Completion of Week 1-

Once again, I am writing to you all about the completion of the first week of the Garcia program. I certainly hope that this is the last time you ever see a Week 1 post from me! Things are different in my life now, so I'm confident that it will be the last "Week 1" you'll see :)

Just like the first time around, this week was fairly easy to stick to the protein only. Rather boring the first few days, but it's over quickly and then you move on to much more normal meals. The water was something I know is a great thing, but I hadn't really missed all that. Some days it was definitely a struggle to finish it all. I work in sales and when I'm in and out of the car all day it makes it a little tough to focus on drinking all that water. That being said, there wasn't a day that I didn't get through it all, and then some, when you add coffee or maybe a glass of water at a restaurant.

As far as the water is concerned, the two people who are around me the most deserve a big thanks this week. My boyfriend and my best friend both challenged themselves to one day of drinking a gallon of water to experience what I was going through. Needless to say, they understand my need to always be looking for a bathroom now!

There wasn't anything I really struggled with on the program this week, I stayed on track, even through some work stresses and am keeping my end goal in mind. For the most part I remembered to take all of the medication on time, even through a busy week and an incredibly busy weekend landscaping the front of my house. I'd say the only thing at times that might have been a little difficult was actually finishing the 16oz of protein each day. Sometimes I was forcing myself to eat even if I wasn't overly hungry, that's something that I'm not overly fond of, but not sure how to get around it. Breakfast might be a little of a struggle during the week, since most of the protein things need to be cooked. I'm not necessarily a morning person...even though I get up, I'm lazy in the mornings and cooking isn't necessarily something that works into my "get ready for work" routine. Weekends is completely different.

I know, you've been reading and reading and wondering is she ever going to tell us how she did for goodness sake? Well, here you have it. I lost 9.6 pounds this week. I followed along all week with my own scale and a new part of the program this time is an online tracker for everything, so it's easy to track weight, water, food, etc...

I was thrilled with the loss, as you can imagine and with the ease of transitioning back into the program. It's been easy to do with the support I have from my friends and family.

So on to week two, and looking forward to seeing the results little by little.