Ok here’s how to get your beautiful figure back after the once a year turkey and stuffing bash.
Look in the mirror.
See there’s no bumps and bruises or lacerations to your face. This means you did not fall off the wagon. So, lets stop with the pity party.
Today the scale will taunt you. You are probably 5-10 lbs heavier than you were pre Carbapocalypse. Don’t fret. Unless you ate near 35,000 calories in a day this weight is not fat.
Ok so what is it? You ask?
Your muscles are loaded with carbohydrate in the form of glycogen now. With more glycogen comes more water along with it. You are now a heavy sponge of energy. You probably had much more sodium. With more sodium there is much more water held in the body. This is one of the reasons I love to eat potatoes on thanksgiving so it will help balance the water in my body as potassium works with sodium to regulate fluid in our cells.
Also no one passes out from a turkey induced tryptophan crash. It the blood sugar elevation and drop due to super high insulin secretion that gives you the carb coma!
Ok so were super saturated with glycogen. And everyone went to bed afterwards. The muscles remain full of the carbohydrates. Think about it being the same as going to BP and filling your car with extra clicks til the gas poured out..
Welcome to today. How to get this excess weight off?
First off don’t drive down the street to Shell and fillup! Your tank is full of gas you don’t need more! So LOWER CARB DAY TODAY. Try to eat lots of fibrous veggies to keep you full without over flowing the already full cells you have. Plus the more potassium will help you feel better and less bloated, due to the excess sodium of yesterday.
Workout. Period. Burn off some of that full tank of carbs.
Drink more water so you can flush out the excess sodium.
Here is my lunch meal . pho stock and lots of veggies plus chiles and pork. Eat this way for a few days until you feel less bloated and tight in your clothes.
Take extra b vitamins and magnesium , chromium to help convert the food and carbohydrates to energy. Processed foods such as bread and cola help deplete minerals from our body.
Herbs such as gymnemma Sylvestre and bitter melon can help by enhancing insulin to lower blood sugar levels.
Depending on your level of activity, it may take one day to one week to get back to normal feeling. But remember chances are that 90% of the gained weight is not actual FAT WEIGHT..
You can relax now. You’re not 10 lbs fatter!
