ACV Update

I tried the ACV (apple cider vinegar) drink testing. I did it for about a week with maybe just alittle less amount of the ACV that i planned to do.

First off, the taste. It was hard to drink at first, i tried it in just water first, then tried it as sort of like a tea. Those were okay, just a force chugging it to get through it. I then remembered reading that that a lot of people had it in apple juice. so i got some of that and made it a lot easier to drink.

I think i did notice that the drink helped with my allergies some and i didn't get heartburn the days i drank it.
Didn't really see much change in the acne or weight. I did only try it for a week, so maybe longer would of helped. But as for the weight, people were saying that they lost like 10 pounds after starting to drink it, they never say what else they changed. So leaves you wondering is it only from the ACV or did they actually start exercising and eating better? They never say. Well i kept my laziness and eating the same during my test week and i lost nothing. So i am left to believe that ACV only helps you if you eat better and exercise....though really, you can lose weight without the ACV if you do those.

I'm not going to completely put ACV off from the weight lose factor, but until i like do a test week of eating better and exercising without drinking it and then with to see if there's a difference.

I might still drink it sometimes to use up what i bought for the testing, but don't think i'll drink it a bunch every day like my test week was suppose to be.

I'm a bit bored of this topic because my findings aren't as exciting as i hoped lol. But i was wondering...

What is your experience with drinking ACV? what pros and cons do you find from drinking it?

Apple Cinnamon Water

I'll admit it...I'm one of those people who wants those quick fix in weight loss. So when something talks about bring up metabolism and such, i want to try them. My downfall.....I don't stick with them. Drinking water is my biggest downfall, i just don't really drink it. Main part of that for me is that i don't like the taste and it's so boring for me. While browsing Pinterest, i did come across this drink, Day Spa Apple Cinnamon Water- 0 calories.

It mostly talks about how to make it rather than the why it works. Personally for me, i haven't tried it long enough with drinking it enough to notice what difference it makes. So i'll go into a small bit on that.

I think i had heard about cinnamon helping, but didn't really know why. so i just did a quick search and this webpage seems to give a good explaining to why. http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/weight-loss/how-a-scoop-of-cinnamon-a-day-can-help-you-lose-weight.html#b
For the apples, I already knew that apples were a good fruit to eat to help get a wake up boost, so just kinda figuring that along helps with metabolism. Did a quick search and found this page that seems to give a short thing about apples. Just not sure about on this since you are not eating the apples. http://www.livestrong.com/article/233137-do-apples-help-you-lose-weight/
Last thing is the ice. You might be like "Say what? Ice makes you lose weight?" Yes it does, well the ice water. I've read on this one before, it's because it's cooling your body down when you drink it, so it has to work harder to warm itself back up. Along with you getting the water you need. I went ahead and found an article for you to read if you want more information on it. http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/weight-loss/question447.htm

I'm not a nutritionist or anything, or even really that healthy. But it is something i read up on for when i finally get my butt moving on the right track. So that's why i wanted to provide the articles as to why. Feel free to share better articles if you know of any.

Now back to the drink itself.

For prepping, it really isn't that hard. Just cut the apples, put in the sticks, add the ice, fill with water, then put in the fridge.
For taste, this mostly matters on what apples you use. I either used honey crisp or fugi. Been awhile since i made this so i don't remember. Would be interesting to try with green apples since they'd have a tarter taste. For what i did use, this was good. The cinnamon did give it an almost burning like feel for me when drinking it, if i'm remember right.

I will be making this again at some point to try and see what difference happens if i actually drink a gallon of it a day. Will be a little experiment for myself. Just probably won't be at least until my daughter starts sleeping at slightly better times.

I hope this post helps those who read it.