Day 7 - Rest Day - day after notes..

Yesterday was great. I got in my stretching first thing in the morning as I had planned and I generally felt great all day. I did not get my free meal of the week at Stonewood as it was closed, so I did not have steak. Instead we went to an Italian restaurant and I had a small portion of the brick size lasagna they brought to me. I ate mostly the tomato sauce, which had meat, garlic and mushrooms in it, with about a 10th of the actual lasagna. I also had a chili cheeseburger yesterday as I had been craving one all last week. The rest of my meals were mostly the same as any other day. Here is the breakdown:

Meal 1: Protein Shake - this time I added peaches. It was tasty but I am not sure if the peaches are OK so I will stick with the berries.
Meal 2: Small portion of Lasagna, Tomato sauce with meatball, mushroom, and garlic. Salad with goat cheese and Walnut Vinaigrette
Meal 3: Small Yogurt
Meal 4: Baked Salmon, Steamed Broccoli, Raw Cucumbers and Tomatoes
Meal 5: Chili Cheeseburger

I suspect I had way to many calories yesterday, but it was my rest day.

Here are my Day 1 and Day 7 Measurements:

Day 1:
Chest: 40.5"
Right Arm: 12.5"
Left Arm: 12"
Waist: 38.5"
Hips: 37.5"
Right Thigh: 19.25"
Left Thigh: 19.25"
Weight: 177
Blood Pressure: 152/83
BMI: 25.3
Fat%: 24.1

Day 7:
Chest: 39.5"
Right Arm: 12.5"
Left Arm: 12"
Waist: 36.5"
Hips: 37.5"
Right Thigh: 19"
Left Thigh: 19"
Weight: 169.8
Blood Pressure: 138/80
BMI: 24.4
Fat%: 22.4

Weight Lost = 7.2 pounds

I am happy with week 1 results. I feel the Fat Burner Express lived up to my expectations. I am expecting to put back on some of the weight loss over the next few days between just going back to a regular meal plan (according to the website I am supposed to be at 2k calories per day) and Christmas meals. Of course my free meal probably put back on one or two pounds right away.

Either way, I will Keep Pressing Play and doing the best I can with the diet/meal plan. I did sign up as a member of BB so that I can get the meal plans from them. My wife has been a great support in helping me to make sure that the meal plan is as exact as possible. Sometimes this is frustrating for me, but we are working through it. I fully believe that in one or two more weeks that we will have all of this down and it will be a LOT easier. If not, we might just quit.

JUST KIDDING :)

//jsk

Day 3 P90 - Fat Burner Express Meal plan + Exercise

Today exercising was easier than yesterday in that I had more energy to give the exercising more intensity. I still feel that it could be better and I am sure over time it will be. I am feeling a little sore today but not too bad. This Fat Burner Express DVD is really a good workout. Both my wife and best friend are doing this with me and have both stated that they like this routine as well. I have read that it is a bit tougher than Sweat 1-2. I have not done Sweat 1-2 yet, but will next week. I have read that some swap out Sweat 1-2 for this routine on occasion to break things up a bit.

Thanks to my wife, my diet yesterday was perfectly by the 6 day fat burner express meal plan. Later last night my stomach was growling a bit telling me it wanted more food, but I made it through it by drinking some green tea. That actually helped a lot more than I thought it would so I recommend that anyone that is eating less and still feeling hungry give the green tea a shot.

This is what I consumed:

Breakfast: Smoothie with 3/4 cup of blueberries
Snack: 20 Almonds
Lunch: Tuna Salad - consisted of Bagged Tuna, Lettuce, Cauliflower, Broccoli and just a bit of red wine vinaigrette with cayenne pepper.
Snack: Roast Beef and Swiss Cheese roll-up with mustard
Dinner: Garlic & Rosemary Chicken with Brussel Sprouts

I drank at least 8 cups of water and 1 cup of decaf green tea.

As I did yesterday I am going to start spicing up the food a little more with pepper and/or lemon/lime juice. I am making sure that nothing that I add has any calories, sugar, or carbs so I should be good to go.

Tonight I hope to get 8 hours of sleep as I have only been getting 6. I imagine this will help with my energy level.