I know when looking at this 15 pounds in 21 days fitness plan I am on, it might not seem like a lot of food… this would be where you are wrong. =)

These two photos were taken last week, I just forgot to get em in here… this is meal 3 and meal 5 from last week. Trust me people, it fills you the hell up.

These images are from week one’s plan

4oz. Chicken breast, 1 cup of rice, 1 cup of steamed squash (tastes like potatoes)

3 cups of red leaf lettuce (salad) 1 cup of zucchini, 1 cup of steamed broccoli and cauliflower and 8oz of salmon

Well, here I am, the start of a new week for my 15 pounds in 21 days plan. This means a new food outline as well.

I am not into diets, I think they basically suck and don’t work. I was a trainer, I saw countless people fail over and over because they tried to change too much, too fast.

I am not overweight for the most part, but there are areas I want tighter, so when i read about this program, I thought I’d try it. It’s sound advice, it works too. They say if you do the plan, you’ll lost 15 pounds in 21 days and while that sounds impossible… it isn’t. It’s divided up into 3 weeks (21 days, dur) and you eat different in each week.

So last week I had 6 meals a day, this week I move to 5 to somewhat shock the system and then in week 3 I move back to 6 meals. Different food though…

So… one week gone, how much have I lost?

I started at 190.2 pounds.

I weighed myself this morning. 186.1 pounds

4.1 pounds in one week. I am on track for a 12.3 pound loss but if I am being 100% honest, I was not dead on target in week one. I don’t consider myself overweight so i was more viewing this as a guideline and not a OMG MUST KEEP DIET type of rule. I did eat the meals, I did drink the water but a couple days I didn’t drink as much water as I needed. A couple of the days I had something outside of the plan because I went to see the Dark Night etc. A movie without something to snack on? yeah, right.

Anyway… 4.1 pounds in 7 days and dumb as it sounds, I notice a difference in my frame, so does my gf. Thus… Week two starts and I am going to pour myself into it. See what happens. heh

I was really hot the other night while trying to sleep so I decided to say screw it… I shaved my melon. I went down to the shortest setting on the razor, the dreaded #1. I have to tell ya, it is so freaking comfortable! Apparently I look a lot meaner though. hahaha. whatever. It’s just hair folks, I’m still not going to kill your puppy

Ok, some of you might be thinking… day two? wtf? Day one was 4 days ago…. umm…

So here’s what happened. I started this plan on Monday, July 14th but being that I am a webmaster, my schedule got all screwed up and my sleep patterns were hooped. On Tuesday I had to go run errands, pay bills etc and as such, I got myself 5 hours behind. Because this plan is very set in… you *must* eat the meals in order, you must leave yourself at least 2 hours between meals etc… I’d have been awake until 2 am and then I’d have had to wait another 2 hours before sleeping so I could ensure I was indeed going to bed on an empty stomach.

Sigh. fuck that. I made the time management mistake, I’ll start fresh and learn from this. Nobody said resetting your metabolism would be easy.

So, YESTERDAY was day one for me. I started fresh on Wednesday so my weeks will run Wed to Wed. So next Wed I start week two meaning, different food intake, I’ll post week two’s plan on Wed of next week. Let’s get to what I have experienced thus far…

Water… I am drinking a metric fuckton of water. You are supposed to drink your weight in water, if you’re not active, then you half the number. I weigh 194 so that would be 97 ounces per day. I wouldn’t say I am a couch potato though, I’m not overweight, I am quite fit actually…. so I decided to bump my number to the 3/4 mark instead of the 1/2 mark. So.. I need to consume 145.5 ounces of water. That is 4.4 33 ounce bottles, or 4.4 liters of water per day.

I am pissing like a race horse, or like a man drinking more water than he’s used to. heh. What’s really fucked up, is that last night, before bed… I was sooo thirsty. I had drank 4 liters and a bit and I was still thirsty. I wanted water but I knew I’d be up all night pissing.

I didn’t get up to piss once. wtf? No, my bed isn’t wet

So.. I’m loving it.

Food wise… I am eating healthy, I am shitting more than I am used to, always fun. It’s like the soft serve machine at Dairy Queen… ya know? aaaand now you’re pretty much not eating Dairy Queen anytime soon. you’re welcome.

So I’m digging this plan big time. In an hour from now, I have to make 4 ounces of chicken breast, a cup of squash and a cup of rice. I can’t freaking wait.

Seriously, do yourself a favor… TRY THIS PLAN.

15 Pounds in 21 days plan – day one

I was a fitness trainer once. I saw the same people coming and going. the same go hard drive and then it’d disappear after a few weeks. The same people doing the new year’s resolution because THIS YEAR it’ll be different.

Yeah, right. If that was true, the fitness industry would be out of business. I learned what to eat, what not to eat. how to work this muscle group, that muscle group. So by all accounts, I should be pretty ripped. I should be toned and basically beating off girls with a stick right?

Nope. I’m a lazy person like you. Well, maybe not lazy… but not as fit as I should be, or could be. I’m firmly against diets usually because you cause your body to go through shock and sure, you’ll get results but when you come off the diet, you usually gain it all back and then some. FAIL!

I am going against my better judgement starting tomorrow. I read an article in a magazine that had some pretty crazy claims. I did some research into the claims and sure enough, it works. Many people have done it, the plan itself was created by Dr. Philip Goglia. He’s sort of the fitness guru to Hollywood.

When you see some celebrity looking fit, ripped, toned, odds are they were coached by Goglia. He created a plan.. get this.. Lose 15 pounds in 21 days. Sounds insane, right?

The plan divvies up your daily calorie intake among five or six meals to help you create a consistent calorie-burning pattern. If you’re not eating at regular but relatively brief intervals, you’re not stoking your metabolism with the steady supply of calories it needs to generate enough heat to release fat as an energy source. You’d be surprised how just the simple act of establishing a consistent caloric intake will do wonders to alter your body composition.

The daily meal plans include protein-source foods for muscle building (and for muscle retention), carbohydrates for fuel, fats for energy and health, and vegetables to aid digestion and deliver a significant amount of micronutrients. Carbs, your energy foods, are loaded in the morning to power your day’s activities.

Conversely, your protein-heavy meals are eaten later in the afternoon and into the evening to enable your body to repair muscle tissue at night while you rest. Additionally, the increased protein intake further juices your metabolism.

Evaluating the success of this program, or of any dietary strategy, is not all about the bathroom scale. You need to look at the whole picture. Muscle weighs a lot, but doesn’t take up much room; fat doesn’t weigh as much, but takes up 4 1/2 times more space.

Here is the food plan I will be on. The Diet if you will. Keeping in mind, I hate diets and I think they don’t work… but when I see Doctor after Doctor saying this works, and many people that have tried it and it worked for them… and the weight stayed off after they finished the 21 day plan, I figure… sure thing, time to check it out.

In addition to this, you take your body weight and drink that in ounces. So if you weigh 190 pounds like I do, that’s 190 ounces per day. Knowing about the very real risk of water poisoning though, I am going to half this number to 95 and round up to 99 and drink 3 33 ounce bottles (1 liter bottles) of water daily.

So, will I be posting before and after photos? Yes, Yes I will. When I am done. heh I’ll also scan the article and post it for others that want to give it a shot. If you’d like to check the good Doctor’s website… www.turnuptheheat.com