So I convinced my husband (Patrick) to "let me" try the V Diet. Now before all of you women who immediately get the wrong idea:)... Patrick is my husband / trainer / nutritionist. :)

Anyway it is the end of my "off season" and the thought of immediately going back onto the same meal plans that I spent a great number of weeks on last year (32 weeks to be exact but who is counting!?) I thought it would be a good time to see how my body responds to such an EXTREME diet! No better time than now to find out.

I am interested in the diet for a couple of reason: 1.) most obviously the fast fat loss.... don't we all want that? 2). The ease (I know... it won't be easy) of not having to cook and pack all 6 meals every night. 3.) I have a photoshoot scheduled on the 7th of Feb and my first contest of the year scheduled in March (29th).

So this by my assumption should be a good boost to the shoot date and a nice way to ease into my contest prep meal plans. :)

So wish me luck! I am going to weigh in the morning and take some "Before" photos and measurements. God.. that does not sound fun at all.... hoping the results will counteract the embarrassment that will accompany actually posting those damned facts! ;)

See you in the morning!
Sondra

YAY...good luck!

Good luck girl...it should be fun to watch you.
I don't know if I could handle just the shakes, but if works, then I guess why not.
My husband has gone back and forth with trying it as well.

i give you lots of credit girl-- true rockstar you are...

will be interested in seeing the before stats and then the after---for sure...

good luck!!

Best of luck. Looking forward to following your journey!

Interesting. I had pretty good results on the v-diet last year. Lost 6 lbs and leaned out a lot with it. It was tough and I never want to do it again, but well worth it IMO. Good luck! Looking forward to following your 28 days. If you have any questions I can try to answer them ;D

Hi Guys!

Ok... so first let me apologize for how long it took me to post all of this. Couple reasons for the delay - first off needed to wait for supps to come in and then I had a friend coming in (a competitor as well) and we had a scheduled "cheat day" Now with the body comp this morning I totally regret it but whats done is done.

So started with my first shake this morning and will have my first whole food meal on Saturday evening.

My calories will vary from 1200 to 1400 depending on the weight training. There are a few slight variations that Patrick (hubby / trainer/ nutritionist for those who don't know) made. First one is that we are training four days a week instead of 3 which means another day of higher carbs but my training is pretty hardcore. I trust his instincts and although it is against the grain in regards to the V-Diet rules I think it makes sense for me.

So here is the info from my comp! GOD I am so embarrassed to list this info -

But here it goes:


11-Jan
neck
chest 41
waist 30 3/4
hips 39 1/2
thigh 22 3/4
arm 11 3/8
calf 13 7/8


thigh ilium abdomen tricep subscapular
17 10 18 12 14

Bodyfat = 18.93 %
Fat Pounds= 28.4 lbs.
Lean Wt. 121.6 lbs.

Spo there it is! I will post before and after photos in a few days! Wish me luck!

My Son decided he needed to git in on the fun! ;)

Side

God... MORTIFIED

This turned out to be pretty grainy... sorry

Hey there! I'm so excited to follow this journal. I've never watched progress shots of a woman on the V-Diet. This is going to be good!

Best of luck! Your little guy is darling!

ok- new rule - all FA moms need to take all progress pics with their kids--- too cute!! love it!!

ummm...hello greatest boobs EVER!! sorry- is that weird? sorry-- but theyre great and im jealous...hehe...

anyways-- you look great- and like ag said- looking forward to following a V-Diet girl..

good luck!

AGagain wrote:
Hey there! I'm so excited to follow this journal. I've never watched progress shots of a woman on the V-Diet. This is going to be good!

Best of luck! Your little guy is darling!

:) Thanks... have you done it? Have you followed the journal of a male while on it? Just curious because wow.. it is interesting already!

ElyssaP wrote:
ok- new rule - all FA moms need to take all progress pics with their kids--- too cute!! love it!!

ummm...hello greatest boobs EVER!! sorry- is that weird? sorry-- but theyre great and im jealous...hehe...

anyways-- you look great- and like ag said- looking forward to following a V-Diet girl..

good luck!

