Week 1 results

For my diet plan this last week, all I've had to do is eat breakfast every day. Whatever I eat must include protein and whole grains, and have no more than 4 grams of fat. It hasn't been too difficult. The hardest thing, honestly, is remembering to eat at all, because I tend to get so busy (especially in the morning) that I forget.

Anyway, I had my first "weigh-in" today, and over the last week, I've lost 2.5 pounds! I was so happy. For the next week, I'm still supposed to eat breakfast, but also make some changes to my lunches. The whole idea is to reprogram the body to expect more frequent, smaller meals, and to burn stored fat as energy. This is a pretty easy plan to follow, and I especially like that it isn't a fad where you entirely cut out one food group. There is an option at the end to cut out carbs completely for one week, but that's for people who have a large amount of body fat or weight to lose, and the instructor is pretty adamant that you ONLY do it for one week.

Today's class was all about sugar and carbohydrates. I already knew and do most of what she told us (thanks Mom). What I didn't know is that some of the excess sugar we eat winds up in our blood, and creates a sticky substance which increases our risk of heart attack, stroke, etc. She said that scientists used to warn about consuming cholesterol, but more and more, they're finding that it's actually the sugars that we need to eliminate (or at least drastically reduce). She gave us some good guidelines to follow as far as how many grams of sugar and carbs to eat each day. This is a good class.