* Phase 1 is not about weight loss. They talk about a magic number of 8-14 lbs lost in two weeks and I believe I may lose a total of 6 come Wednesday's weigh in but it's not really weight lost. It's water and glycogen stores depleted. It's designed to eliminate sugar cravings and realign your body to a smarter carb diet - fruits and whole grains in limited quantities rather than huge piles of starchy carbs.
* Phase 2 is when real weight gets lost. And that is when you are adding good carbs back in. It makes sense. After 2 weeks (maybe even 10 days) your body thinks it's starving so stores any carbs it does get and your weight loss stalls.
If I do a raw food cleanse and add fruit in larger quantities and eliminate the proteins I've been eating, I think I'll actually end up losing muscle mass and not fat. I do think under the right circumstances this would be a beneifical thing to do, however not right now.
Revised plan: Start Phase 2 of the SBD. I might even start it early as I feel like Phase 1 has done what it was meant to do for me considering I was actually dieting on whole foods similar to Phase 2 for the week before I started anyway. Today is Day 12.
My body had transitioned out of craving bad carbs and I can now stare down a cookie. I am simply avoiding the candy aisle in case chocolate should accidentally jump off the shelf into my basket.
After my little blow-up on Thursday (apologies for the angst) I ended up making a salad and reheating some spaghetti and bolognese for my b/f . I had some of the sauce and my salad hit the spot. Must be better prepared for days like that.
I'm quite liking my hair now too. Once I washed it. It's relaxed and seems manageable.
No comments:
Post a Comment