I am loving this Fit Foods. It is truly amazing but more so is how much better I'm feeling eating clean. Even Mark says that he is feeling better each day. I can only imagine how we will both feel when we get our bodies detoxed of all the bad food we have eaten all the time. Each day we find ourselves content with the food and more determined to afford what we are doing. It is a good thing right now we have some extra money that his sweet Momma left us. We have invested most of it but we have some extra left out to help with further expenses until we are able to totally settle her estate. Thank you so much Nannie!!!!
Yesterday I woke up with allergy and a horrible headache. I kept thinking that I would feel better so that I could write this blog but I just kept sleeping on and off. I nearly messed up my eating schedule. Last night when I laid down I felt like I was drowning and I kept coughing till I finally got up and went into the media room and curled up in one of the recliners and finally got some rest. Luckily today I don't have the headache.
I do want to share with you what My Fit Food had in their book that I got for doing the 21-Day Challenge. It shocked me and I bet it will shock you and even make you think about giving up coffee.
Here it is:
Artificial Stimulants
Most Americans go through the day feeling like their energy is drained. Instead of grabbing a shot of coffee or a energy drink, there are much better and safer ways to achieve feeling of high energy. Artificial stimulants slow down you natural metabolism, congest your liver, dehydrate your body, cause headaches and prolong mood swings (depression). And by the way, did I mention that most are addictive? Although your body will have an adjustment period when you stop using thee stimulants, the natural genuine energy boosters in your meals will soon prevail! Artificial stimulants include: sugar, chocolate, coffee, tea, soda, tobacco and caffeine.
America's Favorite Stimulant: Caffeine:
Excess use of caffeine can set up a very addictive mood roller coaster. Caffeine zaps your body's natural energy supply, making you even more hooked on the stimulant as you "crash." The more you use, the more your body becomes dependent.
Negative Aspects of Caffeine:
1. Caffeine raises blood sugar and cortisol levels.
2. Both regular coffee and decaf have been linked to an increased risk of heart disease.
3. Caffeine promotes the breakdown of the blood vessels in the eyes, leading to poor eyesight.
4. Coffee contains as many as 200 different pesticides. Formaldehyde is a chemical used to strip caffeine out of decaf coffee--No decaf lease!
5. Caffeine is a diuretic. Dehydration contributes to slowing down the metabolsim.
6. Coffee is highly acidic to the body.
7. One cup of coffee raises cortisol for up to 14 hours. Chronically high cortisol affects insulin levels and cause a rise in hunger as well as fat storage.
Caffeine headaches are due to:
Nutritional Biochemist Stephen Cherniske said. "A caffeine deprivation (withdrawal) headace results from the normal opening (dilation) of blood vessel that are constricted by caffeine. Caffeine intake keeps blood vessels in the brain constricted." The headache is normal blood flow returning to the brain!
Use Green Tea Extract ad Vitami C to help offset the withdraw syptoms associated with elimiating caffeine.
Lovallo, W., et al. Cortisol Response to Mental Stress, Exercise and Meals Following Caffeine Intake in Men and Women." Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 83, no 3 (March 2006)
I will share more about this and how it affected my mind tomorrow.
I did cancel my workout with Larissa today and I thought that I hoped that I would feel better last night but I didn't. I hope to go today on my own. If I don't quit writing and go get in the shower I am never going to get anything done!
Wishing you all a wonderful day!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Oh My Gosh!
I do apologize for being late in getting this written. Yesterday was such a busy day. I had a busy morning but I did get my breakfast in on time and my snack before I had to head out to train with Larissa. I just love her to death. She is so good and motivates me so much. Yesterday my lower back was bothering me (probably from my big rear-end) and she told me that we needed to strengthen my lower back muscle so we worked on that for a bit. She had me lean against one of those big balls against a wall and hold 10 lb weights in each hand and then I did just normal squats. She then removed the ball and had me bend slowly over and slowly drop the weights down to my feet and then slowly come up. It sounds really easy but it wasn't after about the 10th rep but it sure felt good to my back. We did some upper body weights and then we stretched and then I went home.
