Scoop to Lose

Welcome to Momentum

2011-04-04T02:53:00.000-07:00

A warm welcome to all the new Momentum members. I developed the Myeating- code on the system, and I am looking forward to support you with the eating plan. Initially yo may feel a bit overwhelmed and it may look like more food than what you actually ate. People generally tend to underestimate what they eat, and you also tend not to count what you are having when you are comfort eating. This ia a good reality check on what you conceive on a daily basis. Remember that you count everything, from the sugar in your tea to the milk and every last bite.

If you used to eat very little through the day, perhaps only a pie and coke , and a large meal for supper, something like 500 g of spaghetti bolognaise (this if if you didn't dish a second helping) , your energy intake for the day was 7560 kJ. If you would eat the same amount of KJ's on this program it will calculate to 9 heavy portions and 9 light portions. This can amount to 1 cup of All-Bran and a cup of skim milk and a banana for breakfast, a snack of 4 provitas and cheese and a bunch of grapes, a tuna sandwich with 200 ml of fruit juice for lunh, a smoothie at 3, 150 g spaghetti blognaise for supper, with salad and mixed vegetables, and 200g fruit salad and 150 g fatfree flavoured yoghurt as a snack or desert. All this will give the same KJ's!!

Can you see the difference, in the first menu, it felt like little food, but the percentage fat from that mealplan is 60%, in the second mealplan the bulk of food is more, but the percentage made up of fat is 25-35% -BIG difference. In the second, you have enough carbohydrates to burn your own body fat and supply sustained energy . The old eating plan supplies too much fat and too little bulk. The result is hoarding fat and very little energy.

So if it looks like a lot of food, remember that you need to get your metabolism going. You need to understand that carbohydrates are very much needed to maintain blood sugar levels and to burn fat. Fat burns in the fire of carbohydrates!

All the best you guys, we have high expectations from you.

A mountain

2010-10-16T14:27:00.000-07:00

Someone sent me a mail today, saying that she would love to lose 18 kg, but it feels like a mountain in front of her. Well it surely is a mountain, but you have to take the first step! This is always the most difficult one to take. And for a long time you need to carry on, sometimes not seeing any results. When you start a good eating plan, the body often takes a week or two to stabilize and it literally puts back all the small sugars or glucose in its place, like in the liver. The stored form of glucoe is called glycogen, and this is stored in water, which means that you may even weigh a kilo heavier! But don't despair, this is called repair!

With crash diets, the opposit happens, you lose 2kg in the first week, and this reflects that the opposit is happening....you have lost just water.

Just push through, you will eventually see results. What do you do in the meantime though? This waiting is hard. Don't focus on your weigt problem, then it tends to grow! Don't weigh yourself every day, PLEASE. Start by changing you focus. Think on whatever is just, and true and worthy of praize! Change your thought pattern. Think of yourself as a deserving person, and not one that has to be punished for being overweigt. You have to allow yourself foods you LOVE. This is part of sending posive messages to yourself. There is no way that any program is sustainable, if it does not allow you normal everyday foods that you like. The essense is eating smaller amounts of all foods, and cherishing every bite, with thanksgiving!

Al lthe best with taking your first step !

Launching Melissa's blog!

2010-08-27T03:17:00.000-07:00

I am so excited to launch my blogspot today! I look forward to keeping you updated on all my healthy diet related subjects, case studies and information. I will also be writing on my own eating habits so that you can see how I apply Scoop To Lose principles on a daily basis. I will attempt to update this blog regularly - so that I keep you posted on how to embrace this healthy and easy life-style. Look forward to your responses and input on this blog. Melissa from Scoop to Lose