Summer Weight Loss Challenge Week 3

[seattlemom2plus]

Ok everyone it's almost the end of the week, how is everyone doing with their weight loss program?  Do you notice some things you are doing that help more than others?  Is it exercise or watching what you eat?  Or both?  Share your progress, we can do it!

[seattlemom2plus]

I agree with you there not being a slave to the scale, but still using a place like MedHelp for accountability is great for support.

Here is a list that I have been focusing in on, it talks about the ratio of alkaline and acid too:

http://www.fertilefoods.com/healthy-pregnancy/fertility/alkaline-foods-for-conception/

I do want to get these strips I had before too because it was interesting to see the levels of our family members based on what they normally ate.

I still have issues giving up the teas and or coffee but I limit it to two cups a day.  I hope to get better with this though.

[burnzem]

Hello seattlemom2plus,

I would likeo update you so far on my alkaline diet. So far it was great! I feel so light and detox-free! I feel that I have so much energy everyday. I'm drinking a lot of alkline water to keep me hydrated. And so far it is good! the only thing is that every once in a while I get my cravings on acid foods like chocolate and something sweet. But I read somewhere that having a ratio of 70:30 is the way how it works 70% of alkaline and 30% acid. I haven't weighed in yet. I'd like to do that after a couple of weeks to see a dramatic change :) a pound or 2 is not too exciting for me.

I'd like o gain more knowledge and do a lot or research on the food lists and try it by myself if it works then we can combine our resouces. I'm fairly new in this diet I want to make sure what I share actually really works :)

How is your program doing?

[seattlemom2plus]

Definitely let me know how your experimentation goes with this.  I can say from my own personal experience I really find out how well an alkaline approach worked for me when I go off of it and start introducing acidics.  Then I get upset because I almost forget how good I felt, not just with the weightloss, but the energy I have and the less burning I have from foods that I consume.  By all means too if you have any good food lists too maybe you can post a new thread and we can combine resources there :)

[burnzem]

I agree! You really need to find that "diet" that would work perfectly for your body. it will all depend on your lifestyle and your body type I guess.

right now I'm there at the experimenting phase on what is the best for me. But i'm leaning towards the alkaline one. It looks promising for me. I want to cleanse my inner body as well. So will try that see if it is goign to work for me.

[seattlemom2plus]

I use a variation of this and the Fat Smash Diet Phase I--- I hate using the term "diet" I rather tell myself I am just eating differently.  I'm short so every inch of fat that I eat does acquire on my body relatively quickly.  And protein diets bulk me up instead of slimming me down.

What helps me immensely is writing down what I eat or just logging in daily on my computer.  It makes me accountable too for my actions if I have something that isn't on the list.

And I cannot encourage anyone more with experimenting with what works for you--- try different things out and see how your body responds.  What do you feel best eating?  What gives you energy and what doesn't?  Certain foods make me groggy--- pizza would be one of them.  If I have a slice or two of pizza I'm tired.

[burnzem]

That looks interesting. I haven’t heard of this diet before. Is this the diet that you are using right now? It does seem like it focuses on the problematic area. Thank you for the information.

@barb135 thanks for posting that. The body does have their own detox sytem and they do the job for us. But I think for excessive use meaning too much acids in our body then the sytem will double time in their work and might cause the break down and that is what causes illness. So detox somethimes is just helping the system cleaning up the "trash" we accumulated. That is just how I see it :)