I got home and drank my protein shake and started getting ready for my consultation at My Fit Foods. I was real excited about that. I could tell by my Body Bugg that I wasn't doing something right because my total fats were over 70 grams and one day my sodium was too high. My protein had been really high as well. There must be more to this than just picking out 3 meals and a snack. I ate lunch before I went and was awesome. It was grilled shrimp with dirty rice and it had a couple sticks of asparagus on the top of it. It was spicy and oh so good!
I got down to My Fit Foods and had to wait for Daniel as he was finishing up with another couple who had signed up for a 21 day challenge. When he finally got through we discussed so many things. What I had been eating over the last few weeks and he told me that he wasn't a Dr. and he wasn't going to yell at me but it was important that I tell him the truth so he could better know how to guide me to get the best benefit of the 21 Day Challenge. He had a small book that we went through that had so much information in it. Some of the things it talked about was drinking coffee and why it is important to give it up and I'm telling you when I read what it said I looked at him and said "I'm Done!" It totally grossed me out and made me wonder if drinking coffee was one of the reasons why I wasn't losing weight very well I can tell you this, we are going t find out. We also went over sugar substitutes and what they do to our bodies and that was pretty gross as well. They had a article that they did on their Facebook page about diet sodas and all that was bad for our bodies and metabolism. They went on to tell that the did their own experiment with a can of Diet Sprite. It took 40 bottles of their perfectly pH balanced water to bring that can of Diet Sprite into balance. Does that gross you out or what? I do plan to copy what they said about the coffee probably in tomorrow's blog. This is all so new and interesting to me and I want to share it!
We finished up and we loaded up my car with bottles, supplements and food and they sent me on my way. My brain and body were tired by the time I got home and got the food unloaded in the refrigerator. Mark got home and we had dinner and then I went over with him all that I had learned and he was surprised by all the information that they had given me. He then went out to the refrigerator and sorted out the meals and days for the two of us and brought today's food in and put it in the refrigerator in the house. He went to bed and I wasn't far behind.!
Stay tuned! There is lots of information to share!!!
I'm so glad that I have made my way back! It feel so good!!!!
I got home and drank my protein shake and started getting ready for my consultation at My Fit Foods. I was real excited about that. I could tell by my Body Bugg that I wasn't doing something right because my total fats were over 70 grams and one day my sodium was too high. My protein had been really high as well. There must be more to this than just picking out 3 meals and a snack. I ate lunch before I went and was awesome. It was grilled shrimp with dirty rice and it had a couple sticks of asparagus on the top of it. It was spicy and oh so good!
I got down to My Fit Foods and had to wait for Daniel as he was finishing up with another couple who had signed up for a 21 day challenge. When he finally got through we discussed so many things. What I had been eating over the last few weeks and he told me that he wasn't a Dr. and he wasn't going to yell at me but it was important that I tell him the truth so he could better know how to guide me to get the best benefit of the 21 Day Challenge. He had a small book that we went through that had so much information in it. Some of the things it talked about was drinking coffee and why it is important to give it up and I'm telling you when I read what it said I looked at him and said "I'm Done!" It totally grossed me out and made me wonder if drinking coffee was one of the reasons why I wasn't losing weight very well I can tell you this, we are going t find out. We also went over sugar substitutes and what they do to our bodies and that was pretty gross as well. They had a article that they did on their Facebook page about diet sodas and all that was bad for our bodies and metabolism. They went on to tell that the did their own experiment with a can of Diet Sprite. It took 40 bottles of their perfectly pH balanced water to bring that can of Diet Sprite into balance. Does that gross you out or what? I do plan to copy what they said about the coffee probably in tomorrow's blog. This is all so new and interesting to me and I want to share it!
We finished up and we loaded up my car with bottles, supplements and food and they sent me on my way. My brain and body were tired by the time I got home and got the food unloaded in the refrigerator. Mark got home and we had dinner and then I went over with him all that I had learned and he was surprised by all the information that they had given me. He then went out to the refrigerator and sorted out the meals and days for the two of us and brought today's food in and put it in the refrigerator in the house. He went to bed and I wasn't far behind.!
Stay tuned! There is lots of information to share!!!
I'm so glad that I have made my way back! It feel so good!!!!
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