The First Two Weeks: Getting Started

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40 Minutes A Day

Posted by Rip Venice on February 19, 2012
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Champions!

A huge component of this plan is activity and we must participate in some sort of physical activity to take full advantage.  If you are a member of a gym, great!  If you aren’t a member of a gym, great!  It really doesn’t matter too much.  It is great weather for the folks on the West coast to do things outside, and great gym/yoga weather for those of us who are in more frigid climates.

20 min in the morn and 20 min at night.  This is the absolute bare minimum for physical activity.  If you aren’t a member of a gym, just take off first thing in the am for a 20 minute jog, or walk, or 20 min of lunges, or jumping jacks, or jump rope, or whatever you can possibly imagine that will elevate your heart rate.  And whatever you do in the am, do NOT do at night.  Switch it up.  If you walk in the am,  jump rope at night.  If you are going to do the whole 40 minutes in one sitting, switch up your activity, for example 20 min cardio, and 20 min weight lifting.  If you are a member of a gym, I suggest that you take a yoga or fitness class.  SWITCH IT UP PEOPLE.  One of the reasons we are in the condition that we are in is because of boredom.  If you have ever seen someone doing a physical activity and had an interest in what they are doing, then now is the time for you to do it too!!!

“But Rip gym memberships are expensive and i can’t really afford it”
-Guess what, for the first 2 weeks of this program you will be able to participate at almost any establishment that you want.  For the most part, any yoga studio, dance studio, gym or boot camp center will give “potential members” 1-2 weeks for free.  All you have to do is give them an email address and start taking classes.  And if they only offer a 1 week program, sign up at another establishment after your first week is up…trust me there are tons of these places around (i worked out for over 6 weeks at hot yoga studios by taking the 1-2 week trial period, for FREE and so can you)  And if you find a system that you really love, consider signing up for a membership if you can afford it.
Suggestion:  Involve yourself in a consistent physical activity for at least 1 month before signing up for a membership.  Don’t waste a bunch of money on a membership that you will only use for a few weeks, instead hike a mountain, take a walk, ride a bike, join an outdoor yoga class….these are all free.

The more you put into this program the more you will get out, its as simple as that.  For a minimum requirement we are setting the physical portion at 40 minutes, but if you can find more time to devote to yourself, please do.  Pay respect to your bodies.  Honor yourself for the work you do on a daily basis.  Take this time to focus on you and only you.  And if you can extend your 40 minutes to an hour or more, great!  If you can’t because of responsibilities, thats fine too, but use ever minute of that 40 minutes to work on you.

Any awesome suggestions for physical activity please POST!!!!
Heres a great one.  Nike Training Club.  Its an app for iPhones and also a website.  The workouts on this site/app say that they are designed for Women….i disagree.  These workouts are freaking intense and amazing ways to get a good routine in…for FREE.  I do these at a park by my house, so can you!  And the best part about them is they constantly change.  You have no excuses for being bored…now get to work!!!

                                                                                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua61XY84gGg&w=320&h=266]

Heres a little video for your motivation…

Lets Get Back to Basics

Posted by Rip Venice on February 19, 2012
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Champions!  Im moving all of our older data and posts over to this site as this will be your new center for motivation, encouragement, knowledge, and all things Fat Flush!  Here is our “Stock Up” post.  For those of you who are new to this amazing lifestyle, let me first say Welcome.  You are here for a reason, you are here to take control of your lives through diet.  You are an integral part in all of our success so I hope you can handle the responsibility.  We all depend on each other here, and now that you are here, we depend on you!  Next, you will need a few items from your local Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, or Farmers Market.  The food you will eat is amazing and you will feel amazing and look amazing, you have my word.  Now, lets get to work!

Family, for those of you who have been flushing with me for the past few months, congratulations, you are all my heroes!!!!  Use this as a refresher guide for what is in your fridge.  Use this as a reminder for how you used to look.  How you used to feel.  Used to be.  You have all evolved so much, I am so so proud of you!

