So, this diet's hard.
I mean, I knew that going in, but I forgot how hard it is getting over that hump where delicious aromas tantalize and friendly outings seduce. It's been difficult to stay vigilant, which I guess is to be expected in the first month, but... God damnit.
Let's see... I left off on the third, right?
3/3/2011
With only two meals left for the month, I chugged away on shakes. Around lunch time, my manager comes aorund asking us what kind of meat we want.
How does -anyone- turn down that question?
He got a promotion and bought everyone lunch to make the announcement. Gorilla Barbecue was well worth the meal ticket, though I was down to just one meal left and 27 days left in the month. Things weren't faring well for our hero...
3/4/2011
I manage to keep to shakes the whole day, though I'm still struggling with keeping the water down. Still, I know it'll be a while until I reach full-on Ketosis, and I've my third (and final?) meal planned the following day.
3/5/2011
I wake up early on a Saturday to help a friend move, after a day where in I fasted down to 1000 calories. Fun stuff, right?
So, we're lugging (though, admittedly, I'm not doing as much work as my much fitter friends) and when we wind down for a break, they order pizza and soda.
I'm sweatlogged, exhausted... so what better way to replenish my body than with greasy pizza, right? I say fuckit, and grab a slice.
Not that I'm not infinitely grateful, but... damn. No more meals. Worse, this was pure impulse. I was tired, I felt entitled to a reward and I just grabbed pizza and soda. The feeling of grease settling into my solids-starved stomach went well with the guilt.
That night, we go to Gordon Biersch. This was the meal I had actually planned and, well, I had it. Lobster and Shrimp tacos, in fact. They were delicious, the company was great, and the time was well spent. Happy birthday, Adam!
But as I drove home (not really, there was one more party after that but I didn't consume anything), I realized I was four meals in on my 3-meal-month.
3/6/2011
Workday, despite it being a Sunday. Thanks to the fact that I was mostly stationary and on my own save for one coworker, I was able to stick to 100% shakes.
3/7/2011
Here we are, and I'm doing well on just the shakes so far. Still struggling with the water, but I'm doing better.
The real problem is, I know there are more major events this month and that I'm going to want to eat at them... hell, I -am- going to eat at them.
On one hand, a single cheeseburger can really derail a whole week of fasting.
On the other, so could a whole week of cheeseburgers.
I'm in my first month, and the transition is hard. The way I see it, though, so long as I can do most of these meals, stick to my exercise regimen (which starts tomorrow!) and replace 90+% of my meals, I'm doing good.
Ish.
Right?
Stay strong friend, dont give in to such tepmtations, practice makes routine, routine makes progress, progress is rewarding in itself. Your doing great! the exercise will definitely help, but may take a little longer to become progress. Soda is the devil! pizza not so much lol
ReplyDeleteJon, keep in mind the more you "cheat" the easier it becomes.
ReplyDeleteI think 90% shake-meals is pretty excellent, although it's probably worth being extra strict with yourself during this transition, as Mark noted. It might help too, to train yourself out of cheating by making it a little less deliciously grease-filled (I feel you though!) - like, eat a salad or veggie dish with every cheat meal, which will leave less room for cheeseburgers, make the meal seem a little less guilt-ridden, and provide some nice vegetable nutrients (which would probably be helpful, not hurtful, to your shake-diet).
ReplyDeleteDon't beat yourself up too much, you're still being awesome!
Smooth words, all of you, and some very good advice. I think this whole cheating thing, or having monthly meals thing isn't going to work out; the slope of cheatery's too slippery to rely on.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to take this first month with as many shakes as I can get in and as few cheats as possible; starting next month, I'll go 100% shakes, no "cheats", no monthly meals. A single meal, even a healthy one, can really mess up the flow of the diet, the whole ketosis thing. (I'm using this word a lot but I don't really know what it means; my megasmart friend used it to explain the purpose of the diet to me.)
Thanks for the support!
Be like Degora, my friend. That's what I tell myself when I'm craving sugar.
ReplyDeleteWell, not really, but I feel empowered every time I overcome sugar adversity.
...that's not true either.
Be a soldier, Jon.
I will use more spiral power from here on out. I vow it.
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