After 13 days of Metabolism Diet with a tweak.

After 13 days of Metabolism Diet with a tweak.

I did do the 13 Days Metabolism Diet for the second time and it was harder than the first time maybe I did not have enough motivation to get the body that I want at the shortest time. What I did this time around was to add a second cup of coffee in the late afternoons, they were the hardest. I also ate home made bread instead of the store bought bread and I believe my slice were on the big side. There were days where I felt the food was just too little especially on the days where a fruit was eaten, I then added another fruit instead of the one stipulated in the diet. I was also drinking lemon water when too hungry and that is not part of this diet. My conclusion is that, this diet is a very strict diet that needs to be followed exactly the way it is or the expected results will not be achieved. 

In the beginning of the diet and at the end I took the following measurements:

Part	Before	After
Hips	119	115
Belly button	89	87
Around the right thigh	72	71
Waist line (Belt line)	87	84
Around right biceps	33	32.5
Chest	93	89.5
Weight	80.85	77.7

We all know we have all the different 13 Days Metabolism Diet and the one below is the one I followed:

THE DANISH HOSPITAL METABOLISM DIET – 13 DAY PLAN

                         Lump: Means 1tspn, large steak means 200g, spinach/salad 400g, piece chicken is half chicken. DO NOT

                                          CHEAT

Day 1: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar Midday: 2 hard-boiled eggs, 1 tomato, steamed spinach Evening: 1 large grilled steak, salad w. oil/lemon

Day 2: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar Midday: 1 slice ham, 1 cup yoghurt Evening: 1 large grilled steak, salad w. oil/lemon

Day 3: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar, 1 slice of toast Midday: Boiled cellery/cauliflower, 1 tomato, 1 fruit Evening: 1 slice ham, 2 hard-boiled eggs, salad w. oil/lemon

Day 4: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar, 1 slice of toast Midday: 1 hard-boiled egg, 1 grated carrot Evening: 1 can fruit salad, 1 cup yoghurt

Day 5: Morning: 1 large grated carrot w. lemon Midday: 1 fillet boiled lean fish w. lemon Evening: 1 large grilled steak, salad w. cellery and oil/lemon

Day 6: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar, 1 slice of toast Midday: 1 hard-boiled egg, 1 grated carrot Evening: 1 piece of chicken, salad w. oil/lemon

Day 7: Morning: 1 cup tea Midday: 1 slice grilled meat (lamb or veal cutlet) Evening: 1 fruit

Day 8: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar Midday: 2 hard-boiled eggs, 1 tomato, steamed spinach Evening: 1 large grilled steak, salad w. oil/lemon

Day 9: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar Midday: 1 slice ham, 1 cup yoghurt Evening: 1 large grilled steak, salad w. oil/lemon

Day 10: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar, 1 slice of toast Midday: Boiled cellery/cauliflower, 1 tomato, 1 fruit Evening: 1 slice ham, 2 hard-boiled eggs, salad w. oil/lemon

Day 11: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar, 1 slice of toast Midday: 1 hard-boiled egg, 1 grated carrot, 1 small cup cottage cheese Evening: 1 can fruit salad, 1 cup yoghurt

Day 12: Morning: 1 large grated carrot w. lemon Midday: 1 fillet boiled lean fish w. lemon Evening: 1 large grilled steak, salad w. cellery and oil/lemon

Day 13: Morning: 1 cup coffee/tea, a lump of sugar, 1 slice of toast Midday: 1 hard-boiled egg, 1 grated carrot Evening: 1 piece of chicken, salad w. oil/lemon

This diet lasts 13 days and although difficult, it is efficient. The metabolism's change is that at the end of the diet one can come back to the normal alimentation without gaining weight for two years. If the diet is respected daily, step by step, one can lose all the fat accumulated in tissues. The diet must last exactly 13 days, not more and not less.

Recommendations:
Any aliment added beside the aliments allowed by the diet (a candy, a chewing gum, a biscuit, a glass of beer or wine) imposes the immediate stop of the diet as it has no longer effect. You can start over again only in six months. In case you cannot resist to keep the diet more than 6 days (respecting all the alimentary indications), stop it and begin again the diet after three months.
If you are hungry, drink water, at least 2 l/day.
The lettuce should be fresh.
Coffee cannot be replaced by tea or the other way round.
The natural yogurt is the non- pasteurized one, without sweeteners or fruits addition.

