This next year holds a lot – wedding planning, shipping a major product, house hunting, and now a major personal goal has been tacked on top of it all. I’m really starting to question my sanity, or maybe that’s just the hunger talking. Today I embarked on adventure in improving myself: I’ve started a diet – but not just any diet, this is an all-inclusive, personalized, lifestyle modification plan.
If you’re employed by the big M, then you’ve likely heard of Lifestyles 20/20. It’s essentially a chichi froufrou soup-to-nuts (as in crazy) approach to losing pounds, ridding diabetes, increasing lifespan, dropping cholesterol, and general cure-all for what ails yah. The crazy part is more centered around how successful it appears – if you believe their numbers, they’re the rock stars of the permanent weight loss world.
That’s why I’m all in – I love the approach of medically supervised care, including a doctor, dietitian, counseling, and personal training. I also love that they approach the nutrition angle similar to an elimination/paleo diet, but with a personalized touch. I probably can’t say much about the specifics (I’m pretty sure I signed an NDA that says I can’t talk about specifics…). I’m really looking forward to finding out why I eat the way I do… in particular, why I never quite drop weight no mater how active I get.
Today was the beginning of the first phase – the one in where I’m going to be grumpy until my body figures out it’s not actually hungry on fewer calories. Hopefully that comes soon, because what I’m really looking forward to is my next meal… tonight’s dinner was sparse, but tasty. And right now, I’m just hungry.
