Day 1: Addition before subtraction

Today I started the plan from This is Why You're Fat (and how to get this forever) by Jackie Wagner. I've decided to share with you a few things that I've learned from the book so that you will better understand why I'm eating and doing all these different things. But I really recommend that if you're interested in following the plan that you buy Jackie Wagner's book. I found my copy at Barnes & Noble.The first two weeks of Jackie's plan is about adding certain foods to begin to balance hormones. Basically you continue to eat the foods you ate before starting the plan, but now you add in fruits, vegetable, eggs, oatmeal, 3 liters of water with lemon juice, whey protein shakes, herbal teas, and a handful of supplements. This is the first "diet" I've ever done where you get to add food to your daily intake. I've also never been so excited to start and actually complete a diet plan as much as I am about this!

What I've learned so far...In the first chapter of The Book (This is Why You're Fat) Jackie explains that being fat is not your fault, but staying fat is. She explains that the food we eat is unbalancing our hormones natural desire to stay balanced and keep us thin. There are three hormones make humans thin and four that make us fat. Human Growth Hormone, Testosterone, and Progesterone make us thin, but Insulin, Estrogen, Cortisol, and Leptin make us fat. By following Jackie's plan I hope to balance out my hormones to become naturally thin.

In the second chapter Jackie explains that Americans are "Sugar Addicts". Deep down inside we all know that sugar is bad for us, but it "feels" sooooo good when we eat it. Sugar seems to cause almost everything bad that can happen to the internal workings of a human body. Sugars are linked to a number of cancers and diseases...I don't know about you but eating sugar isn't worth it! This chapter really is the most important chapter in Jackie's book because she breaks down a lot of misconceptions about sugar. The most important thing I learned about sugar is that there is no escaping sugar, it's every where! Look at nutrition facts on processed food packages and staying clear of foods that have 6 grams of sugar or more. I was surprised that some of my favorite "healthy" and fat-free foods had anywhere between 12 to 24 grams of sugar. That knowledge put me off those foods for sure!

Part of the plan is to keep a food journal, so I'll add that into my blog too!

Food Journal Day 1:

Breakfast-Whole Banana, Chocolate Nut Brownie Luna Bar, and my supplements including a multi-vitamin. I also drank nearly 600 ml of water.

Mid-Morning Snack-Breakfast Burrito w/ eggs, cheese, sausage, onions, and bell peppers. I also ate two hardboiled eggs and drank about 300 ml of water.

Lunch-Cheese Pizza Lunchable, carrots and ranch, a whole kiwi, and 600 ml of water.

Afternoon Snack-Whole apple, multi-grain crackers and peanut butter, and 300 ml of water.

Dinner-Papa Johns Pizza and Ice tea.

So today I wasn't able to eat a second full cup of vegetables or the oatmeal and I didn't drink the whey protein shake. I'm a little disappointed that I missed three really simple things, but with all change comes a learning curve. I'm so excited to get balanced and get thin.

In other great news...Tonight is the first episode of Thintervention on Barvo...everyone tune in at 10pm!