I read a book!

Haha - something to be proud of I guess! I need to do more reading. But anyhow, I read Chris Powell's Choose More, Lose More for Life.

I first heard about Chris from a May Mom who posted about the show "Extreme Weight Loss" -- I watched an episode and that kinda stuff always gets me pumped. Then, I heard he had a book. For $2.99 from ibooks, I couldn't pass it up. The premise is carb cycling -- alternating between low and high carb days. It keeps your metabolism going.

What Chris suggests is one of 4 different plans - whatever best suits your lifestyle/needs....
1) Easy cycle: Low Carb Day, High Carb Day with Reward Meal, Low Carb Day, High Carb with Reward Meal, Low Carb, High Carb with Reward Meal, High Carb with Reward Meal....
2) Classic Cycle: Low Carb, High Carb, Low Carb, High Carb, Low Carb, High Carb, Reward Day......
3) Turbo Cycle: Low Carb, Low Carb, High Carb, Low Carb, Low Carb, High Carb, Reward Day.......
4) Fit Cycle: High Carb, High Carb, Low Carb, High Carb, High Carb, Low Carb, Reward Day

You're going to eat within 30 minutes of waking and then every 3 hours until you've had 5 meals. Sounds doable!! Breakfast will be a Protein & a carb for both low and high days. Morning snack varies depending on whether you're on a low or high carb day (low is protein & fat, high is protein & carb) same with lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner. Low carb days, women should be eating 1200 cals, and high carb days 1,500 cals. Don't forget your veggies too! So, it's nice you're not shocking your body with few calories.

So what I'm going to try to do is create structure for me. I know it's all about making promises to myself, and being accountable. I need to lay out the whats and whens. From the 9 min Missions to what I'll eat for each meal to the other exercises. If I lay it out, and dedicate myself to it, I can will do it!

Has anyone ever done carb cycling before? I'm curious as to what you thought! Let me know the good, the bad, the ugly.... hahaha

If I can get my ducks in a row, I want to start Sunday. Right now I'm leaning towards the Turbo Cycle. If I lay it out, I can have discipline. This would put my reward day on Saturday which would be best since that's typically when we've got the most plans.

<3 Katie