Lately I've been reading anything and everything I can get my hands on about diet and nutrition. I want to know the reasons behind why fad diets became fad diets and what is going on with our society that most people are overweight. After lots of reading about diets that are insane and have no scientific reasoning behind them, knowing what works for my body, and learning the basics of nutrients and environmental things that lead to weight gain, I am ready to come back from Vegas and get this whole family eating better. I believe that the basic eating plan that I have been doing is what works well for me and gets me the nutrients I need when I need them. The problem is incorporating this eating plan into recipes and making sure that I'm getting enough of everything I need for the workouts I love.
The basic idea of clean eating is what I plan to continue for the rest of my life. When everything in the house is gone, there will be no more processed food brought into this house. If I won't eat it because I believe it hurts my body, why would I give it to my children? Of course this also means I have to spend a lot more time grocery shopping and cooking. I love the Jillian Michael's theory that if it doesn't grow from the ground or have a mother, you probably shouldn't be eating it. Natural carbs (whole grain oats, fruits, starchy vegetables) are for earlier in the day, and protein and green veggies are for afternoon and evening. I'm not a night eater so this actually works well for me. I'm eating my carbs right before and after my workouts so my body has energy that it needs to power through those 2 hours.
In the last month I have doubled some of the weights I'm lifting. If I was lifting 10 before, I'm doing 20 now. If I was pulling down 50 before, I'm doing 85-100 now. My muscles have been recovering well and I almost never hurt after a workout. I run some, do the elliptical some, and hoop every day. I got a new hoop a while back and I adore it. It's much easier for me to learn new moves on and I'm enjoying slowing things down a bit and really focusing on what parts of my body are hitting the hoop at what time. Workouts are easy for me. I love the gym and love how I feel after a workout.
My problem has never been my workouts. It's purely diet. With PCOS and insulin resistance I have to eat perfectly to lose any amount of weight. If I mess up, I gain 5 pounds. My body hates carbs and has trouble making energy from processed foods. And that really sucks because I love me some Dairy Queen and Chick-fil-A. One Blizzard or Chicken Minis and I'm screwed. At some point it is a matter of priorities though and my priority is a healthy body.
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