Day 15 - scales update

Woke up feeling fat and bloated. Definitely down to the sugar yesterday and possibly the butter beans in my salad. Time to make a mental note of that and see if it happens when I don't have sugar.

Of course the scales tell the story of me holding on to more water again. This is why people panic after 'being good' all week and then having a weekend blow out. If you seem to get heavier overnight then you haven't 'put on' a load of fat, it's just your body diluting the toxins you ate.

THE SOLUTION TO POLUTION IS DILUTION!

Here's my scales story so far over the last two weeks. Please note I don't usually weigh myself every day, this is just purely to illustrate to you how toxins, sugar and starch effect what the scales say in a short period of time.

Week 1

Day 1 - 9st 9
Day 2 - 9st 8
Day 3 - 9st 7.2
Day 4 - 9st 6.4
Day 5 - 9st 6
Day 6 - 9st 6

After eating clean all week with no sugar and limited healthy starchy carbs (fruit, sweet potato, root veg, rye bread etc) I had a glass of wine and some chocolate and the next day...

Day 7 - 9st 7.6

Back to eating clean again from day 7.

Day 8 - 9st 7.4 
Day 9 - 9st 6.4
Day 10 - 9st 6
Day 11 - 9st 5.8

As you can see, going back down again after the body rids itself of the unwanted weekend toxins and I'm drinking plenty of water and eating lots of fresh, real food. 

Then, I have a horrendous night's sleep and have to deal with one of my biggest problem eating triggers, extreme tiredness. I have an epic chocolate and sugar wobble. What do you think the scales will say the day after??? You guessed it!

Day 12 - 9st 7

Back to clean eating and loads of water again.

Day 13 - 9st 7.2
Day 14 - 9st 6

Then after fudge day...

Day 15 - 9st 7.6

Wow. You can see that even though my main meals are good, just how much that extra 'treats' of toxic and sugary food affect what the scales say. This is why, if you are trying to give yourself a massive kick start and lose fat fast, that you absolutely HAVE to have a period of time where you obstain completely from sugar in order to get rid of a long time of stored toxins.

From a long term eating for life strategy, you can see that you can still have a little of what you fancy providing that you get straight back on to eating real food again and drinking plenty of water to help your body process and eliminate the toxins you had. It's only when you keep eating foods that the body doesn't like that you keep on storing more and more fat cells to house the toxins and hold on to more and more water, especially if you don't drink any!

So remember...

SCALES ARE FOR FISH!

 










 
 
Today was about getting back to healthy eating again and I'd planned my three meals, and all low carb, so no starchy or sugary carbs. Here's what I had.

Meals:

Luxury scrambled eggs - veg and toasted seeds

Roasted chicken legs in olive oil, garlic and cumin with avocado, oregano tomatoes and lettuce. 

Courgette spaghetti and lamb ragu with spinach

I also had my supplements - 4 fish oils with each meal, 1 zinc, 1 vit D

2.5 litres of water and herbal teas

Training:

Workout 1 - ten minute high intensity workout
Skipping and core

Workout 2 - heavy weight training
Back, biceps and core

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