6 Week Challenge

My friends from Crossfit had a challenge a few months back.  The challenge involved many different aspects, but the one thing that I couldn't commit myself to do was the diet.  PALEO!  It sounded WAY too restrictive for me.  Paleo consists of meats, veggies, small amounts of fruit, and nuts.  Now I realize this all sounds healthy, like things I should be eating anyway, but my problem is there are few veggies I actually like (oh how I wish I could change that!) and I am not a huge fan of nuts.  I knew I would see results, but only because I would be starving myself.  Plus, can I add that I love chocolate WAY TOO MUCH!  Well, my friends are going at it again, and this time I am planning to join in.  Mainly because of one difference...you can come up with your own diet, but you have to stick with it during the 6 week challenge.  Phew!  That means I can eat my Greek yogurt for breakfast and be okay!
Here are the guidelines of the challenge.

*Exercise 5-6 days a week
*Drink at least 64 oz. (8 cups) of water
*Get at least 7 hours of sleep a night
*Paleo (or diet plan) with 1 cheat meal allowed/week

Oh and the other thing.  There are two WOD's we are going to record at the beginning and again at the end to see the progress.

"Nancy" 
400 m run
15 overhead squats 95/65

5 rounds
(My time at the start: 16:27)  (45 lbs. with the medium box to squat on for stability.) 

AND 

1600m run (1 mile)
(My time at the start:  8:37)

MY DIET PLAN:
NO pop
NO caffeine
NO fried foods
NO (very limited) processed food (means better snacking choices)
SMALLER portions

Bottom line, Eat less CRAP & eat more FOOD!

Here are my measurements from Day 1:
Thigh:  21 1/2"
Calf:  13 3/4"
Chest:  32 1/2"
Hips:  33 1/2"
Waist:  28 3/4"
Bicep:  10 1/2"
(All of these are taken from the largest area and flexing if possible, with the exception of waist.)

Weight:  130 lbs.
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END OF WEEK 1:

My measurements after 1 week:
Thigh - 21 1/4" (down 1/4")
Calf - 13 1/2 " (down 1/4")
Chest - 32 1/2" (same...that's a bonus!)
Hips - 33 1/2" (same)
Waist - 27 3/4" (down 1")
Bicep - 10 1/2" (same)

Total Inches Lost:  1 1/2"

Weight: 125 lbs. 
Total Weight Lost:  5 lbs.

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END OF WEEK 2:

Measurement Updates:
I forgot/didn't have time to do my measurements on Monday, so I took them today (05/23).  Here are the results and comparisons from the beginning:

Thigh - 20 1/2" (down 1")
Calf - 13 1/4" (down 1/2")
Chest - 32" (down 1/2")
Hips - 33 1/2" (same, but I'm not sure if I measured right from the beginning?!?)
Waist - 27 1/4" (down 1 1/2")
Bicep - 10 1/2" (same)

Total inches lost:  3 1/2" so far...motivation to eat less sugar right there!!

Weight - 123 lbs.
Total weight lost:  7 lbs.

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END OF WEEK 3:

Measurement Updates:
I took my measurements again this morning (05/28) and here are the results and comparisons to week 1:

Thigh - 20 1/2" (down 1")
Calf - 13 1/4" (down 1/2")
Chest - 31 1/2" (down 1")
Hips - 32" (down 1 1/2")
Waist - 26 " (down 2 3/4")
Bicep - 10 1/4" (down 1/4")

Total inches lost:  6 1/4"

Weight - 123 lbs.
Total weight lost:  7 lbs.

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END OF WEEK 4:
Measurement Updates (As of 06/04/13):

Thigh - 20 1/4" (down 1 1/4")
Calf - 13" (down 3/4")
Chest - 31" (down 1 1/2")
Hips - 32" (same/down 1 1/2")
Waist - 26" (same/down 2 3/4")
Bicep - 10" (down 1/2")

Total inches lost:  8 1/4" WAHOO!!

Weight - 123 lbs.
Total weight lost:  7 lbs.

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END OF WEEK 5:
Measurement Updates (As of 06/12/13):

Thigh - 19 3/4" (down 1 3/4")
Calf - 13" (down 3/4")
Chest - 30 3/4" (down 1 3/4")
Hips - 31" (down 2 1/2")
Waist - 25 1/2" (down 3 1/4")
Bicep - 9 3/4" (down 3/4")

Total inches lost:  10 3/4"

Weight - 123 lbs.
Total weight lost:  7 lbs.

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END OF WEEK 6:

Measurement Updates (As of 06/17/13):

Thigh - 19 1/4" (down 2  1/4")

Calf - 13" (down 3/4")

Chest - 29 1/2" (down 3")

Hips - 31" (down 2 1/2")

Waist - 25" (down 3 3/4")

Bicep - 9 3/4" (down 3/4")

Total inches lost:  13"

Weight - 120 lbs.

Total weight lost:  10 lbs.

1600m/1 mile run:
Start - 8:37
End - 7:57