Back in the game

 

I’m so excited to be writing today’s blog. I’m so excited because I finally feel like me again! I noticed this on Wednesday as I was walking around the office. I was thinking to myself –
‘I feel good’
‘I feel happy’
‘I feel energetic’

I thought about it some more that day and again the next day because I still felt good. I finally felt 100% like me again! I didn’t want to question it but I couldn’t help it because it has taken so long for me to feel like this again.

What was different? Was it just a simple as the virus finally being out of my system? Possibly. But I had also made some changes after my follow-up with my naturopath. I had told him that I was feeling 90% better but still feeling like my energy levels weren’t what they should be. He wanted me to continue with the Metagenics liver detox but after I told him about an unpleasant side effect I had had he told me that was a sign that my body shouldn’t go through that again. Instead he suggested I take Legalon (St Mary’s Thistle) to protect my liver and switch to low carb, high fat diet. He recommended I buy The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance book to get my body to burn fat for fuel instead of glucose. He explained how changing the energy source for my cells would change my energy levels, and help with my weight loss. He also suggested I get the New Atkins diet book and follow the 2 week conversion protocol to get my cells into fat burning mode.

I started the New Atkins diet on Monday. I will post a full blog when I finish the 2 weeks but basically it’s less than 20g net carbs a day and high in healthy fats. This means that for 2 weeks I can’t eat grains, rice, pasta, nuts or fruit. And especially no fast food or my weakness – chocolate! I have written a couple of blog posts about being a chocoholic/sugar fiend and have noticed it getting out of control these past couple of months which no doubt just kept me in the vicious sugar cycle. I recently came across this article from Food Matters about adrenal fatigue which listed craving sweet food as a symptom. A couple of months ago I had never heard of adrenal fatigue and now that I’ve gone through it I keep seeing and hearing it everywhere. Funny how that happens. This blog post from The Holistic Ingredient just came into my inbox today and has a simple definition of adrenal fatigue that resonated with me. It also promotes an e-course that I have never heard about and a couple of weeks ago I may have kept reading. But not today. Today I feel like I am in recovery mode, if not already recovered!

Walk the walk

A friend has recently purchased the new Fitbit Charge HR and his excitement and eagerness to walk everywhere just to track steps has inspired me to finally write my Fitbit review.

What is a Fitbit? A Fitbit is an activity tracker. It tracks your step and your sleep. Using the app you can also track your daily water intake and if you link to your myfitnesspal account you can also track your calories in and out. The new models have a built in heart rate monitor and some can even display your incoming calls or emails!

I have the Fitbit One which is nice and small and clips onto my bra. The Fitbit One was the second Fitbit to be released. The next release was the first wristband – Fitbit Flex and the new ones are the Fitbit Charge. To compare all the models click here https://www.fitbit.com/au/compare

Go gadget go

Maybe it all started with watching inspector gadget when I was little but I can say that I am gadget girl. I’d like to think a gadget girl is different to a fad girl who follows the next hottest diet or workout but I’m sure it’s the same thing. I have this thought process at the back of my mind where I must think that if I get that gadget then I will be fitter or healthier or hotter. I know it’s not true but I do know that I tend to postpone things until I get ‘that’ gadget. For example years ago when my hubby was working at Rebel (an Australian sports store) I didn’t start exercising until I had a new pair of shoes and a polar heart rate monitor. Of course neither of these items meant I wouldn’t succeed if I didn’t have them.