Healthpointe - Week 1 Results

I've now completed 6 days of Healthpointe, today is day 7.  So for today's blog I've decided to do a end of week summary to review my progress so far.  So far week 1 has been all fine, I've learned a few more things about the program such as trying to eat every hour if possible, to weigh my meat raw and that I can use light seasoning during the program.  I honestly thought I would struggle a lot more with eating the food that is allowed than I have.  I guess having a protein snack every hour or so really helps curb my cravings.  The other surprising thing for me is that I have not yet craved other foods which I attribute to two things.  First I do want to lose weight so I'm very motivated to follow the program as closely as possible.  In the past I've always complained about gaining weight and felt really bad about the whole thing, now I feel like I'm doing something proactive about it which is a good feeling.  The second thing I attribute my lack of cravings (so far) to is simply commitment.  When I started this program I committed to following it as closely as humanly possible partly to test if it actually works but mostly because why bother if I'm not committed?  So anyway I would suggest to anyone who wants to try this program is to make sure they are 100% committed to the 6 week journey.

WEEKLY PROGRESS
Enough of my ranting.  Here's the interesting part - progress!  Let's have a look at my measurements at the start of week 1 and end of week 1.

STARTING MEASUREMENTS
Weight      77.1 kg
Chest         98 cm
Abdomen  95.5 cm
Hips          104 cm

END OF WEEK 1
Weight      73.4 kg
Chest         95.5 cm
Abdomen  93 cm
Hips          94.5 cm

ANALYSIS
I've lost almost 4 kg which is good progress!  I still feel like a fat ass and I have a long way to go as my goal is 60-65 kg.  My man boobs have apparently shrunk and so has my beer belly which is good but I won't be cheering until I see more progress as I'm still not content with where I'm at.  The hips however is odd.  There's no way it can have shrunk so much in such a short time so there must be a problem with the way it was measured at the start.  Hopefully in the future the measurements will give a more reliable reading.

PHOTOS
No semi nude photo's yet as I'm a little shy about those but I hope to maybe post those towards the end of the program.  Here is my front and side shots at the start of week 1 and at the end of week 1.  I don't think there is a visible difference just yet.

SUMMARY
Well clearly there has been some results though I don't believe it's enough to start celebrating just yet.  I used to think I was fat when I weighed in at 70 kg and now I'm still hovering at 73 kg so clearly I have a long way to go before I'll be satisfied.  However for one week of Healthpointe the results are quite shocking.  In fact I was a bit shocked when I dropped from 74 to 73 kg as I was certain I had started to plateau.  However as you can see from the progress photo's I haven't visibly made any progress so far.  I'm increasingly curious to see if the Healthpointe program will continue to deliver these sorts of results over the coming weeks.