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Day 8 – Tuesday – My Skin

Well that’s it, the first full week of me dieting in 8 years!  So what’s the outcome?  Well, not a massive loss I know but if you’ve been following my daily blog then you’ll know that I don’t really deserve to be looking at any loss at all, but fortunately I am so hooray and on to week 2, let’s see what succes that brings. (See Stats below for full details).

But in the meantime lets back track again to December when I came off all my Herbalife products and let’s continue to compare how I felt throughout that month.

Although today’s blog is still going to be about me not using the Herbalife products for a month, I’m actually going to talk about the products from a slightly different angle!  You see not everyone will realise that Herbalife don’t just sell products to help people successfully lose, gain or maintain their weight.  No they actually have a very comprehensive range of  ‘outer nutrition’ products and as I came off all of those aswell in December today’s blog is going to talk about the ‘outer nutrition’ products rather than what we call the ‘inner nutrition’ products.  By ‘outer nutrition’ I mean my skincare regime, you know the sort of thing, cleanse, tone, moisturise and all that.

Our Skin Needs To Be Loved Too!

Along with using Herbalife’s ‘inner nutrition’ products for the past 8 years as my very successful maintenance programme, I’ve also been using Herbalife’s ‘outer nutrition’ products or in other words their skincare range because they are absolutely jam packed with nutrients just like the ‘inner nutrition’ and really when you think about it why would you spend all that time, money and effort  providing the inside of your body with the very best nutrition and then not bother about your skin which after all is infact the largest organ in your body and the one that everybody else sees – well your face anyway!!

We Take Our Skin For Granted!

I think it’s fair to say that most of us do take our skin for granted and just assume that with very little help it will just cope with whatever we throw at it whether it’s city air that’s highly polluted, dehydrating central heating or just the wind and the rain if we are out walking but it’s really not fair to assume that our skin will stay looking good if we don’t put any effort into helping it achieve that.  Skin needs to be loved too!

Over the years I have, of course, tried pretty much all of the Herbalife ‘outer nutrition’ range and along the way I have honed it down to a set amount of products that I personally really, really  like and I tend to just stick to those same products, my firm favourites.  Interestingly enough they aren’t all from the same range, rightly or wrongly but I use what I like and what I feels works for me but there is a huge range to choose from including daily skincare,  skin revitalisers, soothing aloe, ani-ageing, anti-cellulite and fragrances and I can’t say I’ve ever come across one which hasn’t been lovely but I guess if I were to try and use them all then I’d never leave the bathroom and being busy as most people are, I tend to try and be practical cost wise and time wise so I use what I’ve got time for and what I’ve found works best for me.

So back to the experiment.  Well for the first few days of this experiment I didn’t notice too much of a different with my face other than immediately I was missing my Radiant C Facial Daily Cleanser and once again it was very difficult remembering not to use them as this had become a well oiled routine of mine morning and night.

Within a day of stopping using this particular skincare product I noticed that I wasn’t feeling as wide awake and refreshed on a morning and my skin was feeling tight and uncomfortable and as the month went on I noticed several other things started to happen to my skin which I want to touch on over the next couple of days as all these issues became part of my experiment too.

I use the Radiant C Daily Facial Scrub Cleanser each and every morning when I get up as the very first part of my skincare routine and I absolutely adore it.

It’s a foaming daily facial scrub cleanser suitable for all skin types whether you are oily, dry, sensitive or somewhere in between and I like it because it’s gentle enough to use twice a day, morning and night and aswell as cleansing my skin it also helps to revitalise it.

It contains citrus fruit oils, which smell gorgeous first thing on a morning as well as beeswax and jojoba beads which is why it is so gentle and kind to skin. It’s these beads that gently exfoliate the skin lifting out any dirt and help to leave my skin feeling clean, radiant and healthy.

It’s lovely fresh citrus scent smell gorgeous and refreshing and these scrubbing particles foam up when you add water to them which also makes it an excellent product for men to use when shaving.  The beads lift the facial bristles and help to prevent ingrowing hairs and because it foams into a rich foamy lather it helps provide a close shave with the Vitamin C helping to reduce shaving rash and irritation after shaving – not that I use it for this purpose I should clarify!!

The Vitamin C is of course key here as it is a powerful antioxidant and a leading component in collagen production.  Vitamin C also reduces the appearance of blemishes by regulating pigmentation and it boosts the skins immune system.

The Radiant C Facial Scrub Cleanser leaves your skin feeling fresh, clean and with a healthy glow and the Vitamin C offers great antioxidant protection.  I couldn’t wait to start reusing this again, the sooner the better.

And so to the Stats!

• Weight = 9 stone 11 1/4 lbs (a total loss for the week of 2 1/2 lbs – doesn’t sound much does it but it’s a healthy amount to lose each week and if you think about it like this, it’s approx a bag of sugar or 4 blocks of butter!  Imagine carrying a bag of sugar round all week with you – you’d soon be happy to put it down wouldn’t you.

• Measurements = still not done

• Breakfast = Lovely warm chocolate Formula 1 protein shake

• Lunch = Left over sample of a Formula 1 meal replacement bar mixed in with a milk chocolate protein bar – various flavours again

• Supplements taken = Formula 2 Multivitamin & Mineral Complex | Herbalifeline | XtraCal | Quickspark

• Drinks = 2 litres a combination of: Thermojetics Instant Herbal Beverage | Herbal Aloe Concentrate or plain hot water

• Alcohol Monday night = Nothing

• Evening Meal Monday night – Spagetti bolognase, couple of slices of garlic baguette and salad