Day 3 of Detox- To Quit?

Day 3 of Detox is done and dusted.....

I ate according to the plan except I had a extra miso soup before bed last night. Today was a strange day, I had no amount of "mind talk" going on today and I actually delayed alot of my eating times, not to test my man hood on starvation but quite simply because I was "at peace" with this whole detox thing and felt I had reached my "goals":

1) To Cleanse the system from the inside out
2) To break patterns that I was unaware of and explore them
3) To have fun doing it!

Now the first 30hrs wasn't much fun as I observed my mind talk "own" me, but since I "cracked it" or think I've cracked it, I have a strange "peaceful" feeling about it all.

This Peaceful feeling is a feeling of BEING NEUTRAL, I feel neutral towards my patterns. Which means I have NO ATTACHMENT to the "stuff" that surfaces. Real life e.g. When I eat my only "real meal" of brown rice & raw veggies, in that moment I'm at peace, I'm happy & grateful.

Who would of thought a "hard core" meat eater would actually get satisfaction out of a vegetarian diet, to the point that my partner and I are talking about having a meat free night, and subscribing days to particular foods! Will keep you updated on that one!

I was at peace so much I even contemplated stopping the Detox, simply because "I'm neutral" towards my stuff or most of it. In a round about way, this is what it's all about!!

Don't get me wrong there is still stuff that comes up e.g. I miss eating with my family, sure I eat with them but it doesn't feel the same. The other night they had rice and chicken, I'm not a rice fan normally but I was like it would be nice to eat the same as them and be a "part" of our family dinner.

So the question remains........

Will I stop the Detox? I don't know, a part of me says it's ok cause you are "neutral" and then another part of me says, "justification" for stopping.

What do you think?
Am I a failure?
Do I need to harden up?
If I stop the detox....

Or is it ok?

There's no right or wrong answer just your own thoughts, would be great to hear them!

Thanks for following,

Spida

Day 2 of Detox- I think I've cracked it!!!

As day 2 comes to an end of my 7 Day Detox, I think I've gone through the "toughest" part of this Detox!!

Weight this morning 90.5kg from 91.2kg the day before! <800grams.

Yesterday, was tough! I had so much "mind talk" about wanting to quit and how hard I wanted to quit & I had so many justifications for it as well!!

First thing today, was NO different!! I went to Yoga and had the same "mind talk" going on in my head and 1/2 way through I was thinking this is "too hard" AGAIN!!!!

Yoga turned out to be the "turning point" for me, after it I showered up and met with my lovely lady and daughter, I was still rough at this point, however an hour later when having my "main meal" at 2:30pm I thought, I've done it!!!

This is the "turning point" and I quietly ate my lunch with no "mind talk" to combat with!! I was at "peace"!!!

So I'm hoping Day 1 and 1/2 of Day 2 were my "hardest days"....... I'm hoping :-)

What my day looked like:

• 7am: Drink Lemon/Ginger
• 7:15am Wheat Grass drink
• 8am Veggie Juice
• 8:30am to 1pm MIND TALK Galore!!!
• 10am Yoga
• 11:45am Green Tea
• 1pm Meditation
• 2:30pm Main Meal = Brown Rice, steamed veggies & raw veggies
• 5:30pm Veggie Juice = Carrot and Apple
• 7:30pm Veggie Juice
• 9pm Wheat Grass & H20
• 9:20pm Peppermint Tea
  

I didn't do BJJ tonight, I wanted to keep my "good feel" that I discoverd during lunch and I didn't want to tax my energy levels that I had just got back!!

So Day 2 is now done and I think I'm "over the hill" with so much crap filtering through my head and my low energy levels!!!

Some Explanations:

Energy Levels: They are a bit low due to the drop in calories, I haven't done the math on how many calories I'm consuming however I would guess that it's 1/2 of what I normally consume

Mind Talk in my Head: This is interelated with the above, when ever you go "cold turkey" your body goes through some form of 'withdrawls' & mine is having less calories......

Part of my "belief system" is I DON'T GO HUNGRY!! It's part of Maori Culture to have food regardless of occasion i.e. death, happiness etc... So to be hungry is a real challenge to me!! If I've wanted to get leaner I eat more veggies/protein and less carbs BUT I don't go hungry (or real hungry)! So this is/was my biggest challenge to date, shifting my perception around this......

What's installed for me tommorrow?
I have no idea but I'm starting to actaully enjoy it now...... right I'm off for my peppermint tea :-)

Day 1 of Detox

I've been getting lots of comments about the Detox and what I'm doing, well over the next 7 days I will reveal what I'm doing and how I'm progressing, it's a way for me to keep me honest and share with you the reader on my highs and lows of letting go of old patterns!

My reasons are very simple for doing this 7 Day Detox;

1. Clean my system from the Inside (From time to time we need to "cleanse" our internal cells & organs, allowing our body to revitalize and rejuvenate!)


