Week 1 Jillian Body Revolution Results

Week one of Jillian Michael's revolution complete. The kickstart diet was great, and got me into some new simple meals and snacks I hadn't considered eating as part of my clean eating plan. Had I really stuck to the eating plan exactly for the last two days, as I had for the first 5, I would have been down 3 pounds, but I indulged a bit yesterday and saw 2 pounds on the scale (it will be off tomorrow), so my week one results are 1 pound down, .5 inches from my lower belly, and .5 inches from each thigh. I definitely feel leaner, and my legs feel much tighter. Stay tuned as I continue for the next 83 days.

Here are my thoughts in general:

Diet: Excellent, but hard.  1200 calories isn't a lot for someone used to eating and burning a lot.  But I started to feel lean immediately, and the meals were very satisfying.  The biggest challenge was between breakfast and lunch since I workout early morning and eat breakfast between 6:30 and 7:00.  But once I got to lunch, I was never hungry the rest of the day, until snack time, which tied me over till dinner.  I loved her recipes and it gave me a lot of new and improved eating ideas.

Workouts:  Loved both the cardio and the weights, but I got bored of the cardio very quickly.  I can't really imagine doing the same cardio workout only for an entire month.  Good for me that I have a ton of other workouts I could incorporate, so I did cardio 1, then insanity pure cardio, etc.  I pushed myself to the "bad ass" levels on the workouts, and I felt it.  So far, so good!! 

End Result: I was exhausted but feeling great at the end of the week, and really enjoyed my day of rest on Sunday.