March 12, 2013

• Sport Fasting

  My personal trainer has been working with me since last October, and even though I’ve been eating much better and working out quite often, I’m still not seeing much in the way of results.  I know I’m much stronger (often times, stronger than Jamie at some things), but the weight is still here.  Part of it has been the constant up and down of traveling every other weekend, going home for two weeks, etc., and I’m sure another part of it is my antidepressants, since I really struggle to lose weight while on my medication (though clearly, if I had to choose between being chubby and being off my rocker, I’ll take that extra layer of flub), but I also just feel like my metabolism has plumeted in the past year. 

  So, I talked with my trainer, and he suggested I try a Sport Fasting program that he has training in.  Its a 10 day method where the first three days are a cut back in calories and certain types of food, then three days of “fasting” (allowed fruit juice for B/L/D), and then four days of building back up your diet.  During this 10 days, you take a ridiculous amount of supplements (fish oil, multivitamins, calcium, zing, magnesium, etc.) along with a powder that you mix with water that has a lot of different amino acids and proteins.  I was concerned at first, so I consulted my GP here and he assured me that, as I was a healthy adult, this would be fine and shouldn’t cause me any problems, and to go ahead with the program.

  So, here I am…day 2.  Day 1 was pretty simple, 2 pieces of fruit and 250ml of fruit juice in the morning (plus all the supplements), lunch was a salad with 2 tomatoes, 10 olives, EVOO and vinegar (and supplements), and dinner was a veggie stirfy with 2 tablespoons (uncooked…no idea how much it was when cooked) rice (with supplements).  Today was another 2 pieces of fruit and 150ml of juice for breakfast, a stirfry without rice for lunch, and a veggie soup for dinner (all with supplements, of course).  Tomorrow goes to liquids, and then Thursday – Saturday is the fasting period.

  I’m weirdly not hungry, but my trainer said that the powder stuff helps with hunger, but it’s such a mental game!  I feel like I should be eating, and I’m craving eating, but I recognize that I’m not hungry, at all!  It’s so weird.  I’m hoping this will help me with getting back on the bandwagon for training and such, but I’m definitely not expecting it to fix everything.  But, I figure, it’s 10 days, and worth a shot!

  I’ll definitely update on the progress…so far, Day 2 isn’t bad!

  XOXOXO,
  K. 

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