So I faced the scales - I'm back to my original weight and my body fat has rocketed to 23.4%. Oh.dear.god!
I've had a horrid week nutritionally, I'm not one of these people who can stand there with a straight face and say oh I just don't know how it happened. I know exactly how it happened! I done a quick calc and on average I think I've been eating somewhere between 3500 - 4000 calories a day and a scary amount of fat grams. Everyone should treat themselves now and again but that's a binge by anyones standards and unless I do something about it I'm going to do it again, and again, and again!
Truthfully some days I did enjoy being a piglet. I'm no food snob, give me a sausage roll and a jam donut from Gregs and I'm a happy camper. But the last couple of days I definitely have been comfort eating and feeling rubbish for it too! Now here comes the excuses.... I've felt poorly, had my wallet stolen and my account cleaned out and my iPhone went on the blink to top it off. Oh poor me - wah wah wah...
Actually I am pissed off, my wallet was stolen from my gym locker whilst I was training - cheeky bastards!
Except for the obvious aesthetic reasons I'm totally gutted and really annoyed at myself. I've done some research to try and educate myself on the negative effects this weeks binge will have had on my health. I'm a very logical person and very analytical so need to understand why something isn't good before I will even consider changing my behaviour. So ok... except for the substantial arse I'm lugging around what I've found is this....
* Spikes in insulin levels can put me at risk of type 2 diabetes - eeeeekkkk
* A high fat diet can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol - goodness don't those only effect old men??
* Digestion problems - boak!!! I think they mean it gives you the pumps - not cute!
* Acne! Yip, I have developed a few spots
* Lower libido... eeek I'm too young for that!!
Whilst my body fat is still in the healthy range for a female such a dramatic gain in body fat is very very very bad for me!
Right, ok ok, that's my telling off. Now for some positives.
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I'm thinking.......
Oh - kept up my workouts - very good!
I'm stronger than I've been in the last two years - good good!
I've helped one friend get back on top of his nutrition after a horrid knee injury and unable to train for a long time, and gave some advice to another friend who knew she needed to eat more but didn't know how to go about changing her habits.
Yes, ok so i can help others that's a good thing.
This has been a hard post to write because I don't like to fail and I don't like to admit defeat either. But I hope my honesty is appreciated and I do hope to post positive progress next week.
Have a lovely weekend angels xx
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