It has been 25 days since starting DDPYoga. Last time I checked which was a few days ago I was down 15 pounds in three weeks! It feels good and has improved my life in multiple areas. I am not as tired throughout the day nor as hungry. I have much more energy in general. My wife has seen marked improvement in an injured wrist, back, and knees and has seen a change in her energy level.
On top of the DDPYoga I have also made food changes. I am not one for a diet in any way. In previous years when trying to go on a diet or cut out things I would do really well for a week or two and then crush all of my work in a day and then I would revisit the concept of a diet the next year or whenever I felt like I was not doing my best. This time has been quite different though. I have made alternative choices rather than completely eliminating a flavor or two. Here are some basic changes:
- Tea: I drink a lot of tea. Every now and then I will have a pop of some sort but for the most part I am a tea drinker and we generally put two cups of sugar in a gallon. I like the southern style sweet tea as you can tell. All we did to modify this was put in a cup of sugar and a cup of Splenda. We get 1/2 the calories and about the same taste. Eventually we will cut out a little more sugar for the alternative but we are taking baby steps.
- Water: I try to replace one glass of tea a day with a glass of water.
- Popcorn: I ate quite a bit of popcorn before doing DDPYoga but now I do it regularly at night as my snack (yes, I know it isn’t good to eat that close to bed – that is the next baby step to eliminate). Candy and potato chips can be high in fat and calories. However, the popcorn I eat is only about 225 calories if I eat the whole bag. This is less than that of a candy bar. Not only am I losing the calories but it is 94% fat free (approx. 4g of fat).
- Fruit: I have also switched out snacking on junk to eat mandarin and navel oranges. These can be high in sugar but they don’t have all the other processed junk in them and run about 80 calories (source). One can fill you up for quite a while.
- Yogurt: I am not a huge yogurt fan but I have found some that I really like the taste of. I tend to stay around the ones that have 100 calories in them as I get a lot of flavor and feel full for a period of time without a lot of downside. Most yogurt also has good bacteria in them which helps in other areas.
Those are some of the bigger changes. I know there is still room for improvement within even those changes and I will be working on those as well. Baby steps my friend.
A lot of friends have asked about the program and all I can give is my opinion. However, Dallas recently added a 30 day money back guarantee on the program if you are not satisfied. So, you now have nothing to lose.
