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?

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.

Thanks so much! I was worried about having to alter the program myself. Glad that there's a normal week 1 Thanks again!!

phatsoslim, I just looked at your blog and I have to say WOW.. you did a great job on the blog and aall your photos of your meals. You made me hungry even though I just ate my dinner!!! Thanks

Ordered my program on Friday and I'm looking forward to starting!

I had planned on doing the Kickstart Week - but after reading a lot of the entries about it, I'm a bit worried. I'm a vegetarian, and it seems that most/a lot of the meals include meat and/or eggs. Are there also alternative options suggested??

I don't like salad enough to stick to the kickstart plan. I seem to have found my salad limit, and it's about half the lettuce she recommends. It doesn't help that I don't like tomatoes or peppers, either...

I stopped following the kickstart plan on Tuesday, when I found myself extremely hungry and extremely exhausted. I slept for more than 12 hours Tuesday night, and on Wednesday I started eating a modified version of the kickstart, where I try to stick to her recommended foods, but not necessarily in the recommended combinations. I've also modified my goal from doing the extra cardio every day, to doing it every other day (more if I have the energy). Last night and this morning my workouts were fabulous, and I had so much energy - exercise is fun when you're not exhausted!

I think it's important to listen to your body, and to push yourself as much as possible, but not to the point where you're going to end up injured or quitting and back on the couch.

For reference, I have about 20 lbs to lose, and I have been averaging about 1330 calories a day. I've enjoyed trying new food combinations, and it's nice to discover new foods I like, like greek yogurt with cinnamon!

I'm about to finish this diet and it's going fairly well. I wanted to give some pointers though that I thought may help others. These are things I had to figure out on my own but I know there's gotta be others like me. Anyway here goes. Right now I'm on day 5 and I just got used to the yogurt with no sweetener. Once your body adapts to the less amount of sugar you'll actually feel really good. Because every single meal is literally loaded with protein I almost never felt hungry. And I was nervous too because normally I eat a LOT! like A LOT A LOT lol but my appetite hasn't been bad. On the negative side by day 2 because of the overload of meat my guys were killing me!!!! Normally I eat a lot of beans for protein but I tried sticking to the recipes. Make sure you drink tons of water to keep everything moving and fiber if you're not getting enough. I decided to go out to a bar with my boyfriend last night and it wasn't worth it. All I wanted to do is drink while I was there which is recommended you don't drink alcohol. I didn't drink but I ended up getting a salad and you know it just wasn't worth it. I kinda realized this is only 7 days! I can do 7 days! I would recommend not going out to bars even if your willpower is strong. Lastly I feel like I couldn't find any reviews about night shifters doing this especially people who work 12 hour night shift. It sounds like it wouldn't be bad but it's hard to find time to do the 2 30 minutes workout andon top of having an hour drive back and forth to work and doing the 12 hour overnight shift. I just waited till I had a stretch of days off (5) and it was hard but I did the am workout when I got off for my last day, took a nap, then did the pm workout. I usually flip my sleep schedule back to normal so after that day it was obviously a lot easier. Then when I go back to work tomorrow that'll be the last day of workouts before a rest day and I always wake up in the morning and stay up till the next morning on my first day back anyway. so I'll do the am and pm but obviously while I'm working tomorrow night I'll have to eat at least an extra meal and snack because I'll be up for about a day. It's tough but once again it's only 7 days!! It's only a week and it's almost over so if you're doubting it, then stop! You can definitely do it! I'll post my results when I'm done but really I hope this helped done people out there.