2. Let go and become aware of patterns/habits I have (This is part of the explore the "mind talk" that comes up when I'm breaking habits and or being hungry!)


3. A fun Challenge! (Can I even do it? What "stuff" will come up to enable me to justify certain behaviors....)
   

I have no desire to "lose weight" although I suspect I will due to the "cleanse" that occurs from allowing your gut/cells/immunity etc... to recovery from the day to day "stress" we impose upon it! Plus the type of Detox I'm doing is mostly liquid juices with 1 main meal during the day and NO protein in meat form!

My Measurements are as follows;

WT = 91.2kg
Arm Flexed = 39cm
Chest = 104cm
Waist = 91.5cm & Skinfold = 28cm
hips = 95.6cm & Skinfold = 25mm

To be honest, although I am not concerned with “losing weight” I would love to get both numbers in hip/waist down in the next 7days!!!

I have also cut back on my training as this Detox is not designed for someone who is active or in my case Very Active :-), so my training for the next 7 days looks like this;

1. Wednesday 3rd March 2010 = Rest


2. Thursday = Yoga (may do BJJ but not sure)


3. Friday = Rest


4. Saturday = Run/Walk (Preparation for EHP City 2 Surf)
   


5. Sunday = Rest


6. Monday = Upper Body Weights


7. Tuesday = Yoga (& may do BJJ)

Again, I may do more or less depending on energy levels. I've already decided to eat more of the fresh food I'm eating to provide more energy/calories for workouts.

Here's what my day looked like today on Day 1 of Detox:
4:50am
juice out of 1 fresh lemon and fresh ginger. Fill the rest of the glass H20

5:10am
Wheat Grass & to make a green drink

5:30am Breakfast
Vegetable juice= carrots, beetroot, cucumber, spinach, parsley. 1 tab 1000 mg of vitamin C & 1 tbls fish oil (I ate the spinach, parsley)

8:50am Between Break-Fast and Lunch
Green Tea (I was struggling at this time, this is when I have a big breaky normally and my mind was talking all sorts of s#$%, once I had the green tea it seemed to "stabilize" my mind talk/mood!)

12:30pm Lunch
Brown rice with a mixture of raw & steamed vegetables = broccoli, mushrooms, radishes, spring onions, ginger, 1 cup of miso soup and extra virgin olive. 1 x 1000mg of vitamin C, 1 tbls fish oil.
(Very filling surprisingly actually!)

3:30pm
Carrot & Apple Juice with Miso Soup (Miso soup was not in the plan but I had it anyway)

7pm Dinner
Juice of beetroot, carrot, celery, cucumber, wheat grass, pepper, spinach, 1 tab Vitamin C. (I ate the spinach and pepper.

9pm
Peppermint tea

10:10pm asleep

To sum up Day 1 in words, tiring & hungry! But it's done!!

7 Day Detox & the Fear of the New Website

Just a quick update before the tribe at home wakes up!

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7 Day Detox
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Tomorrow I start my 7 day Detox where I will blog about it everyday from the, highs, food, lows, to the mind talk etc.... I'm excited about doing this Detox because it gives me an opportunity to "explore" habits and addictions that go underneath the radar i.e. unconscious patterns!

Obviously there are lots of benefits to doing a Detox ranging from;

• Weight Loss
• Cleanse from the Inside
• Increased Vitality
• Greater Energy
• Break free of Patterns
• Understand the body more
• Plus lots more

My main reasons are nothing more than a fun challenge i.e. can I do it? Break my normal eating patterns, give my insides a clean from the toxins, kind of like a "internal bath"!

So stay tuned tomorrow for Day 1 of the 7 Day Detox!

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EHPFitness.com Is Here
....................Almost!
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I've been procrastinating on making this happen A LOT FASTER, for the simple reason of my own FEAR!!!

I'm a self taught geek and I've outsourced all of this project to the "experts" which has been a blessing and challenge. Now it's 95% done and I'm holding the chain again figuring out how to use the site etc.....

This is my way of saying I'm scared again :-)

But to face this "fear", I'm going to go on record and say in April will be the realease date of the new site! I've got excuses for this not to happen i.e. baby due any week now BUT that only sounds good to me, I'm going to dig deep to get it all sorted by this date!!

Stay tuned for more details!

Spida Hunter

The Month That Was = February

February has now been and gone and we are over 15% of the year GONE, never to be seen again until 2011!! Man, how time flys........

Discipline is one of the most (if not the most) determining factor to reaching your goals, the fitness marketing guru will have you believe it's their "secret programme" BUT I can assure you it's NOT!!!

The "secret" is showing up CONSISTENTLY and that requires DISCIPLINE to do what needs to be done in the daily grind!!!

I've set goals for the year;

• Dead lift 220kg
• Meditate 90% of the year
• 250 workouts in 2010 (Stole this number from Alwyn Cosgrove)
  
• Read 10-12 books, just to name a few!
  

