Thanks Charlene!

Hey guys, How are you guys making out with the Food? I love all of the Lunches and Dinners and 1 breakfast. The snacks are horrible for me. But I am trying.

Also, I must say that I have energy throughout the day. I had walk for 20mins in a fast paste without catching my breathe.

I think if someone can give you an overview of the diet (I believe from what I read it's 1200 calories each day during the Kickstart) and you're able to get your program on Monday and workout Monday night, you should be good.

I ordered my program on 2/28 and it shipped today. I'm supposed to get next Thursday...I'm hoping I get it before!

I tried the kickstart but had such a hard time with the food options. I can't eat eggs, so that only left Greek yogurt. I was really having a hard time getting that down. I made the soup & chicken and could barely get that down. The turkey burger didn't cook up right and ended up becoming a bowl of ground turkey with avocado and tomatoes. Not too bad, actually. After doing the kickstart for 3 days and finding it very stressful (I also have 3 young children) I decided to just not do the kickstart anymore and continue on with the regular program. I'm much happier and have been sticking to the program. I'm not a fan of her recipes!!

This 7-day kickstart from Jillian Michael's Body Revolution is hard as hell. OMG, I don't think I've done something so hard in my life. The videos are fine, but the meal plan...what? You just don't realize how much your body craves for certain foods until they are taken away. Between the headaches and lack of energy, I feel terrible. But it's only for 7 days....I know the results will be good. I see my body changing aready just in these few days that have past, but man is it hard.

You can do it! Just keep telling yourself, it's only 7 days!!!!

I'm still waiting for my copy to ship, so I haven't started yet. I'm getting a little worried now though. I was planning to do the Kickstart, but it seems like it might be too low-cal for me. I am also training for a half marathon and burn about 110-115 calories per mile... so my body really needs the calories to power my runs.

Maybe I'll just skip the kickstart and do the program normally? Is there a regular week 1, or is it just the kickstart and then week 2?

Kickstart is optional, you can start with week 1 instead.

If someone can share day one of the meal plan with me as well, I'm hoping that mine is going to be here on Monday and I can start Monday night I love my Jillian Michaels workouts!!

I just started the kickstart week this morning and then found this group! i love support. so im looking forward to reading everyones updates and progress. :happy:

I woke up an hour earlier than usual and did workout 1. will do cardio 1 tonight. havent watched it through yet, but im pretty confident that it wont be too bad. i did 30DS not too long ago, so from what ive heard, cardio one isnt too much of a challenge. (fingers crossed).

adamb83 - you might have to work out an alternate meal plan. There are only 3 options each for breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners in the kickstart week, and nearly all of them include dairy, eggs, or meat - only two of the snacks are meat- and dairy-free (if dairy is OK, that only gives you an additional snack and a breakfast option). The book SPECIFICALLY says to avoid all soy, so I imagine that vegetarian or vegan alternatives could be a little difficult, and no alternatives are listed.

Anyway....My husband and I started the kickstart yesterday. I've been prepping the lunches and snacks the night before to make it easier especially for him to take meals to work. I work from home 2 days a week, so I have more flexibility with food prep, but I have to say I have been CONSTANTLY hungry the last two days, and I have a monster headache. The food is very tasty, but it's just not enough. Last night I was so hungry when I went to bed that it took me like 2 extra hours just to fall asleep, and after that I had crazy bizarre dreams and slept horribly....then woke up SO tired for today's first workout.

All in all I netted about 900 calories yesterday, and it'll probably be about the same today. For me, that's just too low to do on any kind of regular basis. To stay more comfortable and to save money (some of the kickstart meals that call for fish or steak are pretty pricey), I think we're going to go 2 days on the diet then one day off, then repeat. I only have about 10-15lbs to lose, so I'm telling myself that this fits with the advice Jillian gave on twitter (thanks to the above poster for that, btw). Our "regular" food is pretty healthy anyway, so fingers crossed I can still get good results

Got my DVD's yesterday and started today, Did the workout one along with the cardio one. I am better off doing them back to back then one in the morning and one at night. Since I didn't get the food for the meal plan, I am just going to eat what I have here today. I do have a protein shake made with unsweetened almond milk after my workouts. But I use Nature's Best - Whey Protein Isolate, Low Carb Isopure Dutch Chocolate, 2 scoops with 1 cup of the milk and 1/2 c water with ice makes a nice milkshake..
I am going to just have to have that be my snack, since its 255 calories.