Week one...done!!

So the good news....I've done the level 3 diet for one whole week and I'm still alive :D
The first week is tough, I'm not gonna lie. You really don't realize just how addicted to food you can become, I have started the level 3 having already spent 2 months loosely following the level 1 diet and it was still tough! I had already given up caffeine and wheat but replaced these with rice and potatoes. I still had headaches, loss of concentration, moodiness (although some might argue that's normal :p) and hunger. These all did subside after the first 4-5 days but hunger was the strangest one....I wasn't actually hungry, in fact was stuffed but it just wasn't the yummy satisfying food that I'm used too so that was really hard.
I've pretty much lived on fruit smoothies, fruit as snacks and varied omelets with vegetables or salad and chicken or steak with vegetables. Also, lemon with hot water is yummy as I love hot drinks because I'm always cold.
I made a slight error this week and added stuffed a chicken breast with spinach and chili....after doing this twice I was chatting to a friend about this diet and realized chili's are peppers...DUH!! Never mind, I won't do it again.
The hardest day for me was yesterday as I went to a baby shower where there was tea, cakes, crisps, sandwiches and sweeties....just the smell made me want to eat but I was a good girl, the only thing that got me through was the thought that by eating one little thing would just undo all of the last week and a bloody tough week it was too so I didn't.
I measured myself this morning and here we have the week one results:
Chest 35" (Same)
Waist 29.1" (Just shy of an inch lost)
Belly 34" (1 whole inch lost)
Hips 39" (1 and 1/2 Inches lost)
Right thigh 22.3" (5/8ths of an inch lost)
Right arm 11" (Same)
So.....nothing to grumble about there, made all the hard work worth while :)

This week....I have Yoga tonight and then need to shoot across to camp for the Halloween workout (quite excited about that!) Tomorrow I have Zumba in fancy dress - Yay! Camp on Wednesday and Saturday and in the mean time a mega busy week at work and any spare time I'll be trying to pack my whole house into boxes!! Roll on a few more inches lost please!!!

After one week I would seriously recommend doing this diet, even as a diabetic, I have had no low blood sugars that I thought I would and feel so much better already :)

DO IT!!!!

Can a diabetic live without simple carbs??

So this is the start of a new Fit Camp month, so far I have really concentrated on the exercise and making more healthy choices when it comes to food but haven't really stuck rigidly to any of the diets I have been following level 1 but still had a few naughty snacks but as I managed to reduce my blood sugar level so much whilst just cutting out some bad foods and exercising I have decided this month with Christmas coming to try the ultimate detox - level 3. It's scary because for the last 18 years every dietitian, doctor and family member have been forcing crabs into my diet telling me that as diabetic it's what I need. This makes no sense, as an insulin dependent diabetic I take 5 injections per day one long acting one taken in the morning and again in the evening to act as a constant baseline as the body naturally would have plus an additional fast acting one at each meal to account for the food I eaten. Of course there is allot more room for error as the body knows what it's doing and I am just making an educated guess but even so theres nothing to say that I can not try this diet.
I have taken my measurements this time and I am going to be brave a publish these to that you can see what effect this has....here we go:
Taken in a relaxed, not breathing in state...
Chest = 35"
Waist = 31"
Belly = 35" (The bit I really want to get rid of!!!)
Hips = 40.5"
Right thigh = 23"
Right upper arm = 11"
So there you have it, each week I will update on this and hope after 4 weeks to be a bit smaller :)
Food and meals on this one seems very limited, I have meals planned for this week that I'm happy with but I'm concerned about variety and getting bored. Hey it's only a month right?.
I have yoga tonight, Zumba tomorrow and Swallowfield camp starts on Wednesday. I don't have any trips or things that should stop me making camp this month so I plan to attend all of them!
This is my biggest challenge so far.....wish me luck ;)

Results week..

