Listening To Your Body
12.11.08Well i have had an interesting time on the elimination diet. I was on this purely for 8 days until unfortunately my family and I all became ill and to be honest when i couldn’t taste anything and I wanted stodge I did give in, but boy oh boy did I have some unexpected and uncomfortable results after just 8 days on the elimination diet!
After eating some cereal and peanut butter wrap(not at the same time) I did feel uncomfortable and bloated. I actually woke up in the middle of the night and to put politely I had to go to the bathroom. I put it down to being ill at first, but then the next day i had a small amount of pasta, again i had the bloated uncomfortable feeling and about 2 hrs later had indigestion for the rest of the afternoon. I also found that I was more windy,embarrassing or what, can’t believe I’m writing this!!
I experimented with bread(it was brown bread and bio but it is still heavily processed)and and a peanut butter wrap again with the same results. I found that as i was bloated and uncomfortable I was certainly not hungry. I did not want my snacks in the afternoon which just goes to show how processed carbohydrates are artificially filling you up. I also did not feel as energized as I had before, everything seemed to be more of an effort.
So I have gone back on the elimination diet for 90-95% of the time which basically means 2 main meals and all snacks the majority of the time in the day are all conforming to the elimination diet rules, but I do allow one meal to have something slightly processed and maybe a tea every now and again and of course I am human so the odd treat now and again too. The result being that i have lost 2 1/2 kilos and 2% body fat.
Maybe the biggest thing that I have learned is how to really listen to the clues your body is giving you. Do not artificially fill yourself up with heavily processed carbohydrates and feel full for a long time.
Listen to your body if you are eating your 3 main meals and snacks spaced out over every 2-3 hours you will find that you are getting hungry and are ready for the next snack or meal. Do not be scared of this, your body is wanting you to give it it’s next instalment of nutrition. As long as you eat the right food you can actually eat allot spaced out during the day without having to worry about calories or fat intake.
So if you have been thinking about doing the elimination diet don’t hold back, go for it, experiment, learn about your body, you can have great results and feel so much better, who would not want that?!!
Good luck
Marie
Try the elimination diet by following the clicking here, and make sure you pick up the companion cookbook at the same time here…
A quick post to tell you that ForestFit november for both the 7am and 9.30am groups are now ready for registrations. Go To:
Just so you know the 7am group will be run during the week at two locations in the city, in lit parks, The Petrusse and the playground with the funny Pirate ship thing :o) but we’ll still be out in the Forest at Bambesch on Saturdays as normal.
Hurry, 2 people have already registered for 9:30 in the last 20 minutes!
As one of Tim’s interns on his induction programme he is putting us through or paces in many different ways. One way in which he is doing this is that we are experiencing first hand what it is like be a Getfit client, so everything that Tim or Jess are asking there clients to do we are doing it!!, so that we know exactly what you are experiencing and how best to help you in the future.
One of the Getfit fundamentals is form and function, this is the training principles of our training. As part of this we ask you to do a 45 min programme with your trainer 2-3 times a week and a cardio interval work out of 25 mins, 2-3 times a week.
So how have I done so far??(not sure what Tim thinks though!;o) I really enjoyed the different exercises that were in the 45 min workout, some of them were familiar others not, on the whole a good muscular workout.
Now for the Cardio intervals…… most commonly we ask this to be done on the treadmill……as soon as I found out this I was not happy!!!, for some reason I have always had a fear of running, something to do with those cross country runs they made us do at school, I hated them with a passion!!
Anyway it goes like this 5min warm up on the treadmill, then run at 90% effort, then rest for 2 mins by walking, repeat this 5 times. Once the last one has been finished, cool down with a light jog and then to a walk over a 5min period.
….so how did I do? Well I certainly finished rather red faced and very sweaty, drip drip! I actually did allot better than I thought I would and felt that I could have even pushed myself that little bit further, not bad for never really running before.
I think a solid positive first try and if you put that with the fact that your only really working hard for 5 mins. Even with that short amount of work the cardio interval is the best way to boost your metabolism and reduce your body fat, don’t think I can argue with that, so much so that I have booked my next one already!!! bring on the Cardio Intervals!!!!……..
The Fakel Laf 5km run
26.09.08Just for you guys here in Luxembourg, this years Fakel Laf takes place on the 7th November at 18:30(Friday evening)
It looks like we have a fairly decent group of people from ForestFit coming to do the event.
Entry is FREE via online inscriptions at http://fakellaf.fla.lu/
This is a fun event designed to get folk out on a chilly November evening.
Tim
