Wednesday, June 22

Wednesday Weigh In - Week Three

Start Weight: 109.8kg
Current Weight: 106.9kg
Loss/Gain: -2.2kg
Kgs Lost: 2.9kg
Kgs to Goal: 41.9kg

Yes, it is official, the scales are crazy. I had a good week the week before and put on 600g and then had the seriously over the top 57.5 pt day and I lose 2.2kg!! Go figure.

Quick check in - start Liver Cleansing tomorrow. Not as full on as I would have liked. After doing all the prep and making up the menus and planning the shopping list - I actually priced up and nearly fell over. Unless you don't know - I have 3 children and no job. We have an income of $550 a week and our rent alone is $280. And we have $500 or so a fortnight worth of loans and hps. We are fully overextended. That's what an unexpected pregnancy can do to you. Result of all of this is that we can't afford a big grocery bill, and let's remember we have nappies to buy as well. So I can not afford all the liver cleansing stuff so have had to just go by the 12 principles instead:

1. Listen to your body - don't eat if you are not hungry. This applies even at meal times.
2. Drink at least 8 - 12 glasses of water daily - this helps to cleanse the liver and kidneys and aids with weightloss. Your body requires small and frequent sips of water, otherwise your cells shrink with dehydration and their membranes dry out.
3. Avoid eating large amounts of sugar - especially refined sugars, as the liver will convert this into fat.
4. Don't become obsessed with measuring calories - I actually am not going to listen to this one as I am still going to point everything and stick to my points allocation. Considering I am breastfeeding and not sticking to the nitty gritty of the diet, then I really need to still count points.
5. Avoid foods that you may be allergic to - or what you know from past experience upset you. a tip for those with weak digestion is to always begin each meal with something raw: ie raw fruit or raw salad. Always chew food slowly and thoroughly as digestion begins in the saliva. A small glass of water containing one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar can aid digestion.
6. Be aware of good intestinal hygiene - the liver must filter out and destroy any bacteria or viruses in our food. Only eat fresh food and try never to eat food that has been reheated.
7. Do not eat if you feel stressed or anxious - during these states the blood flow is directed away from the liver and intestines to other areas of the body. Eating at these times will lead to abdominal bloating and poor digestion.
8. Try to eat organic - will try but organics cost heaps so probably have to taper back on that one.
9. Obtain your protein from diverse sources (including legumes), not just from animal products such as meats, eggs and fish.
10. Choose your breads and spreads wisely - it is improtant to eat only good quality breads as they provide fibre, minerals and B vitamins. Nowadays most supermarket breads are made with mass production methods using ingredients like hydrogenated vegetable oils, potassium bromate, disodium dihydrogen diphosphate, monoacetyltartaric acid, azodicarbonamide and other aritficial chemicals that must be dealt with by your overworked liver. Also try hard to avoid margarine and butter as a spread on your breads. If you are trying to lose weight it will be an uphill and frustrating battle if you continue to use these spreads. If you must have a spread have fresh avocado, hommus or tahini.
11. Avoid constipation - by eating plenty of raw fruit and vegetables.
12. Avoid excessive saturated or damaged fats - these unhealthy fats can cause liver damage with changes occuring such as a "fatty"liver, similar to that seen in heavy alcohol consumption.

So, I will follow this, along with the dairy free and will also still have a carrot, celery and parsley juice ever morning, 15 mins after having consumed 2 large glasses of water with fresh lemon juice in it. This has the effect of kick starting the liver into action for the day.

I will also be using a thing called LSA to boost my protein. LSA stands for Linseed (flaxseed), Sunflower Seed and Almond. You make up a mixture of this ground down in a coffee grinder and it is devine on porridge, cereal and even sprinkled on salads. A huge source of Omega 3's.

So lets go!!

By the way, check out Diet Diva (she is linked on my links on the right). She has lost 10.2pds in her first week!! That is 4.63kgs!! You rock DD!!
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