Showing posts with label fitness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fitness. Show all posts

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Food Combing and The Alkaline Diet

It's been over three months of me obsessing over what regimen I would like to start, either: food combining and or a high alkaline diet. It doesnt takes much for me to start anything I'm interested in, but I guess I'm making sure I'm mentally ready to start and continue eating a certain way for at least 3 months. I know 3 months isn't a lifestyle of healthy living, but I want to see what regimen is best for me.




Now I know some say if the blood isnt tested for high levels of acidity then eating alkaline foods arent enough. I say It's better than nothing, for now anyway....






So I have unofficially started two weeks ago The Alkaline Diet to balance my very out unbalance body. I bought ph strips to test my acidity levels: Urine & Saliva, making sure I check both, my saliva could be acidic, while my urine reads alkaline.



I'm eating High alkaline foods and low acidic foods, and I have notice a difference in my complexion, digestion, and appetite: All good I should add.



I stocked up of fruits, veggies, and almonds: Organic when I have the money


And I got my pen and pad out making sure I take notes to see how my body's adjusting to eating this way. I stay away from or eat a little as possible Rice, Potatoes, Corn Etc: Acidic foods







I eat a lot of Fruit and Veggies that are low acidic such as: Apples, cherry, strawberries, blueberries, melons, organic spinach, organic baby carrots, broccoli, lima beans.

I researched eating beans on a high alkaline diet; I learn that beans are very acidic! I love ma beans: give the latina a break! Black beans, kidney beans, I love BEANS.

And no I do Not get gassy (I know, too much info), I love beans and do not experience what many joke: is the "musical fruit". Since legumes are highly acidic I'm sticking to the green types of beans: lima beans, green beans



The Alkaline diet I feel is easy to remember what to eat, I eat 80% fruit, veggies, and nuts: Almonds, and limit starchy foods: simple enough. Food combining is a different story for me, call me slow but I find it difficult pair up fruits I like to eat, or protien all in one meal.

I mean its very similar to an alkaine diet, but then, its not I find myself getting extremely hungry with food combing. I think my body digest the food i'm combining very quickly leaving me VERY hungry. Since I have to wait at least 2-4 hours in between, thats not cool, I have self control but I do not like my body feeling weird, hungry, or both!


I do have "before" pictures (pre-alkaline reggie): I'll post them once I shape my "post alkaline body", lol



Oh Yea: I heard eating too many fruit makes a person fat: Great... Its offical I'm confused


Cool Website:
Raw Foodie
http://www.giveittomeraw.com/

Monday, June 29, 2009

It's Not Easy Being Green

No, Not Kermit: I meant drinking green smoothies. So I've had my heart set on cleansing my system this summer so I can be all sexy and hot, but I can't seem to get in the motion of actually fasting on green drinks for at least two days...

I know I'm a sad person.......
But I wont beat myself up too much, Everywhere I go I'm hearing about some diet, fast, or cleanse, to rejuvenate the body, make the body new, or just to take off pounds. Honestly I'm getting tired of it.


I mean really, too many options (too many damn products), and too many questions:

Which ones work? which ones tastes like dirt?

More importantly which cleanse\fast\diet acutally is safe to use, and will optimize my results?


Master Cleanse?








<- Photoshopped*!









Beyoncé Before and After the Master Cleanse



<- She looks great here, she looks the same weight actually, but in this blue dress I can actually see how thin she looks.... Which Is not sexy

More Current photo she looks very healthy and has a very nice figure:




Colonix?????







Green Smoothies??


<- "A picture is worth a thousands words": This picture cracks me up (I had to post this one), "I would never drink this garbage": It' just looks like thats whats shes saying: Funny Stuff....



Or Raw Food?








F *** it, I'll do it the ol' fashion way: a good regimen of fruits veggies and supplements, with a bootcamp workout, and fasting on the weekends (or whenever I have a whole day to myself)




It works but my will power is depleted: whats a girl to do?




I'm getting myself together and focusing first on cleansing my body. I bought PH Strips to test how alkaline\Acidic the body is, it should be balance to maintain health.





My Plan





Stack Up Fruit Veggies: Organic If my money's right



and Dust off my Resistance Bands.... (It's Been a While)





Cause you know Mr. West Wasn't Lying!





I'll get back to ya with results........