Motivation

I admit to falling off the wagon after my baby girl passed away two weeks ago. I've also been super busy with my best friends wedding (which was this past Friday, and beautiful). Now that life seems to be calming down I'm jumping back on the wagon.

I'm trying to find a good diet plan to follow. What I've been doing is just fine to start with, but for the long haul, I need something more formal (I now me, I need direction). So I started looking at the website Live Strong, and there are some helpful things on the site. For one, I'm looking at the Ketosis diet (which sounds really similar to Atkins or is it South Beach that limits carbs). But the diet seems more structured and strict in your carb intake, exercise and supplements. So we shall see.

BCAA, I have never heard of this before... but then again, I'm not exactly the most knowledgeable person in the health and wellness arena. Anywho, BCAA is Branched-Chain Amino Acids. Now this stuff is used to treat some hefty ailments (liver disease, diabetes, brain issues...), but it is also used to help burn fat rather than muscle. My research of Ketosis says that you need to take BCAA's to keep from burning muscle rather than the fat. I think this requires further research, but I'm really thinking about this.

Basically you have less than 20 grams of carbs a day, exercise (strength and cardio), eat high protein foods (chicken, beef, fish...) and take your dietary supplements; I guess doing this for 30 days is really supposed to jump start weight loss. Things that make you go hmmmm....