Light bulb!

Sooooooooo this afternoon I had a light bulb moment. I noticed that the scale number wasn't changing but yet I have been running and doing zumba. I decided that something was amiss with this situation. So I embarked on a search to figure out what the deal could be. I started listening to a video that was talking about hormones being a main issue with people losing weight or trying to but never losing. I thought, hey that's me! Come to find out that a hormone called leptin is a fat burner hormone. So now I know what I need to increase that hormone. I found that to raise the level of leptin in my body I need to do about 5 things:

1. Increase my fiber consumption. 

2. Increase veggie and fruit consumption.

3. Sleep 8 hrs every night.

4. Stop eating after the last meal of the day. (Another website suggested no eating after 7 p.m.)

5. Increase Omega-3 fatty acid consumption.

So I'm sure that most of you are thinking, "Duh Abby. Those are things you should be doing anyways for a healthier lifestyle." Well you are right. I did know most of the stuff on that list. However, I didn't know that leptin levels would rise and ultimately do more fat burning for me. In fact, one article I read said that with higher leptin levels your body can burn up to 66% while sleeping at night! I will take that! 

Then I had a light bulb moment while listening to the video as it was saying to avoid soy protein and BHT and whatnot. (I know, "duh Abby" again.) But it got me to thinking. When I was doing so well with getting healthy and was actually losing weight, I was watching what I was buying and trying to buy as much natural foods I could. So the light bulb went on and I am going back to how I was buying food before. I know a lot of people are all whole foods and whatnot and that's great and I would love to do it too and will try harder now, but that darn $$ amount for it is what got me off it again. But I need to remind myself that I may pay a little more for healthier food but I will be paying less in healthcare costs. 

I will still be keeping my same mentality and not stressing about the scale (even though the beginning of this post seemed to be that I was concerned). BUT knowing where I was and was not going has helped with yet another break through. So now will I not only stress about it, but I will also change my shopping and eating habits. So let's see how much better I feel after this new discovery and change!  Here we go!