YBBG Detox

The Detox and vitamins

So you want to know what those capsules are? No, I'm not sick.  So don't y'all go starting any rumors. Quite honestly, I got inspired by a lady who appears in my blog, Annette Larkins.  Yes, I'm talking about the 70 year old lady who looks forty.

I mean if she can stunt with her fitness and bright glowing skin...why not I? At my age, I really have no excuses when it come to health and well-being. I see women with children getting it in and looking great, why not I?

Mind you, I go through this every year.  I get right and tight in the spring, then go back to hibernating in the winter.

List of ingredients in the detox.

Now mind y'all, I am paranoid about pills.  Don't ask me why...as I think about it, it probably has something to do with me working at a pharmaceutical marketing company whilst I was in law school.  So, quite frankly, I don't really trust anything in a capsule form. (I know, that is very weird...but hey...do you know what those things do to a person? I'm just saying...lol).

I'm all about home remedies, thanks to my mama for the most part, and my country upbringing :).  So I'm kinda cool with this stuff here that I purchased at Planet Beach back in February.  I had a LivingSocial deal for some of their spa treatments, and talked to the manager about their detox.  The Detoxify stuff has a bunch of herbs in it, so I'm not really concerned by it at all.  The only thing I hate is swallowing six of them per day, 3 in the morning, 3 at night.

Ingredients in the vitamins

Along with the detox,  which is 14 days long, I am taking multivitamins.  They come in neat little packs as seen above.  My doctor told me to start taking a multivitamin during my physical last year (You really should have checkups each year...).  This one, I bought with the detox system, or whatever they call it at Planet Beach.

List of nutrients

It has all kinds of Vitamin B, Vitamin E, Folic Acid, Zinc and other stuff in it.  My only issue is, vitamins make me sick.  Like literally, I get nausea when I take vitamins. The only ones that have never made me sick were from a membership I had with some company, that is too expensive for my taste.

People keep telling me to make sure I take them with food, but that's the thing, I do.  It doesn't matter. I could eat a steak with potatoes and still get nausea.  I just have to deal with it, and take the darn things.

I'm also including a protein smoothie with my detox.  No, I do not plan on continuing to do this all the time.  For one, who does that except body builders and people who do fitness for a living?  I mean, I plan on doing it every three months to kick start my body.

Vanilla protein powder.

Choban Greek Yogurt,
non-fat.

Mango nectar.

So the serving size is two scoops of this vanilla protein powder.  I seriously try to kill the powdery after taste with things like mango nectar and frozen fruit of various kinds, and a handful of carrots.

I also include some Greek yogurt, I figure it should be good for something.  Ha!

I chug down one of these smoothie's a day as a meal replacement.  I haven't become hungry after drinking it so far, so I guess that's cool.

Smoothie in my Magic Bullet.

I think the smoothie tastes a lot like a fruity milkshake, thanks to the Greek yogurt.  I use my Magic Bullet to blend everything together, and it works really well.

My homeboy said he wants to get the Ninja blender thingy, but I've been a Magic Bullet loyalist for some time now.

I also made a decision to do something active that I actually like.  So, I bought a basketball.  I haven't had a basketball in years.  And you may be shocked to know that I never owned my own basketball.

Nope.  I always had my dad's or uncles' basketballs around.  This is my first one, even though I played basketball for years.  I went to look for it yesterday.  I really wanted a pink one (sue me...ha! I have pink boxing gloves... lol).  But this one will do just fine. I'm going to use it on my runs around the neighborhood.  So if you see a lady dribbling a ball, it may be me.

My first personal basketball.