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Wowie wow! Down nearly 5 lbs in 3 days!!!
Changes that seem to be working:
**Drinking lots of water.
Dehydration is often mistaken for "hunger", and I bet that's been a big problem for me of late. Plus, having adequate fluid is really important for flushing out waste and bloating. My ankles are thanking me already!!
**Getting better sleep.
Lack of energy from lack of sleep is easily misinterpreted as lack of energy due to need for food. I haven't had more than 5 hours of sleep a night in years, but this week I've been getting 7-8.
**Writing down *exactly* what I choose to eat.
On some days in the recent past, I have shocked myself with how many calories and carbs I was actually consuming. I gain weight if I eat more than 30-35 net carbs and over 2000 cal per day, and some days I was mindlessly eating double that. Yikes!! Still low carb, mind you; but grains and sugar aren't the only way to screw up! "Grazing" is the worst. You can overeat, a little at a time, without paying the full consequences. Low grade awful, as opposed to "stuffed."
I've noticed in the past couple of months that I've been endlessly hungry, which scared me; because that's how I felt when I was eating high carb. This way of eating was like a miracle to me when I first discovered it (thank you, Gary Taubes!!), because it was the first time in my life I could actually experience *satiety.* When I began noticing this nagging hunger, it frightened me, because, where else can I go? I KNOW what high carb did to me, so I can't go back; but if low carb no longer works, what else even IS there???
I think I may have figured it out, though. Water, sleep, and self-honesty. So far, so good!
Even my body aches are diminishing already. I really do feel good!!
View Diet Calendar, 29 December 2017:
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1672 kcal
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Fat: 128.22g | Prot: 69.79g | Carbs: 67.73g.
Breakfast: Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Milk, Hot Cereal, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Great Value Half & Half. Lunch: Byrne Dairy Heavy Whipping Cream, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), HK Cheese Crackers, Cheddar Cheese, Sabra Classic Hummus, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Great Value Half & Half. Dinner: Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese, Parmesan Cheese (Grated), Trader Joe's Organic Heavy Whipping Cream, Butter (Salted), Wegmans Cooked Shrimp. Snacks/Other: Whole Foods Market Zucchini Noodles, Lindsay Large Black Olives, Publix Green Bell Pepper, Carrots, Trader Joe's Jicama Sticks. more...
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