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Lose weight fast: My go to diet, when all is doomed

Lose weight fast: My go to diet, when all is doomed

In October 2012 as I was preparing to go to the vacation with the ladies, I realised my weight was just stubborn now. The scale did not want to move no matter how much I trained and my stomach was still pouching from the pregnancy, then I stumbled upon the 13 days Metabolism diet. I wanted to look good naked, I mean in the bikini. I was left with maybe around 21 days to go to the vacation, then I decided I am doing this diet and will see for myself, indeed I lost 9 kg and the stomach was gone, just like that Poof! gone! Below is how I looked and I miss this me after two more children after that. The weight for me was off for more than a year and got pregnant afterwards, maybe is because I was living an active life and was eating good portions. So after five years I will repeat the diet but with some silly tweaks there and there such as adding olive oil in my spinach, eish it's so horrible.

Besides I experienced all the good things afterwards such as being regular contrary to what is said about the diet, I also did not gain the whole weight back until the following year about the same time when I went with girls to the other vacation. I also noticed that my stomach looked more toned instead of flabby due as it usually happens with rapid weigh-loss, so I am team 13 days metabolism diet. Below is my photo August the following year (2013) in the beach and the fat around my tummy was still considerable good than before the diet.

I will see this time around what will be the results and whether I am still team 13 days metabolism diet or not.

A Diet To Lose Weight Fast

Losing Weight Fast:

 In the Beginning to Motivate Myself I do challenges such as weight lose challenge for example now I have registered for heat 5 that started on the 13th March 2017 at the sleek-geek ultimate you website. I like the way they make me feel, goal oriented and the motivational talks that I start to have in my mind. When I take my before pictures I call them exactly that Before and get the anticipation of writing my story with both the before and after photos. To participate in a challenge makes things easier because I know, I am not alone and the struggle continues but not alone. The foods and exercising sessions that other members post are so much of motivation for me. I am in this to transform and make a difference in my life in a best way for my family and more than anything for myself. A feeling good mommy makes a happy family. Aluta Continua!

My Eating Habits as a Child

Eating habits by my grandmother

I started staying with my grandmother from my mother’s side at an early age of three together with other grandchildren from uncles. Every time we were eating my grandmother would say we must finish all of our food so that we could be fatter. In my language the word fat (Tyebileyo) is not as ugly as when is said in English. All of this was routed in my mind that I should finish my plate every time I eat to this day I still finish my food.

 My grandmother did not teach me to eat junk food and all the foods that we were forced to finish today are called organic food and I mean organic food, because the food was sawed in the fields with no pesticides whatsoever but only irrigated by the Heavenly Father God by means of rain. Even though we were mostly eating the staple food Pap (Powdered maize cooked with water into solid porridge) with salt if there is something to eat pap with would be peas; beans; potatoes (yes gravy made from potatoes) and some natural green leafy vegetables of which were seasonal. We were eating meat at least once a month for at least three conservative days and that’s it back to square one, eating pap with salt. 

No one was fat from that diet though. I would comfortably say we were of healthy weight all of us and we did not look malnourished at all. When I first started staying with my grandmother, her cows were not with us but with some family member and the years went by and I don’t know how old I was but I remember things changed for the better when her cows were brought back and now was pap with milk. That was a celebration Wow! For a change we have isishebo (something to eat pap with).

As I am growing I have noticed that I was not eating the same diet but still stuck with the finish your food syndrome.I have a big portion problem and as long the food is in front of me I will finish it. To monitor this habit, I make sure my portion size is served from the onset. When at home I am the one who dishes food therefore will dish what’s right for me, even use kitchen scale if I am getting out of hand. When eating out I share my food right at the beginning and check the portion sizes as well.

 As a mother of three children I do not force my children to finish their food at least I try not to but thanks God my husband is there to make sure I do not do that hahahaa. I do not even fuss about it, if they say they are full that’s it, I put the plate away. I do not want to repeat what happened to me. I try to ensure that they eat as healthy as possible. If they want something sweet I give them fruits, they like fruits such as apples and bananas in the summer season and are affordable and in winter oranges are available and cheap, I do give them sweets as a treat. I wouldn’t say that I have perfected my habits when it comes to food but I am slowly getting there. 

I make sure that at least once a week we eat rice or pap with dried beans either kidney beans or sugar beans, peas, lentils as our supper without meat. I also ensure that there is one day per week where we eat vegetables with rice such as cabbage; carrots, spinach and or kale taking a bigger portion in our plates. We have not totally stopped eating the junk food but we eat it less often now. My portion sizes are a little bit improving and I am better than before I started being aware of my eating habits. I have started exactly where I am because conditions are just never perfect to start, so just start your journey the time is now not tomorrow but now.

