Day 1 of Phase 1 has gone well. I guess I was expecting pure hell and was relieved when it wasn’t. I know mental attitude plays a big role in these things, so when you are warm to the idea of your body running more efficiently, it probably will. (The placebo effect, that sort of thing.) I guess I hoped for the best but planned for the worst. I was imagining several days of ravenous hunger. That gnawing, irritating feeling of your stomach grumbling for food every 10 minutes. I hate those days when you feel like a bottomless pit; no matter what or how much you eat, you feel hungry until you have a full-fledged pig out, after which you feel food-pregnant. The low-carb/no-carb craze seems to be the other side of that coin. You start feeling tired and you battle brain fog. The next thing you know, you feel so shitty that the idea of binging on bread or cookies is more appealing than staying on the diet and feeling like a zombie. That too is something I hate. I remember doing a carb cycle a couple of years ago and on the no carb days, I didn’t even know my own name. My brain was cloudy and the idea of eating more protein made me want to gag. You can’t survive like that long-term. Even this Phase 1 would get tedious if you had to drag it on for a protracted time.
My meals today:
Breakfast: 2 eggs and turkey bacon
Mid-morning snack: slice of cheese
Lunch: Roast beef and green beans
Post-workout snack: pecans
Dinner: salad with chicken, avocado, and Italian dressing
2 tbs of peanut butter
Dessert: Popsicles
