LET'S BEGIN! (THINGS TO DO AND DON'T)

               

                
                     I wrote you about the meeting with the nutritionist. The thing is, she didn't just gave us a list and send us. There are things that she forbid us (i know forbidden thing is the one we always desire).
Some vegetables and fruits are surprisingly in the list. Here they are:
        -Nuts
        -Junk Food (obviously)
        -Sweets and sugar(not even in the tea or coffee) /She told us to use Canderele Green as the sweetener. It has Stevia extract and completely herbal.
        -Pastries
        -Drinks that contain asid (coke etc)
         -Alcohol
        -Sauces (ketchup,mayonnaise etc)
        -Fried Meals 
        - From the vegetables; potato, carrot, peas, corn
        -From the fruits; grape, banana, fig (also the dried of them)
Potato and corn were the ones that i wished wasn't in the list, anyway. The bread we eat must be whole grain.Whey you're cooking a meal, you have to use only olive oil, not other kinds.  If you drink tea, you have a limit of 5 cups,but if you drink coffee you have only one. She also suggested us to drink green tea a couple of cups a day. Finally we need to drink 3lt water every day and walk for 1 hour. The good thing is it doesn't matter if you walk fast or slow, just walk. And the most important thing is you must eat everything on time. The lists were not too bad actually(they got worse! -just kidding), my list even seemed too much for me because well, i know my metobolism more or less. I will share the lists with you, my mom's and mine. But please keep in mind that i'm not suggesting you to perform them. Every one of us have different metobolisms and maybe illnesses. I'll only put them as an example here. The best thing you could do would be finding a good nutritionist for yourself.

BEFORE GOING TO A NUTRITIONIST : CAN I DO IT BY MYSELF?

               

                   So i've learned these maian things from the documentaries:
   1-If you want to loose weight, you need to make cardio exercises which are; walking, running, swimming, bicycling etc. I chose walking since i couldn't run.
   2-Protein helps you to burn fat. I added a cup of yogurt to my lunch and dinner.
   3-Water helps fat burning. I've started drinking more water.
   4-You need to keep your metabolism in action. So i started eating something every 2 hours after the main courses (of course healthy things like an apple).
I minimazed consuming junk food, nuts,pasta, rice etc. and i stopped eating bread. I have a trading mill in the house so walking times were no problem. I couldn't run but i walked for 1 hour  as fast as i can 4-5 times a week. I must admit once a week i ate a chocolate or wafer, i couldn't stop myself . Everything was good in the beginning. I was having little difficulty at breathing after walking but having my madicine it was ok. Later it got worse; i could hardly breathe for days enthough i had my madicine a couple of times. It was near the end of month; i had lost 3 kg but there was no way for me to keep doing the excersise. I felt like i've lost another battle. It took a couple of months for me to get well again and find energy to start all over. Now i look back and think that was a good thing that happened bacause if hadn't fail that way, i would never learn eating the right way. As i always belive something bad always bring something good behind.

BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND: WHAT IS GOOD FOR MY BODY

            

                 Years past and i gave and lost a couple of kgs but didn't have a big change. I was wearing large size (42) and eventhough i didn't feel myself beautiful i had excepted my body as it is. One of the biggest enemy of overweight women is of course fashion. A skinnny woman can wear anything she wants but i used to try everything and examine carefully if it made me look fat. After a while i got curious about the science of eating and excersise; how does it work, how does it effect our body... I thought to myself, if i can understand the system ,i can use it efficiently. So i've made many researchs and found very useful documentaries. Here are the  ones that i found and would strongly recomend you to watch (if you can):

           -The Truth About Food (BBC): This 6 episode documentary has basically changed my mind. Every episode is 1 hour long but you never get bored. The best thing about this documentary is they test everything and show you the resaults. It's science!
    
          -10 Things You Need To Know About Food (BBC): This is just one episode of 1 hour long journey. It is like a little summery of the one above but still has some different stories.

           -The Truth About Exercise (BBC): This is another gold mine for me, before you think "i should walk hours to burn calories", you might want to watch it.

          - Eat Fast And Live Longer (BBC): This one is about how fast food effects our  health and have some bad news for fast food lovers.

So after i've watched all these in a week, i've decided to use the knowlage. I'm not expecting you to go find all these documentaries and watch so i'll tell you what i've learned and did.