The book is Called Jumpstart to Skinny by Bob Harper. I LOVE Bob Harper!!
You may also know and love Bob Harper. He is (according to me) famous for being one of the trainers on the Biggest Loser and a real cutie. Just love him, in case you didn't already get that. He has helped morbidly obese people gain their lives back through diet and exercise. I trust him on this topic. Jumpstart to Skinny is a specifically designed diet for you to lose weight quick for a special event, whether it be a reunion, a week at the beach, your wedding or if you just want to get skinny. This diet is not to continue past the 21 days it is set for. Some of the information is questionable at first (you want me to survive on 800 calories a day?!) but Bob supports everything and backs it up with scientific research. He continuously says in the book "you want to lose weight right? that's why you're here right?" Yes Bob, it is!
My "Bible" for the next three weeks will be this book. I will eat, breathe and sleep this ideologies prophesied in this book. Ok, that's getting a little extreme but I will be following the direction that the book gives down to the T to get the full experience.
The book itself is broken
up into four different parts. Part 1: The Jumpstart Rules. Part 2: The
Jumpstart Day by Day Regimen Part 3: The Jumpstart Moves. Part 4: The Jumpstart
Recipes.
The Rules. There are 13 of them. Easy enough right?
Rule 1: Take Control with Proper Proportion – 40/40/20
Rule 2: Cut Back on Calories, Then Cut Back Again
Rule 3: Eat No Complex Carbs After Breakfast
Rule 4: Get Rid of Water Weight by Drinking More Water
Rule 5: Get your electrolytes
Rule 6: Do 45 minutes a Day of Low-Intensity Cardio,
Preferably Before Breakfast
Rule 7: Five Times a Week, at Any Time of Day, Do 15 to 20
Minutes of My Jumpstart Moves
Rule 8: Cut the Salt
Rule 9: Take Advantage of the Restorative Power of Daily
Fish Oil
Rule 10: Fall Back on Veggies
Rule 11: No Fruit During Week 3
Rule 12: Lay Off All Booze
Rule 13: An Espresso A Day…or Two or Three
Basically, the rules are already common knowledge for anyone that has ever looked into losing weight or starting a new fitness regimen. Lots of water. Check! Bye Bye Salt. Check! Cut back on calories. Check! Drink tons of espresso. Wait..what?! All hail Bob Harper! With an almost one year old, I can't cut caffeine. It is not in the cards!
Part 2: The Jumpstart Day to Day Regimen is AWESOME! This book takes the guess work out of trying to do/stick with a diet. It lays out what you should do, when you should do it, what to eat, how much, your water consumption, vitamin consumption. Everything! It's great.
Part 3: The Jumpstart Moves. Pictures of Bob doing the exercise moves. Be still my heart. Honestly though, nothing makes me more frustrated than not knowing what a certain exercise is or how to do it. Pictures and explanations. THANK YOU!
Part 4: The Jumpstart Recipes. This was the only part of the book that made me nervous. I will have to shop for the foods week by week to ensure that I do this the right way. It may be a little pricey for our young family. BUT, it's only 3 weeks. That will be my motto when times get tough -- IT'S ONLY 3 WEEKS. But again, everything is put out there for you: different things to make at the beginning of the week to add to your recipes throughout the week. I have already started working on my menus for week 1 a little bit & substituting the meals here and there for ones that I am not particularly fond of. According to the book, that is not a problem at all so don't worry if you repeat meals.
So what's next? I have to finish my menu plan, get my shopping list together and do the shopping. (grocery shopping. ugh!) I am also going to enjoy a few glasses of wine this weekend because for the next 20 days (remember I'm gearing up for a wedding on the 20th! I am going to celebrate our friends' marriage & my diet almost being over with a few cocktails) there will be no booze at all. The start of my journey is quickly approaching. Stay tuned!
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