OMG it actually works!!
I’ve mentioned in my last few blogs how I have fallen off the clean eating wagon into the land of indulgence in the form of sweets-pretty badly…it all started when a friend said she was coming to visit back in Oct…she told me around Oct 12 that she would be in town on the 24th…so I wanted to definitely look my best for her visit…
My plan was to keep the diet as clean as possible until she got here so I could indulge a little when we met up..so what did I do?..made some irresistable banana bread that I had been craving!!…AAghhhh!…so, I’m thinking, it’s ok, I will just freeze most of it so a little bit in the mornings won’t hurt me..yeah right, me and dessert in the house don’t mix…I keep refusing to get that thru my head for some reason..anyways, I had a few loaves of it on my hands, and even though I put them in the freezer I’d get them out late at night at the worst possible time, defrost in the microwave and eat some…thought about giving some away but it was tooo good to part with…I tried to just make up for the extra calories by doing more cardio…
After the banana bread incident, things just got worse from there and pretty much everyday I was eating something like pizza, donuts, cake, whatever I craved I kinda let myself have…everday I’d be craving something unhealthy which isn’t usual for me–I’d NEVER have made progress this past year if I had to battle those old familiar daily cravings…it started to scare me…I knew that a couple months ago these cravings weren’t an issue…yes I’d have the occasional break in my diet where I ate unhealthy for a couple days but I wasn’t constantly craving junk food daily like this…I wondered if I was just done and this is as far as I was gonna transform…but this isn’t where I want to be so it really bothered me..and so I was spending more and more time doing cardio just to keep my weight stable and from jumping up…it finally came to a head when I made peanut butter cookies and ate the ENTIRE batch in two days by myself!…( then I thought back about what ingredients I had just devoured: a whole BLOCK of butter, 1/2 scoop of white sugar, 1/2 scoop of brown sugar, white flour, 1/2 a cup of peanut butter, etc..all in 2 days..pure extra calories and fat above and beyond my regular daily caloric intake–oh my)…at least they were gooo-ood, I gotta say I do bake really well!…the reason I’m sharing this with you is because I want you to understand how badly I have managed to go off track and lose control of my eating…but moving on…
I’ve shattered your image of me now, haven’t I???? lol
Well, obviously this pattern had to stop…the other day I happened to read Ava Cowan’s blog about Gaspari’s Mitotropin she’s currently taking…I remembered that I actually have quite a few samples of it myself…back when I tried the Gaspari CytoleanV2 it made me more hungry and carb crazed, the opposite of what it’s supposed to do…so I was a little leary about the Mitotropin as well, which is why the samples have just been sittin in my cupboard…until this past SUnday…Ava looks great and if she says they work for her-hey I thought I might as well give it a shot!
I can say with much relief that yes it does work…these past 4 days I have lost the crazy carb cravings (FINALLY!! wondered when I would see the end of them!) and the "night-time" cravings for junk…my appetite is back under control…the Mitotropin does seem to lift the mood and give you some energy as well..but not shaky too much caffeine kind of energy…I’ve managed to get back on the clean eating wagon and get my calories under control…no more visions of donuts or cake or pie dancing in my head everyday that I have to constantly fight off!!!!!….I am so relieved…this is a product I would definitely buy and recommend!
November 11, 2009 at 2:51 pm
You’re right, my image of you is shattered……LOL. Glad you’ve been able to move past the carb cravings. My struggle has been nighttime munching too. But from stress. Working on it.
November 11, 2009 at 2:57 pm
wow Arm,
That was some cravings. I like you, when there is junk, especially something I bought in the house! I devour it, I not the type of person who can eat one chip, or one cookie. I one scope of Ice cream, no sir. So I steer clear, I do have occastional icecream sunday with my friends at a eat out joint. But all my friends are trainers or workout regularly so they make sure I don’t over do it!
But I feel you, sometimes the cravings just keep on coming. When I am at the store I sware I can hear the icecream calling my name! LOL!
J
November 12, 2009 at 7:30 am
I’ve had really bad craving issues over the last month or so. I’m glad to see you found something that works. I may have to give it a shot. Give ‘em hell.
November 12, 2009 at 7:58 am
I am JUST LIKE YOU! My poor kids, I never make cookies or banana bread (I have a KICK A$$ recipe for it that would make you die) or anything yummy because their mommy cannot control herself around anything like that. Thanks for the review on the Mitotropin- I’ve wondered about that stuff for a long time!
November 12, 2009 at 8:55 am
Hey girlie! I’m glad to hear you’re trying the Gaspari stuff - and I’ve been reading Ava’s blogs also. I have been dying to try it so PLEASE keep me posted on your progress. Family and I are going on a cruise next June and I was thinking of starting that cycle 2 months prior to look my best for swim suit week!!