Cleanse Blog Week 3 – Becoming Powerful. Week 3 of the cleanse was a breeze. I kicked up my workouts a notch because I heard sometimes in the third week people hit a little bit of a plateau in terms of weight loss. I had my routine down and it really flew by. I was [...]
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Liz Hurley Style – Week 2: To kick off week 2 of my cleanse experience I was going out of town. Yikes. My younger sister was running her first half marathon in Virginia Beach, and for the first time I was going to be on the cheering squad at a race (mixed feelings about this, [...]
Nestor’s Morning Power Smoothie (Serves 2): 1 cup vanilla soy milk (or almond milk) 1 cup plain low-/non-fat yogurt 1 banana 1 cup frozen mixed fruit (your choice; I like Dole fruit medley with peaches, pineapple, strawberries, mango, and grapes) 1/2 cup fruit juice (your choice; I like mango/passion fruit) 2 scoops vanilla soy protein powder [...]
Liz Hurley Style – Week 1: For those of you that do not know me…my name is Liz Hurley, I am the group fitness coordinator and a personal trainer at EMPOWER. This is my summary of Week 1 on “The Cleanse.” If you are unfamiliar with it- the cleanse is a 21 day liver detox [...]
It’s chilly today which reminds me that the holiday season is not far away. As much as I love the holidays, I always dread the very real potential for weight gain during a month of what seems like non-stop eating and merriment. In preparation for the caloric onslaught I like to do our 21 Day [...]
