Week 1

Since I'm a professional at the sabotage diet and know how to ACTUALLY diet the healthy way, I'm going to try to make this the sort of non-program program that anybody could use healthfully.

Week 1 will start on Monday and here's how it will go:

I will go to the gym twice this week for weight training: Monday, Tuesday or Saturday.

I will do cardio at home with my video twice this week (start out at 10 minutes, if need be. I'll start with 30): any days except gym days

I will watch my portion sizes and quit eating when I'm full.

Here's a great resource for judging portion sizes (found here):


Woman's fist or baseball - a serving of vegetables or fruit is about the size of your fist

A rounded handful - about one half cup cooked or raw veggies or cut fruit, a piece of fruit, or ½ cup of cooked rice or pasta - this is a good measure for a snack serving, such as chips or pretzels

Deck of cards - a serving of meat, fish or poultry or the palm of your hand (don't count your fingers!) - for example, one chicken breast, ¼ pound hamburger patty or a medium pork chop
Golf ball or large egg - one quarter cup of dried fruit or nuts

Tennis ball - about one half cup of ice cream

Computer mouse - about the size of a small baked potato

Compact disc - about the size of one serving of pancake or small waffle

Thumb tip - about one teaspoon of peanut butter

Six dice - a serving of cheese

Check book - a serving of fish (approximately 3 oz.)

Eyeball it! - Take a look at the recommended serving sizes on the new USDA MyPyramid Food Guidance System. Get out a measuring cup or a food scale and practice measuring some of your favorite foods onto a plate, so that you can see how much (or how little!) a ½ cup or 3-ounce serving is. This will help you "eyeball" a reasonable serving!

OH! And where do I get one of those weightloss ticker things? I need one to put on the top of this page!