Every now and again you see me post about low carb and avoiding complex carbs. A couple years ago I divorced. I've always maintained that out of blue comes green and one good thing that came out of my divorce was my renewed interest in my own health. At first it was because I couldn't eat. I was heartbroken, ask any divorcee and most all lost weight simply because they accidental starved themselves. LOL But once I lost 20 or so pounds that I had been wanting to lose for sometime I swore to myself I'd never let that happen again (among other things). LOL
Now don't get me wrong. I wasn't a bad eater for years. I simply didn't pay enough attention and part of me didn't care enough. While I didn't give my kids soda, I didn't know that apple juice has more sugar than soda! But I was beginning to key in on what was more healthy for me and my children.
Enter the Atkins diet. No I didn't go Atkins. But I did draw from it an important lesson. Keep the carbs low, more than the complex carbs... I consider the simple carbs. I didn't have to avoid them completely but by trying to avoid them I would be keeping enough out of my diet to allow me a better chance to stabilize my fat burning. The girlfriend scoffed, the kids got annoyed that it meant less juice, but everyone realized eventually, I wasn't turning back.
You want the body to burn fat first if you want to lose weight. To do that you have to take away the things the body would normally burn first in order to get straight to burning fat. Not easy I know. But if you cut back on the simple ... more »
