he said to call him tonight. I thought what for? I'm okay. I grabbed a big bottle of water at the gas station and went back on my way. I made it to Novi and I got my Lush products, the whole reason for the trip. Adreneline was still pumping through me, which was probably why I was able to put on a good front. Then I got back in my car. Each semi I passed freaked me out. Then I started to feel...odd. Sad and unsure of what to do. I thought that I was just faking it to be honest. Like I wasn't really feeling like this, but was...faking it? Then I passed the semi wreck on my way back...I hyperventilated. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't see because I was crying hysterically. I went to the side of the highway to recouperate. I was clawing my side window, trying to block what I was seeing, I think. That's when it all hit me. I was in shock, I was going through something horrible. I needed help.
I saw a trauma counselor yesterday right when I came home and I'm seeing one today as well. I just don't know when I will be completely okay. I really don't know if I ever will...I might be 99% there...but even when I don't close my eyes, I see the driver. Maybe if I didn't see that, I would be better, but I just don't know. It doesn't seem real to me. It doesn't feel like it really happened. How could this happen? Did it really? It seems ages ago and it was less than 24 hours. I feel out of my own body. I feel lightheaded and yet heavy.
I am getting help. Thanks for reading this long story. I just thought many of you were wondering what exactly happened, and I just thought to write a few things down before my brain tries to block it all out completely. Thank you to all who have been there for me through this. It will take a while for me to get back to being myself, but I'm getting there. Just stick with me. I love you all. Thank you.
I was driving on east bound I-96 on Monday January 18, it was about 2pm. Listening to some Allison Krauss to calm me down, I was driving in the left lane, another car ahead of me, behind me, and in the right lane several yards in front of me, a semi truck. Just then, the semi began to sort of swerve, and just started going to the right, onto the shoulder. I didn't really realize what was happening until after it actually happened.
The semi hit the guardrail, smashing it to the ground, and then a small bridge. The impact flipped the semi over, the front carriage smashing all about. Things were flying, cars were screaching to a hault. The car in front of me stopped short, so I had to swerve slightly to the right. My heart pounding, adreneline rushing through my entire body, I'm shaking. Immediately as my car finally stopped, people begin to get out of their cars, rushing to the semi. The smells...like burnt oil and tires. I look behind me, and then in front of me, trying to find a way out. But there's something blocking my way out. I glance at it once, then again, and again. My heart sinks. It's the driver's body. Twisted and mangled up. I honestly didn't even see a head on the body...just a burnt bloody spot where one should be...or maybe not, I really don't know. The torso was twisted...arms and legs just spread out on the road. People were screaming, on their phones, one man stood over the body and kept others away from it.
I immediately grabbed my phone and dialed 911. I could hear my voice shaking as I told the operator where I was on I-96, and what happened. Later on I remembered that I think I told her I was on west 96, but I was sure than with all the other 911 calls that were probably going on they put it together that it was in fact east. I told the operator that the driver was lying on the ground, she asked if he was pinned under the car. No, I told her, he's just sprawled out in the middle of the road. I could hear her repeating to a dispatcher that the driver had been ejected from the semi. I then told her that fuel was spewing out of the tank as well (might be where the rumor that it was a tanker semi started). She repeated back everything I was telling her to the dispatcher. People gathered all around my car. I was shaking. The man who was guarding the body told the woman in front of me to move, and I did the same. I started out slowly, the 911 operator taking down my name. She didn't tell me to stay, so I didn't. Looking back, I probably should've. I saw everything from the first moment it happened. But I had it in my head t get out of there...the fuel...what if it blew up? I had to get out. I had to keep driving. So I did.
I was shaking and taking deep breaths. I resisted going over 70 in fear of what may happen. I stopped a few miles down at a gas station, called a few friends and my parents. My dad was the most worried, he said to call him tonight. I thought what for? I'm okay. I grabbed a big bottle of water at the gas station and went back on my way. I made it to Novi and I got my Lush products, the whole reason for the trip. Adreneline was still pumping through me, which was probably why I was able to put on a good front. Then I got back in my car. Each semi I passed freaked me out. Then I started to feel...odd. Sad and unsure of what to do. I thought that I was just faking it to be honest. Like I wasn't really feeling like this, but was...faking it? Then I passed the semi wreck on my way back...I hyperventilated. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't see because I was crying hysterically. I went to the side of the highway to recouperate. I was clawing my side window, trying to block what I was seeing, I think. That's when it all hit me. I was in shock, I was going through something horrible. I needed help.
I saw a trauma counselor yesterday right when I came home and I'm seeing one today as well. I just don't know when I will be completely okay. I really don't know if I ever will...I might be 99% there...but even when I don't close my eyes, I see the driver. Maybe if I didn't see that, I would be better, but I just don't know. It doesn't seem real to me. It doesn't feel like it really happened. How could this happen? Did it really? It seems ages ago and it was less than 24 hours. I feel out of my own body. I feel lightheaded and yet heavy.
I am getting help. Thanks for reading this long story. I just thought many of you were wondering what exactly happened, and I just thought to write a few things down before my brain tries to block it all out completely. Thank you to all who have been there for me through this. It will take a while for me to get back to being myself, but I'm getting there. Just stick with me. I love you all. Thank you.
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