This has been an epic pain in the ass week. I've wanted to write for days but no time with a crabby, whiny, clingy 10 month old and other randomness. I'm thinking the baby may be pissed about the change in her milk since my diet is very different now. I'm not hungry so I'm assuming my milk isn't low. I guess it's probably a teething issue since she isn't eating her solids well either.
SOOOO, the diet. I guess I am at the stage in which I usually move on to something else, or cut back, or consider quitting because I'm not getting results. It's only the second week, but in the book it says you gain after the binge day and return to normal after a couple days, only to be even lower by the next week. Well, I gained all the weight as promised (water weight) but it hasn't all come back off yet. By Sunday I should be at 146 or less if Timmy baby is right here. I'm also resuming more weight training this week so that could contribute. Oh, and of course Tim states on his 4HB blog that Mom's of 2 or more kids need an extra 4-6 weeks before they really start seeing results.
The food is good and I've learned something about myself already. The diets that I find the most success with are those in which I am limited to particular food types. Counting calories DOES NOT work for me. Not ever. Planning meals, same deal. The Weight Watcher's Core program worked really well for me and this is working pretty well so far, as far as hunger, not feeling deprived, etc. goes.
Problemos that I am having so far: The beans. I love beans, all kinds of beans, particularly the lentils, black beans, pinto beans and refried beans I am eating. You can probably guess what my issue is with all of these beans in addition to eggs and cruciferous veggies. Gonna grab some Beano today and hope that helps, or my body adjusts, because I will end up sexy and thin, but no one will want to be around me! :)
Other problemo: This may be by design, but only the second week on the slow carb diet and 3rd week without any sugar and when I have it, I have a splitting headache within minutes. Binge day I had a horrid headache all day from the caffeine and sugar in the chocolate and then yesterday morning, I had a drink of my daughter A's tea after she put a ton of sugar in it (without my knowledge, sneaky lil tea party girl!) and I had a headache 5 minutes later. SUPER sensitive to caffeine as well. I guess it's a good thing because I obviously don't want a headache, so I'm not as prone to cheat.
SOOOO, the diet. I guess I am at the stage in which I usually move on to something else, or cut back, or consider quitting because I'm not getting results. It's only the second week, but in the book it says you gain after the binge day and return to normal after a couple days, only to be even lower by the next week. Well, I gained all the weight as promised (water weight) but it hasn't all come back off yet. By Sunday I should be at 146 or less if Timmy baby is right here. I'm also resuming more weight training this week so that could contribute. Oh, and of course Tim states on his 4HB blog that Mom's of 2 or more kids need an extra 4-6 weeks before they really start seeing results.
The food is good and I've learned something about myself already. The diets that I find the most success with are those in which I am limited to particular food types. Counting calories DOES NOT work for me. Not ever. Planning meals, same deal. The Weight Watcher's Core program worked really well for me and this is working pretty well so far, as far as hunger, not feeling deprived, etc. goes.
Problemos that I am having so far: The beans. I love beans, all kinds of beans, particularly the lentils, black beans, pinto beans and refried beans I am eating. You can probably guess what my issue is with all of these beans in addition to eggs and cruciferous veggies. Gonna grab some Beano today and hope that helps, or my body adjusts, because I will end up sexy and thin, but no one will want to be around me! :)
Other problemo: This may be by design, but only the second week on the slow carb diet and 3rd week without any sugar and when I have it, I have a splitting headache within minutes. Binge day I had a horrid headache all day from the caffeine and sugar in the chocolate and then yesterday morning, I had a drink of my daughter A's tea after she put a ton of sugar in it (without my knowledge, sneaky lil tea party girl!) and I had a headache 5 minutes later. SUPER sensitive to caffeine as well. I guess it's a good thing because I obviously don't want a headache, so I'm not as prone to cheat.
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Hi Julie, I hope this week is going better for you. I'm not doing very well at all!! We all had the stomach bug last week and I'm still soooo dehydrated and have had the worst headache ever so I haven't even thought of exercise. I am very interested in the cleanse and diet plan that you are following though and would like more specific details about both. Is there a book that I should get?? Thanks in advance!! :)
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