RULES (because the word diet frightens me), WORK OUT PLAN FOR THE WEEK

This is what I have so far as "rules", as well as this week's fitness plan. Considering it's day 1 and I know more about Jewish pastries then I do about dieting or anything relating to fitness, I'd like to point out that this first week will serve as a testing ground so to speak where I'll have room to figure out what works and what doesn't. It will also give me the time to continue researching what is the best way for me to eat and work out for the weeks following.

"BEFORE STATS" -don't know your fitness terminology, but I do know infomercial terminology of "Before" and "After"

With the help of a Nike+ Sportband I will track my distance, pace, time, and calories burned, which I'll be able to upload on here. This first week's use of the band will set the BEFORE stats and help me better understand how much I'll need to work out a day to be prepared AND how much I'll need to eat. Along with the Nike + Sportband BEFORE stats, I'll also be including my weight and/or BMI, resting heart rate, and a lovely before photo of my out of shape zero muscle body! and if anyone thinks I should add anything to the BEFORE stats let me know.

SETTING RULES

so for this week I'm going to see how Giuliana Rancic's "meal plan" works...aka if I too can be an anorexic Pixar Ant and live off of insect portion meals...

big heads big rules are as follows:

NO SUGAR unless raw

NO SODA

NO CONDIMENTS

NO COFFEE - (not happening)

The rest of her meal plan can be found here on her blog.

Today I had her breakfast which I plan to follow for the rest of the week..

BIG HEAD BREAKFAST:

• obe one kinobi tea or something, who knows (substituting the coffee in, sorry)
• grapefruit
• egg white veggie omelette, ALWAYS with spinach - because it tastes gross and this woman clearly hates her life
• water with half a lemon and a PINCH of cayenne pepper... she uses this to regulate her metabolism, and its supposed to be really helpful if you're looking to lose some weight. But if you want to lose weight and you plan on trying this at home - she stresses the PINCH of cayenne... its basically just grounded hot chili peppers which means not only is the taste very strong but if you use too much of it your stomach will most likely drop out of your butt.

LUNCH & DINNER:

Since I won't know what my caloric intake should be until I see this weeks Nike + plus results, I'm not going to worry about it just yet. This week will be all about experimenting with my new HEALTHY approach to eating with meals that will give me enough energy to really work out. These are a few meals I'll be having this week:

• Grilled chicken with steamed veggies, fruit if i need a sweet & 16oz bottle of water
• Sushi or Salmon with salad, more steamed veggies, still water
• Vegetable Soups, Black Bean Soups, any healthy hearty soups with even more steamed veggies and water...

OTHER RULES I'LL BE FOLLOWING INCLUDE:

• WATER WATER WATER AND MORE WATER
• IF I WANT COFFEE I have to walk my dog to town in order to get it which is 2 miles there and back..and I cant have more then 2 cups a day ( 2 LARGE CUPS)
• I CANT eat anything that's artificial and pre packaged and full of crap..alllll organic
• SUNDAY IS a cheat day. Sunday IS NOT a gorge your face day... be reasonable, not stupid.

Again, I'm looking for all the help I can get so please throw ideas and tips my way if you have any! Thanks!