Tue, Jun-03-03, 12:27
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Senior Member
Posts: 511
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Plan: PP
Stats: 210/210/160
BF:31%/31%/24%
Progress: 0%
Location: United States
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In the past two weeks, my anxiety has grown, which is usually a signal that my diet needs alteration. At first, I ate some carbage,and had the predictable emotional reaction (see above), but the anxiety remained. I decided to push past my fears about eating a lot of calories, and for one weekend, not to let myself get hungry and eat until I was fully satisfied on healthy, LC foods. Technically, I thought I was going to cheat.
I ate 50-90% more calories last weekend, mostly in the form of protein and fats. I ended up eating about every 2 hours. My anxiety died down, and last night, I checked my weight -- I had lost a pound. My belief at this time, assuming the weight stays off, is that the leptin-ghrellin hormone pair was operative, and that I'd just signaled my body that I was not starving (increasing the leptin by eating more), so that it was OK to release some fat stores.
I plan to continue to use my anxiety as a gauge, and repeat this pattern as necessary. I learned that so-called cheating, if I do it thoughtfully, may be a necessary dietary adjustment.
Last edited by acohn : Tue, Jun-03-03 at 12:30.
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