MY PLACE – POETRY , AFFIRMATIONS & MORE

Yay!!  Day 4 ..made it! 

Day four of what you ask. Well I would say day four of clean, healthy eating, vegan,  no inflammatory foods allowed, no caffeine …and today I feel great!

My previous post I detailed about a recent program I purchased by a fitness coach called Meredith , program Metaboost#metaboostconnection by #svelte.

There are many options offered by this online fitness coach,  however the one that I chose involved a one-day fat flush followed by a 3-day belly blaster program…. Followed by another 7 days of clean eating. 

This not a vegan program, however, in the first 4 days there are no dairy or eggs, yet you are permitted to have lean protein.

I just finished the first 4 days so I’d like to give a small review on that. But first let me do some whining.

It seems like lately this girls weight just wants to go upward and outwardm I’m almost feeling desperate as all my go-to’s are not working for me to get off these 20 lb I gained.  

Skipping back through my life , my lifelong pursuit of working on a healthy weight and a healthy metabolism, I’ve been led down many roads. 

What Ive learned is,  I can take what I like from the programs,  and leave all the rest, no regrets no real expectations.

Ultimately, I’m just working on learning about my own health and how my body works specifically.

So working towards eating a daily meal plan , after following an alternate day for 4 years,  I realized I absolutely enjoy eating every day and maintaining my weight. And this is something that I’ve learned just this past few months 

Truth is, I didn’t believe that eating daily and not gaining weight could happen; that I could leave keto or alternate day fasting and not blow back to that 330 lbs that I was 8 years ago. However, I’ve learned just since February it appears I can maintain my weight and eat everyday.

I will continue to enjoy fasting as well , so I’m learning to incorporate intermediate fasting with these different new techniques as I work on losing these 20 lbs.

In February this year , I began using the #Lumen device. This device helps measure your CO2 and determines whether or not you are in sugar  burning or fat burning.  The eating plan that came with this device suggested eating everyday to increase your metabolism and provides low carb, high carb and super high carb days based on your reading so that you can learn to carb cycle and challenge your metabolism. 

I was very curious about what that device would tell me about my metabolism .

What I’ve learned and according to what I see based on my #Lumen readings is that I have a fairly flexible metabolism and I easily switch between fat burning and carbohydrate burning . 

Bonus!! Some people using the Lumen have a very hard time getting the readings I get and I would have to believe it’s because I followed a keto low carb diet for so many years.

I admit, I gained those 20 -23lbs honestly over the last year.

 Just after entering postmenopause, and with so much going on in my personal life, I  became a weekend warrior last summer consuming ice cream and pie far more often than I should… which of course I knew was a bad idea at the time . 

While practicing ADF (alternate day fasting ) I always chose one day on the weekend where I had had whatever I wanted, even if it meant getting severe bloating and inflammation . Foods like pizza, pasta and most complex or processed carbs seem to be really impossible for me to digest. In turn, what happens is my abdomen, ribs,  back , legs and  almost every part of me aches 4 days later as my mid section  expands blowing out like a 9-month pregnant woman causing me almost unbearable pain… And doing this to myself every weekend for years it used to be everyday but now just every weekend for years, so I can’t even imagine what I’m thinking.

Brain screams “Oh I can tell you!   I want to be normal. I just want to eat whatever I want. I guess just like everybody I want all that I want … Even when we know our bodies don’t agree”.

The inflammation typically lasts for about 3 or 4 days , or often until I eat like those foods again.

Ive maintained my 170lb weight loss allowing myself to gain 8 lb from my lowest weight because I felt too thin , and it seemed as long as I had only one naughty day a weekend to my weight maintained,

 I felt I could manage and live with the inflammation that happened from eating carbohydrates & sugar . Each Monday the scale taunted me with an alarming weight gain of 10 lb (or more) however, my clean keto & ADF diet during the week , the scale would be back down on Friday and I would lose those 10 lbs of water weight, which is what it appeared to be…thus maintaining my weight and I was basically happy with this.

Yet my body had other ideas.

When I began using the #Lumen in February, I began eating everyday and I noticed that the inflammation response lessened. Yes The inflammation was still there however it was still there only when I ate processed foods or high carbs on the weekend .  I began getting less inflammation as my weight only increasef about four or 5 lbs( instead of 10) over the weekend. I also began maintaining my weight and have maintained my weight despite the fact that I’m eating everyday and still having a cheat day on the weekend , so I’m pretty happy with that

Now let’s get back to this felt #svelte plan…..

So drum roll please !!! 

After my 1-day fat flush the scale moved 4lbs !! Wow… That’s pretty good because what was happening prior to that was it was taking Monday to Friday for me to lose the 4 to 5 lbs of inflammation, this time it came off overnight!! Wow!

I also wanted to say that the recipes and smoothies that were offered in this program were absolutely delicious and it really made me excited to try something different.

The results offered as testimonials from #svelte program were reports that some lost over 8lbs overnight, with the average closer to 4 or 5 lb which is still pretty awesome as that’s where I was.

As I eat very healthy throughout the week, I really didn’t give a lot of hope to think that this change in eating would move any of the weight that’s been on my body stuck now for more than the past 6 months. 

However, let’s have another drum roll please !!

Results are in from my  3-day belly booster!! Yes I’ve lost another 5.8 lbs which is pretty darn amazing!!

Yes, that’s a total of 9.8 lbs from Monday to Friday!! 

Thanks #MEREDITHSHIRK,  You are right, this program does work! 

Typically I do lose a regular inflammatory weight of approximately 4 to 5 lbs each week between Monday to Friday, but not 10, not since I eat daily that is.

.So that means I’m down a net of 5.8lbs … Wow! I’m pumped!!!

A little secret I’ll admit is the sugar addict inside of me has been collecting chocolates as I plan my next cheat day!! I know I need to work on my sugar addiction and I know that I’m just hurting myself.  So as soon as I get this sugar addiction under control hopefully I won’t have to deal with this inflammation anymore.

I sometimes try to tell myself that I’m self-harming when I’m eating chocolate and chips etc but I do look forward to cheat days as that’s when I comfort myself with the things that I grew up feeling comfort with.

 I’m not sure if I can manage a fully clean diet at all times without having some cheat days.

However, for now, I will continue for the next 7 days to complete this #svelte because they are so many more tips & recipes then I’ve seen another program so I am still very curious.

I did not buy their fitness program or the connection to their live community as it cost an extra $27 Canadian per month to access and I’m already paying the $27 a month for the Lumen community to access which is ridiculous of course, but they are really helping me and part of my journey it seems, so I have some decisions to make in the future about which platform works best for me.

Well what’s ahead ..

The next 7 days is more clean eating still dairy-free.

I’m really missing my cheese and butter.. but maybe this is the way I have to go in order for me to at least get off these stubborn pounds.

For those that are using this #svelte #metaboost program, they report that they lose 10 to 15 lb and over the full 11-day program …and as long as I can keep fighting off the Doritos and chocolates that keep appearing in my life it looks like it could be possible to get my weight  back under control.

Wish me luck !

Written by

Corrina