1 week down!

(scroll down to read our first post and figure out what were doing and what this blog is about)

The first week on the Zone is finished, and we survived! :) Here are some of our thoughts:

-Clint has a hard time eating as much as he's supposed to
-fruits and OJ taste freaking amazing (bc of not having any other sugars - only supposed to have fruit as far as sugar goes)
-we're not hungry! (the balance of carbs to protein to fat keeps your insulin levels even, making you not feel hungry or crave things)
-cooking takes some time and is messy (we're learning to get up early!)
-it's hard not to drink diet coke (I prob narrowed it down to 1-2 a day :/)
-it's hard to drink 8 8 oz glasses of water
-we need to learn more so we can make up our own meals
-its hard to stop eating when you are supposed to, but then you realize, you really are full!
-working out is not so bad
-the little bit of bread we were allowed was enough, didn't miss it as much as we thought we would (bread carbs mess with your insulin levels so we are supposed to do mostly veggie carbs...it really makes you crave bread less)
-broccoli is yummy
-we need a whiteboard and food list on the fridge

Time for our progress updates....dun dun dun dun.... here are the changes in our measurements for this week!


Clint's changes for this week:

Fat % - down .4%
BMI - same
Weight - down 1.4 lbs
Waist - same
Belly - same
Hips/Butt - same
L. Arm - up .25 inches
R. Arm - up .15 inches
L. Thigh - up .5 inches
R. Thigh - same
Chest - same

So, to summarize, his arms and legs got more even, and body fat/weight went down. Part of his workouts were spent assessing strength and creating goals, so not too much change here yet.

Lauren changes for this week

Fat % - down 1.9%
BMI - same
Weight - down 1.6 pounds
Waist - down 1.5 inches
Belly - down .5 inches
Hips/Butt - down .5 inches
L. Arm - down .5 inches
R. Arm - down .5 inches
L. Thigh - down .5 inches
R. Thigh - down .75 inches
Chest - down 1

Summary: lost inches, a littttllllle weight, some fat % (this may be a bit off, though, I don't think I lost that much % according to inches and weight loss)

Also read a lot and learned a lot this week and started making our own meals a bit. Liking it so far, need to drink more water and less diet coke. Seems to be working! (and it should since we were eating so bad before!)