Day 20 Max Phase (Weekly Binge Day)

Day 20

I want you to picture the classic visual of a knight’s sword. Straight blade that measures about 3 ½ feet in length and has a groove or depression that runs the almost the full length of the blade on the flat between the two edges.  Or if you don’t want to think about it just look at the picture. Now focus on the tip of the sword. It has 2 edges. Those 2 edges are what people mean when they talk about a 2 edged sword.

I am sure some of you have already stopped reading because you thought this post was about fitness and nutrition, but for you faithful few our topic is a double edged sword. This means is can help you or destroy you. The topic as you can read in the heading is “The Binge Day!”  The announcement of this day is either accompanied by cheers or boos.

First the concept behind the binge day is fairly simple. Once a week a person that is keeping close tabs on their nutrition can eat whatever they what and as much as they want. The rationale behind this concept is fairly simple as well. By eating an increased amount of calories one day a week your body will keep a higher metabolism throughout the week because once a week you trick it in to thinking that it needs to burn a lot more energy. On the mental side of things it gives you the ability to sustain will power throughout the rest of the week because you know that anything you crave can be eaten on the binge day.

The dangerous side of this sword is that it really doesn’t help to create good eating habits. The reasons that I gave previously are very valid I have used this technique and lost weight this way but I have to say that like I said I slipped back into my bad eating habits. I believe there are other ways to keep you metabolism high like exercise, and certain types of foods that I will let you research.

One tip that I would give you if you are going to use the binge day is that you should start your day by eating a grapefruit. The grapefruit acts as a sugar inhibitor and will help your body push the sugar through without storing a lot as fat. Another product that I use is from Advocare, it’s called CarbEase™ Plus. This product acts like a grapefruit but you take it immediately before you eat a large carb based meal. Now it won’t block all carbs that you eat so it’s not the silver bullet. The silver bullet is proper nutrition and moderation.

Whichever side of the sword you use, just know both can and will work. It’s time you decide for yourself which works best for you. Once you find something that works stick with it. Go an take the day.

“The better I think about myself the better I act the better I preform.”