6 Week Body Makeover

So, it's been a stressful week around our house, as most of you Facebookers know. Patrick's work stress has settled for the moment, things worked out. For now. I'm not holding my breath, I'm sure that stress will come back to bite us in the booty soon, but for now I can't worry about it. It was not the greatest of weeks for me to start my new "Way of Life". But I did. I made myself a promise and I stuck to it! I bought the Six Week Body Makeover Plan from Michael Thurmond. A whole new way of eating, exercising, breathing and living. The plan consists of 70% - my customized eating plan, 20% - my fat burning program and 10% - my customized body sculpting program. Through a series of questions, pictures of body types, etc. they make a "blueprint" of your body. You then receive a tailored eating plan and exercise routine for your exact body type. I cannot have anything with sugar, fat, dairy, wheat or salt. So.. no bread, pasta, cheese, sweet fruits, chocolate, refined carbs, etc. The sugar and fat part is usually a given on any diet, however it's more intense than usual. Not even allowing olive oil or diet sodas. That part hasn't been too hard. The hardest part has been cooking all of my meals without salt! It's so hard to find items without salt. And it's even harder eating them. I bought lots of Mrs. Dash spices and fresh herbs, but salt just makes everything taste better. So, in all honesty my biggest craving has not been a piece of chocolate but rather salt! Through my plan, I've learned that salt has really halted my metabolism in addition to helping water retain to my body. So, I'm trying to remind myself of that for the next five weeks! I started it last Monday and the results from week one are in. I've decided to post about it weekly so I'm under more pressure, it's out in the open, public knowledge, in writing! Hehee.. Hopefully it will encourage me not to stray. I'm pretty happy with the results...
*Total pounds lost: 7 and total inches lost: 10.5!!!
My goal for week one was: Give this plan 100% and try to loose atleast 4 pounds. My reward: A pedicure tonight! Well, I gave this plan 100%. I did not cheat once. Plus I lost my goal weight (and more!), so I'm off to treat my very tired feet to a pedicure tonight. (I've never had to cook so much in my life, and my feet are tired of standing in the kitchen!) I hope week two is a little smoother. My goal for this week is: Following through with my 'Fat Burning Program' 5 days this week. My reward: A night at Green Tangerines to scrap! :)