Well, last nights little experiment confirms that my body still doesn't want pizza. I was practically grey at work today, and a zombie. I felt pretty sick and tired.
At around noon I ate some strawberries and started to come around. I know I keep saying this, but this proves again, that once the body is cleaned out and in it's natural state, you really do learn the hard way that it does NOT want unnatural substances running through it.
My mood and physical condition today proved that fact.
Meal 1: Strawberries
Meal 2: Bananas
Meal 3: Raw cashews
Meal 4: Grass fed beef and brocolli
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Day 24 Of The Paleolithic Diet
Today I decided to try another experiment in cheat eating with my newly cleaned out body. Last weeks episode was pretty disastrous and convinced me beyond theory that my body will in fact viciously reject certain foods. Last weeks event was pretty nasty as the food that I ate could be called food loosely at best. Today I am going go to indulge a craving, but with a higher quality of food and see what happens.
I spent most of the day today relaxing and working on a few things so my body is pretty well rested.
Meal 1: 4 Kiwi
Meal 2: Green grapes and cheddar cheese (grazed all day)
Meal 3: 1 Cheese Cake Factory Roasted Veggie Pizza
I spent most of the day today relaxing and working on a few things so my body is pretty well rested.
Meal 1: 4 Kiwi
Meal 2: Green grapes and cheddar cheese (grazed all day)
Meal 3: 1 Cheese Cake Factory Roasted Veggie Pizza
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Day 23 Of The Paleolithic Diet
This morning I woke up with the WORST head ache! At first I thought I ate too much yesterday after breaking my fast. But after more careful examination, I realized that the two tiny little pieces of chicken that I ate last night were likely full of MSG.
Just that small dose of MSG kicked my ass! I couldn't believe it. Imagine what would have happened if I had eaten an entire meal full of MSG? It would have probably killed me.
There are a few things that I learned from this fast. Most notable in relation to this post is just how clean by body has gotten. If even such a small dose of something could leave me feeling that bad, I must be pretty sensitive to it. It makes me wonder how anyone can survive at all eating large portions of that food. But they do. My buddy ate two plates of it right in front of me while I nibbled on my edamame. And he's fine.
Today I noticed that I really don't need to eat that much. I am guessing that as my body clears and repairs, it is becoming more able to extract more nutrients from less food. As a result, I am less hungry and more quickly satisfied.
Today's food:
Meal 1: 3 Peaches
Meal 2: 4 Bananas
Meal 3: Handful of cashews (raw)
Meal 4: 3 Kiwis
Just that small dose of MSG kicked my ass! I couldn't believe it. Imagine what would have happened if I had eaten an entire meal full of MSG? It would have probably killed me.
There are a few things that I learned from this fast. Most notable in relation to this post is just how clean by body has gotten. If even such a small dose of something could leave me feeling that bad, I must be pretty sensitive to it. It makes me wonder how anyone can survive at all eating large portions of that food. But they do. My buddy ate two plates of it right in front of me while I nibbled on my edamame. And he's fine.
Today I noticed that I really don't need to eat that much. I am guessing that as my body clears and repairs, it is becoming more able to extract more nutrients from less food. As a result, I am less hungry and more quickly satisfied.
Today's food:
Meal 1: 3 Peaches
Meal 2: 4 Bananas
Meal 3: Handful of cashews (raw)
Meal 4: 3 Kiwis
Friday, June 27, 2008
Day 22 Of The Paleolithic Diet
And Breaking The Fast
I made the decision last night to break my fast today. I think for the first time doing a fast, which was mostly a water fast with the exception of some juice, 3 days is a good effort and probably reaped some benefits. I lost about 7 pounds in the three days, which is probably a combination of water and fat, along with some toxic material. I’m not sure what the proportions of each were, but I am sure it was what my body needed.
Also my food cravings really have gotten ridiculous. Although it’s funny how my body hasn’t been sending me hunger signals. It has been all in my head. They say that you realize what you really like to eat when you are on a fast because you obsess about it. Apparently I really like pizza, calzones, cheese steaks, and oatmeal, peanut butter and egg pancakes.
Anyway, back to today. I made sure I had some juice in the morning so that my stomach wasn’t totally empty. Then at around 11am I had a banana. I chewed really slow, and really well. I was kind of paranoid about running into problems like I’ve read about, although the fatalities resulting from people breaking fasts were in situations far more extreme than mine, ie. 20+ days, breaking with several sandwiches, or diabetics breaking with dates, etc.
A couple hours later I had 2 bananas. An hour or so later, I munched on cashews. Then bananas and PB at home.
Then late night, I went to my favorite sushi place with my buddy. I had some edamame, an order of shrimp, an order of crab. The servings are very small. I also had a bite of some chicken dish, and a few bites of white rice. That wasn’t too smart. We’ll see how I feel in the AM. As of now, no issues.
