I had another checkup with my gynaecologist yesterday. We discussed in detail the effects of eating High GI & Low GI foods and how my body will respond to them. Basically what this means for me is that when I consume carbohydrates that have a high glycemic index my body will store it as body fat instead of normally burning it off.
She told me that it’s in my health’s best interest that I maintain a Low GI diet for the rest of my life. So what exactly does this mean for me? It means that I’ll be eating Low GI for six days of the week and allowing myself one day a week of flexibility to consume sometimes food, in moderation of course.
Knowing this information now explains a few things I’ve spent hours beating myself up over in the past. Things like, when I’m on a comp diet I function considerably well compared to other competitors around me. Low GI and low-carbohydrate diets work more effectively for me and for my hormones. Then secondly, at the end of a season when I’d return to a more normal diet I would pack on the kgs so incredibly fast. I started to think that it was just me and my over indulging or maybe I was just meant to be fat. Now I know different, what I want to eat and what I need to eat are two very different things.
I now have to be more vigilant then ever before and watch what I eat all year round, otherwise my condition for my sport and my health for longevity are both at risk. It’s just not worth it. Although I’m currently feeling very frustrated with myself and even a little hard done by but I know that this will pass. In the big scheme of things I really have nothing to complain about so I will try my very best to look at the glass half full and not half empty.
So the positives are:
1. Once I lose this non-beneficial weight I will be healthier and happier,
2. I then will maintain a lean condition all year round,
3. I’ll lead by example, and
4. Be a better figure role model.
