I enjoy both shows and I have so many questions. What is she like when the camera's not on her? If I met her at a party would she be down to earth and personable or would she be a stuck up, full of herself diva? Does she really care about the people she works with or are they just pawns to further her career? Shawn & I speculate as to whether there are some families that she has moved in with who never make the air.
Jillian has a potty mouth on Biggest Loser but I haven't noticed that so much on her newer show. I know lots of people who don't like her but she is arguably the best trainer I've ever seen in action. Sorry Bob, but no matter how they stack the game to your advantage, she always produces the winner (I think this latest season might have been the first time one of Bob's team won-I can't remember). You just can't argue with the results.
Losing It with Jillian has one major agenda that has not been lost on me. It shamelessly promotes Jillianmichaels.com, her new website. The website awards the show participants with $50,000 and it is advertised throughout the episode as a great resource for losing weight and getting fit.
I so I have to admit, I have a thing with these websites. I've joined a bunch of them and I always quit when the initial month is done. Usually, you can pretty much exhaust everything a website has to offer in that short time. The last one I joined was Biggestloser.com and it's nutrition menus were good (if not a little high carb for my liking) but the workout part was blah. Curiosity got the better of me and I decided to check out Jillian's.
Day 1: I went online and visited her site. There was an offer to fill out a free evaluation and when I was done, it told me what I have known for years now. I need to eat more protein/less carbs to lose weight. They gave me a new title: Fast Oxidizer. This means that I metabolize the food (especially carbs) that I eat very quickly and if I am not burning it off, it gets stored as fat. Sounds right to me!
The website recommends a 50% protein-30% fat-20% carb ratio for my daily food intake. I am tempted to join on the spot but refrain. Although I would love to see the meals that they suggest for me, I'm a big girl and can figure out a compatible meal plan on my own. I walk away from the $20 investment.
Later I talk to Shawn about the recommendation and he looks worried.
"You're not going to start eating all those artificial sweeteners again are you?"It's kind of funny coming from a guy who eats sugar recklessly but I know what he's saying. I assure him that I'm not going to stop eating healthy and go back to those old habits, but it couldn't hurt to try to up my protein intake.
He looked relieved. I'm not sure if he believes me yet but it's okay, really. I don't want to go back. I'd rather be a little plump-looking than sculpted and die of cancer or some other nasty disease!
Day 2: I got a couple emails from Jillian's website and one of them beckoned me to join for only $3.49/wk. Wow, that was tempting! I saved the email but decided to wait a little longer before I gave in.
When trying to redeem the offer, I found that this only applies to those who have a US mailing address (I do) but thankfully, you can have a Canadian billing address. This works for me even if I have to wait until I visit my Ciaramitaro relatives to pick up my stuff.
I then spend a crazy amount of time looking through the suggested meal plan and changing every meal that contains cottage cheese. I hate the stuff and it seems that every diet features it! I finally nailed down one week of meals, edited the grocery list, and printed it out. Already, I'm thinking this website is as frustrating as any other. I do my shopping two weeks at a time which I plan to do this weekend but the website only allows you to see two weeks of meals total. Since I am partway through week 1 (according to their calendar), I cannot see far enough into the future to plan & shop for week 3! I decide this is fine because usually you have tons of leftovers and unused ingredients when you do these meal plans so I can probably make it stretch for two weeks anyways.
Well, I'm ready to go shopping and begin my meal plan this Monday. Until then, I am using up what we already have and psyching myself up for the foreign recipe preparations ahead.
I will keep you posted on my 30-Day Body Revolution!
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