Diet/Exercise: 1st day reflections of 16 Minute Body Sculpting Kit

The following post was made with the permission of Mendel Markel …

Hi Rich,

I wrote a post on the facebook group (  16 Minute Body Fan Club and Support Group  )with my thoughts on the program (http://16minutebody.com/ ) thus far (i.e. a 1st day reflection). Feel free to use it if you want on any of your other sites or where ever else, you can use my name if you wish. I’ll hopefully G-D willing be tracking my progress throughout the program and my results and thoughts every so often. I’ll try to keep it posted in the group so other people can benefit, be inspired by any progress I make, get ideas from my menus, etc.

Mendel Markel wrote

I’m on the 1st day of the program and wanted to drop my thoughts so far. Just wanted to note that I am focusing on only the 60% part right now (the eating) and leaving the 30% (weights) and 10% (cardio) for later. I want to make sure I don’t take too much upon myself so I’m taking one thing at a time. Here are my notes thus far:

1) I wasn’t buying a book as I thought I was. It has been more like getting a personal advisor. Once I read the book a few times, I shot Rich some questions by email on some things I wanted more info about. His replies were quick and to the point. It’s nice knowing he takes the time to personally see to it that “his client” (which is what I feel like as opposed to just “the reader”) knows exactly what to do. Thanks, Rich!

2) When I first started planning out the 1st day of meals I was worried about if I’ll have enough to eat. I’m a big man with a big appetite and I’ve never been able to keep to any diets because they leave me hungry and I’m not one who can be left hungry. As I got about half way through my planned day, I quickly realized I had the opposite problem… “how the heck am I gonna eat that much stuff?” – I’m about half way through the day and I assure you all I am feeling anything but hungry and I still have 3 meals left!
Note that even though my estimated calories is 2,200 for fat loss – I am only on the 1,900 calorie master food plan as per Rich’s personal recommendation for me – and it’s alot of food!

3) It took a little thinking and maybe even a little creativity to use up all the cards (like I said – it’s alot of food) and not being a huge fruit and veg eater and not usually eating much dairy puts forth a little bit of a challenge for me personally, but it wasn’t too hard and it was obvious to me that after doing it for probably a week or so I’ll be able to do this in a jiffy without much thinking…also, once I realized that I can use liquids to help complete my card use (fruit juices for fruit, veg juice for veggies, rice/soy milks for dairy, etc) it became easier for me to use all the cards up properly.

Just for those who might be curious, here’s my 1st day’s plan, meal-by-meal for 6 meals (I’m just going off memory so don’t hold me by this if I’m a little off the count for that plan – I charted it all out and made sure, and I’m just posting this to give you an idea).
1)whole wheat cereal with milk
2)a plum, milk and a high fiber meal replacement bar (see the recipe in Rich’s post in this group)
3) brown rice & chicken stir fry, fruit juice and a tomato
[this is what I've eaten so far today, I still have the following 3 left:]
4)Peanut butter and natural all-fruit jam (i.e no sugar or sweetener) on whole wheat (I had to use 2 TBSP PB and 2 slices of WW bread so I could use up 2 grains and 2 fats here)
5) brown rice tuna casserole (2 servings), steamed veg and tomato juice
6) garden salad (2 servings) with a TBSP of nuts (3rd fat) and a glass of milk

There you have it..I won’t be hungry for today at least

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