HA HA! He was too cute! Made the experience a little less mortifying for sure! Nothin like a little one to make you feel normal! They love you fat or thin! ;)

And the bobbs? You can have em sister! ;) I would give anything to take them off for a day and actually be able to run! ;) But thanks! You are sweet!

Ok.. so about halfway through my shakes on this the first day of my diet! WOW! Can you say STARVING? LOL

I can hang wtih just about anything and I will stick to this because I have my mind set on it - so Chris if you are reading this - please tell me it will all be worth it! ;)

I am really really hungry - at least I think it is hunger. I have enough fat in the shakes that I assumed I would not be hungry. But I suppose hunger is part of the gig in this process. Maybe it gets easier?

The milled flax isn;t too bad but I can see that I am going to have to actually blend the shakes ... so far I have been simply mixing protein and flax with water. Kinda girtty but not unbearable. But when you are talking about 80ish shakes I think I might want to find a way to like them.

Do have a wuestion thoough.... coffee? I know green tes is ok and suggested. But wondering if Lipton Green Tea (Diet of course) would be ok too? Diet coke?

I will have to email Chris if I can't find the answers to these questions. Until I know I will keep them out.

wow braver woman than me i couldn't cope with all thoses shakes i get sick of having them once a day haha.

I agree with elyssa thought fab boobs, wish mine looked like that haha are the real?? (sorry if thats a personal question haha tell me to shut up) mine are bought and paid for and sometimes i wish i'd gone a little bigger :)

Hi I have been lurking around here for a while now and thought I would post to this.

I am starting the V-diet next week so all the best to you!

I need a break to the same food and like the idea of not having to think about what to eat for 4 weeks! Heres hoping anyway.

Good luck

your little one is precious. I did the v-diet about this time last year and really started to like shakes after awhile. The trick is to blend them as thick as possible and mix up tastes if you can Your going to do just great through this.

And you do have great boobs, but I completely understand. There was a day when I used to wear "special" sports bras or rather supportive armour or 2 sports bras.

Good Morning! Ok so this morning I woke up and weighed! I was shocked to see the scale at 146.0!!! I mean floored. I realize this is water but at this point I am all for it. The extra sleep I got (bynot having to prepare meals made a huge impact!)

Gotta go .... more later

Psyched about the weight! Kudo's for sticking to it...I don't really like protein shakes so this diet would kill me!

leiela wrote:
wow braver woman than me i couldn't cope with all thoses shakes i get sick of having them once a day haha.

I agree with elyssa thought fab boobs, wish mine looked like that haha are the real?? (sorry if thats a personal question haha tell me to shut up) mine are bought and paid for and sometimes i wish i'd gone a little bigger :)

;) Thanks and no they are not mine... bought and paid for and it is a long story but a regret that I hope to fix one day. Horrible experience with my dr....

But thanks for the compliment! :)

dbroncofan wrote:
Psyched about the weight! Kudo's for sticking to it...I don't really like protein shakes so this diet would kill me!

LOL how sweet of you... not sure that I deserve kudos ... only 24 hours of "sticking to it". But I will take it as a vote of confidence! ;)

wow, congrats on the loss - a sign of things to come I hope!!

Have thought about this diet, but seriously dont think I could stick to it!!

Shopkins wrote:
leiela wrote:
wow braver woman than me i couldn't cope with all thoses shakes i get sick of having them once a day haha.

I agree with elyssa thought fab boobs, wish mine looked like that haha are the real?? (sorry if thats a personal question haha tell me to shut up) mine are bought and paid for and sometimes i wish i'd gone a little bigger :)

;) Thanks and no they are not mine... bought and paid for and it is a long story but a regret that I hope to fix one day. Horrible experience with my dr....

But thanks for the compliment! :)

Bought and paid you makes them yours :)

Do you have a problem with them? or was it just a bad experience??