Vegan on Hold....for 6 Week Body Makeover!

Do you recall a few posts back I mentioned I ordered Michael Thurman's 6 Week Body Makeover? Well, it arrived yesterday. I happened to be home. The post lady brought my mail to the door with a big box. Clearly labeled on the outside. She rolled her eyes and said, "Now the fun begins." I rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah, right!"

I had just bought VEGAN food for the week. I'd been eating Vegan for 2 days. I even went to the, uh, health food store for coconut water for my smoothies.

I didn't open it till Jon came home from work. He was very excited that it arrived. We opened it together and spent FOUR HOURS getting through the "set up" part. Watched a video or two, took the body type survey, found the cards with my body shape, exercise plan, etc. Jon measured me - neck, shoulders, down to my calves and we entered it onto charts. I stood in my underwear so he could see if my fat rolls matched the ones on various cards. (It is a good thing we know each other pretty well, this is not an activity for a first date. Or maybe it is....)

We looked at the food plan for my body type. My instant reaction was, well, I can do this for six weeks, but there is no way I'm gonna eat this way for life. I get a couple of ounces of protein (white meat) every two hours along with either vegetables or a few carbs. I can have some fruit at certain times of day. Just for kicks we did Jon's too. I'm a type B and he is an E. He can have red meat, I cannot. He gets carbs early in the day, I get mine later in the day. But he isn't planning on following this. But he is certainly excited about helping me stick to it. I look at as taking a course of medicine. I can "take my medicine" for 6 weeks. But unless I learn something along the way, this doesn't look like a life plan to me. But maybe it should be. The theory makes sense if you read and listen.

But the claims are big. I can loose (up to) 30 pounds in 6 weeks!?!

Besides tracking what you eat and weight, the material suggests, no - it tells you, to reward yourself every week for following the plan. Something to look forward to. Something to motivate you. It suggests a pedicure or manicure, shopping. I said to Jon, none of that will motivate me. I don't want to spend money as my reward. We thought about it and his eyes lit up. "I know what will motivate you" he said. What? What?

He said he will give me $100 every week I follow the plan. HOO HAA!!!! I'm motivated. That's $600. I know exactly what I'll do with it, too!

And I have to say I really do appreciate Jon's efforts. He cooked specially for me today. He shopped specially for this diet. It may be somewhat self-serving - like "I'm so tired of hearing you complain!" But I don't really know that. He's pretty good to me. Sometimes I test him, not on purpose. It just happens that way. I told Jon he's going to have to finish eating the tofu (which I can't have now) and coconut water.

So my beloved daughter called me tonight. We haven't talked in a bit, she's been very busy trying to get ready to start her new career, house shop, apartment shop, etc. And enjoying living close to friends, so she and Quinn are quite social.

Anyway, she calls. She obviously read my recent post. "Are you vegan now? How's it going?" I told her read my new post.

WHIPLASH!

I'll keep you "posted".

Bye for now.