I weighed a couple of times this week...even though I am going to try not to the rest of this (only once a week)...my final loss for the week is 7 lbs.

I know most of this is water weight and not having 2 or 3 meals in me from reatuarants or fast food at any given time, however, I am still happy.

Here are specifics of the changes I made this week compared to pre-challenge:

BEFORE                                                                                                              CHALLENGE

2800-3000 calories a day, mostly fast food and dining out                       1500-1600 calories a day, all prepared by me in 5-6 minimeals

no eating after 6 pm                                                                                            eating whenever, some evening eating and snacking

little to no water, sweet tea and Coke                                                            64-99 oz water a day, no caffeine or sweetened or artificially sweetened drinks

little to no exercise                                                                                              training as program requires as closely as I am physically able

staying up until 1130-1 am                                                                               going to bed about 930-1000

no vitamins or supplements                                                                            Women's multi, Omegas, calcium, Vitamin D, Magnesium, Vitamin A, Zinc

Dining out 2 times a day, most days of the week                                        1 cheat meal in which I dine out

So far, I am not missing dining out...I realized a long time ago it should be a treat, not a way of life. I've enjoyed cooking. I've had some recipe disasters...haha...in trying to combine my carbs and protein...like the 1/2 cup of oat bran with a scoop of protein powder and 1/4 cup of Fiber One...GAG...or the blended cottage cheese and peach- which I thought would be yogurt like...it was gross-like. I'll stick with Greek yogurt :)

AND, just in this week and today, I've pushed myself harder with weight training! I have already increased my reps by about 10-50 pounds, depending on exercises...

SO YAY FOR MY BIG-BONED AND MUSCULAR FRAME! It is serving me well :)