Tuesday I officially started my diet. I picked Eating for Life from eDiets. A couple of years ago I joined iShape and realized how easy it was to follow a diet/exercise plan when somebody lays it all out for you on the internet. Anyways, I picked Eating for Life (over a dozen other diets) because it had 6 small meals (not just 3 + snack like most of the diets, I’m hungry all the time, that really wouldn’t work for me) plus I bought Body for Life a few years ago on recommendation from a friend, so I was familiar with the basics of the program. The reason why I didn’t really try the diet back then is because in the book I have, they use protein shakes a couple times a day. This Eating for Life eDiet still uses protein powder but in mixes like enriched chocolate pudding, chocolate mousse, and enriched french toast (surprisingly good). The plan also gives you 1 free food day (which I started last night, I figure a day could = 24 hours) .. in which you can eat anything you’d like. So I stuck with it this week, and it was pretty easy, although I did need some more time to prepare all my meals in the morning. A positive thing is that I’m learning to cook and Sean seems to be enjoying the dinners too

The result? Well Saturday is my official weigh in for the program, and I’m happy to report I am down 2 lbs from where I thought I was when I started. In actuality, I’ve lost 3 lbs since I started training (last week in June) and 4 lbs from the last time I was on the gym scale (2 – 3 weeks ago, that was the eye opener that I needed to fix my diet) .. So I’m totally psyched. Besides just weight, this week I put on a shirt I haven’t worn in over a month and it was noticeably looser over my chest and arms. And when I shaved this week I totally can tell my thighs are thinning out (YES!) .. so I’m super excited.

Today I’m off to get a manicure and pedicure (I could really use a massage too, the squats I did yesterday are killing me today!). Then have a few projects around the condo, and of course, a trip to the gym this evening. I’m actually looking forward to this upcoming week.