Bad night of sleep or just enough sleep? I don't know. Went to bed at 10:30PM and woke at 5AM. Try as I may, I just couldn't go back to sleep. So what did I do? Yep, you guessed it, I attended the 5:45AM-way-too-early-for-fish spin class at my gym. Figured if I can't sleep anymore, might as well do some cardio. I felt a bit out of place as the class was buzzing with energy as most had a red bull in one drink holder, water in the other. Holy moly - uncontrollable energy. It was quite an experience.
The bad food cravings are starting to come back. I tried ignoring them but they are surfacing again. Last night was a particularly bad craving for anything sweet and chocolaty, but I had just my serving of vegetables and forced myself to sleep. I can feel today is going to be another tough day. This fruit dinner is killing me emotionally and it's really tough to be in social eating situations in the evening. I don't like it one bit. Also, I dislike feeling hungry. Again a temporary state, but it is tough. Hunger pangs, hunger pangs go away. Hunger pangs, hunger pangs come again some other day! Yep, just made that up. Although I don't really want them to come again another day. So I should probably change that.
The thing is, I am not going to give into these temporary urges because I'm giving this PCP diet all I got. I've never really controlled my diet before and if these feelings are the worst of what I need to go through in order to get the wellness benefits then so be it. But if I come to the end of the very restricted dinners without much improvement, I will then know I gave it my best effort. And then I learn more about my body such as this is what happens when I eat this way and this is what happens when I eat that way. So if that means I gotta call it a night at 8PM every night while on these fruit dinners, then so be it. What's the opposite of a vampire or a nocturnal being? Day walker? Like Blade - the vampire slaying day walker - although he also stayed awake at night to do his job...hmmm...Suggestions???
Exactly. Take a scientific approach to all of this. You know how your body reacts to your old diet. And now you're trying a different way. If nothing else you'll have a wider base of knowledge than before.
ReplyDeleteEgg white dinners are a one time thing! Get through this period!
Seriously. And if going to bed early helps avoid the hunger pangs, and it means you wake up early enough and energized enough to attend SPIN class, then PCP is definitely working FOR you! Fish, a month ago, did you think you'd be hitting the first spin class of the day? And WITHOUT redbull?. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteSounds like even though you're going through a little mental anguish, you're sticking with it and learning something about yourself. And you only learn about yourself by going through the difficult times.
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