Week 5 Done... Just Started Week 6 - Half way there?

Overall Stats

Lbs Lost = 13
Body Fat % N/A
BMI Loss = 1.7

Circumference Measurements
Neck - Lost 1"
Chest - Lost 5.25"
Waist - Lost 6.75"
Hips - Lost 2.5"
Biceps - Lost 1.25"
Thighs - Lost 2.75"

This week was a tough one with food. I got a little too creative and over thought my meals. I totally took shakes out and replaced it with food. BIG mistake.. The sheer volume of food that it takes to make my daily count was enormous! I was eating at least 3 times more food than I ever ate not on the program. Just to give you an example one night I ate 9 ounces (yes 9) of tofu, 3 cups of veggies and half a cup of fruit! This day I had a hard time getting to 1000 calories! Can you imagine eating all of that food. It was tough I barely could finish it.

I did only lose 1.5 lbs this week. Not quite what I like to hear. We did notice though that I had tons of tofu this week. According to my dietitian tons of people have problems losing weight when eating a lot of tofu. So note to self NO MORE tofu. Once a week is OK, but I had it 3 times this week so that is probably the problem. I was/am extremely bloated from my monthly visitor as well so that didn't help.

The key thing to remember here is go back to eating the way I was last week when I lost 4 lbs. My body likes veggies and good old MEAT! Chicken, beef, and egg whites. I think I will stick to that from now on. That is the one thing about this program that is great. You get to learn what types of food is right for your body. By watching the weekly change it helps you prepare for what your maintenance period will look like. It will also help you make better choices after the program completes. I am fortunate to know that tofu and protein bars are weight loss kryptonite for me.

Exercise was good this week. My trainer kicked my ass this morning with legs. So as you guessed it my legs are killing me right now. SORE SORE SORE... Til Next Week..