Nutrition

Having fun with my journey. Feeling better every day. I've found the best kept secret is to just take it one day at a time. One pound at a time. One goal at a time. I've never been disappointed by losing just one pound because hey, it's one less pound to my goal. I weigh in tomorrow. My goal was to lose 2 lbs this week. I pray that I made that goal, but if not, I know I will soon.  As is well known, nutrition makes up 80% of your weight loss journey, and fitness the remaining 20%. I've noticed the most changes when I changed how I ate. I'm ashamed to say I used to eat fast food sometimes 3x a week, soda each time. At my lowest I was eating that way and not working out at all. Or other times, I would eat that way and work out maybe 2x a week, but with the junk I was putting in my body I did not see much results. I'm proud to say I have cut out all white rice, white bread, soda, fast food, and traded them in for brown\red rice, whole wheat bread, sparkling water, and healthy alternatives. Note: this is not to say that on Guilt free day I don't put it down.. Because let's face it, I do. I eat whatever I want on Guilt free day and I don't let anyone tell me otherwise. Lately, my guilt free days haven't been all out cheats. I find I crave junk food less and less as my journey progresses. Last Sunday, I had a biscuit for breakfast(not terrible, but not something I would have during the week) I had a burger for lunch, no fries and a regular healthy dinner. Not too shabby. But it still satisfied my need to get off course a little. 

This week was slingshot week.

What is slingshot week?

Slingshot week is where you have a whole week of high carb days back to back. The purpose of this is to offset the carb cycle and to kinda mix things up so your body doesn't get too used to anything. You do this after 3 weeks of carb cycling. Then next week go back to your usual cycle. I have been doing the Classic Cycle since I began carb cycling but I'm considering the Turbo Cycle.

Classic Cycle- THE CLASSIC CYCLE

Unlike the Easy Cycle, which has a reward meal incorporated into every high-carb day, the Classic Cycle has an entire reward day every week. Imagine that—a whole day to satisfy those cravings for your favorite foods! And you’ll still lose weight.

Example:

Monday – Low Carb – reward meal before dinner
Tuesday – High Carb –reward meal before dinner
Wednesday – Low Carb – reward meal before dinner
Thursday – High Carb – reward meal before dinner
Friday – Low Carb – reward meal before dinner
Saturday – High Carb – reward meal before dinner
Sunday – Guilt-Free Day

With the Classic Cycle, besides losing weight at a quick and constant pace, you’ll also be able to tune into what is happening in your body during this carb cycle process. You’ll learn and actually feel how food affects your body, and while you may experience some brief periods of nausea, headaches, low energy and other symptoms as you change the way you fuel your body, these will be temporary. In the end, you’ll have a whole new appreciation for this marvelous body you have!