Tea Detox journey

Today I began a tea detox. Tiny teatox it's called. I saw this on someone's Instagram and thought I'd try for myself. I believe there are a few companies that do this tea tox so I will endeavour to try all. The one I'm currently on is from www.yourtea.com.au and it is a 14 day detox.

When I say detox I don't mean I'm only drinking tea for 14 days. For a non tea drinker it would probably kill me! This tea is drunk three times a day 30 mins before breakfast, 30mins before lunch and 30 minds before dinner. It is recommended to be taken on empty stomach and not while your eating anything. It's is also said that while it contains no caffeine it is not to be taken to late at night.

As I said, I am not a tea drinker, I tried green tea due its benefits but nearly spat it all over my lunch companion! So I was hesitant to try this but I read about it and saw its benefits and curiosity and my sceptical side won out and I bought it - around $35 with free postage I believe. I tried it this morning before breaky and I added a dash of lemon. O M G yum! I couldn't put it down, I was happy it tasted  good, I really wanted to give this 14 days a whirl, so yay! I have since had my second cup of the day and I'm feeling more alert already but have been visiting the bathroom a bit more then normal! So far so good - except for the need to widdle all the time!

I shall explain what this tea does and what is in it:
The ingredients are:

Hawthorn Berry,Adzuki Bean,Water Plantain,Alismatis Rhizome,Indian Bread,Tangerine Peel, Germinated Barley,Prunella Spike,Cassia Seed,Semen Phascoli, Semen Raphani! Medicated Leaven,Rhizoma Alismatis,Herba Agastachis - no caffeine! 

All very technical ingredients but here is what they all do- banish cellulite, reduce waste and fat, speed up calorie burning and fights food stagnation in body. It also boosts energy and vitality and can clear up skin and eyes. There is a slight laxative to it towards the end of it, after all the tea is cleaning the inside of your body, removing waste, toxins, fat and cellulite, it obviously has to come out somehow! But this is a good thing, it means it worked and that your body is cleansed! Woo hoo.

It says you can see results without altering diet but if your going to cleanse your body with this tea why stop it from giving you the best results because your still eating crap? Now  I currently weigh in at 54.9 kilos and have slight cellulite at top of thighs and suffer from low energy in the afternoons so in 14 days after eating clean, exercising every morning and taking this tea three times a day I will see if the hype is correct! Weight loss, clear skin and eyes, no cellulite and improved energy.

I may post some before and after photos if I feel like scaring you all and will do a 7 day update blog.

Until then stay healthy and happy.

Jx

Intro blog!

First blog from my new blog spot. I decided to this blog as I am finding more n more girls asking me what I've done to lose baby weight.
 Mind you Jackson is almost a year old and I was able to gym everyday so I've had time and opportunity.
However, I am very proud of my efforts as I'm not only at a weight I'm almost happy with but I'm injury free! This means alot to me as Im used to having have a torn muscle somewhere in my body! I actually did my first track session in 4 years a coupe of weeks ago and felt great!
So although i am not qualified in any way I wanted to start this blog to share what i take, do etc to motivate, encourage and convince mummies, women and even guys (who dare to read this) that anyone can get active, get healthy and find that fit, happy person inside all of us!

Fitness for me started when I was 7! I was enrolled into little athletics in Proserpine. From there I competed all through little A's and school athletics. Sprinting is my love, my passion and my talent. I have never truly let go of the dream to run despite tearing every muscle in my legs a number of times! I come from a family of sporties, my mum played hockey and my dad was a runner also, it was always in my makeup to be part of sport I'm sure but this doesn't mean fitness has come easy to me! I can be lazy and refuse to do anything just like everyone else. My downside is that I'm short, I put on weight quickly and I have genetic makeup to be larger. This means I have to workout out, I have to make an effort to keep body weight down.
Now thankfully I love the gym, I love being outside and I love being able to fit into short shorts and crop tops. Who doesn't! I have just had to find a workout that works for my body. Being a sprinter I am lean up top with the ability to get quite muscly in the arms and back - I do very little upper body work because of this and I have big strong legs and butt - this is where my exercise is focused, being a girl fat tends to sit on the bum and thighs anyway but being a sprinter and having a larger area for fat to sit on I really have to attack cardio and lower leg weights. I have fallen in love with the elliptical trainer and squats. Both theses have seen my legs and butt tone, lose weight and become stronger.
 I will be putting up the workouts I do in the gym and also what I do if not in a gym. Currently I am working full time so instead of stopping exercise I have built a workout plan I can inside and with the equipment that I currently have to use at work. It's a mix of my sprint drills, my squats, lunges, tiny bit of arm and back work and abs.
I work in supplements and will say prior to this, I never took a supplement, I honestly did not believe in them. BUT since working here I have developed a huge interest in them and cannot believe I hadn't taken anything sooner! My body is stronger, fitter and more importantly healthier due to taking supplements along with exercise and eating right. We push our bodies to the limit with work, socialising and exercising. Even with eating right your body can still lack the required ingredients it needs to keep up with your busy life and exercise routine without falling apart or stalling. Supplements help push you to the next level and push past any slump you get into if exercising for prolonged time frames. The stuff I take has helped me trim down, tone up, recover quickly (huge huge thing for me) and push on to the next level even when I'm fatigued!

For the record, I don't just do all this to be super thin or super lean, I do this for my health, my mind (exercise makes me happy, less stressed and internally a better person) my love of fitness, for Dayne  and for Jackson. I want to be fit and healthy in order to chase him around and play and be a positive role model for now and for as he gets older. But I do do it also because fit is sexy and honestly who doesn't want to look in the mirror and be proud of what they see and have achieved?

Stay tuned for next instalment where I will detail the supplements I take and why I chose to take them!
(Remember visit staunchsupplements.com.au for all your supplement needs or call me and I will hook you up.)

J xx