Day 1 The Firm Express 4 Day Kick Start

I have to say I was shocked by my starting stats for this. 


Mostly by the weight, I never wanted to see the 190's again, yet here I am. But also by the measurements. I've obviously gained some fat since ending The 4 Hour Body, but I'm guessing I've gained some muscle too. Because even though my weight has gone up (by like 12 pounds!), some of my measurements have gone down?! Crazy. (no, I'm not beating myself up, I'm simply moving on from here!)


Anyway, Day 1 went like this:

My toaster makes little mickey mouse faces on toast, can't see it so good in the pic, I know irrelevant, but cute! Breakfast was 1 egg with 2 egg whites, tomatoes and broccoli. With that I had half a grapefruit plain and half of a Sandwich Thin toasted. I also had half a cup of coffee with a little half & half and cinnamon. The coffee was totally off plan, but I'm working my way down slowly. I was worried about the grapefruit, I've never been a big grapefruit fan, but I liked it. The plan also calls for no sugar and no sweetener, but the grapefruit actually wasn't too bad plain. 

One thing I did while shopping for this plan was instead of buying the light wheat bread, pita pockets, and English muffins it called for I bought Orowheat Sandwich Thins. My grocery budget was a little tight this week, so I'll substitute these for the pitas and English muffins. Also, instead of the light wheat bread I'll have half of a Sandwich Thin.

The system also comes with a sample of LifeMax supplements.  It's got some vitamins and minerals as well as energy ingredients like caffeine and ginseng, etc. I took one between my breakfast and workout.

Snack 1 was a golden delicious apple. (Yum)

Lunch was a low sodium turkey sandwich with lettuce tomato and avacado on a Sandwich Thin. The plan called for a peach on the side, but SuperTarget didn't have peaches, so I subbed a Pink Lady apple.

Snack 2-12 raw almonds.

Snacks 3 and 4 (I chose to add the optional snacks) I didn't get pics, they were: 10 raw almonds and 3 oz of low sodium deli turkey breast.

Dinner was a 4 oz southwest turkey burger with a green salad w/lemon juice.

Water: 3 liters (the plan recommendation is 64 oz or more, 3 liters is my typical intake, so I'll stick with that)

Workout:

Ignite: Cardio

Turbocharge: Sculpt

Bonus DVD: Pump it up!

Total time: 52 minutes. (the 4 day jump start plan has stacked workouts)

Calories burned: my Polar said 420