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I weighed myself this evening and I am 200.2lb, exactly the same as I was when I started on sunday.
Since I started four days ago, I haven't had one day when I felt ok or normal.
Sunday: severe hunger, alarming weakness
Monday: same as Sunday but worse, period of extreme malaise lasting about an hour and making me wonder if something was seriously wrong. Nearly passed out when I was in a shop.
Tuesday: First day back at work. Weak and wobbly and very hungry. Mental confusion and inability to string a sentence together when talking to customers. Awful taste in my mouth.
Wednesday: Same as Tuesday but with another period of malaise, worse than the one on Monday. Splitting headache.
I haven't fallen asleep before 4am since I started either, which isn't helping any.
I don't really know how to describe the periods of malaise, I guess they are similar to severe 'flu- aches and pains, weakness, nausea, light headedness.
I have lost my mental acuity, I can't seem to spell and I tried to do a straightforward sum in my head earlier and simply couldn't do it.
I know everyone says it gets better by day 5,
but time seems to be going much slower than normal. Sunday seems like three weeks ago!
I am having severe 'food cravings' at the moment, but not in the conventional sense.
It's weird, I'm not actually craving any particular food. I have a Galaxy muffin and two Dime bars in the same room as me and I have no compulsion to eat them whatsoever.
I do however see them as 'medicine' that will cure me of my self imposed illness.
Although the idea of eating is actually unpleasant to me at the moment, I know that if I put the muffin in my mouth I will feel better, probably in a matter of minutes.
Not an indulgence then, but a means to an end.
I am beginning to question the suitability of this diet for someone such as me who doesn't want to lose very much weight.
I can see the logic of giving yourself a week long illness if you have a lot to lose, and under those circumstances I think it would be worth it, but for me I don't think it is.
What's stopping me from eating the muffin then?
I really don't know. The hope that I will feel better tomorrow perhaps, or the reluctance to let Pippa down.
Maybe I'm just too stubborn to admit defeat.
I hope I'll feel ok tomorrow and if I do I will continue, but I'm not prepared to suffer a minute more, and if I feel bad tomorrow, I'm going to get myself out of ketosis.
I have reached a point where I don't give a rat's *ss about losing weight as long as I stop feeling ill
Is there a preferred way of coming out of ketosis?
Will I feel even worse if I come out of ketosis suddenly, or should I just eat normal meals?
Since I started four days ago, I haven't had one day when I felt ok or normal.
Sunday: severe hunger, alarming weakness
Monday: same as Sunday but worse, period of extreme malaise lasting about an hour and making me wonder if something was seriously wrong. Nearly passed out when I was in a shop.
Tuesday: First day back at work. Weak and wobbly and very hungry. Mental confusion and inability to string a sentence together when talking to customers. Awful taste in my mouth.
Wednesday: Same as Tuesday but with another period of malaise, worse than the one on Monday. Splitting headache.
I haven't fallen asleep before 4am since I started either, which isn't helping any.
I don't really know how to describe the periods of malaise, I guess they are similar to severe 'flu- aches and pains, weakness, nausea, light headedness.
I have lost my mental acuity, I can't seem to spell and I tried to do a straightforward sum in my head earlier and simply couldn't do it.
I know everyone says it gets better by day 5,
but time seems to be going much slower than normal. Sunday seems like three weeks ago!
I am having severe 'food cravings' at the moment, but not in the conventional sense.
It's weird, I'm not actually craving any particular food. I have a Galaxy muffin and two Dime bars in the same room as me and I have no compulsion to eat them whatsoever.
I do however see them as 'medicine' that will cure me of my self imposed illness.
Although the idea of eating is actually unpleasant to me at the moment, I know that if I put the muffin in my mouth I will feel better, probably in a matter of minutes.
Not an indulgence then, but a means to an end.
I am beginning to question the suitability of this diet for someone such as me who doesn't want to lose very much weight.
I can see the logic of giving yourself a week long illness if you have a lot to lose, and under those circumstances I think it would be worth it, but for me I don't think it is.
What's stopping me from eating the muffin then?
I really don't know. The hope that I will feel better tomorrow perhaps, or the reluctance to let Pippa down.
Maybe I'm just too stubborn to admit defeat.
I hope I'll feel ok tomorrow and if I do I will continue, but I'm not prepared to suffer a minute more, and if I feel bad tomorrow, I'm going to get myself out of ketosis.
I have reached a point where I don't give a rat's *ss about losing weight as long as I stop feeling ill
Is there a preferred way of coming out of ketosis?
Will I feel even worse if I come out of ketosis suddenly, or should I just eat normal meals?