Let's see how I cope with 6 Cadbury's cream eggs in the house! Yikes!

 
Me?  Great! I have been watching a lot of Youtube videos this week (whilst walking on the treadmill, killing two birds with one stone!)  As well as reading a lot on the subject, Tomas tells me I'm obsessed, I say "if I wanted to turn my back on fags, would you think I'm obsessed?" that silenced him!  Have a peek at the (short) video below!

I have been reading a lot into the following this week; It turns out that we can either be labelled as SUGAR BURNING MACHINES OR FAT BURNING MACHINES  the body uses two predominant types of fuel, fat and sugar. When we eat or drink sugar it raises our blood sugar,  and we release insulin to regulate that. The insulin over-regulates so we get low blood sugar. Then we get hungry again. When we eat fat it releases slowly and does very little to blood sugar levels, we feel more satisfied and stay on an even keel. That's not to say that eating fatty foods is the way and the light, they can be full of empty calories. 

If you keep eating sugar (this includes refined carbs!) ,  the body  has very little need to burn fat, it always has an instant supply of energy in the form of sugar. Moreover, it always has excess sugar, which it will turn to fat. So you will get fatter and you will get hungrier, especially for sugar.  So it dawned on me....oh my god, that means I'm exercising in the hope to remove my stubborn belly fat but as long as I'm eating sugar, my body won't burn the fat I have stored (on various parts of my body! ) It's like a queue in there! It'll burn sugar first, then carbs, then protein, then the fat you have stored in your body! It's just inspired me more to cut right back even more on sugar.  I'm not sweating like a mad person to burn a donought, !  Nothing tastes that bloody good!

Also, I look at it like this; Our body is a warehouse that "scans" food coming in.  It knows what to do with protein (muscle / tissue repair) it scans carbs (complex ones please!) and the body knows where they go (for energy) but then sugar comes in the warehouse, our body "scans" it, and it really doesn't know what the hell to do with it!  Why?  Cos we're not designed to eat sugar!  Also dopamine, the hormone that tells us we're hungry, switches off when we eat carbs, protein and fat, it "scans" and "registers" these foods, but sugar? No!  Dopamine isn't "switched off" when sugar comes in, so we just remain unsatisfied, (or, we feel full, but it's short lived thus, we crave more of the same)
 

Protein is the way to go!  (As well as complex carbs and healthy fats and of course fruit and veg,) protein takes twice as long to digest, so we feel fuller, and it doesn't have to be eggs or chicken!  There are many non animal proteins!  My favs? Porridge, Greek yoghurt and quinoa!






I have been working on the fittest me!  Uf!  there is sooooooo much conflicting information the net!  "long workouts are the best!"  " h.i.t.t is the best!" So, I'm doing both! Make sure I've got it covered!  So 3 days a week I take Amelia to school I walk with Sienna (for an hour, with a pedometer, get one!) and 3 days a week I do a VERY short but INTENSE h.i.i.t (15 or 20 minutes and I'm done) plus lifting weights....

A friend bought me back 6 Cadbury cream eggs from England, I ate one (I've had them two days) I usually would have scoffed the lot, but just knowing there are a whopping 26g of sugar in each one has held me back believe me! 

Till the next time!  Stay fit!  Fuel your body....90% of the time :-)