My 8 week program starts on Monday the 13th but I couldn't wait to start! It's the full body work out from home using cans. I have some 5 pound weights I'll be using instead. I will be remeasuring in my 4th week and 8th week to see what kind of progress I've made. I did my frist workout yesterday and my chest, armpits and bicepts are sore today. I think it was the push-ups that did it. The program calls for 20 and I did it, but they were modified (from the knee) and I did 4 sets of 5. My lower body is fine. When I start on Monday I think I'll do 2 sets of the lower body exercises and 1 on the upper body. I'll reevaluate in week 4 and see if I need to increase my weight or reps.

The diet I am using is called "Healthy Solutions" by HMR (Health Management Resources). For the last 12 weeks I've been on a medically supervised VLCD. I've lost 32 lbs so far. This next phase uses meal replacements and a minimum of 5 fruit/vegetable servings per day. I usually do 1 fruit and 4 vegetables. A serving is usually one cup. I will be on this diet until I reach my weight goal (115 to 130 lbs). After the goal has been reached I will go onto the Maintenence part of the program. It will last a year and is centered around learning how to keep the weight that I've lost off and maintain my new weight.

Here are my starting measurements:

Height 64.02 in (1.63 m)
Weight 208 lbs (94.50 kg)
Neck 14.02 in (35.60 cm)
Shoulder 50.00 in (127.00 cm)
Chest 45.00 in (114.30 cm)
Waist 37.99 in (96.50 cm)
Abdomen 41.50 in (105.40 cm)
Hips 47.99 in (121.90 cm)
Thigh 29.02 in (73.70 cm)
Knee 15.98 in (40.60 cm)
Calf 15.98 in (40.60 cm)
Ankle 9.02 in (22.90 cm)
Arm 13.27 in (33.70 cm)
Forearm 10.51 in (26.70 cm)
Wrist 6.50 in (16.50 cm)
BF % 46.5 According to MyBodyComp.com

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