Hi all,
I hope you are doing well and you are still working hard towards your fitness goals no matter how big or small. I'm apologize for my big absence, I went on an adventure with my boo to Peru and Bolivia. I will do a post on it once we have edited all the photos and I have some good ones to share with you all :).
On my trip I listed to a book titled Fitness Confidential by Vinnie Tortorich. He is a well known trainer in L.A. and had an amazing story to tell. The thing that I really took away from the book and that stuck in my mind was his diet. He doesn't consume grains or processed sugars. In the book he claimed that any excess weight you are holding to will fall off if you stick to this diet, and you will also have more energy. He does warn that the first four days are the most difficult. My point is that I decided to hop on the ban wagon. Now the amazing catch here is I went from eating egg whites to whole eggs, cooking with pam and reduced calorie butters, to using real butter, coconut oil, and any other natural oil I can get my hands on. I stopped putting non fat milk in my coffee and started using real cream! Basically if it is natural, with no added preservatives and no added sugars it's fair game.
Now I want to make it very clear that I am not 100% cutting grains and processed sugars out of my diet. I should but I'm human I love pasta, sushi, donuts, cupcakes, and of course dark chocolate and pizza (my favorites). I am simply now consuming those things as a treat every once and a while, not as a habit. I used to have 1-2 pieces of dark chocolate every day and sometimes more, sometimes some other piece of candy, it's not that big of a deal, but it all ads up and it all triggers me to eat more unhealthy things. I would also, snack on chips and some kind of dip when I got home. This as all stopped, well not 100% I still use carrots when I want some hummus :) but I'm keeping it healthy and sticking to what I have committed to myself.
This has been amazing!!! I actually have more energy, getting up in the morning is a breeze (ok well not a breeze no one really wants to get out of bed, but I'm wide awake when I get up. I am drinking less caffeinated drinks during the day, I am not as hungry as often, and I feel like my body is working more efficiently ( I have only been doing this for a week and a half keep in mind). However, in that short period every week I have lost a pound that stays off. My weight fluctuates all the time, and that is not why I am doing this. I want to see what my body is capable of and help it to run at it's best. This seems to be working for now and I am loving it. Full fat everything, cream, butter, proteins, fruits, veggies, cheeses, I can eat as much or as little as I want! The key is to feed your body things that it knows how to process, things that we have been eating for hundreds if not thousands of years. I will keep you all posted on how it's going, but so far I am getting everything I want from this new way of eating.
Last thing that I want to touch on, I am NOT labeling this as a "DIET". The term diet has been dragged through the mud. People associate diet with a restriction, starvation, feeling hungry, tired even. THIS IS NOT AT ALL WHAT I AM DOING! I am changing the way I look at food and being a little bit harsher on what I am putting in my body. Do you know what the actual definition of diet is?
the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats. Habitually is the key here! I don't want to feed my body chemicals and processed food. We know what kind of damage it can do to your body. I am just thinking twice now before I allow food to enter my system. My body is a temple and I will treat it as such! :)
My next post is going to be on a few of my most recent dishes that were super yummy!
I hope you enjoyed and it inspired you to try something new!
Pistols..Out!
xo