Enjoy every moment

I thought it would be a great idea to join the other runners from Johannesburg to Marakele Marathon (2^nd March 2013) in Limpopo Province, sometime away from the kids. Besides I started this year with a bang when it comes to running and going to the races. I joined a running club so that I will have an Athlete South Africa (ASA) license and save on temporal licenses that I buy for each and every race by the way I did that for the whole of 2012 and it’s time to be financially smarter Boss. The journey to Marakele National Park started on Friday right after work. I did not go back home because I packed everything the night before and yes I was going with my husband. We drove to Centurion where we were going to meet with other running club members to take a shuttle. We were on time, because I am good with time management (blowing my own horn) and had to wait for everyone  else “you know African time hey”, after three hours of waiting at last we drove off to Marakele.



Kumba Iron Ore Runners Club

  On the way it was really nice and I was guzzling on coke, I really like it but looks like it does not like me because it makes me feel guilty afterwards hahahaa. We arrive at our destination at around past ten at night and our food was prepared already, it was a braai style. I ate beef, mutton and sausage accompanied by some salads. I was so full, and the meat is very heavy in my stomach. It was time to sleep and our sleeping time was really limited as we had to wake up at 04:00am to prepare ourselves for the race. When I wake up in the morning my stomach was still bloated and full. I tried to go to the restroom to relieve myself, ouch there was nothing. Usually when I  run 21KM I eat something light like oat meal  but there was no way I could eat. I was still full from the braai, I had to go with my big stomach and told myself that I would just do the best that I can do with this situation. People were very few in this Marakele race with me being used to crowds and crowds of people for a race, you know in Johannesburg some people just come to the race to walk and chat nothing serious just enjoying the environment. I was going to run the 21km; I reckon there were serious runners here not the amateurs like me. None the less that did not discourage me, I prepared myself for 21KM and I am going to do it and not the 10KM that’s it. I have planned to do it less than three hours no matter how bad my situation. The race started at exactly six o’clock in the morning on the unpaved road with gravel, sand and stones. Things are just getting worse and worse for me.  When the race started I was tempted to run as fast as everyone else but I told myself I am the one who knows my situation and if I want to finish this race I should be just steady and constant. It looks like that worked for me until I saw myself alone in the forest; I do not know whether to say forest or jungle because I felt like I was in a jungle.

Nice vista at Marakele National Park

I looked at the back there was no one and I looked in front of me there was no one either. I started to panic a little bit and I had to sort of follow the water plastics that the runners throw on the road that we get at water zones to affirm myself that I was still on the right trek. I told myself to enjoy the environment by the way I always carry my camera, if I see something interesting I will take photos but have to finish under three hours.

The sun rise at Marakele National Park

After a while I noticed some other ladies as well in front of me and realised ohh they were also tempted to gallop like the professional athletes at least now there was hope for my situation. As I am passing them I was supporting them with some remarks of hope just to hold on and keep up, something like “that’s a good pace you are having there hey”. As I was cruising now I saw the rhino poo but did not see the rhino and sometimes very far away I saw a baboon. I think is good I did not see the rhino “alone’?! No it was good, I cannot really imagine what I would have done mhm. I was starting to forget now my heavy stomach as I was enjoying my running, no, let’s say cruising, running I do not think will be perfect for this moment.

When I was one km away from 10.5KM mark, I saw more of the people that we started together the race coming back, it was a lap race and I thought to myself, I was not really bad as I supposed. I took them photos as they were running passing me and they also cheered me that I was doing well. I was the heaviest in that group hey; I mean my club group that did 21KM race dah. In the race I always get people I call race friends, those that either we have the same problem or they motivate me to be better. My first race friend for the Marakele Marathon was a white lady, wow! The woman was beautiful, the body was perfect for a fifty year old, yes I asked her how old she was. There was no way she could not answer me because I just could not stop showering her with praises and I mean genuine praises, from woman to woman. I am telling you, you could take her and a 21 year old and cut them both their heads off and ask a person who is older will say is the twenty-one year old. Definitely I asked for her secrete for looking so divine. She blamed it on genes, but inside I was like but you are in the race meaning you are the woman who really takes care of herself. As usually after that brief conversation she left and ran, could not see her, vanish in the forest, story of my life. I am used to that by now hahahaaa, oh my word, my my, my. I continued with my race, yes it’s mine, I have started it and I am going to finish it.

