Ketosis

I'm on Day Four of ketosis, and it's surprisingly not bad. During the first three days, I lost and gained the same two pounds of water weight. Today, the scale shows a four pound loss. Even if I bounce back up a pound or two, I'm happy.

I felt terrible the first two days. Thankfully, I knew I'd feel flu-like. This time it felt like some odd, out-of-body experience. Then I woke up the third day and felt like myself again. My energy has been more up than down. When it's down, it's so down, it's hard to move. It doesn't bother me though. When I was in my Easter candy, and bread frenzy, I was so tired in the afternoon, I had to close my eyes for at least fifteen minutes. Thankfully, it happened after work and didn't impact my ability to get things done.

I knew that switching from being a sugar-burner to a fat-burner was going to be tough, so I was prepared. I had carnitas, chicken wings (baked), tri-tip, spinach, shredded cabbage, peppers, mixed greens, etc. to keep my meals from getting too dull. One of the local supermarkets had wild salmon on sale, and that was a great addition. I had it for dinner last night, and I'll add some homemade mayo and celery to it for lunch.

This has never happened to me before, but I don't have much of an appetite. Usually my appetite is on overdrive, and runs my life. All my life I've felt hungry. Now, I wake up and feel good. I don't get hungry until I've been up for four or five hours. Then a simple lunch fills me up until dinnertime. Usually, dinner is pretty light. I don't feel cheated.

Could I start to fixate on sugary treats or honey BBQ sauce? Sure. That's always a possibility with me. My history assumes I'll snap and buy a cheesecake. My history assumes I'll fixate about what I can't eat, rather than what I can. But what my history doesn't know, is this time, I was stubborn enough to make it through the difficult first days. This time around, I feel much better without the processed carbs. But just to show I'm far from perfect, I bought some low carb 'snack' bars, just in case. I want to be successful.