I've been on this diet about four months now. A diet that started out pretty rigid and took some getting used to but has slowly become a way of life for me and not really a diet. When asked, "What kind of diet are you on?" I just want to start jawing away at this new way I've found to eat. But really people only want a one or two word answer: Weight Watchers, Adkins, South Beach, Nutrisystem, low carb, low calorie, low fat. My "diet" isn't that simple. And it's amazing to me that my body is working the way that it does with the foods I put into it.
Without boring the crap out of you by sounding preachy or on a soapbox i will just say that I eat high (VERY HIGH) protein and low metabolic carbs. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, depends on what you know about carbs. Not all carbs are bad. Not all bad carbs are super bad. Eating all bads carbs all the time, not exercising and having Snickers bars smeared on your face is going to keep you overweight. But, if you eat carbs that are good for you and metabolize slowly in your system then it takes longer for them to work through your body. The high protein is what keeps me feeling full. I used to be a big high fiber person because it's been said that eating high fiber keeps you full. But the ramifications that come with eating high fiber include my stomach bloating out like an alien and stinky farts. No one wants to be around that shit.
So... now my husband just came in the room and I totally lost my train of thought. He is bound to turn on the TV and then I will get sucked into Hoarders and never get to the point. If I even had one.
Bottom line: Saturday's are my cheat days because all the crap I eat throws off the metabolism in my body and my body is like, "What the heck are you doing here? We have been so happy with what you have been putting into me and now you go and eat Ben and Jerry's Heath bar ice cream????" And I laugh and stuff fistfulls of sinful goodness into my mouth for a 24 hour period and then it's back on track the next day.
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