Weigh In #2: Hungry For Change

Yesterday was weigh in day. I was soooo nervous. I haven't "fallen off the wagon' at all. I am still doing an hour of cardio every second day, pushing myself harder each day. I am still eating well and drinking a lot of water. But I was nervous. I didn't want to be up a pound or still at 147. I was worried my "girly time bloat" would affect my weigh in. And I didn't want to disappoint my followers or myself.

April 9, 2013 - Weigh in #2 - 145.8lbs

Down 1.2lbs from Last Week! Hell ya! 

I am down 2.6lbs in only two weeks. It feels amazing! It is not a huge loss but it is a loss, and it is progress. Go Katie! 

Last night I watched Hungry for Change, a documentary on Netflix recommended to be by my cousin Emily. Wow. What an eye opener. I am a very skeptical person when it comes to health books/diet fads/documentaries etc, but this show was fantastic!

The show basically explained that we are not eating "good" but that we are eating SUBSTANCES that are made to look and smell good. There are so many chemicals that are being put in our food to make it appealing. For example, many blueberry muffins made at fast food restaurants use propylene glycol to make the "blueberries". They look appealing, but they are chemicals substances. 

The show also explained that the majority of people are starving themselves of nutrients. We are eating table salt, bread, sugars (manmade) - high in calories, but starving ourselves of nutrients. We are overfed but still hungry. Our cells are starving.

One of the things I found most interesting was how our fat cells are storing sugar. We are eating so much sugar that it cannot be processed quickly enough by our pancreas it ends up being stored in fat cells. Which would be fine if we were living in the early days when we had to "store for winter" and hope to find our next meal. In today's day we can call our next meal on the phone and have it delivered. 

I was watching this show with a gf and she said "If my grandmother doesn't know what it is, I won't eat it." Makes sense. "Grandma - what is aspartame?" "Grandma - what is propylene glycol?" It's a good rule of thumb don't you think.

Finally, I have made a decision to buy a juicer. I am definitely not getting enough vegetables in my diet. If I try to eat 6-8 servings a day it would probably take a couple hours. This show really opened my eyes to how easy it is to juice and intake the correct amount of REAL FOOD. Definitely not going on a raw/juice diet. Oh no. But it will help me ensure I am getting all the nutrients my body is starving of right now.

Goal reached: Did not weigh myself all week, lost 1.4lbs

Goal missed: Take a Zumba class

New goal: Buy a juicer