3 Day Refresh Review

I did the 3 Day Refresh after the holidays and meant to write a review but kept putting the idea aside.  I figured with the Refresh Challenge Pack being on sale this month, it's a good a time as any to do my review!

So over the holidays I decided to take a week off from working out.  My body was feeling like it needed a rest after going so hard with workouts for the previous 14 months.  My mom was coming to visit us, so I thought that would be the perfect time to take a vacation from my workouts.  During that time we also ate out a ton, visited breweries and had a bunch of Christmas chocolate.  Ugh.  I felt gross when the week was over and so I decided to order the Refresh.

What is the 3 Day Refresh?

It's 3 days (obviously) of small meals of veggies, fruit and healthy fats.  It also involves drinking Shakeology each morning (but I do that anyway - healthiest meal of the day!), vanilla protein shakes and a drink called a fiber sweep.  No dairy, coffee or alcohol.  You can drink 1 cup of green tea per day and a couple cups of herbal tea.  You do only light workouts during that time since calorie intake is pretty low.  It's great for getting back on track after a vacation/holiday, for getting bikini ready before a trip or just to jump start weight loss before you begin a fitness program.

I found the refresh to be easy & exciting on day 1 (Yay!  I'm getting back on track!) but day 2 was a challenge (I'm hungry!  I have a headache!).  The no coffee, dairy or alcohol part was hard for me. I also prefer my ShakeO with almond milk but had to drink it blended with just water on the Refresh.  I added in a half an avocado on day 2 because my body was telling me it needed more food.

The vanilla protein shakes were okay.  You have two each day and the first one you can blend with fruit.  The second one you just mix it with water so that one wasn't as good.  I had read that the fiber sweep was gross but I really didn't think so.  The consistency wasn't the best, but I thought the taste was fine.

Overall the Refresh was more of a mental challenge for me than anything else.  After the 3 days my stomach bloat was gone and I really felt like I was back on track with my healthy eating after coming off the tracks slightly over Christmas.

Some people do the Refresh each month, but I think that's a bit of an overkill.  For me, I would definitely do it again before a beach vacation or after the holidays next year!

The Refresh plus 30 days of Shakeology Challenge Pack is really a great way to kick start weight loss!  It will have you on track and ready to start a fitness program!