But really?

Ok.. so you are wondering... can this really work? I know you're thinking, ok Mindy, you're eating BACON every day, cooking everything in BUTTER and adding extra butter just because you can...and your night cap is two spoonfuls of heavy whipping cream. Seriously? The fat will catch up with you soon, right?

The compelling part of this program was based on a 10 week study. 87% of people were off meds after 10 weeks.  Compelling. I decided to embark on the journey based on a 10 week study.  Figured I could do anything for 10 weeks... so why not give it a try, see how I skew their data, and if it doesn't work my beloved gummi bears will be there waiting to take me back in a heartbeat after 10 weeks.

So I've just ended week 4.  I see a trainer at the gym twice a week (something I've been doing long before this). On June 5th, I had him take baseline weight and measurements. Then on July 5th... I had him take them again.

Now, of course, part of the Virta program is a weigh-in every day and so I've seen the scale moving. There are days that you see the scale make big jumps to which my automatic reaction is "oh, I had a big poop last night, so some of that weight will be coming back" (TMI? Nah.. you've all been there... ) But it doesn't.

So what's happened in a month?

11 lbs have disappeared. Gone. They've landed somewhere else, but they aren't here.
BMI and Body Fat measurements are down 2 points each.
Chest, waist, and hips are all down 2 inches EACH.
Thighs down an inch each.
Arms and calves down around .5 inch each.

And, I'm totally off two of my meds. Crazy. Expensive meds. Gone.

I'm still in shock. It's all Just gone. Eating bacon. And butter. And a friendly reminder this is medically supervised (do not try this at home :) )

Why is it working? Because I'm not flooding my system with sugar everyday sending it into a tailspin trying to catch up. Kind of like insurance claims. You have some sort of intervention, it gets billed to insurance, you wait forever for it to clear through their desks and get processed, and then months later you pay a bill for a visit you have long forgotten about, but it's all still adding up. That's what I was doing with sugar in my system.

So no more sugar... body can heal and get caught up. It starts burning fat for energy (which there is plenty to burn) instead of trying to continually process those carbs.

So yeah.. really.