Update-ish

I am officially one week free of Licious Living cooking for me and am doing pretty well. I have nothing bad to say about the company at all - in fact, I would recommend them to anyone short of time, anyone who wants an idea of healthy portion sizes, or anyone who needs to be forced to eat healthy for a while (that's me). I just personally don't do well with leftovers on a good day and when food is delivered, it feels like leftovers for every meal and my super crazy overworking brain got a little creeped out at least once per day. I am giving myself a short trial to see if I can control my sugar seeking self and if not, then I'm right back onto Licious - no questions. So far I have been doing pretty well at healthy choices and I think that the month long break of healthy intake was really helpful for cleansing my body and getting my mind on the right track.
Last Friday when I showed up for my session at Innovative with Meyrick, he trickily sicked Richard Brice the nutrition man on me. I "trained" with him instead which basically consisted of sitting on the bike for an hour (ouch - VJ - tuff muff not so much) while he talked to me about nutrition from a biosignature perspective (this is his nutrition training background - I have touched on it previously in this blog talking about the other biosig Richard....yep, both their biosig guys are named Richard). He was really great for taking my unsure inquisition in stride and offered a lot of helpful info. I also walked away with a handful of supplements (as per my meeting with the other Richard) which I will start taking tomorrow. I am not sure why I didn't start right away - I guess I just wanted a little more info before the slew of pills began.
Here's what Richard #2 says....

multi intense - 6 caps per day ( 2 caps with 3 meals)
HCl - 2 caps with each solid meal (not if you just have a shake)
Insulinomics - 6 caps per day ( 2 caps with 3 meals)
Fenuplex - 6 caps per day (2 caps with 3 meals)
Magnesium glycinate 4 caps per day ( 2 with last 2 meals)
Fish oil - 20 ml per day (5 ml per meal / 1 teaspoon per meal)
Ok so thats the supps done. The aim of this regime is to basically make your body tolerate carbs properly again (increase insulin sensitivity). By getting most of your carbs from veg and taking these supps your body will gradually start to function as it should. The more insulin sensitive you become the easier it is to lose weight and when you reach your goal to keep it off. Its hard work at first but after a while it becomes much easier. Maybe I shouldn't say this but in time you will be able to get away with murder and stay lean..... But you have to earn this right!
The same can be said for your metabolism as a whole. After a period of consistently eating enough of the right foods, your metabolism will speed up significantly. Again this makes it easier to lose weight and keep it off! So we are looking at a protein goal of 270 of actual protein per day. If you get to this level and keep it there your metabolism will recover and you will like what happens :-) Remember that meat and fish are between 20 and 25% actual protein so to meet this goal you would have to eat between 1000g and 1300g of meat / fish. For this reason at the moment you can use protein powders as a way to get the numbers up. They have to be low carb so no more than 4g per 100g grams - any whey or good quality vegan protein powder will do as will gotein. Although you can use powder remember that because it gets digested quickly it will still spike your insulin levels and may lead to fat storage. The more meals from solid protein the better  but MEAT YOUR PROTEIN GOAL!
You MUST have one planned fun meal per week. Rules for fun meal - you can eat what you want but you must have it all ready at a table and you have to sit at the table to eat it. You are not allowed to go and get more after you finish, so if you want a load of food get it ready before you sit down! The fun meal will just help boost your metabolism and speed up the weight loss.