Remember that time when I posed in a bikini?

I wrote about going up a size every winter… yes. Every winter. Never fails – up a size or about 5-10 pounds. It’s during the long winter months when my appetite for comfort foods is non-stop!

But since all of my food sensitivities have developed, I’ve been eating differently for some time now. I’ve cut out grains, dairy, eggs, soy – not to mention I haven’t had white sugar or flour in months. I’ve been sort of doing a detox cleanse on my own for a while.

But I feel I needed to do more to boost my metabolism – a 30 day detox – so when I had an opportunity to try Isagenix, I was ready to give it a try. And I could because they offer shakes that are soy, gluten and GMO free.

Isagenix has a 30 Day System™, a cleansing and fat burning “starter pak”. The system is designed to “gently rid the body of potentially harmful impurities, while infusing it with essential vitamins, botanicals and other natural ingredients to help shed pounds naturally without the use laxatives, stimulants or diuretics.”

Isagenix offers gluten and lactose free shakes which contain whey, and also vegan shakes which are dairy, soy and gluten free – yay for me. The Natural Berry Harvest IsaLean® Shakes have 8g of dietary fibre and 22g of plant-based protein – mostly pea and hemp proteins.

I’ve purchased pea protein powder before to use in smoothies and let me tell you – just pure pea protein doesn’t taste very good! The Berry Isagenix flavour is quite tasty as it contains other natural fruit powders.

The 30 Day Cleanse consists of having two shakes a day and one healthy meal plus snacks. Once a week, you have a ‘cleanse day’ which consists of having a cleanse ‘juice’ every few hours plus snacks throughout the day.

What you can’t eat? The obvious ‘junk’ food – but also it’s best to avoid red meat, bananas, carrots and coffee. You can drink green and herbal teas throughout the day – at least 8 glasses.

Isagenix is not a “diet” – it’s a ‘cleansing program’ to eliminate the impurities from your body.  But I think it’s definitely a mental challenge more than anything else!

I’ll let you know how it goes. If you want more info about what I’m doing, contact Lynn.