Me Minus Forty

So I started Dr. Fountis's diet September 5th. This is called a 'Protein sparing modified fast diet' All I eat is 8 oz of meat a day and 3 servings of certain kinds of vegetables. NOTHING outside of this. Nothing. Nothing with sugars (that includes fruit and even certain kinds of vegetables) and nothing with carbohydrates. Basically my body is tricked into thinking it's fasting so it takes what it needs from what it's already stored. In 7 and 1/2 weeks, I have lost....

40 lbs.

Yes. This is right. 40!!

So! Take a look!
Before:



After:



The diet really is easy. I'm not hungry. I don't know how it works but my body is continually burning fat and so I'm not hungry! I love it.

Now for those of you who say this is unhealthy, I'm taking 6 pills a day (ugh) and I get bloodwork and am monitored every 2 weeks. But it's been worth it. The weight is dropping faster than you can say fantastical.

Other news... my first semester at ASU has been heck. I've never had such a big work load! It's more than halfway through and I'm STILL trying to figure out how to handle it all! But I'm still managing to keep good grades so thats good at least.

Stay tuned for first recital!!

-Rachel the Awesomest