Day One Done - Tomorrow, the Challenge Begins

Ok so I made it through day one.  But I always do well on day one, it's days two, three, and four that are harder. 

What went well?  I got to eat a good amount of food, satisfying food and stayed within my calorie range.  Did I have some hugner pangs in the evening?  A little, but they were tolerable and I made it through.  I also feel better today - less bloated.  I had an ok amount of energy but I slept pretty well and took a 5-hour-energy so I doubt that it was related to the changes in my eating.  However, I was not exhausted so that was good.  I did not even work out and still burned off 500 calories which is my target so that also was good. 

What was hard?  Finding something sweet that was low carb.  I was going to make an almond-meal pancake recipe but forgot an ingredient so I had eggs for breakfast instead.  The eggs were good but I know it will be hard on the days that I want a sweet breakfast to stay away from the cereal, etc.  So that is my mission - find some sweet low carb breakfasts.  :)

Well the weekend is coming as is my transition day where I eat four times, so there will be tons of challenges.  My goal is to focus on the protein and work out.

Primal Eating?

Ok I have been bombing the "diet" over here.  I have been starting over every day and do well for a short while until I go crazy and binge.  I have been working my ass off in the gym only to eat back all of the calories that I worked off.  It sucks.  I am just so hungry and can feel the sugar spikes that cause my crazy binges. 

I decided to try something new and have been investigating primal eating.  Eating like the cavemen did, without processed crap and fewer limitations.  It is much lower carb than I am used to and I am scared of the cravings for the first few weeks but I am going to try and ease into it and see if it helps me.

My goal is to keep my carbs to about 150 a day and keep calories between 1800-2000.  I am going to make more steak and eat more veggies.  I am going to eat when I am hungry and not eat when I am not.  I think I have been putting too much pressure on myself and psych myself into a binge, just like I did with alcohol. 

I am nervous that lower carb will make me binge more.  I am going to look into this tonight and see how long the cravings usually last peopleand how they dealt with them.  I mean, I still have cravings for alcohol every now and then but it is an absolute in my mind right now and that has helped me deal with them.  I want to get to where I can have less ups and downs with food and not feel those urges as often. 

I am going to try this this week and I will report back to see if it has gone better or worse.