The diet’s going well. I hit the wall on it last night and fell into a momentary deep funk over the concept that I’m permanently off things I love, but then I just sucked it up, went to bed, and slept in. Woke up and felt much better. I think I was just tired and worn out.
Today I woke up and decided to go to the highest level of my carb limit (50) and have some more fruit, and that perked me up and I’m okay now and will drop back down to the midpoint I’ve been holding at (my doctor has me on between 30-50 grams of net carbs per day). Also helped to get up and put on my makeup and get myself right into work. Had more caffeine today and it also helped my mood.
So this week exercise went well—did six days out of seven, really intense (for me). Four days of biking and two DVD workouts and arm weights. Biking days were 30 min, 20 min, 30 min, and another 30. I do between 6-7 miles in that half hour which, for me, is a good clip.
Had horrible brain fog from the switchover to the diet through part of the week and a couple panic attacks but those started to subside and after a talk with my doctor she explained how that’s natural when making this kind of dietary change.
So I’m making progress. My joints are feeling much better, overall I have more energy, and my clothes are starting to feel looser and I like that. Don’t bother asking how much weight I’m losing—I do not own a set of scales. Due to my prior eating disorder, it just isn’t the healthiest thing in the world for me to do.
My discovery this week is that a tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder (baking) has only 1 NET gram of carbs. So I add that and a couple packets of stevia to my protein drink and I can still get my chocolate fix, thank heavens!
So, again: this post isn’t asking for advice—that’s between my doctor and me—but a number of people are interested in following my journey on this road and so I promised them I’d post about it.
Yasmine
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