I’m on day 4 of my 10 day reset of the P.I.N.K. Method of weight loss as featured on Dr. Phil last Monday. The first ten days you don’t do the exercise CD’s. You follow a very strict plant/protein diet for 10 days to reset your metabolism. Then there are three phases of adding foods and doing a different workout cd for each phase. The idea that the phase 1 cd is only 20 minutes and can be done in my exercise room at home was a real motivator for me. The exercises are easy and many women older than me are doing them. Phase 2 is 30 minutes long, and phase 3 is 40 minutes long. The attraction is that all of this is doable for me as a perfect 3 pm workout in addition to a careful program to teach me how tho eat right and keep me on track. You get a book and you write about your food and exercise everyday. In addition to this I still go to my 90 minute yoga class every morning, which is for physical and mental health and not so much for extreme weight loss like I need.
Yes, extreme. If I just keep eating healthy and going to yoga, I stay exactly the same weight all the time, which would be fine if I didn’t put on an extra 30 pounds by sitting in a chair for the first three months of this journey. I haven’t been overweight in 10 years and I’m not enjoying this. Given this history, I imagine that you can begin to see the need for extreme measures. I liken it to an algae filled swimming pool that has to be shocked with 5 gallon pails of chlorine for a week before regular maintenance can kick in.
The part that amazes me is that I survive on this plant/protein routine without craving the carbs all day. I thought the reset period was going to be a lot harder than it is. I do imagine that if I weren’t going to Bikram yoga, it would, because this yoga definitely diminishes how much I eat. I can’t get over that from noon to 5 pm, both yesterday and today, I motored along with only the lunch food allowed, and didn’t even crave a snack at 2 or 3 pm. Although the Rainbow Salad you make for lunch is substantial, I still thought I’d crave carbs and salt. Even my husband, when he saw my salad on Sunday, commented that it was some salad. Day 4 down, no cravings or hunger, and hopefully the shedding of this extra weight will continue this smoothly.
And so, as another day goes by, the focus is on me and what I need to do, and I have written.
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