The program started on April 17, so this past Thursday was officially our 5 week mark. I'll recap the last five weeks as I haven't been good about posting.
Calories per day - 1200 to 1400
Fat per day - 32 to 45
No simple carbs - berries only
Week 1
Nutrition
Breakfast - Protein shake with 1/2 C berries and 1 T of peanut butter (may favorite part of course).
Morning Snack - Protein shake with 1/2 C berries
Lunch - 5 oz of very lean or lean protein, protein shake with 1/2 C berries
Dinner - 5 oz of very lean or lean protein, protein shake with 1/2 C berries
64 oz. of H2O per day.
That's it! So limited, almost seems like you'd starve, but the weird thing is that you don't. You're actually incredibly full and I had a very hard time finishing my shakes each day. On the second day of the diet, I had a major, knock-you-off-your-feet headache, which they (the program docs) attributed to sugar detox. I believe it. There's no doubt in my mind that I've been addicted to sugar and bad carbs, no doubt. Oh and another thing about this diet...no cravings. With the exception of wine. I miss it like nothing else.
Workout
Let me start by saying I love my trainer...love him! Matt is the best and we instantly clicked from the first time we met. He reminds me so much of my cousin Brett. We have three appointments a week. Tues, Thurs, Sat, for an hour each. In addition to seeing Matt, I also go to the gym an additional two days a week for cardio. Not gonna lie, week one was hell. I have a fobia of gyms as I'm sure many people do. I've been a member of one gym or another for much of my life, but prior to this program, could count on my fingers and toes how many times I went. I hate gyms. I hate the people that go to gyms. I hate the smell, the sounds, the air. Yuck...disgusting, really.
The first day was full of "I can't do this" and "I can't do that's". He got me on the elliptical for the first time, damn that thing was awkward. I could barely do 10 minutes on level one at a speed of 3. Oh lordy! We also did some floor exercises. Leg raises. Oh, the leg raises. You lay on your back with your legs streached out in front of you, feet together. Now lift your legs without bending you knees keeping your feet together. REALLY!?!? I couldn't do ONE. I absolutely could not get my legs off the ground. No doubt the c-section I had last year contributed to my struggle, but man oh man! Dear Matt was so upbeat and positive the whole time and was probably shocked at the shape I was in, or maybe not. It was bad. I went home that night and set a goal of never saying "I can't do it". That's it, that's all, pretty simple and something I could stick to. I couldn't come up with any physical goals, since I had no idea what my body could or couldn't do at this point. So I stuck with the goal of a good attitude and it's paid off so far.
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