Week 3 has been hard! I am so glad that Tina and Deb talked about the cravings would increase in Week 3 on the message boards or I think that I would have been crazy by now. I am glad to learn ahead of time that this may also continue into Week 4 as well so I can prepare. =)
I am very proud of myself. I really think that I have the calories and nutrition thing d o w n. I remember Deb saying early on to someone that even if you aren't doing anything else in the plan, water and calories should always be a no-brainer. In my old behavior I would have been off the wagon or steered it right to a drive-thru by now with these intense of cravings. My only "treat" that I thought about for 30 minutes and decided that on the list of "treats" it was a good choice - about a cup of dairy fresh chocolate milk at the Farmer's Market. It was yummy, but very very rich tasting - and thus I only drank half of the single serving bottle.
However, that moment on Sunday afternoon was the last happy moment I remember having this week. From there it has been a struggle. =)
On top of the endless cravings for all of the white stuff - white bread, doughnuts, birthday cake (you know how many birthday cakes appear in commercials? I swear it is every few minutes) - plus, the weather turned cold here. After the Farmer's Market I was so stiff and achy and I couldn't get warmed up. Did I exercise you ask? Something that would have increased my heart rate and warmed me up longer than a hot shower ever could? Nahh... I crawled up in bed under the covers with a hot water bottle and napped the rest of Sunday and most of Monday. =)
Tuesday I got a little bit of energy and went to run a few errands. In the vein of taking better care of my body while I am building it back up, I picked up Revlon's equivalent to a Pedi-Egg. Let's just say that "zest grater for the feet" is the perfect description of what it does - however, I got a little overzealous and I injured myself on both feet - I over-zested. It is now Thursday and I anticipate at least a few more days before I will be able to wear shoes other than my open sandals.
Can I still exercise.. yup. But my head has not been there at all. I started out punishing myself for the first hour or so. I even went down there all dressed up in my gear and got on the bike with my flip flops and wasn't feeling any of it. Then realized that I should give my mind and body some time and then we would think about it again tomorrow.
Today, I started the day out well. I thought that I might actually get a work out in - I was in an improved frame of mind. Then I decided I wanted pancakes for breakfast. I got the Low Fat Oat Bran Pancake Mix. I made two thin pancakes with milk instead of water, and 2 tablespoons of honey then put strawberry and banana slices in between with strawberry apple sauce. A few days ago I had read in one of the books to eat your carbs early in the day so you have time to burn them off. I had my delicious pancakes, then I read on the message boards that I should be eating a lean protein along with the carbs otherwise sugars go up.. then come down. Just then my eyes started to droop. I was out for 6 hours. =)
I now believe.. my Sunday chocolate milk probably helped send me to bed for Sunday and Monday. Then the pancakes with fruit sent me to bed yesterday. So not only did I feel it physically, but it is like mentally I had been whipped.
So to confirm - if I had maybe half the serving of pancakes, but then added an egg or other protein source in there then I would not have crashed as much.
Good to know!
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