Well this week has been a bit random, so far I've not made it to any camps :(

Monday camp was moved to Tuesday as Heidi was away but I started Vida's Freestyle Fitness Yoga class. This was fantastic, I really enjoyed it and can't wait until next Monday. I have been practicing the salutation we were shown every night before getting into bed. Tuesday I had my Zumba class and I haven't been in a few weeks so thought I should go and I was glad I did as I won the most Zumbalishious this week, something that the instructor gives to one person each week...you'd know if you'd ever seen me at Zumba this is not something for people necessarily good at Zumba but just awarded for effort. So a free class for me next week!! I did put allot of effort in but for me Zumba is pretty Freestyle too ;)

I woke up yesterday morning feeling plop...I have caught some germs from somewhere and felt rubbish all day, I got into bed at 5pm and didn't get up until this morning after an awful nights sleep so today I have done some work on lap top but from bed, I want to get rid of this as soon as possible!! I also really want to get to the last camp of this block tomorrow evening. Today I did have to go to the doctors to get my blood test results from last week...I was really pleased that my blood result has gone down to 8 already...this is incredible in just 2 months to reduce it by soooo much, it has also inspired me to, for the first time ever, get my average blood test result to the 'normal' band if 5-7. I am due back in January for this which means getting through a tempting Christmas but I am really keen to keep up my new habits and try and achieve it. I also got a flu jab while I was there so hopefully I be well enough though winter to keep moving :)

This camp I have completely forgotten to measure myself but I still have my measurements from the first camp so time will check to see how that improved too.

The important part is that my blood sugar is the lowest it's been for a long time and I feel healthy too..

Location, location, location....

I have had to move around a bit this week as Monday I felt a bit rubbish so had a nice early night...I did make up for it though by going to Twyford on Tuesday night. It was nice actually doing the class with different people and on concrete which was a new experience for me and helped me put allot more spring in my burpees :D On Wednesday I planned to go to Swallowfield but wasn’t home and ready in time but managed to get to Warfield instead. The nice thing about Fit Camp is the flexibility to go to different locations so you don’t have to commit to the same days and times every week.

After doing two camps in row I’m quite proud to say that I can actually walk today, I have that lovely ache that reminds you you did something but doesn’t have you walking around looking rather suspicious...

I had my blood test yesterday for my Hba1C so will get the results next Wednesday to see what if any improvements have been made to my blood sugar control which is exciting, I’m nervous because I have worked hard to get an improvement and will be upset if it hasn’t got better but I know it takes a long while to improve the average so we will see.

I have also signed up to Vida’s Fitness Yoga starting Monday which I’m really looking forward too, I have wanted to do Yoga for a while but it always seems all a bit mumbo jumbo to me with odd music and candle light and this sounds allot more up my street. This time in 6 weeks I should be able to tie myself in a knot...right??? ;)

Back to it..

Hello, Sorry I was away for week one of camp on a business trip and didn’t get a chance to update my blog and then last week was a whirl wind of activity!

So my week away, I was in Romania and in a very nice nice hotel which helped. It has a nice gym and swimming pool and loads of food choices. I was fairly good considering that normally taken out of my natural habitat I have less self control than normal. I chose to have fruit and yogurt for breakfast and soup for lunch and had a swim most days although the pool was a bit on the small side. For dinner I did try and make good choices but did succumb to the delicious Hilton Burger on a couple of occasions...whoops.

So I was back Monday and thought I’d have a little power nap before camp and I woke up at 8pm...double whoops. I think I needed that sleep tho.

I was back on Wednesday and with not having gone for 2 ½ weeks it was very hard work. We did one I’d never done before which was the same exercise for 30 seconds 8 times in a row and then onto the next one....very hard work and my bum was killing me the next day after all those squats and lunges!! I did go back Friday night and seriously after the warm up I felt soooo much better. Friday was different again doing all of the exercises traveling across the field and back, normally it’s static in one spot so this was a nice change. I quite like doing camp on Friday night too as it gives me the whole of the weekend to myself.

This was a busy a week as I also sold my house so started the dreaded packing process. I think on the plus side I must have burned a ton calories clearing out my loft and shed :)

I have also noticed that without really trying my blood sugars have remained allot more stable, this is due to regular sensible eating and regular exercise. I am happy to admit that I have not strictly stuck to the diet but reading about what different foods do to your body has made me very mindful about what I chose and has meant that my eating habits have changed for the better, the exercise classes have also got me out of the house and moving which is always a good thing.

Back to camp tonight to see what week 3 brings....