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Youngest dd and I had pow wow today about food, training, and editing house
lighter:
DD wants to fast tomorrow, and Friday, so that's 3 days of restricted calories instead of 2. I'm not sure I'll join her, but have intention to.
She's been hanging in there with martial arts training. Standing and doing what's asked of her, even if she grimaces and guts it out. She's a trooper... also very funny. A joy.
I moved furniture around so DR has table and chairs again. For a while it was just chairs at the bar, and in front of the tv. Farm table back in place. I forget why we moved it. Better this way.
We put blue painters tape on floor in LR, to do foot work game DD loves. She loves anything GAME, frankly. I think I've been side slapped by endorphins.... giddy happy. Not used to them. Glad they're back.
Lighter
Hopalong:
I'm glad FOR you, Lighter!
:D
Hops
lighter:
Thanks, Hops. 8)
OK. Update on the fast eating plan.
We're trying to train our bodies to burn fat stores exclusively.
We're drinking teas and water only, some coffee for me... maybe 12 oz a day.
The stuff coming off, first, and for me.... is the fluff'round my middle. There's no annoying love handle action going on over my jeans, which is the last thing that happens BEFORE I can't pull them up and fasten them. Not surprising love handle fluff is the first things to go with this plan... just going more quickly than expected, bc I'm eating normally as much as I'm restricting to 500 calories at this point.
Mind, I'm not eating GF non GMO corn chips right now... which is something I was eating. I'm making better choices while, at the same time, making other stupid choices... 2 tbs coffee ice cream in morning coffee, which I normally NEVER do... but... making it through a fast day means I make bargains with myself.
Making bargains means I'm not thinking about the regular stupid stuff I'd normally eat, hence, no GF carbs, at least not daily. I think my mind is going to auto reset..... one GF carb a week. I don't think about this, but it's IN my brain, and I've done it successfully for extended periods of time. I think it's just a product of being mindful.
With that said, reguar (FEAST) days... don't you love that word? Feast days find my stomach shrunk down a bit, and I get full more quickly. Today I find I'm craving what I like to eat on FAST days, which is eggs. I try not to eat the same things 2 days in a row. I'm also going to switch up the greens I choose every other day.
We're planning to eat Indian curry this evening, and I plan on a Thai salad with peanut dressing for lunch. I eat later in the day, bc hunger strikes later for me.... 8pm and after.
Another wonderful fact around this program is that when we restrict calories for 2 days or 3 a week, new cells fire like the 4th of July in our brains. They believe this is bc early man would bring down a large animal, feast for days, then run out of food, and get hungry again. That meant he HAD to be sharp, and energetic to GET another large animal. So, instead of shutting our systems down, we're energizing our bodies and brains when we limit calories, then feast, then limit. LOVE THIS.
I still have a bit of fluff around my belly button, but expect that to be gone in the next 4- 6 days, depending on the choices I make on feast days. The smarter my choices, the quicker I'll feel better in my clothes and nickers. I get that. It's not my motivating factor. I COULD eat pizza if I wanted to, or nachos, or whatever, but I'm not craving them. I don't have to think about it right now. If I do, I'll likely make that stupid choice, not beat myself up for it, then go back to making better choices.
The one thing I don't mess with is the strict 500 calories on FAST days.
I know my body gets a rest, my cells repair, and I'm burning fat stores, not muscle mass. THIS is critical. Most diets we lose 50% fat, and 50%muscle mass. That's not good. I need my muscles. I want to build them, in fact, not burn them up while eating stupid.
I don't have brain fog, or not that I notice. Sometimes I notice brain fog. I'm very clear today.
I feel empty, but not hungry, so will go ahead and make the Thai salad. Interesting, it's a feast day, and I still haven't eaten. I'm not driven to. I'm not craving anything at all, but I don't want to wait till I'm ravenous to start making choices either.
So far so good; )
Lighter
lighter:
This evening we ate a hamburger on salad dinner, made Cloud Bread (for the first time,) then learned the line dance to Foot Loose the movie. Lots of laughter, and.....
dancing's a short cut to happiness, for sure.
Tomorrow dd15 begins 3 days of Four hour driving lessons in a row. She's a bit terrified, and not sure if she wants me in the back seat or not. Will see.
Wish us luck.
Lighter
Hopalong:
Damn! That sounds very impressive, sez Hops sitting in her fluff. Ugh.
Do you have a link to a vegetarian version of this diet that's simple enough for the diet-disabled to follow?
I'm feeling inspired. Thanks for sharing this.
xo
Hops
PS--Have to add that I was convinced by a couple researchers (nutrition PhDs) I interviewed some years back, however, that one who wants to lose weight should aim for NO MORE than on-half to one pound per week. Because big studies show that long-term, that is the kind of loss that is sustainable. Whereas crash or fad diets almost always show up later on as pounds regained, and new, permanent fat cells added to the body.
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