From my experience and reading what others write ... it takes some time for your body to
reach equilibrium. In the meantime, don't sweat it. In some number of days, you will
know EXACTLY how much you want/need to eat. You will eat that much, and not feel full
or starved, just happy and satisfied.
How much is that? How should I know? Your body has one VERY sophisticated chemistry
set built in, and it KNOWS. You communication will be something like: "I am FULL now!".
If, after a couple of months, for some reason that signalling isn't working ... then you can
tweak things. Mostly though, it should work fine. Too early to say yet. So just pay attention
to what you feel, as gremlinbugs suggested ...
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:26 AM, poopsie2223 <ellen@ellenmikesell.com> wrote:
Well, I toughed it out yesterday and the sensation of starving finally ended in the middle of the afternoon. I made it to my 5pm window, yeah!
I started out today a little apprehensive, thinking of how the book mentions the "3rd, 4th, or 5th days" as the most difficult. I wasn't lookng forward to the 4th being even tougher than yesterday, that's for sure.
Well, today...no problems. I haven't had a twinge of "real" hunger, actually. My tummy has mildly "growled" a time or two but my blood sugar feels stable and I don't have any real desire to eat except out of habit.
What a relief! Now if I can get through tomorrow, the dreaded "5th day", I feel like I may really be able to stick with this plan longterm. Except for yesterday it's actually been easier than sticking to Weight Watchers as I tried to do for years. I was almost ALWAYS hungry on that program.
One question for you veterans, though....I know the book says you shouldn't just eat and eat during your window, but, I believe, to only eat to knock down somatic hunger. Well, I know it's a little early to worry about this, but I'm not having a problem of wanting to eat everything in sight, I'm actually having a problem of really not wanting to eat much at all. Yesterday, I broke my fast with a protein shake (300 calories). I really wasn't hungry after that, but two hours later I thought I should eat dinner, so I had a sandwich and a few veggies (maybe a total of 500 calories?)After that I felt more or less "full". But I've always heard you shouldn't go below like 1200 calories so I ate a snack I really didn't want to bring me up to that level. Should I worry about that 1200 calorie "rule" on this plan? I've never been entirely convinced there is such as thing as the so-called "starvation mode" you supposedly go into under that level but it's been so drummed into my head I'm afraid to break the rule.
Ellen
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