Cinch Diet Book Review Progress: Day 1

Cinch Diet Review Day 1: 5-Day Fast Forward

Thanks for following me on my trial of Cinch! by Cynthia Sass. I’m currently working at getting through the 5-Day Fast Forward Program Cinch diet that says you can lose up to 8 lbs in the first week. If you would like to see my starting figures you can check them out here in my Cinch! Begins ~ Starting Figures post. At the end of this post you can find links to each day’s progress and update.

Day 1 Breakfast

For breakfast, I had the Scramble which includes 4 of the 5 foods you are allowed, eggs, spinach, raspberries, and almonds. The spinach really overpowers the egg so I think tomorrow I may just cook up some spinach with vinegar and eat the egg separately. I’m having a problem that I’m trying to figure out right now with the raspberries. I purchased frozen Publix brand raspberries and they were HORRIBLE! They had a strange taste and strange smell. So I took them back to Publix (the cashier was extremely nice and refunded me each bag including the one I had already eaten) and I purchased a different brand and some fresh berries as well just in case. The new bag (different brand) smelled the same, so I refused to taste it and chucked it.

Day 1 Lunch

This was my lunch a Parfait, again I had terrible-tasting raspberries so I can’t say how well this would fare with possibly some better-tasting raspberries. Includes Greek yogurt, raspberries, almonds, and cinnamon.

Day 1 Dinner

For dinner I had a salad, definitely the best meal of the day, including spinach, egg, almonds, and balsamic vinegar. I decided to have the raspberries on the side (fresh this time).

Day 1 Snack

This is my snack which was tough to fit in with the time schedule you are supposed to stay on. I didn’t eat breakfast until 10:30 so I was really pressed to keep things in line which is no less than 3 hours between meals and no more than 5. This includes yogurt, raspberries, almond butter, and cinnamon, much better than the parfait, which could be because of the raspberries

Thoughts about today’s Food

The meals for me were tough to eat, however, I can not evaluate that to the fullest since the raspberries were really as bad as I said. I plan on changing how things are cooked to appeal to my appetite more.

My Mood

I was in a decent mood yesterday. I did get a little moody between lunch and dinner because I became hungry well before it was time to eat. However, to combat this I went out for a run which was AWESOME and I will post more on that later.

How I was feeling Physically

I actually felt less bloated by the evening. I could really tell a difference in my stomach, and after my run, I felt very energized.

Daily Weigh In

Here is my daily weigh-in. I want to weigh for you daily through this trial so you can see how it all pans out as most of us know the first pounds are usually water. Of course, by the looks of this weight I had A LOT of excess water I was holding on to. Trust me it all came out yesterday, I think I tripled my time in the bathroom.

Just remember this large weight loss of 4 lbs in one day is due to my body ridding itself of the excess water I had been retaining.

Weight Progress

Start January 1st: 169 lbs
January 2nd: 165 lbs

Below are the links to each day’s progress on the 5-Day Fast Forward program from the Cinch diet book:

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