Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Battle Continues

This month my subscription of Success Magazine is focusing on health and mind. One of the people that they interview is none other than the Biggest Loser’s Jillian Michaels. In her interview, she says that we all know what to do; we all know how to lose weight and keep it off. However, the reason that she is busier than ever and her company is growing rapidly is that it is not easy. Once again, she speaks of obesity being a manifestation of other issues. In addition, she mentions that in order to accomplish something you must become extremely educated on that issue and then you can achieve it. Education, not necessarily a diploma, but proper education plus massive action can propel you to success. She goes on people need to be specific. Why are you losing weight? Because you want, better health is not a specific reason. You must have clarity in determining why you want to lose the weight. Is it for a reunion, a company party, rid your self of a dangerous health issue, finding a mate or something else? I discovered this in the beginning of my journey; my “why” is what propels me through difficult times.

Any program is challenging and all programs can lead to success. If you decide to embark on the Fat to Skinny program as I have, you will miss carbohydrates occasionally. I miss having Papa Murphy’s pizza with my family; oddly, the crust is not my favorite part. I miss whole grain bread, but La Tortilla low carbohydrate tortillas from the health food store has filled in nicely. Instead of a sandwich or toast, I have a wrap or slightly crisp it up in a pan with olive oil. I miss a few other things. However, nothing I miss over powers the excitement I feel from the changes in my body. Even eating the low glycemic food plan, my legs would swell up everyday. My doctor believed this related to me becoming insulin resistant (the phase before type 2 diabetes). Even after losing more than one-hundred pounds and eating 1200 or less calories per day on a low glycemic plan the swelling continued. After two weeks on the Fat to Skinny program, the swelling has greatly lessened and my legs do not sting at the end of the day. I find this to be a very interesting side effect of eating no more than eight carbohydrates or less per day. I am extremely shocked at the amount of fat my body is dumping. I certainly do not want to give you “TMI”, but I had to cut back on my workouts because I was dumping so frequently I could not perform my job. Once again, I must point out that you need to watch your bad fat intake and your sodium intake on this program. In addition, because you may dump fat fast I suggest you drink a great deal of water beyond any other drinks. The only water I can do this with is distilled water. Introduced to distilled water approximately ten years ago, I drink nothing else if possible. We buy it at Walmart for 84 cents a gallon and recycle the bottles. As far as I know, the only bottled water in convenience stores that distills is Smart Water. After drinking distilled water, it is really hard to drink any other type of water.

The following sent to me from a heart health website that I subscribe. It talks of the difficulty of breaking the high carbohydrate and high fat diet of fast food and food in general.

Scientist have previously proven links between drug addiction and fast-food addiction, but now there is a growing body of research that is finding out how junk food is hard wiring our brains for cravings. The latest study, published March 28 in "Nature Neuroscience," likened the affects of high-fat, high-calorie fast food to those of cocaine or heroin,
http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/03/30/fast-food-is-like-heroin-studies-find/


Week 2 at a Glance:
Fat to Skinny Fast and Easy
Number of Days On/Off Program: 6/1 (Nothing terrible, but went to a party that served barbecue ribs and barbecue chicken and pulled barbecue pork.)
Workouts --- Times per week/Minutes/Average Calories Burned: 2/50/750
This Weeks Favorite Food: La Tortilla Tuna Wrap with cheese, mustard, lettuce and dill pickle.
Weeks Weight Lost or Gained +/- and Average: -5lbs. / -11lbs. Ave. (22lbs. Total)


“A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.” ---Charles Schwab

“Our mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained.” ---Goethe

1 comment:

  1. Hi Todd, Happy Easter :) I stopped by this morning to catch up on your last two Sunday reports. It never ceases to amaze me to see the positive health side effects people experience from removing sugar from their intake. Your leg problems disappearing will be a mystery to your doctor and that I find sad, just like another FAT TO SKINNY reader who's Lupus mysteriously went away after 60 days leaving her doctor dumbfounded. I have found the FAT loss many readers experience is sometimes secondary to the other positive results which appear. One of the biggest surprises I get e mail on from readers is their sudden reduction in blood sugar and the reversal of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. It comes as a surprise to many even though I focus on the expected benefits in the book. I think most people are so focused on losing weight the other benefits simply come as a bonus. I can’t stress to readers enough how uncomplicated the simple truth can be. We’ve been so bombarded over the years with marketing scams on weight loss even many of our medical professionals are confused. I’d like to share a letter with you that I received from a doctor not long ago which pretty much sums up my thoughts;

    Dear Doug, I am proud to be able to contribute in a small way to your efforts to enlighten people as to the true cause of weight gain, diabetes, high blood pressure, high-cholesterol and that thing called “metabolic syndrome”. You should have been a doctor. In many ways what you’re doing now will make a bigger impact on the country’s health than anything a doctor could dream of accomplishing. I am so pleased to have found a book that coincides with everything I have been telling my patients for years. Now I can talk briefly with patients and hand them a book knowing that what is put forth in the text is everything I believe and transcends the stalled stale conversation of low carbs and exercise. This is a seminal work that awakens us to what is all around us but yet invisible. Like water to a fish we have been unable to see what has been in front of us all the time. Water? What water I don’t see any water! Sugar? What sugar? I don’t see any sugar! Unfortunately our bodies do see all the sugar and respond with obesity and “metabolic syndrome”. This book is a must read for anyone interested in taking their health to the next level. Sincerely yours, Dr Paul Cump, D.O.

    Remember to stop by my website http://www.fattoskinny.com occasionally; I’ve recently added a FREE support forum and a FREE article download page all focused on helping your success. If you get a chance catch me on the Disney Family Channel at 9:00 am April 7th. I’ll be a guest on “Skinny Wednesday” a segment on the 700 club show with Pat Robertson. Looking forward to reading your reports again in a couple of weeks! All my best…..Doug

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