Well hello there!
This should be a short blog as it's only 9 days long....that makes sense to me anyway!
I was recently approached by a lovely couple of chaps, Simon and Andy about Forever Living Products. I had looked into this years ago with Matthew as his Dad was part of it but then we split up and nothing ever came of it.
There was one main product in discussion and it was something that I could possibly promote and sell through my business as a cleansing/fatloss aid for my clients.
This was the C9.
We sat and discussed this and I decided that if I was going to know what it did, and if it had any detrimental effects then I would have to try it myself. So Andy ordered me one and a few days later my shiny box of things arrived all ready for me to start on the Monday.
I weighed and measured myself and spent the first 2 days drinking Aloe Vera juice, it certainly is an acquired taste, but actually after all my moaning on day 1 about it, by day 2 I was already used to it's unique taste and readily downed it as part of the programme.
The first 2 days consist of no meals, just shakes, and I couldn't wait to have that shake, it was the highlight of my day. I was worried about the first 2 days because I have a busy life and burn a lot of energy, but in actual fact, these first 2 days I had the most energy, almost too much!
Come day 3, Wednesday I could have a meal, but I had to have this at lunchtime because of taking Insanity that night, the trouble was though that I had Insanity 7am the next morning too.
Halfway through the 7am class I lost my leg power, I could feel that I was getting some muscle wastage and I was incredibly tired.
The C9 recommends 30 minutes of moderate exercise, which is great, this was not what I was doing and I had to actually tweak what I was eating, upping my protein massively to aid recovery of my muscles.
The whole point of me trying the C9 was to what problems people would encounter, and to be honest, I think if you have some weight to lose, then this is the one for you. Someone my size doesn't need it and most probably shouldn't be doing it as it could be detrimental to their health, but I knew this and I also know my body, so I was having more calories than recommended but I wasn't going to damage myself for it. I probably didn't lose as much weight as a lot of people could on it for this reason. Having fat to burn off is to an advantage.
For this reason, I can see that the C9 is a good product, an amazing kickstart to fatloss, the programme is easy to follow, you get to write up your food and exercise notes, all things that I ask my clients to do, so this programme gets you into good healthy habits and a great way of thinking.
However, this product must be followed up straight away with either the FIT2, or a similar plan, like the ones I give to my clients.
The initial weight loss is great, but if left just to get back on as normal after, weight will inevitably go back on almost immediately. It really must be followed up.
I survived the 9 days, but, I did have to tweak it, having my one meal into 2 smaller ones, mainly because I was literally running on empty. And today.......I have had coffee and cake....I don't even eat cake normally, but I could so I did! And this is exactly what I mean about following up the programme, I could easily in a couple of days put back on what I have lost.
My stats are as follows
Weight - total loss 1.4kg - although my last weigh in was today and it's a full moon, so I can't really count it as entirely accurate on account of the massive water retention I have today. Weighing at a different time of the lunar cycle would be better, and maybe this should be taken into account for women in particular, when taking on this.
Chest - total loss 5cm (like I had that to lose) I am guessing this is just a bit of wine-produced back fat!
Biceps - Thankfully no change in the 9 days, this is ont part of my body I could have done without wastage but all is okay.
Waist - 4cm total loss, again it must be wine, or even haribo fat.
Hips - 2cm total loss
Thighs - 2cm total loss - probably a little muscle wastage as it was my legs that felt it the most
Calves - as with biceps, no change, so happy with that
I did cut down my own exercise over the 9 days. I usually do a 5k treadmill run daily before stretching and I cut this, and my resistance work out from my daily routine. I had to save myself for my work and knew I couldn't do it all on so few calories.
I honestly think if you need to lose maybe anything over a stone, this is for you, and it won't harm your health as long as you stick to the guidelines within the programme.
A big thumbs up from me............glad it's over though!
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