Shred Week 3: Transformation and Week 4 Ascend

Hey All,

Sorry I'm a little behind on filling everyone in on last week. I'm just going to talk about both weeks and I'll just update Week 4 numbers tomorrow after I take them.

So, Week 3 Transformation was my best week yet. It's definitely not a week you can apply to life on a regular basis, since it's primarily shakes or smoothies with a few added veggies or fruits. However, I seem to do better when the diet has a more strict routine. When there is leeway, I tend allow myself to "splurge". I did really well during the Monday-Friday portion of the week, but then my sister and I had a girls weekend in honor of my mom(who died Nov. 1, 2012, and whose birthday was Saturday. Needless to say, I didn't follow the plan Friday evening or Saturday. I did stay away from wheat, so I amazingly still lost. The workouts are still not happening as often as I'm supposed to, so I'm sure I would see even better results if I applied myself in all areas of my health.

Being healthy is 90 % mental and 10 % application of eating right and exercise. The last couple weeks I have definitely not been hitting my mental side of the equation and consequently I'm not seeing the results I want. I know it and get it and yet, I'm still not pushing myself. I am getting exercise in, just not all 5 days.

So, here are Week 3 numbers:

January 28, 2013
Bust: 36 1/4 in
Ribs: 30 in
Abdomen: 29 3/4 in
Hips: 40 1/4 in
Thighs: 27 in
Calves 16 1/2 in
Arms: 13 in
Weight 168.4

As you can see, I did lose more inches than weight, which is just fine with me as long as it's a loss:-)

Week 4: Ascend

I am one of those people that weigh myself daily. I don't get discouraged and ruin my diet based on my daily weight, but I am still trying to figure out what are my true sensitivities to food. This is how I've figured out the wheat sensitivity. It can be discouraging when the scale does not change after several days, but I usually know that it's my own fault based on what I've been eating so it's usually not surprising. All that to say, my weight did not change from weighing on Monday til Saturday, but then it jumped back up to 168.4 today. I know based on eating later than I should as well as having Thai food (although I barely at 1/4 of what was on my plate-so I know I didn't over eat at that meal, and I only had water) that that was probably the main cause. I also did not eat every 3-4 hours yesterday. I got busy organizing my house and didn't want to stop to eat. So, I'm sure my metabolism was just screwy altogether.

February 4, 2013
Bust: 36 1/4 in
Ribs: 30 in
Abdomen: 29 3/4 in
Hips: 40 1/4 in
Thighs: 26 3/4 in
Calves 16 1/2 in
Arms: 13 in
Weight 169.4

This week wasn't difficult, but I was in a funk again, so did not follow the plan as much as I should have.

Next week, I'm determined to follow it completely. This is Cleanse week and has several additions as well as is more strict with what you can and can't eat at each meal or snack. I did most of my grocery shopping last night, but I neglected to check what next week would look like, so I'm going to have grab a few more things. I'm also planning to write everything down, so that I can follow it exactly. I think this week has potential to be a great week from a weight loss standpoint and thankfully I have no plans to eat out or anything big that will cause me to really not follow the plan. I'm sure life will happen and something will change, but for now I'm committed to really trying to keep this week pure:-)