Did I sabotage my diet plan?

KirstyBorg
KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
My gym instructor gave me a two week detox diet before we start intensive training. On day 2 my we had a chocolate fountain for my boss' birthday and I had loads. What do I do? Shall I skip lunch since I had loads of sugar and keep following the plan?
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  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    What's the detox plan you are on?
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Is your gym instructor qualified in nutrition?
    (Hint - it doesn't sound like they are!)

    Would you go to a Dietician to assess your weightlifting technique?
  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    I'm not on a soup diet! It's full of fish, veg, vitamins, fruit, fat free yogurt.
    Loads of healthy food to to prepare me for workouts for my joints and muscles
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    How does one sabotage something that doesn't exist?

    http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/05/detox-myth-health-diet-science-ignorance
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    KirstyBorg wrote: »
    ...keep following the plan?
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  • blktngldhrt
    blktngldhrt Posts: 1,053 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    You should detox by getting rid of your trainer for promoting a detox onto you. It's unnecessary and your body detoxes itself.

    This
  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    I'm on this diet plan for 2 weeks and after he is going to be my personal trainer with a completely different diet
  • maillemaker
    maillemaker Posts: 1,253 Member
    Unless you have consumed poisons or heavy metals, there is no such thing as detoxification.
  • 2snakeswoman
    2snakeswoman Posts: 655 Member
    Unless the gym instructor has a certification in nutrition, giving a diet plan is beyond the scope of his practice and illegal. If he does, then yes - just put the mistake behind you and get back on track.
  • mrvikingman
    mrvikingman Posts: 83 Member
    It sounds like a perfectly healthy diet, so I'd keep following that. But your gym instructor calling it a "detox" seems a bit, odd.
  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    Ok! Let's not call it 'detox ' but a 2 week diet to get rid of water retention and to have appropriate nutrition for intensive workouts
  • jenncornelsen
    jenncornelsen Posts: 969 Member
    just from personal experience i have done 'detoxs' and 'paleo' and 'atkins'. i even attempted a juice fast. made it 3 days. none of them stuck. anything that tries to completely remove food u love wont stick. it's good to eat more healthy, but u don't want something that makes u feel like u completely failed because u ate a food not on they're list. just my two cents! good luck , you don't have to be perfect, as long as your moving forward
  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    Thanks ;)
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    The fact you find it necessary to relabel it after being informed of the uselessness of a detox is telling.

    Exactly what is in this "diet"?

    Water retention is part of the muscular repair and glycogen replenishment cycles.
  • musicandarts
    musicandarts Posts: 187 Member
    KirstyBorg wrote: »
    Ok! Let's not call it 'detox ' but a 2 week diet to get rid of water retention and to have appropriate nutrition for intensive workouts

    It is difficult to explain ideas like 'water retention' in healthy people. It seems like he is using a lot of quasi-scientific terminology. If you truly have 'water retention', it needs serious medical intervention and diet is unlikely to cure it. Don't take it too seriously.
  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    Wow, I had this app for 2 years and I only recently started using the committee for support.
    But it seems like a lot of people are very negative and a bit aggressive too.

    This is generic: if you don't have any positive criticism please keep your comments to yourself
  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    Thanks musicandarts
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  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    The only negativity here is directed towards a personal trainer who has no business giving nutrition advice.
  • Zx14chick
    Zx14chick Posts: 255 Member
    Kirsty - I understand the negativity comment, but I truly think they are typically just brutally honest. Most of them really are trying to be helpful. There are always going to be jerks, but you did ask for opinions and the answers aren't always what we want to hear. I hope you continue to use the app to at least track your success. One small "failure" does not ruin your whole process. Good luck!
  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    The 2 week diet is a jump start to the weight loss which includes workouts too. After the 2 week diet I'll be on a more flexible diet with more food since I'll be working harder.
    FYI: the current diet has loads of food too but it's not flexible.
  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    Thanks Zx14chick
  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    Thanks Zx14chick
  • theresaneal77
    theresaneal77 Posts: 62 Member
    KirstyBorg wrote: »
    Wow, I had this app for 2 years and I only recently started using the committee for support.
    But it seems like a lot of people are very negative and a bit aggressive too.

    This is generic: if you don't have any positive criticism please keep your comments to yourself

    Some people are negative here. Do as your instructor says - everyone is different. Pretend like the fountain didn't happen and do your best to stick with the diet, even if it means being on it one more day. After the diet, clense, or whatever, make sure you stick with portion control and healthy eating habits :) (which may include the occasional chocolate fountain)
  • Of_Monsters_and_Meat
    Of_Monsters_and_Meat Posts: 1,022 Member
    +1 on getting a new trainer.

    For comparison. My trainer recommends at least 0.7 grams of protein per pound.

    This includes, Turkey, Chicken, steakums, steak, more chicken. and tons of vegetables. He also wrote a book on nutrition.

    If you like your trainer stick with it, but do some independent research. One candy bar isn't going to upset your chi. What is intensive training? Here is what it should include, but not limited to.

    Squats, Deadlifts, (possibly: bench, rows, clean press, Over head press). If its just using the machines, then you really do not need a trainer for that.

    pic, just because:
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  • KirstyBorg
    KirstyBorg Posts: 23 Member
    Ha! Hilarious!
    I currently have weights 12.5-15 kgs and he is going to help me push myself more.

    Unfortunately, I'm the kind of person that as soon as I have a cheat meal I give up. But I'm learning slowly
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    First you called it a "detox" ... now you still haven't detailed this relabeled "diet" ... there is no need to "jumpstart" your body or a diet ...

    Words mean things and your word choices raise a lot of questions about your trainer.
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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited February 2015
    KirstyBorg wrote: »
    Wow, I had this app for 2 years and I only recently started using the committee for support.
    But it seems like a lot of people are very negative and a bit aggressive too.

    This is generic: if you don't have any positive criticism please keep your comments to yourself

    It's not being negative to point out you are being given very poor advice on diet from a person who isn't qualified to give that advice. People are trying to help you.

    Would you take your laptop to a car mechanic for repair?
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