Cheating on the BBHC Program

In this video, I want to go into cheating on our program. So my name is Nick Howarth, I'm co-founder of Best Body Health Coaching, and I want to go through what happens to the body when you cheat on our program. So our program is not set up as one of those programs where you can have a cheat day, or you can just go off the rails for a little bit and then pull back on it a little bit. There's a specific condition which the body takes on when you do our program, and it's called ketosis. Now that's a very misunderstood term. People think ketosis is copious amounts of fat and, you know, low carbohydrates and low sugar, but in actual fact ketosis is when you've knocked off eating the high carbohydrates and the fat and now your body is producing ketones, but that is not ketosis. Ketosis is when your body's producing ketones and the body has found a way to use those ketones as fuel in life. So it's not only about going into— having ketones in the blood, it's about being able to use those ketones in the blood. So now what kicks you out of ketosis? Anything which spikes your blood glucose above a certain amount. So you shouldn't be eating more than 20 grams of net carbs per day at and you shouldn't be eating any sugar whatsoever. So if you do that, what'll start to happen is you'll get kicked out of being able to use ketones as fuel, and you'll go into wanting to use glycogen as fuel, which is what the body makes from carbs and sugar. The trouble with that is, is that you're not eating enough carbs and sugar now to be able to sustain you So you go into something called keto flu. So if you cheat on the program, you're going to have this horrible condition that comes on where you could get diarrhea, you get low energy, there's all sorts of weird things that happen. You can get a rash, you can get headaches, you actually feel like you've got this lingering flu coming on and it doesn't go away until the body then again goes, okay, hang on a sec, we're not getting any more glycogen here, let's have a look at what other fuel there is available for the body to use, which is the ketones. So if you want to do that and go and cheat, firstly, you're not going to lose weight in those few days when you're waiting to get back into ketosis, and secondly, you're going to feel terrible. So it's kind of not worth it to go and have a donut and a piece of cake, you know, just because it's tastes nice. Just resist that. It's like very easy to make a decision on this. You could go, hang on a sec, I'm not going to have that. Tomorrow it would have made no difference to you if you hadn't have eaten that. If you had eaten it, it will definitely make a difference. So keep that in mind when you're on our program. Cheating is, is not the way forward on this program. You really want to get your body reset and back on track to optimum health. You paid us for this program, we wanna coach you through and get the product that we promised you at the beginning of the program. We cannot do that if you keep going out and having alcohol, having carbohydrates, having sugar. The other thing that could be is an unknown cheat. So you may have sugar in your food that you don't even know about. That's what happens when you eat out at restaurants. They put all sorts of stuff in your food. You've got to have a look at your spices, there's sugar in there normally. You've got to have a look at supplements that you buy, there's a specific brand in the US that a lot of people seem to love and it has all sorts of rubbish in it. So you have to look at all those things because they will count as a cheat. The body doesn't know whether you meant to eat the sugar or not, it will just react accordingly. So stay on the program and you'll get your health back. Please follow us on all our social media if you want to know more content like this, and check out our website. If you haven't downloaded our app, download that, and we hope to see you next time.