A New Diet
October 01, 2007 @ 12:42 p.m.

Last year or maybe 2 years ago, I went on the Atkins diet. Went from 220 to 185 in 3 months. Well I know weigh 228. So not only did I gain back my original weight but also almost 10 pounds more.
So while my back was out a few weeks ago I was watching an info commercial and ordered the diet program. It's the Michael Thurmond's Six Week Body Makeover. He's on Extreme Makeover. So I just started today and with how the program works it makes you eat 6 times a day. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. The last snack is optional. It teaches you about the "evils" in processed foods. And shows you how to make meals out of whole foods. So far it's been ok. I HATE water and you have to drink 100 ounces a day. I've had 4-16oz glasses so far and it's 12:48pm. So I've had 64 ounces so far. At 3 I'll have my mid-afternoon snack which will be an apple and a piece of chicken. I have written to my doctor, which he's had several patients in ICU and hasn't gotten back to me in regards to some supplements pills they sent with the program. Tonight I am to work out for 18 minutes on resistant training and I'll probably do some cadio too. By Thanksgiving I should have lost about 45 pounds if I stick to this faithfully. I have 10 pounds as a goal for the first week since it's almost all water and 5 pounds for the next weeks to come. I'm not going to set up goals that I can not meet. With Atkins I didn't eat carbs. In this diet I eat carbs but only at certain times of the day. Plus it tells you how much of each item you should be eating to your metabolism. So, we'll see how things are for Thanksgiving when I go to my mom's. I can eat everything that's going to be there. So I figure I'll eat breakfast at home, eat a snack there, dinner, and then head off to my new inlaws. Then there I can get another snack, and then dinner again. My mom usually has Thanksgiving dinner around 2pm so we can get home before all the traffic and she can sit back and relax.
Well that's it for now. I hope this one works, I think it will because it doesn't tell you that you can't eat anything. Just bad processed foods. So I'll keep everyone posted as to how this one goes. And for the family when I get done if you want it I'll let you borrow it. Or better yet, make copies now and you can start when you want.

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