My Regime, Week 2

SO here we are at week two. So far I've had no more changes to my weight or measurements, which I think would normally have made me a bit depressed and I'd want to derail from my diet - HOWEVER this diet program might just be doing what we all convince ourselves a diet program is supposed to do; making me feel good about myself!

In the book, Steve Zim says that after two weeks you'll notice that you look different and feel different. When I read that I was like, "uh huh... sure... get over yourself buddy. If your diet program was actually that good I would have heard of it by now." - well Stevie is laughing now.

I feel great, I can tell my stomach is getting flatter, my posture is improving, I feel in control of my eating habits and like I'm consistently putting healthy food into my system. To top it all off, I cheated for a meal this past weekend and went to Fat Burger, which is soooo delicious and sooo fattening. Not only did I not feel guilty at all for eating the meal because I knew that one indulgence wouldn't be enough to offset all my hard work, but I actually didn't even enjoy it as much as I usually enjoy a good bacon cheeseburger dipped in mayonnaise!

Now that I've completed my two-week initiation things are supposed to start getting intense. He sort of makes you work out until you can't move anymore, so it's going to take a lot of motivation and commitment to get through the next four weeks of exercise. The best part of coming out of these first two weeks is that I feel the hardest part is over, I can eat a half a bagel now if I want to (I'm SOOOO much nicer with normal blood sugar levels...), and I've already created the habit of five small meals, waking up early everyday, avoiding alcohol and doing cardio six days a week.

One small issue is that I'm taking a trip up to Portland in two weeks, and I know I'll spend the whole week eating my heart out - and there is a possibility I might extend the trip an extra week. So I'm nervous about undoing all my hard work, but I think as long as I stay committed until my vaca, it'll make me that much more likely to want to get back into this "happy place" once I return to LA.

We'll see. Until then I'll keep you posted on my incapacitating workouts :)