Day 10 - and Ketosis is kicking in!

Yes its been 10 whole days of no carbs, alcohol, caffeine, processed foods and many others. All i'm eating is fresh fruit and veg, nuts and lean protein like salmon, chicken etc. An interesting thing happens to your body when you stop eating carbs and it's called Ketosis. There's a video below explaining but essentially your body is used to converting fuel into energy and it does the most efficient fuel first. Sugars and carbs are basically energy so the body is used to relying on this source of energy. When you don't have sugar and carbs your body then has to seek an alternative fuel source and fat is also raw energy. I won't bore you with the science but when you're in ketosis you don't feel as hungry, don't have cravings and your body is in a state where it's burning fat for fuel. This is handy if you want to lose body fat rather than lose weight by losing muscle or water. 

Alongside 10 days of only eating fresh non processed foods I'm also boosting the cardio. Below are a couple of photos and you can see I'm certainly not eating small portions. What does this mean for fat loss and weight loss? Well currently I'm 76kg which is a 2kg or 4lb loss and my body fat has gone down from 28.5% body fat to about 24%. Still a long way to go but it's only 10% of the challenge accomplished so far!