I made the decision last night to break my fast today. I think for the first time doing a fast, which was mostly a water fast with the exception of some juice, 3 days is a good effort and probably reaped some benefits. I lost about 7 pounds in the three days, which is probably a combination of water and fat, along with some toxic material. I’m not sure what the proportions of each were, but I am sure it was what my body needed.
Also my food cravings really have gotten ridiculous. Although it’s funny how my body hasn’t been sending me hunger signals. It has been all in my head. They say that you realize what you really like to eat when you are on a fast because you obsess about it. Apparently I really like pizza, calzones, cheese steaks, and oatmeal, peanut butter and egg pancakes.
Anyway, back to today. I made sure I had some juice in the morning so that my stomach wasn’t totally empty. Then at around 11am I had a banana. I chewed really slow, and really well. I was kind of paranoid about running into problems like I’ve read about, although the fatalities resulting from people breaking fasts were in situations far more extreme than mine, ie. 20+ days, breaking with several sandwiches, or diabetics breaking with dates, etc.
A couple hours later I had 2 bananas. An hour or so later, I munched on cashews. Then bananas and PB at home.
Then late night, I went to my favorite sushi place with my buddy. I had some edamame, an order of shrimp, an order of crab. The servings are very small. I also had a bite of some chicken dish, and a few bites of white rice. That wasn’t too smart. We’ll see how I feel in the AM. As of now, no issues.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Day 21 Of The Paleolithic Diet
And Day 3 Of My Fast
I am writing this post on Friday in retrospect to yesterday and last night.
First off, I woke up pretty easy, again with that suspended animation feeling. I'm most conscious of the fact that I haven't been eating more than anything else. I weighed in at work, and was shocked to see that I was down to 209. Even though I didn't drop yesterday morning, it looked like I lost two pounds. And even with fluid in take through out the day, my weight didn't increase much. Very interesting indeed.
Well, this day was easy, but the night was ROUGH. There were periods of real euphoria, and periods of neutrality throughout the day, but cravings kicked in HARD at night. I couldn't sleep, and all I thought about as I was trying to fall asleep was food. I was starting to panic a little about what I was going to do, and eat, after this fast was over. I wanted to pig out. And I was thinking about heavy rich foods again, pizza, calzones....etc.
But I did manage to get through it and fall asleep.
I am writing this post on Friday in retrospect to yesterday and last night.
First off, I woke up pretty easy, again with that suspended animation feeling. I'm most conscious of the fact that I haven't been eating more than anything else. I weighed in at work, and was shocked to see that I was down to 209. Even though I didn't drop yesterday morning, it looked like I lost two pounds. And even with fluid in take through out the day, my weight didn't increase much. Very interesting indeed.
Well, this day was easy, but the night was ROUGH. There were periods of real euphoria, and periods of neutrality throughout the day, but cravings kicked in HARD at night. I couldn't sleep, and all I thought about as I was trying to fall asleep was food. I was starting to panic a little about what I was going to do, and eat, after this fast was over. I wanted to pig out. And I was thinking about heavy rich foods again, pizza, calzones....etc.
But I did manage to get through it and fall asleep.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Day 20 Of The Paleolithic Diet
And Day 2 of my Fast.
I would say that titling these posts in my blog as Paleo Diet makes sense, because the people who ate the Paleo Diet during that era didn't eat every day. They couldn't many times because food just wasn't available like it is in the modern day world that we live in. The matrix we live in has us thinking that stuffing our faces several times a day is necessary. But it isn't. The human body really is designed to fast.
I'm pretty amazed that I'm doing this. I woke up today, almost with a sensation of suspended animation. Like I couldn't believe that I hadn't eaten. It was pretty cool. I have been drinking coffee during this thing....not very Paleo of me because there were no coffee makers or Dunkin Donuts during the Paleolithic era. But I will point out that yesterday morning I weighed in at around 216, and this morning I weighed in at 211. That's a pretty heavy drop in weight over a day. It would appear to me that my body has begun its feast on my fast tissue and begun digging for toxins.
I felt somewhat clear all day, although just the slightest bit sick/dizzy. Although this is typical of the detox process, the caffeine probably plays a role in that.
I'm also having some cravings for cheesy, sodium rich foods. Pizza, cheese steak, etc. But I stayed on track all day and drank a gallon plus of distilled water.
As far as sleeping, I'm doing that a lot. I went to bed around 9:30 last night, and I slept pretty solid with the exception of having to get up to take a leak at some point, until about 7:30. My body really seemed to appreciate it too.
Day 2 of my fast was a success.
I would say that titling these posts in my blog as Paleo Diet makes sense, because the people who ate the Paleo Diet during that era didn't eat every day. They couldn't many times because food just wasn't available like it is in the modern day world that we live in. The matrix we live in has us thinking that stuffing our faces several times a day is necessary. But it isn't. The human body really is designed to fast.
