Day before yesterday, I was watching Anderson Cooper and he had Jorge Cruise as a guest. Jorge is the author of Belly Fat Cure. Anytime I hear about something that will get rid of belly fat, it sparks my interest. Being that I can be quite impulsive, I bought the book on iBooks immediately and went to the grocery the next day.
This book helps you count your sugar and carb intake. Jorge says that we should take in 15 grams of sugar and 6 servings of carbs a day. This will DRASTICALLY change my eating habits. Lets just say that I'm used to eating a lot of desserts and pasta dishes. Wish me luck, ha!
Jorge gives two meal charts to go by for 7 days and promises that you will lose 9 lbs in that time frame. The book also teaches you how to continue this eating lifestyle.
Soooo...today is day one!
As of now I weigh 127.4 lbs. ~25% body fat ~55% water weight ~35% muscle mass. I will closely watch these numbers daily to see if I notice a shift. I will not change my exercise habits, which means I will do Pilates ~ 3 times during the week and sporadically take dance classes. I must say that I have been taking the Green Coffee Bean extract for about 2 1/2 weeks now. I haven't seen much of a difference from it, except I get hungry more often. I will continue to take the Green Coffee Bean while on this journey. (That stuff is waaaay too expensive to not complete the bottle, lol.)
Below is a photo of what I ate for breakfast this morning.(Sorry, it's a bit warped.)
2 or 3 eggs any style with 1 piece of wholegrain toast and butter, 1/4 cup blackberries, and tea or coffee with cream
As you can see I decided to boil my eggs. Instead of butter, I used coconut oil. A habit I developed while on the vegan cleanse. My coffee is black. I never use cream.
Here I go!!!!
How do you measure your percentages of body fat, water weight and muscle mass? especially on a daily basis?
ReplyDeleteSydney thanks for commenting/questioning! Always appreciated. I am using a body analysis scale purchased from bed bath & beyond to measure daily.
ReplyDeleteHow does the scale work? this is very interesting to me!
ReplyDeleteOkay you got my attention :0). Balkissa
ReplyDeleteLOL Sydnie, sorry for spelling your name wrong in the first post.
ReplyDeleteYou put your information in the scale: age, gender, height, physical activity level. The scale has conductors on each side so you have to step on the scale barefoot. It works very similar to the hand-held body analysis devices. It operates according to the bioelectric impedance analysis principle. The body fate percentage and other physical relationships in the body can be determined by measuring the electrical resistance and calculating constants. (Last 2 sentences came straight out of the book, ha!.)
Balkissa: We'll see how this goes!
Thanks for the detailed, out of the book explanation Monique. I didn't even know that there were devices to do that kind of measuring.
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