Love Food: Lose Weight & 30 Day Shred - Week 1

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If you follow me on Twitter you probably caught on that I have a new healthy eating & workout plan. You all know my #1 and most important 12 in 2012 goal was to get myself back to a healthy weight and to get back in shape. On January 1st I began making healthy changes and hopped on the treadmill a few times but it just wasn't cutting it. In fact, after weeks of this I was right back where I started at 170 pounds. I knew I needed to find a plan that was a little more strict and that worked with my lifestyle.

I started 30 Day Shred & fell in love. It's a great workout and it's only takes about 25 minutes to complete. A few days after I started I knew I needed to find an eating plan that would go along with the workout to get me the results I wanted. 

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This is where my friend Gina came in. She sent me a copy of her e-book, Love Food: Lose Weight so that I can give it a shot and review the program for all of you on this blog.

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My husband quickly jumped on board and we fully committed to both programs. His support has been a huge factor in my success so far. 

Every Sunday for the next 4 weeks (and maybe more) I'm going to fill you in on details and my progress. I'm mostly doing this for my benefit. It's holding me accountable. I don't want to have to admit to you that I ate an entire gallon of ice cream, so this is helping me be a good girl. But, I also want to share these great finds with you in case you want to give them a shot yourself. 

Here are the results as of Friday...

After 8 days of 30 Day Shred and 5 days of Love Food: Lose Weight I weigh...163.6 pounds! 

That's over 6 pounds lost!! My clothes are fitting great and I know it's only going to be a couple more days until I've earned my first reward and I start fitting back into some of my old clothes. My husband also lost 6 pounds and he is feeling great.

I'll go into more detail about the eating plan next week but I'll leave you with this. It's so yummy! The plan uses lots of natural, whole foods. The best part is that it allows cheat meals and it gets easier as you go along.  Check out Gina's blog for more info.  Hopefully by next Sunday, I'll be wearing my 160 pound reward necklace ;)