Its Funny How Things Go....

Hello Everyone,

Hubby and I were talking yesterday about how things were for me when I first started the Belly Fat Cure. My whole mindset was way different than it is now. I was in denial big time.

I used to say things like - I could never do this forever. I would sit and hold my stomach every night complaining I was hungry. But I never cheated, just suffered. You see, I was used to eating what ever I wanted - whenever I wanted - as much as I wanted.

Then I had to teach my body that was not the way to go. So it was a bit difficult the first 2 months.

You know my sister Lisa, the one who is a nurse and used to live in Vegas and moved over here almost a year ago??? Man did she give me a hard time when I started the BFC.

We got into many a arguments cause she is a RN and thought she knew more. She kept telling me that this way of eating was not healthy. All the stuff was too fattening. Blah, Blah, yadda, yadda, yadda.

As I kept going, everyone started calling me the skinny sister instead of her. It was kind of funny cause I never thought that would be MY nick name. When we got to christmas time we were the same size a 10. So WEIRD!!! Now I am a size 8 and she is a 12. Funny how things go huh??

You know artificial sweeteners of any kind are very bad for you and not allowed on the BFC.

Here is some good info I found online about ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS and why they are so bad for you:

1. They are chemicals or natural compounds that replace the sweetness of sugar, without all of the calories. But sometimes the label 'sugar-free' masks calories present in the food or drink. Of course you can always read the product's label, but believe it or not, there are a whole lot of people out there who think that sugar-free or fat-free means low-calorie. On top of that, there are some recent studies that have shown that artificial sweeteners can actually increase your appetite. And then there are sugar-free products with ingredients that can raise your blood sugar dramatically—like the white flour in sugar-free cookies. All in all, 'sugar-free' doesn't always mean 'diet-friendly'.
2. Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, NatraSweet, Canderel, Spoonfuls, DiabetiSweet) is a common chemical sweetener with possible side effects that sound like they're out of a horror movie. From hallucinations to seizures to brain tumors, it is hardly worth consuming for the sake of saved calories.
3. Sucralose (Otherwise known as Splenda, my past-sweetener of choice), is scary. Recent research suggests that Splenda can enlarge both the liver and kidneys and shrink the thymus glands. Sucralosebreaks down into small amounts of dichlorofructose, which has not been tested adequately tested in humans. Splenda reportedly can cause skin rashes, panic, diarrhea, headaches, bladder issues, stomach pain, and those side effects don't even sum it up.
   
   Think this sounds bad? Do some further research. Most artificial sweeteners on store shelves are accompanied by numerous side-effect stories. (Some recent studies suggest they cause cancer. Should something as serious as cancer really be overlooked?) Research also suggests that they actually cause overeating among consumers.

My thought is, if you are gonna do the BFC or whatever diet plan you are doing to try to get healthy and lose weight; 

Do it right - Don't cheat - Do it 100% - Love yourself enough to believe that, YOU CAN DO IT!!!


If I can do this - than you can do this!!  Look at my before pictures, I am just like you.


Thanks for listening. Big Love to you all. Please leave lots of comments on here and all my friends blogs on the list below. We really need lots of support to do this!! And remember WWRD??


This is PurpleRosy signing off.....


My thought for the day:

Pace Yourself

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

Keep on BFC ' n  :-)
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