3 Day (Uh-2 Day-) Quick Fix

Coconut oil "shots" with lemon wedge chasers. Fish. Chicken. Cukes. Green beans. Eggs. Spinach. The 3 Day Quick Fix provided in 21 Day Fix materials is meant to only be done the last 3 days of any 21 day cycle. The footnote says it isn't for everyone and it can be challenging. This is not a requirement; it is merely a healthy suggestion of getting lean for something like an event. I used it as jumper cables for the next 3 week cycle beginning June 1.

That I was going to eat foods I liked every two hours or so made the 3 Day Quick fix seem as if it wouldn't be so bad. Though,I must admit, in the 5 years I have been off and on 21 Day Fix, I have never even considered a 3 Day Quick Fix, as it did seem restrictive in food choice, repetitive and bland. Since I have seen results on the regular food program and "restrictive, repetitive and bland" are definite ways to get me to "cheat" on my eating, I have happily bypassed the option.

Then I received the news that my (abusive) ex will become my boss in July. Dread gnashes in my belly and heat/sweat prickles over my skin just typing that sentence. This grim news has sharpened my already, laser beam focus. Yes, there is a "high school reunion" mentality in this. It also has to do with my pride. I don't want to see the ex at all. I certainly don't want him as my boss (there's many posts about all the whys that make it so terrible). However, I really don't want to see my ex, as my boss, being 89 pounds overweight (54 pounds heavier than the last time I saw him---when I cringed then at being "so fat"). This is not about reconciliation. This is vanity and pride. I don't want to be the fat-spinster-cat-lady-loser, while he is newly promoted, married, "successful" one. That's the gist (without the emotional bullet points).

So, I tried the 3 Day Fix over the weekend. It actually was a 2 day fix for me. I didn't have enough stamina or steam to be so restrictive in my eating for three full days, nor could I choke down another shot of coconut oil. The taste of coconut oil is not displeasing; it is the slick sliminess of the oil that I find repulsive. My college years gave me the idea to bite a lemon wedge after throwing back the gag inducing oil (without the tongue trill that is saved only for tequila). This seemed to help make the coconut oil doses easier to take and seemed to keep me from gagging/vomiting, but by the start of day three, I didn't have the desire to do that anymore. I figured 2 days was enough and went back to the normal eating program.

The results were surprising for me. The scale measure was minimal at a loss of .3. However, I did lose a total of 10 inches all over. I know that the results "soften" when going back to eating more carbs (the 3 Day Quick Fix is not zero carbs, just less carbs), however, I am impressed with the numbers. Putting it into perspective, from May 2019 to May 2020, I only lost 2 total inches (yet 13 pounds). So, even if there is "softening" in the coming weeks (which I'm not 100% certain what form that will take or what that entirely means), I am confident that these results will provide extra encouragement and motivation for keeping me focused on my goals.

Today begins a new 21 day cycle. I am renewed and reinvigorated. I have sketched out my food trackers for the 3 weeks and am ready to start fresh.

With the country literally on fire, kindness and compassion seem more necessary than ever. Not just for ourselves, but for our neighbors, colleagues, friends, family, and strangers. The suffering of inequality and injustice affects us all. Sleep has been hard to come by since the pandemnic has shut us in our homes--providing even more suffering for the "have nots". It is stressful and trying. I think a lot of us are tired. I find daily meditations help keep me from turning to food to comfort the grief I have been experiencing during this time.

Keep breathing. Find hope in the goodness that is still present, even if we have to scrutinize deeper to see it; it is there. Let's keep up the self care so we have the stamina to fight the good fight--for justice and equality for all.

Be kind and walk and beauty and peace.

Mahalo, my good peeps.

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