Here's how I'm looking so far for the above;

1. Dead lift (this has not been a focus, I just train at this stage :-)
2. Meditation
   Jan 2010 = 26days
   Feb = 27days
3. 250 Workouts
   Jan = 10 (started late)
   Feb = 19 (All MS & PE workouts are with Fighters in preparation for March 13th Fight Night.
   2 x Yoga (aiming for 1 per week in March)
   4 x Metabolic Strength
   6 x Power Endurance
   5 x Run (In preparation for City 2 Surf 12km run 21st March & 1/2 Marathon in June)
   
   
4. Reading Books = 0/Nil/Nothing :-) Just started reading first book today (Cardio Strength Training by Robert dos Remedios)

So as you can see, I'm not perfect BUT I'm DOING!!! I often "play" with the idea of measuring other things as well and I have no doubt I will! What I do know from all of this, when the end of the month comes to a close and I get to look back, it's bloody satisfying I can assure you! :-)

Sure there is room for improvement, but I can see exactly where I need to improve to raise my "numbers" if I'm on track or if I'm off track! That's the beauty of measuring!!

Take home message of all of this, measuring what you do actually tells the story of HOW you are doing and allows you to "adjust" things to suit!

March Goal:

• 4 x Yoga (1x per week)
• 7 Day Detox
• Raise my total training #'s to 22 workouts
• Have read 1 book.
  

All this while we are having our next baby any time soon........ So no guarantees on how I will go with achieving this but I'll give it a go :-)

Thanks for reading,

Spida Hunter.

Coaching with a Different Hat?!

This morning I had a Coaching session with a client that had nothing to with reps/sets/nutrition or Exercise for that matter, but it had everything to do with Health?!!

I've been told from my lovely lady that I need to take off my "How to solve problems" hat more often, which is friggin hard I can assure you!! For the simple reason, I have trained myself to look at situations as;

• What's the Issue/problem?
• How can we/I fix it in the best positive manner without carrying any bullshit!?

I don't go into Why is this a problem, I just accept this is what has been presented like it or not and how do we create an outcome we/I like?!

Well today (back to original story) , a client and I sat down and he talked about "problems" he was experiencing and said, "I enjoy talking to you because you look at it from so many different angles, that I cannot see"!

You know how I solved his problem as a coach? I LISTENED I mean I really listened not just prentended to listen, I didn't get into What/Why/How to fix, I just listened......

The end result was, he felt great to get his "stuff" off his chest and it was enough for him to break the cycle of "issues" he perceived he had!

The morale of my ramblings? My wife to be was right :-)

There is a time and place for everything i.e. to Coach via listening, guiding, telling, showing, kick up the ass and while I've trained myself to be a very good "mature problem solver" (definition of mature = find an outcome that supports everyone and not just the immature ego of thy self!)

I do need to take off my Coaching Hat of How Can we solve this issue more often! Until today, I didn't realize that the skill I trained myself to have What/How had become a double edged sword, meaning while it served me and will continue to serve me EXTREMELY well, it had become too dominate i.e. when ever I heard people telling me their problems, I went straight into Coaching What and How! I didn't know when to turn what/how "on" and "off"!!

I got Coached today :-)

Spida Hunter
P.S. Having tools in the tool box is great, knowing when to use the right tool at the right time is what's magic!

This lesson reminded me of the book A New Earth by Eckart Tolle. "In the stillness of Presence, you can sense the formless essence in yourself and in the other as one. Knowing the oneness of yourself and the other is true love, true care, true compassion."

PAY the Price....

In order to get what you want you have to be prepared to "pay the price"!

Most people associate "paying the price" with money and you are mostly right in thinking this way! However, this is just the 'starting point' in "paying the price"!!

Handing over hard earned cash to drop a dress size or increase muscle mass in 4-6wks is the EASIEST part but people make it the hardest!!

Reality of dropping a clothes size in 4wks at EHP:

• Train 2x of Metabolic Strength
• Train 2x per week of Metabolic Circuits
• Eat Compliant 90% of the time (maybe less depending where you start with your actual nutrition)
• Prepared to adopt New Habits and "let go" of old habits
• Have a Postive Attitude (this is more important then people think)
• Repeat the above 90% of the time in 4wks....

Let's break it down some more so you get to see the "details" of 90% Compliant in performance!

• 4 Training sessions x 4wks = 16sessions
• 6 Feeding Opportunities per day x 7days = 42meals per week,
  38 of them compliant to how we eat at EHP.
• Adopting these habits above = Compliancy
  
• If you get stuck in your own "stuff" the ability to approach it with a Postive Problem Solving Attitude, is a KEY element that people don't talk about!!
  

Do you see how "paying the price" is more then just handing over your hard earned cash, it's actually the last thing to really think about not the first!!!

If you are prepared to "Pay the Price" then we are a fit, if not then when you are ready I'll be waiting :-)

Thanks for reading have a great day,

Spida Hunter