I definitely had dreams about eating pizza last night and my stomach was rumbling when I woke up. I licked a spoon of some Activia light yogurt I served for breakfast out of habit and it tasted disgusting. I would guess it is due to losing a baseline expectation of sweetness with regular sugar and having artificial sweeteners just tasting foreign and effing horrible. I threw it away and made my son an omelette. Then I rinsed my mouth out and brushed my teeth to get the taste out of my mouth.
Recalibrating my tastes and lessening my food addictions are one of the desired outcomes of this diet. Craving a bowl of spinach vs a reese’s peanut butter cup will be considered one of the successes.
I weigh 173.6 pounds today which is a 2.4 pound loss, more than I was expecting considering I haven’t produced much waste. If that trend continues this experiment may be over sooner than I expected. I also tested my blood sugar today and it was at 83 mg/dl, which is a normal (overnight) fasting blood sugar level, but I’m not sure what normal would be at this point.
I do feel slightly more sluggish lately, not in a lazy way, but more of a “zen” or “chill” way, for lack of better words. I’m more likely to shrug things off, take things slowly, and chill on the couch. Again, it’s hard to tell what exactly is causing this since I did just move back to a standing desk at work so wanting to sit down and relax after 8-9 hours of standing makes sense.
About midday I started to feel off and down so I went to Sprouts and bought a bunch of parsley (45 cents worth). First bite tasted phenomenal, and after eating about a half a cup I started to feel better.
Calorie total by the end of Day 3:
- ~63 calories for the two Buitoni ravioli (approximating a quarter cup)
- 11 calories for the raw parsley (about half a cup)
- 20 calories for 6 asparagus spears
- 68 calories for two cans of V8
Making our total 164 calories after 72 hours. According to standard armchair scientist sources, around the 3 day mark is when your body starts turning towards fat stores so am interested in the way I feel going forward. Maybe I’ve already hit that point.