The Shred Revolutionary Diet Review

On January 7th I started the 6 Week "Shred" diet. It promises 2 Dress sizes, 4 inches, and up to 20 pounds in 6 weeks.

The Basic Plan

This plan works based on diet confusion. Each day the calories (which you never count) and food types will change. He also has an exercise program to follow which consists of just cardio for the first cycle. 

What I Like About the Plan

It includes a maintenance plan. After you get to your goal weight, you eat your own way for four weeks and then do any week of his six week cycle. You do this every 4 weeks for six months and then you go to every eight weeks.

What I Don't Like About the Plan

After the first six week cycle it begins feeling repetitive and restrictive. The first six weeks were fine, but if you have more to lose and try it for a second cycle I found it very repetitive feeling (just like my use of the word repetitive!).  I will try this diet again, but only for the six weeks, or once I get to my goal weight follow his maintenance plan.

A Typical Day

With this plan you eat 4 meals and 3 snacks. The meals should be about every 3- 3 1/2 Hours. The snacks are 100 calories or 150 calories and he has a great list of suggested snacks. 

The meals tend to revolve around Protein Shakes, Fruit Smoothies, and Soup. Breakfasts may include oatmeal, but on some days you enjoy pancakes with turkey bacon or a grilled cheese sandwich.

Some days you get a treat with lasagna, spaghetti and meatballs, hamburgers, and pizza. But mainly it will be a lean meat and veggies or Protein Shake, Soup, and quite often Beans. (Yeah, I know...the beans aren't super exciting.)

Lessons Quickly Learned

1. Preparation, Preparation, and PREPARATION!

• Menu Planning- I sat down and made a menu plan for each week, narrowing down his choices to what I would eat. If it's not on the menu, I don't eat it.
• Week Preparation- After Grocery Shopping I would leave everything out and prepare all of the food for the week. (i.e. make soup, cut veggies, snack packs) 
• Nightly Preparation- Grab the items I need the following day and put them in my lunch bag. All I have to do is go out the door WITHOUT forgetting my lunch bag!

    2. Snack Selection

• Not all 100 Calorie or 150 Calorie Snacks are the same. Pick the ones that are going to stick with you the longest (i.e. Hard Boiled Egg vs 100 Calorie Snack Pack of cookies)

Costs 

This started out a little more expensive and ended up lower as weeks went by. With the next diet and the next time I do the Shred I will actually save my receipts and have a budget number here!

Results

The black ribbon was my before waist measurement and the white ribbon was after six weeks. I lost about 6 inches from my waist! I was down about 10 1/2 pounds, but definitely think most of my loss was in inches. I have a few more pictures showing the difference of the two weeks below:

Overall I was thrilled with my results on this diet. I just couldn't follow it consecutively (I made it to week 3 and decided it was time to chase a new diet.) I will go back to this at some point, I'm sure. But for now I'm off to chase down the Flat Belly Diet starting Monday.