Flat Belly Diet:Day 1

I’m not even to lunch and I’m already questioning what I got myself into.  The measuring and weighing, so I have a beginning point is not a real big moral booster.  In fact, it working in the opposite manner.  Proving that weight is more pschological then physical.  What makes today any more different then the hundreds of other days I obsessed over the scale? 

I did something even more off for me, I weighed and measured first thing in the morning.  I’m not sure that is a good time.  I generally do this after working out.  I tend to be swollen when I wake up.  At any rate, the point of mentioning the time of ‘weigh in’ is to make sure I do it at the same time for all weigh in’s.  Not to mention the final one.

STATS:

• Weight – 168.0
• BMI – 26.8
• Water – 51.7
• Bone – 6.2
• DCI – 2990
• Metabolic Age – 29
• Waist – 32
• Pouch – 37
• Hips – 43
• Thigh – 26 3/4
• Arm – 12
• Breast 37

Hopefully that provides me with enough quality information to make a fair assessment.

It is only 11 am and I am hungry.  This is not good.  I’m not sure why I am hungry because the breakfast was more food then I have been eating.  I ate:

• 1 c – Special K Corn Flakes (100)
• 1 c – Lactose Free Skim Milk (80)
• 1/2 c unsweetened Applesauce (60)
• 5 Walnuts (60) – the diet calls for sunflower seeds but I was unable to find unsalted
• 1 glass Sassy Water

This is a lot of work weighing, measuring and watching what you eat.  No wonder so many fail.  Here I am complaining and they have laid it all out on paper.  I only follow word for word item for item.  So easy.

Which leads me to my lack of coffee.  Coffee is not allowed – or at least I couldn’t find it anywhere but in the bloating items list.  I’m trying my best but I feel like crap without my coffee.  It is effecting every aspect of my day.  I wouldn’t doubt it if this is why I am hungry.

My exercise consisted of 20 minutes with Jillian and 20 more minutes on the treadmill.  Both of which together used up more calories then my breakfast.  I don’t have that calorie watch yet, but I would guess Jillian’s workout was somewhere between 150 and 200 calories burned.  Possibly more due the mix of cardio and strength, but I think it is a fair guess.  My Treadmill walk and incline registered another 200 calories burned.  So, I’m going with 400 calories gone. 

If you look above it would take 2990 daily calorie intake to maintain my big self.  This means with their 1200 calories in the first 4 days I’ll have a shortage of 7160.  That calculates to 2 full pounds, I should lose in 4 days.  Not including my workouts. 

Working out all 4 days and using 400 each workout,  I will use another 1600 calories.  That means by Sunday morning, I should be 166.5. 

Now I’ll ask – pray for me.  I feel exhausted all ready.  My legs and knees are killing me from the new Jillian workout.  Frankly, I could use a nap.  There is no support in my house either.  My sweet husband came home eating cake and telling me ‘you picked the wrong time to diet’.  All I can say is ‘thanks for your support’.  This is why mom’s and wife’s don’t take care of themselves.