Ok kids, time to stock up on a few things before we get started.  I suggest you pick these items up from Trader Joe’s or your local Co-Op instead of Whole Foods or AJ’s, as the savings will be significant.  At all times…SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FARMERS!
The most important component of this flush is our sacred Cranwater.  The cranwater is made up of 4oz Just Cranberry juice, 2 heaping tablespoons of ground FlaxSeed Meal and at least 20 oz of water (make sure to get the 100% Cranberry juice, not from concentrate, no added juices or sugars or anything else.  It is very tart because it is just pure cran juice, but it has to be this juice, please DO NOT SUBSTITUTE).
FlaxSeed Meal.  This comes in all shapes and sizes.  You can pick up GROUND flaxseed meal in bulk at Sprouts and Whole Foods.  The cheapest one is sold at Trader Joe’s; it is called Bob’s Red Mill FlaxSeed Meal and it is about $2.50
Blender Bottle.  They sell these at any High Health, GNC, Vitamin Shoppe, and even some Fry’s, and Von’s.  It is just a mixer bottle that comes in all sorts of cool colors and its the ONLY one on the market that doesn’t leak.  So, get your favorite color, maybe even a cool back up one so you dont have an excuse to EVER miss a cranwater, and you are all set!!
So lets review for our CranWater.
-Just Cranberry juice (Trader Joe’s $3.99 per bottle, I suggest you start with 3 bottles)
-Flax Seed Meal (Trader Joe’s $2.39 per bag, I suggest you start with 2 bags)
-Blender Bottle (Vitamin Shoppe, GNC, High Health $4.99 per bottle, I suggest you pick up 2 bottles)
 Couple things for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Lets start simple with all of this stuff ok.  So 1 simple item for breakfast, a couple things for lunch and a couple things for dinner.
Breakfast-  Pick up 2 jars of Quick Oats Steel Cut Oats from Trader Joe’s $2.99 per can.  Grab 1 bag of Frozen Mixed berries $2.99 1 box of Rice, Almond or Soy milk $2.99-$3.99 and a bottle of Honey $2.99.  NOW you’re all set for a great week of amazing breakfast nutrition!  Suggestion:  Prepare one full can of Oats the night before and refrigerate the rest.  That way in the morn when you’re rushed, you can throw a big spoonful of oats, a few spoonfuls of berries, and some rice, almond or soy milk in a bowl, microwave until hot, sweeten with a little honey and you have just CRUSHED a morn meal in less than 5 minutes that is rushing fat out of your body!!
Lunch-  Pick up 2 bags of pre-made salad/spring mix (make sure it has spinach) and 1 bag of Kale.  These are both $2.99-4.99.  Also, pick up some mixed vegetables.  They have cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, sprouts, etc made up and ready to go.  Pick up a package of whatever veggies interest you….go nuts…and mix in as many veggies as you can with your salads.  You will eat a big salad every day for lunch for the first 6 days so BRANCH OUT people try something NEW………I challenge you to try at least 2 new veggies….maybe even some quinoa….wait what is that??!!!!  aaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!  You will also need to pick up a bottle of Balsamic Vinaigrette $3.99, and some nuts of some sort (sunflower, pistachio, soy, whatever) $4.00-7.00
What I need from you here guys is creativity.  Make these salads the most creative, expressive, insane, masterpieces you have ever thought of.  Every veggie, sprouts, avocado’s, quinoa, nuts, EVERYTHING.  Make these the biggest baddest raddest salads you have ever had in your life!!!!!!  easy on the dressing kids ok, geeze
Dinner-  Pick up 1 box of microwaveable brown rice packets (3 packets per box) $2.99 and 1 box of microwaveable rice medley packets (3 packets per box) $2.99.  Pick up 6 cans of Cuban Style Black Beans $.89 per can.  3-6 avocados (bag of six at TJ’s) $4.99 and a bag of limes $2.99.  For dinner, we will be combining all of these components in a bowl and spicing it up with some hot sauce if you want.  I really like Cholula.  Some other good ones are; Tapatio, Tabasco or that super sick one that is purple and has a wizard on it from Whole Foods…really good.
Preparation-  Microwave one bag of either brown rice or rice medley, heat 1/2-1 can of Cuban Style Black Beans, cut up 1/2-1 avocado, and cut a lime in half to squeeze over the top of your bowl.  Add some hot sauce and you’re eating a dope dinner that is ushering fat out of your guts and into the toilet bowl sweet!!!!!!!!!

Great Snack

Posted by Rip Venice on February 18, 2012
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Champions!  Happy Saturday!  Its a beautiful day here in Sunny Venice Beach, CA…How is it where you are?   How are you feeling?  Do you have more energy to enjoy the day that is set before you?

Heres a great little snack to chomp and get back to whatever you are doing.

Ingredients:

1 Toasted Bagel, preferably sprouted.  There is a great selection at Trader Joes and they are only a few dollars!

1 Handful of sprouts.  You can pick these up at TJ’s as well.  I suggest supporting your local Farmers Market and picking up a bunch!  Look at you Family, you are taking control of your life through diet AND supporting the beautiful people who are growing this amazing food.

1 Tub Vegan Non-Dairy spread.  This is sold at TJ’s as well for a couple dollars.

A few dashes of sea salt, black pepper, mustard powder and cayenne pepper.  Season to your own personal taste…and go EASY on the salt ok!

When you’re done it should look like the picture below….and you should have your Cranwater with you at ALL times!!!

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It starts with diet…It continues with you..

Posted by Rip Venice on February 18, 2012
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Family,

Remember that this experience is about YOU. About how YOU encounter this place.  About who YOU affect.  About what YOU learn.

This place has nothing to do with how much paper you accumulate.  How many accolades you “deserve”.  Who knows YOUR name (do you really have a name??).  What car you drive.  What house you live in.  Or who knows who YOU are or what YOU do.

There is no such thing as money.  You are the only important thing.  And the people you affect are the only important components of this place.

I trust in YOU.  I trust in YOU.  I trust in YOU.  I trust in YOU.  I trust in YOU.  I trust in YOU.  I trust in YOU.  I trust in YOU.  I trust in YOU.  I trust in YOU.