Cruising with Isagenix

I just came back from a 7 day cruise from Boston to Bermuda (on NCL - the company I used to work for) with my mom and sister. This was a REAL vacation because we left our kids at home with our husbands (yeah for the husbands) and also left behind the cooking, cleaning, laundry and mommy duties. I treasure that time I spent with my mother and sister!

I would never think of going a day without my Isagenix products so I brought my IsaBlender, packets of IsaLean shakes, IsaDelights, WME sticks, IsaBars, IsaOmegas, Ionix Supreme powder and Accelerators. I also knew there was a nice gym on board (floor to ceiling windows overlooking the ocean) and a walking track on the top deck so I brought my sneakers and work-out clothes. I also took the stairs whenever I could and that was a LOT of stairmaster-type action.

Here's what I did:
Upon Waking - Ionix and Accelerator with 20oz of water then off to the gym to walk for about 35-40 minutes.

Breakfast - back to the cabin to have my IsaLean Shake and IsaOmegas (photo of me on our balcony enjoying a vanilla shake), then accompany my mother and sister to the breakfast buffet. They had the delicious French toast everyday with lots of syrup.  Although I wasn't really hungry after the shake I found a little treat that was delicious - they had a yogurt bar where I had them mix plain yogurt with fresh berries and walnuts.

Lunch - the days we were at the beach I brought a packet of shake. On the ship I usually ate something from the buffet. I tried whatever looked good and relatively healthy but only took very small portions. One day I had a hamburger and it was not worth it!

Snacks - glad I brought some IsaBars - here's a silly picture of me in Hamilton, I am actually licking some chocolate off the wrapper and you can see my mother is mortified that I am doing this in public (I'm sorry but I just love those bars).

Dinner - we ate in the formal dining room each night and I had an appetizer (the healthiest choices on the menu) plus a Cesar salad and an entree' (oh yes, plus bread and butter - NOT something I usually eat at home).  One night I had tempura (fried vegetables) - mega calories!  So I could have made some better choices but, for the most part, I didn't regret them after.

Dessert - NO desserts for me because I do not eat any sugar or sugar substitutes so even their "sugar free" offerings were a no-go.  I brought an IsaDelight to the theatre each night and enjoyed that.  I went to the hugely popular 11pm chocolate buffet with my mother and sister and took photos of the pretty desserts.

Drinks - NO alcohol - a decision I made because it wasn't worth the calories to me (plus the martinis were $11.25 each!).  So I drank tons of water as usual. I carried my Isagenix 20oz shaker bottle with me everywhere. IsaFlush at night was also a lifesaver.

So the end result is that I gained 3lbs :(  BUT it will be gone by the end of this week - not a problem.  Note: my mother, who is on maintenance, and who didn't exercise; didn't take any meal replacement shakes; ate multiple desserts each day including the 11pm chocolate buffet only gained 3.4lbs. (She did take her IsaOmegas each day.)  She immediately got back home and resumed her regular routine of Ionix, Shakes and Cleansing and will also have that weight off by the end of this week - Mom's update, she just emailed me this am (Tuesday) and she is already back at her starting weight!!  My update, as of Sat (a week later) I lost that weight plus another pound - now down 81lbs!

So if you splurge make sure it is really worth it then don't dwell on feelings of guilt - just wake up the next day, have an IsaLean Shake and know that you have the solution to better health.