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Fat & Fat

26 Jan 2010 | By Jaime

Lately I have been thinking about my body, where I’ve come from on my journey to health and where I am going.

In all my thinking, I have come to hypothesize that there are two kinds of fats:

1. Idle fats
2. Work fats

Idle fats are the fats you lose by eating less. No, I’m not talking about fasting or anything like that. I’m talking if you count calories and stay in a healthier range or if you go on meal replacement like I did. These are the fats that leave you when you have less calorie consumption and little to no additional exercise or movement.

Sure, when I was on meal replacements, I did exercise. But, it wasn’t all that strenuous, nor was anything I did kept up for very long. But I still lost idle fat.

Now I have come to a new place in my journey to health. I’ve done meal replacements, lost weight and now that has stalled. Why? Well, there could be many reasons. My thought? I have now hit the work fat.

Work fat is like its name; you have to work it off. You can’t lead your usual life with the usual motions and expect for this stuff to drop off. This is the stuff that requires exercise and hard work. This is the true fat, not sugar fat, that is the essence of burning fat to be able to work and survive.

I have lost 46 pounds so far, and I’m not ashamed to admit, that was pretty much all idle fat. I just plain didn’t do a lot of exercise.

Appropriately, I’m now halfway to my goal weight, and idle fat loss isn’t enough. Now it’s time to buck up the exercise and get to it.

This is going to be a heck of an interesting 45 pounds to lose.

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A Little Intuition

24 Nov 2009 | By Jaime

lightbulbSometimes it amazes me that we can be told things hundreds of times over, but we will only truly *get* things in our own time.

For instance, I have been hearing ‘don’t treat your body as your enemy’ for a long time now, but only now am I really feeling like my body is something I need to love and cherish. Partly that is due to me considering my own mind to be the enemy in getting healthy, but it’s also partly because I needed that time to come to it of my own inner knowledge.

If there is only one other thing I feel I have truly learned at this point, it is that, in the end, we need to do what is right for us.

We cannot forever listen to the diet gurus, the meal plans, the dietitians and the naturopaths. At some time, it comes down to what works for our individual bodies, all of which differ in many amazing ways.

Like nearly everyone who has ever tried to lose weight, I have tried plenty of different things. Many silly things, many dangerous things and many completely safe things that just plain didn’t work. I’ve tried cleanses, pills, plans, replacements, etc. Some… well, some I regret ever putting my body through. While others had their time and place, and I am thankful for giving them a go.

With mostly raw eating, I feel like I have found what is right for me.

You may have recalled me saying the same thing with meal replacements. I don’t despite that. Earlier this year, meal replacements were exactly what I needed to start losing weight, to start taking control of my binging and to start taking control of my life in general. I occasionally have a meal replacement for breakfast still because I have a hard time eating breakfast.

And now I have moved on to what I need now, which is something that gives me peace and happiness.

If you’re struggling right now, feeling like nothing works for you, I encourage you to please keep going. You may not feel like it now, but you really are worth it. You are an amazing, unique individual and you will find what you need to maintain not only a health body but a healthy mind and soul as well.

Category: Body, Food, General, Meal Replacement, Mental Health, Raw, Stress  2 Comments

Meal Replacement

21 May 2009 | By Jaime

bellyAfter talking to my dietician (and my awesome friend Jenera) about possibly trying meal replace to kickstart my stubborn pounds, I began to feel more and more comfortable with the idea. With starting to get my digestion started, I figured this would be the best time to start meal replacement as well – just to get everything on the right track.

As I’m sure most of you know, the stinky part about meal replacement stuff is that it’s pretty expensive to go buy a box ‘just to try’. If it turns out to be gross, then you feel doubly bad about the whole experience. Thankfully, my dietician was kind enough to give me free samples of a fairly popular line of meal replacements in Australia.

As it turns out, they’re edible. More than edible. They’re pretty damn good.

As my dietician said, the main hurdle is getting over the psychology of it. That bar (or shake, or soup or dessert) is your meal. Period. Nothing else with it (except a little bit of essence here or an added spice there for flavor – one of the reasons I like this brand). Getting past that ‘need’ to eat a heap is hard.

I discussed it with the husband. My main concern, of course, was the expense. Even at the discount chemist, spending that much on myself seemed a bit… excessive. The prices aren’t bad – I can’t get a regular shake for just over a dollar, that’s for sure.

But, we broke it down and yes, it seems expensive because we’re buying it all at once, but we’ll actually save a bit of money. How? Well… I won’t need any additional food besides a small amount of veggies (having a cup of veggies every day is an absolute must with this plan). We won’t save heaps, but we will save.

While my dietician didn’t say I had to do the ‘intense’ phase, I decided to go ahead and do it anyway. The intense phase lasts twelve weeks, but I am going to go for a month (until the end of June) and then check in then. If I’m doing well and feel I can keep it up, I will.

I am a bit nervous about it, but I need this so badly right now that my confidence is overpowering my fear. Plus, there is so much variety (more than I usually see with meal replacement stuff), you’re allowed to add spices and essences so you don’t get sick of the flavours, plus – until I reach under 100 kilos – I get a serve of fruit every day. That’s in addition to the must-have serve of veggies with a little bit of olive oil.

I’m looking forward to being fit.

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