So a quick run down of the Pink reset is that it's a short detox diet that you can do a maximum of 14 days before moving onto the next phase of the diet. It's the new fad diet and exercise program, but I figured I'd give it a go. I take to following a diet a lot better when I have set guidelines, instead of a dubious "count more calories, eat more green stuff).
Anyways! The pink reset gives you a specific list of proteins and vegetables you can eat, with the instruction that you start the day with a protein shake, then for lunch and dinner you have one 4 ounce serving of protein each meal, along with as many vegetables as you want. Snacks in this phase are also raw veggies.
My heart broke a little reading that, since I've never been big on veggies, but my boyfriend(/pseudo finance/future husband) has been after me to eat more greens, so I guess it's for the best. Here's a good a place as any to tell you a little about myself!
I was always a pretty skinny kid, then puberty hit. I went from weighing 95 pounds to somewhere around 110-120 practically overnight, and had the joy of starting middle school as an 11 year old with C cup breasts. Not ideal for little tom-boy me. Through school I held my weight around 130-140, and for a while had a bout of combo anorexia/bulimia(it was standard for me to only eat a can of tomato soup during the day, and throw it up after). Luckily that was short lived.
Fast forward to when I'm 14 and I leave home due to having an abusive family life. I'll spare you the details, but I spent the next 2 1/2 years on the street before getting an apartment. During those years I lost a bunch of weight due to, well, being homeless. After getting a place, I gained back a bunch of what I had lost due to a combination of depression, cheap malt liquor, and cheap food. Then I was at my heaviest yet at 140-145.
While homeless. Nevermind the underwearI turn 18 and happen upon derby, and like so many others fell in love instantly. "Finally!" I thought, "a place where I fit!" So I skated religiously, but even then I still maintained the same basic weight and shape.
Fast forward a few more years, and I'm 20. I literally looked in the mirror one day and said "holy shit I do not like what I look like naked." I hadn't noticed myself gaining weight at all. I decided that I had had enough and wanted to lose the weight and become a mean derby machine. So I went and bought a scale and weighed myself for the first time in years.
Holy what the fuck batman. I was sitting at 170. How the hell did I gain 30-40 pounds without noticing? I was floored. I knew I had put on weight since getting off the streets, but that much seemed ridiculous.
So I started dieting, doing some good old fashioned calorie counting and following the meal plans on sparkpeople.com, and cut out malt liquor after I realized that one 24 ounce can was accounting for 25% of my daily calorie intake. I followed this diet pretty religiously for several months, and lost about 20 pounds, but plateaued and was stuck for several months.
During that time I went through a shitty breakup and in two months undid all the progress I had been working on for the last 6-8 months. Gone! Just like that!
/end life story
So here I am now. I joined crossfit in december and have been doing that 2-3 times a week since. I absolutely love it, and knew my nutrition had to follow. I checked out a bunch of diets(paleo, zone, paleo zone, low carb, etc) but nothing fit. So here we are now, with the pink diet. I also made new years resolutions to stop eating beef burgers, fried/breaded chicken, and all soda(except the occasional diet soda in a pinch, but for the most part if I need something bubbly and flavorful to chase my vodka with I use safeway's sparkling flavored water stuff. Delicious and 0 calories!)
Note: i'm not doing the work out portion of the pink diet, just following the diet. I'm already doing crossfit(like I mentioned), and will be following the RDWC's workout schedule.
FOOD STUFFS, DAY 1/2
Breakfast:
Made a protein smoothie, the most basic one the pink diet offers(it's called pink drink 1). It contained:
1 scoop whey protein powder
1 cup almond milk
1 cup frozen strawberries
This actually worked out pretty well for me, since I normally have to make myself eat in the morning and it is not appetizing often(I wake up super early for work, so in the past I cooked my food the night before). However, drinking a shake was easy and keeps me pretty full till lunch.
Between breakfast and lunch I snacked on some baby carrots on day 1, and baby carrots + cucumber slices day 2(it's a long time between 5am and 11).
For lunch I had made a big salad with mixed romaine lettuce and spinach, a handful of cherry tomatoes, and chopped carrot + onion. On top of that I put some pepper and 2 tbsp of newman's own brand light Caesar dressing. The first day I cheated with adding a slice of turkey bacon and a small handful of cheese. The second day I didn't.
Snack was more of the same above.
Dinner was 4 oz flank steak, with broccoli and cauliflower both nights. Delicious!
On day 2 I cheated by having 2 pieces of turkey bacon in my bloody mary. Blame the boyfriend. Plus (since I don't remember if I mentioned this before), day 1 I went out for tacos. I am weak and powerless over tacos. On one of the days I drunkenly got a burrito. Bad week.
Cheating aside, it's going well so far. I imagine i'll stick with the meal plan I've outlined above for the rest of the week.
Now, for some gross before pictures, goals, and measurements!
These photos were rather depressing. Sorry for the crappy mirror pics and quality.
Measurements:
Chest: 42"
Right Arm: 12.6"
Left Arm: 12.2"
Waist: 41.7"
Hips: 44"
Right Thigh: 23.2
Left Thigh: 23
Weight: 167
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