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We will be staying at the Carribean resorts. It's my first time that I'm going there, and it's such a little girl dream coming true !! i'm really excited about the trip I hope I'll be able to see everything !!!
Do you think that staying in phase 1 till my vacations, 1 week off, 2 week phase 1 and 1 week off could be really dangerous for my health ?
I'm kinda worried about the WD foods and everything, and also I think that by the end of this month, I could be able to shed another 10-15 pounds off, so I'm a little reticent about going to maintenance mode.. I'm wondering if the 2 week of phase 1 between the vacations could be kind of ''damage control week''. I hate to admit it, but I'm really afraid of phase 2-3-4.
Here's some Phase 3 info I posted earlier, after a Phase 4 workshop with a nutritionist:Originally Posted by Lady5andy
What is the reason for exactly 2 weeks of phase 3 ? We will be staying at the Carribean resorts. It's my first time that I'm going there, and it's such a little girl dream coming true !! i'm really excited about the trip I hope I'll be able to see everything !!!
Do you think that staying in phase 1 till my vacations, 1 week off, 2 week phase 1 and 1 week off could be really dangerous for my health ?
I'm kinda worried about the WD foods and everything, and also I think that by the end of this month, I could be able to shed another 10-15 pounds off, so I'm a little reticent about going to maintenance mode.. I'm wondering if the 2 week of phase 1 between the vacations could be kind of ''damage control week''. I hate to admit it, but I'm really afraid of phase 2-3-4.
Phase 3 is arguably the most crucial of the program, and one that is absent from most other diets. Assuming you’ve followed the protocol and remained in ketosis throughout the diet, your pancreas has taken a nice, long break. At this point, your body is no longer resistant to the insulin your pancreas secretes, so it doesn’t take as much to get your blood sugar under control. But you want to train your body to behave like that of a naturally slim person who burns rather than stores fat. So it doesn’t make sense to revert back to your normal diet just yet.
By carbo-loading your first meal of the day, you will cause insulin to spike in response. The goal here is to ramp up your body’s fat-burning capacity by establishing a new cycle for your pancreas. As a Type II diabetic, Dr. Z believes a longer period of time in Phase 3 would have been beneficial, but for most, the length of this phase must be two full weeks. Do NOT skimp on this phase. And if you should happen to repeat Phase 1 for a short period in the future to manage your weight during maintenance, you needn’t follow it with Phase 2, but you should include Phase 3.
BOTTOM LINE: as a rule, you should never just stop Phase 1. It is important that you bring your pancreas back into service slowly, in a way that allows you to establish the fat burning cycle.
And don't be afraid of the other phases. You will continue to lose in Phase 2, and you shouldn't gain in Phase 3 (assuming you follow the protocol.) If you plan to avoid going crazy at WDW, you will be fine. There are actually lots of healthy choices there. I went twice while on Phase 1, and managed to stay pretty close to plan... I continued to lose at my normal weekly rate of 3 pounds.
Enjoy yourself in August, and start up again in September. You will lose anything you may have gained quickly, and get right back on track. Remember that you want to turn your body into an efficient, fat-burning machine. To do that, you need to take your pancreas through the Phase 3 process. It will be better for your body in the long run not to confuse the process by jumping in and out of Phase 1 during August.
That's my advice!