The Body is a Wonderland... |
bod·y [ˈbɒd-ee] noun, the physical part of a person; the flesh, as opposed to the spirit; consistency of substance; the largest or main part of anything. The body...what would be without our this awesome vessel? It is with us wherever we go, It contains everything we are and ever will be. While it isn't who we are, so much as what we are it is where we spend our entire lives and it is also where one should feel the most comfortable. It's our protector, our home, our temple, our instrument. Our one and only that provides for us through sickness and health. Is should be our first love although it often isn't. It's an amazing, awe inspiring wonderland of possibility. This blog is about my journey back to fitness and a healthy weight (again). If you are looking for INFORMATION and MOTIVATION to be your best you whether it be to lose weight, get fit or improve your health...hopefully you'll find it here! "Your body is a reflection of your daily habits and consistency of behavior, not the occasional choice." Keep it healthy my friends... |
It’s over, I cheated a little or a lot almost everyday but IT worked! Yay!!! So happy to finally see my first tiny goal accomplished on the scale. For the longest time I had wanted to see 175lbs (again). But for some reason, I could not crack 177.6 lbs, no matter how little I ate or how hard or how often I worked out. Even that number only lasted for a day or 2 which was disheartening. I’ve been stuck in the 179-184lb range for almost. I was starting to feel that my body had reset to that weight as I could not, could not understand why it was so hard for me to loose more than a few pounds. Well not anymore, this plan apparently was just what the I needed because as my friend had told me when she gave it to me, it works! To day my scale read 174.2. It’s the little things you know. I’m truly happy to see that number for several reasons, one of which I have already mentioned…it was a small yet consistently unattainable goal. Another is that, when I first started to gain weight I had topped out at 175lbs. That was a wake up call to me especially after I had worked so hard to loose weight only a few months prior. Anyway, I spent a whole summer school session working out and I even recruited The Boyf to join me. I took a running, spinning, and pilates/yoga class which had me working out for several hours most days a week. I would also walk and workout on other days. The Boyf took the spinning and running class (missing several days for work and would also workout on the weekend. Anyway, after trying so hard, watching what we both ate (I cooked most of our meals), not wearing clothing or doing my hair for a few months because I was living in the gym, I lost only 1/2 a lb if that and only 2 inches or so off my entire body!! Meanwhile, The Boyf lost like 10-15lbs and like 10 inches off his entire body, ugh. He looked the best he ever had while I looked, THE SAME! No matter how muscular or in shape people said I looked, I knew I was fatter than I wanted to be, that I had been slimmer (recently) and could do better.
This diet and weight loss only reinforces my will, confirms the effect sugar/carb have been having on my body and makes me more determined than ever continue eating lower carb and conquer my carb/sugar addicition. As I have not really had any for a few days, it is apparent that those two things were what was holding me back. Insulin and weight gain/retention is no joke. If you can get your insulin in check, you will loose weight.
***Watch the movie Fat Head for more about this***
I will post more about my day later but I just wanted to share my progress real quick.
Well, so far I’m not having any carb or sugar cravings. Guess the mind and body struggle is over. Thankfully, the mind won. I just had to push through the tough part just like at the gym. Part of me is wondering if, I truly conquered my craving or did I trick my body into thinking it had sugar.
Last night as I was contemplating ripping into the candy bar I had hidden away on top of the fridge a few days, I realized I was tired and thirsty. So, I decided to go to 7/11 and grab a coffee…at 930pm! (Yes, I know coffee at night, weird but I’m a night owl and I still had a lot to do). So while I was there I looked searched for other things I could possibly get and found out that there were zero to none that fell into my diet restrictions. Add to that, that once I was there I realized even a coffee wasn’t going to be the treat I’d imagined since I could not put anything in it. Well, I just can not drink black coffee so I added some sugar free flavor shots (3 to be exact at 12 cals a pump) which I normally avoid and a packet of Splenda. It was a blah in the taste department so I also grabbed a XXX Vitamin Water Zero. Both of these things claimed to be sugar free on the label with the Vitamin Water showing negative sugar from natural sources (but how can natural sweeteners be sugar free…not gonna question since I wanted it, BAD!) Well let me just say, that Vitamin water was the tastiest, sweetest most delicious thing EVER. After a few days of water, tea an nothing sweeter than an orange or apple, it was truly what the doctor had ordered. I just had a few sips of the coffee but that Vitamin Water…it didn’t have an ice cubes chance in hell. Gone it 60 seconds.
Anyway, my lack of cravings today has me thinking that it something to with my treats. Can’t be sure but either I ingested a small enough amount of sugar to quell the carb crazies OR just having the taste of something sweet, even without the sugar did the trick. Hmm, seems more research is needed. Whatever it was, it worked because I’m feeling pretty good today and like I can keep this eating plan going longer with a few less restrictions. We’ll see. I could also be feeling like this right now because I over slept (a lot) and started my day way later than usual. So, its also possible my body hasn’t had a chance to scream yet.
Um, also think that I’m, er…umm…detoxing because…well…we should all know what “detoxing” means when you are talking about health and not alcohol or drugs. Right? (Well technically food is a drug, and supposedly sugar is poison so its possible, I may have gone through my withdrawal period and that now my body is detoxing!) So yeah, that. Hmm…lets see how the rest of the day goes.