I'm pretty amazed that I'm doing this. I woke up today, almost with a sensation of suspended animation. Like I couldn't believe that I hadn't eaten. It was pretty cool. I have been drinking coffee during this thing....not very Paleo of me because there were no coffee makers or Dunkin Donuts during the Paleolithic era. But I will point out that yesterday morning I weighed in at around 216, and this morning I weighed in at 211. That's a pretty heavy drop in weight over a day. It would appear to me that my body has begun its feast on my fast tissue and begun digging for toxins.
I felt somewhat clear all day, although just the slightest bit sick/dizzy. Although this is typical of the detox process, the caffeine probably plays a role in that.
I'm also having some cravings for cheesy, sodium rich foods. Pizza, cheese steak, etc. But I stayed on track all day and drank a gallon plus of distilled water.
As far as sleeping, I'm doing that a lot. I went to bed around 9:30 last night, and I slept pretty solid with the exception of having to get up to take a leak at some point, until about 7:30. My body really seemed to appreciate it too.
Day 2 of my fast was a success.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Day 19 of the Paleolithic Diet -- Or Is It?
Last night I decided that I am going to fast for a few days. I explain why in my post, "Reasons For Fasting" And today was the first day. Let me tell, you, it was educational in a lot of ways. It wasn't as hard as I thought, but it also wasn't easy.
Today was a bit of a combination of a water fast and a juice fast. I ended up going out for some apple juice in the afternoon from a health food store. I made sure I got some real juice made only from fresh organic fruit. And I drank just enough to stabilize my blood sugar and assure myself that I wasn't going to black out and keel over at work. I know this dilutes the effects of the fast, but I didn't want to pass out in the middle of the office. Which is likely the reason why most fasting experts suggest that you do this at home, while resting.
At 6PM I was on the train and getting a bit motion sick, and panicky. I came up out of the subway and was really really hungry. The train or on the street would be another two places that I would prefer not to pass out. I ended up standing in pizza shop windows considering grabbing a slice. I'm glad I didn't. Then I went to went to a health food store and bought some high quality fresh bread and cheese. I was planning on eating it outside.
But I couldn't do it. As bad as I wanted to, I couldn't eat it. So then I was carrying around food, and not eating....starving! It was pretty maniacle thinking back on the situation. All I did was hold on to it.......all the way home.
As I was walking through the tunnels from the green line to the orange line it occurred to me that there were people who felt like I was feeling every day. They might be getting just enough food to stay hungry all the time. I learned from this experience that the physiology of our bodies actually creates that effect. With the realization that I could end how I was feeling just by eating the food that I was carrying with me, it occurred to me that to be hungry, and have the psychological pressure of not being able to fulfill that need must compound the feeling 100 fold. I also realized that in 30 years, I have NEVER been in a position where I was totally unable to fulfill my desire to eat. And this would be the first time in those 30 years that I was going to go at least a whole day without food. I was over come with gratitude at that point, which made getting through that first day much easier.
Now I'm home, I'm exhausted, and I'm glad I didn't blow it. I put the stuff in the fridge.....and I'm going to bed.
And that ended Day 1 of my first fast.
Today was a bit of a combination of a water fast and a juice fast. I ended up going out for some apple juice in the afternoon from a health food store. I made sure I got some real juice made only from fresh organic fruit. And I drank just enough to stabilize my blood sugar and assure myself that I wasn't going to black out and keel over at work. I know this dilutes the effects of the fast, but I didn't want to pass out in the middle of the office. Which is likely the reason why most fasting experts suggest that you do this at home, while resting.
At 6PM I was on the train and getting a bit motion sick, and panicky. I came up out of the subway and was really really hungry. The train or on the street would be another two places that I would prefer not to pass out. I ended up standing in pizza shop windows considering grabbing a slice. I'm glad I didn't. Then I went to went to a health food store and bought some high quality fresh bread and cheese. I was planning on eating it outside.
But I couldn't do it. As bad as I wanted to, I couldn't eat it. So then I was carrying around food, and not eating....starving! It was pretty maniacle thinking back on the situation. All I did was hold on to it.......all the way home.
As I was walking through the tunnels from the green line to the orange line it occurred to me that there were people who felt like I was feeling every day. They might be getting just enough food to stay hungry all the time. I learned from this experience that the physiology of our bodies actually creates that effect. With the realization that I could end how I was feeling just by eating the food that I was carrying with me, it occurred to me that to be hungry, and have the psychological pressure of not being able to fulfill that need must compound the feeling 100 fold. I also realized that in 30 years, I have NEVER been in a position where I was totally unable to fulfill my desire to eat. And this would be the first time in those 30 years that I was going to go at least a whole day without food. I was over come with gratitude at that point, which made getting through that first day much easier.
Now I'm home, I'm exhausted, and I'm glad I didn't blow it. I put the stuff in the fridge.....and I'm going to bed.
And that ended Day 1 of my first fast.
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