I’m so cranky that I can’t even think properly. Instead of gently tapping at my keyboard I am bashing at it in anger. Every time I bang the wrong key (and that happens a lot when you bash they keyboard) I get angrier.
I have been snappy with my son and my husband. In fact Mr Pencil very wisely left the house to go do some or other fitness class or we’d most likely be fighting now or wishing divorce upon each other.
Poor Little Pencil has been witness to the very shortest of tempers. My last words to him before he fall asleep were something along the lines of “shut up”
I’m not proud. But I am very, very hungry.
Today has been a fast day. Day one on The Fast Diet in fact. It’s the new trendy diet to follow and you all know
a) how I’m feeling about my weight and
b) how trendy I am
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The science in the book made perfect sense to me (but then so did the science in The Secret) and I am convinced that I can do wonderful things for my fatty liver and pre diabetic body by giving my cells a chance to rest and repair.
Obviously I love the fact that other than offering respite to my cells I stand to lose some weight.
But the thing that got me over the line was that the diet promises that I can eat anything I like for the five days I am not fasting. Could there be a greater lure for someone who loves food so much?
Anyway today one of the two fast days and I have been reminded what hunger is all about. I’ve been allowed 500 calories today – that means 2 boiled eggs, a cup of instant (and hideous soup), a tiny tortilla warp with salad in it and a cup of raspberries. That is not a lot of food,
That is the amount of food that leads me to be a very cranky person tonight. But tomorrow is close…. And breakfast is planned.
Hold me readers as I try get through tonight without losing my shit.
I have to say this diet concerns me.
To start off with, I think I can safely assume that pretty much the only weight you’ll lose is ‘water weight’ – which would promptly be put back on when you stop the routine.
Secondly (and most scary for me) is the fact that this ‘science based diet’ very closely represents the behaviours I used during the active years of my eating disorder. I was diagnosed with Non-purging Bulimia almost 7 years ago. I ‘managed’ myself by bingeing one day and then fasting (eating nothing) the next. Now, I’m not saying you’ve got an eating disorder, but it does worry me that such behaviours are being promoted as safe, scientific, healthy ways to lose weight.
Anyway, that’s my rant. I haven’t read the book, so this is all personal opinion. You’re a cool person Lana 🙂
Just pretend it’s Yom Kippur only you’re allowed just a bit to eat!
Umm…not so sure about the diet. Sounds like a fad and not one that will work long term…Problem with starving yourself is you are more likely to binge on the other days. Eat everything in moderation…
What did you have for breakfast the next day Lana? I’d go french toast, it makes everything in life better. I sleep with a copy of The Secret next to my bed. Have done since the high-anxiety inducing move back to Sydney. Don’t tell anyone.