Let The Games Begin!

Welcome to What's Cool Week 2! This week I am going to have some great product reviews for you, PLUS you get to come each day to watch me whine and complain about this 5-day weight loss system I agreed to use!

Oh. My. Goodness. WHAT have I gotten myself into? I posted on Mom Pack that I would be happy to help out some other small businesses by doing product reviews. Ann Marie Litz, a USANA rep, contacted me to say that she had a 5-day weight loss program she would like to send me, but of course she didn't know if I needed to lose any weight.

Well, you know, as a matter of fact I DO need to lose weight. And later this month I'm going to a small class reunion. So, time is of the essence. Send it on!

Now, you all know that I like to go with the healthy option any time I can. I have never used any sort of weight loss system or pills or whatever. They always seem overpriced and unhealthy to me. So far I will say that while I understand the concept behind this plan, I would still say it's overpriced and somewhat unhealthy. (She told me this 5-day pack was a value of $132)

I looked over the program contents when it arrived:

3 meal replacement shakes per day (a little over 200 calories each) (ingredients scared me--fructose is the first ingredient, and it goes downhill from there)
2 snack bars per day
5 days worth of vitamins (apparently the pack only comes with one day but Ann threw in the 4 extras for me)
a little booklet and checklist (so you can check off what you eat so that later when you are starving you will see that, yes indeed you *did* already eat! Oh no!)
a DVD that explains the concept behind the system (low glycemic emphasis) plus has a circuit training video for you to use (i doubt that I'm going to do a 40 minute workout on 1500 calories a day)

In addition to 3 shakes and 2 bars a day you get the BONUS snacks of one serving of fruit and one serving of veggies. Yee haw! I'm gonna go crazy with those baby carrots later on tonite when I sit down to watch a movie.....

So, it looks to me like you get less than 1500 low-glycemic calories a day, plus they want you to exercise. So, it makes sense to me that I should indeed lose weight! You think?

So, I decided to start today, despite the holiday tomorrow. It needs to be done, and I'm ready to get it over with. (snort)

So far I have had my first shake for breakfast, and mixed in a banana since I'm used to having a morning fruit smoothie every day. The shake wasn't terrible, but it wasn't exactly yummy either. I am scared of how I'm going to cope once I'm out of the chocolate kind and am left with vanilla and strawberry.....

I have taken my measurements and in a few minutes will weigh myself, andwill do the same when my 5 days is done. Then I'll know if there are any physical changes after my 5 days of torture. ;)