Here is my race friend number two a white male, looked younger than me and I did not ask him how old he is, I know, do not ask how, just know hahahaaa. I am never wrong with my race friends hey, you know that awkward moment of trying to talk to someone and you can see that you are annoying them and sheepishly go away, has not happened with me yet. I cannot remember my opening line with this one; I just knew we were in the same boat rocking it. At this moment my knees were painful I felt like a pressurised can as if I will open the knee and release the pressure. This young guy was experiencing the same thing as me and was also his first 21KM. He was a perfect race friend for me because now I could share my race experiences with someone you know who does not know much about the race and feel like a know it all athlete, you know what I mean. We ran together and supported each other  that even though there is a pressure in our  knees when we run; we must not give up and just walk but we must keep on trying and testing if we can run again sometimes some other things in the race they do not last is just for that moment. Moments like these I call them the devil moments, those moments that want you to feel like you are defeated when you are actually a winner. In life we must keep on hoping and trying things out, just because there is a stumbling block in front of you today does not mean tomorrow the block will still be there just keep pressing on. You will be surprised to find the door that was closed yesterday today is opened and realised that you have missed out on a great opportunity if you have not gone back and check. Hope is what keeps us determined for the best in everything. We started planning together our finishing with this young guy and said we should plan to finish this race with charisma and energy therefore we should estimate a good distance that we can sprint to the finish line and we must not finish it limping, we do not want people to feel sorry for us. Wow! Me and this guy we are just perfect, I thought he will find it ridiculous but he did not and we made a joke that when we get there to the finish line we should tell the marshals that we were actually doing 42KM when they point us to the 21KM medals tables.




Finishing it with style


And yes we did finish it less than three hours, I enjoyed myself that I forgot to check my finishing time and remembered after a while and realised was around thirteen minutes before three hours so maybe I finished around twenty minutes before three hours I am not sure I was carried away by the moment.

In this race I have learnt that is not good to eat lots of red meat before a race for me from 15KM and above the red meat is no, no. I was still traumatised you know by red meat so much that today is my 20^th day without red meat in my mouth and I used to eat it at least three to four times a week. And I also know that in this life whatever you are going through there is always someone in the same situation as you are, you just need to be strong and keep on. Now I understand why there is alcoholics anonymous, is people with the same challenges fighting them together for united we are strong divided we are weak. I love the human kind.

I hope you will enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writting it.

HAPPINESS IT’S A CHOICE

How difficult it is when you wake up in the morning and already you are feeling grumpy, tired and annoyed. You feel like covering yourself with blankets and just go back to sleep. Unfortunately you have to go to work or maybe do the job because you still need to eat and have shelter over your head. I say do not allow that, think of all the positive things that are happening in your life, count your blessings; hit the gym; jump; run whatever that makes you happy without hurting anyone and do not forget to wear your smile. I love life.

The feel good drug of choice

The feel good drug of choice

The thought of waking up early in the morning paralyses me. I think I am not an early person because I cannot even talk and I like to use my early morning sign language. The thought of having the feel good drug strike my mind, the feeling of even taking it makes me feel like phew. I beg myself and suddenly get out of bed, brush my teeth, splash some cold water on my face and put on my jogging gear, yes my jogging gear. The moment I do that there is no turning back, not even the weather can stop me. Why? I am just tired of being fat, demotivated and feeling sorry for myself and sometimes hypnotise people to feeling sorry for me by saying “I have been a chubby child all my childhood”, ok, then does that mean I have to be unfit as well, No! My aim is not to be super skinny but to be able to do the physical things that people of my age can do. My weakness is the love for nice food, and I tend to eat like as if there is no tomorrow hahahaa. See me eating especially meat; you will think I am in a war. I do not use any cutlery but my hands, if I am in a restaurant you will hear me bragging about being an African therefore eating with my hands. No! Its meat that’s all, just come close to me and whisper “the meat does not have legs will not run”. I am not sure if one day someone can come to me and say that what I would do, most probably will burst in laughter.

That was not a joke but now I have changed to a lady, who knows when she had enough to eat and very generous with my food so that I eat as small as possible. As I have confessed that I am meat lover, but tend to sacrifice some other things when eating the meat such as carbohydrates that came with determination to look good and feel good about my body. I have notice that the meat is filling quickly when I eat it without carbohydrates. The feel good drug for me is jogging and food but I had to choose so that I can live a healthy life style. I could not choose but instead I get a good dose of the jogging drug and then a moderate amount of all the food I like. 1Timothy 4:8, for physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. Our bodies are a temple of God, we need to take care of them just like Jesus Christ did, and he walked most of the time to where ever He went. He liked to pray on the mountain meaning he was hiking to the mountain. Healthy body with a fit mind will help us to be like Jesus in thinking and actions. A tired mind cannot think let alone acting on its thinking even praying needs, a body, a mind and the spirit that is in good “shape”.