Primal Blueprint, Day 2
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- Review - The Primal Blueprint
- Primal Blueprint, Day 2
- Primal Blueprint, Day 4
- Primal Blueprint - Month 1
It’s been two days now since I started on this new plan and there’s good and bad news.
Bad News
- Still struggling with a cold. This has nothing to do with the Primal Blueprint though, I got this cold two days before I started living by Mark’s plan. Still, it’s a bit frustrating to wake up every day with a sore throat and a headache. I wonder if my new lifestyle is making things worse or better but I suppose there’s no way to really know that.
- Experiencing the same issues I did when I first tried out intermittent fasting. Namely, going out with people becomes very difficult since most restaurant meals are not even close to the Primal Blueprint. Still, with enough planning, I’m finding that I can go out and still stick to this plan. Mexican restaurants seem good (hold the rice), seafood places are good (again, hold the high carb sides) and sushi places are great (avoid the rice and order sashimi).
- I’m going through a lot of cravings for sugar. Good thing I started this AFTER I got rid of most of the sugars in my diet last month or else I doubt I could stick with it. There’s an important lesson there by the way, don’t try anything drastic like this without some gradual changes, you’ll greatly increase your chance of success.
- Not sleeping well, but this could be related to the cold. I’m trying to avoid taking any medication for this illness but that’s difficult when I’m staying up all night coughing. What’s worse, losing sleep or taking a cough suppressant? There’s valid reasons for coughing but my body needs sleep!
- I miss my runner’s high.
Good News
- This is forcing me to cook at home more, which is good. I’m greatly enjoying finding out how good of a cook I am. So far I’ve realized that I make a pretty kick ass omelet, stir fry and fish.
- My body feels great even though I’ve been working out while sick. I’ve been doing 25 minutes of high intensity weight lifting followed by 10 to 15 minutes of low intensity elliptical with a lot of walking and biking thrown in for good measure. My muscles and joints are experiencing no pain, probably because I haven’t been jogging in two weeks. Of course, I’m going to see if this has any negative side effects at the end of July, when I do a physical.
- I feel like I have more energy than I did before, which is promising considering the fact that I’m sick and haven’t been sleeping well. I’m not falling asleep in meetings or in front of the computer, even without caffeine. we’ll see how I feel when this cold is done.
- My weight is down by several lbs. This is essentially meaningless though since weight fluctuations over a couple of days can be attributed to the normal metabolic process rather than any changes in body composition.
Things To Try Out This Week
- Need to see if I can have a good meal at an Indian restaurant. I LOVE Indian food and I’m going to have an issue with a diet that does not allow me to eat it.
- Need to go hiking, something I promised myself I would do regardless of the Primal Blueprint.
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Overall, I’m liking this new way of living. Of course, it’s only been two days…
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The sugar ought to take about 2 weeks to get over. Look for this: over time, you lose food obsession almost completely.
I see you mentioned intermittent fasting. Not surprised you had a negative experience, but once you get over the sugar and become a fat burner, fasting is easy. Here, I’ve got a whole 1 1/2 years of experience with it to share, including that most of my intense weight lifting is done 20-30 hours fasted. Yep. I have gotten to where I can bring on hunger at will, just by upping intensity. Back off, fat metabolism catches up, and hunger goes away. In other words, I can go from not hungry to screaming hungry, to not hungry in the space of five minutes.
A Paleo diet combined with fasting gives you high resolution into hunger.
http://www.freetheanimal.com/root/intermittent-fasting/
Now, a word on cooking. There’s a number of blogs out there with people doing paleo, cooking, and blogging what they cook. A number of them show up on Mark’s new revolving list of sites he visits.
Here’s my food post going way back, in case you need an idea or two.
http://www.freetheanimal.com/root/food-porn/
Good luck, and I’ll be keeping track of your progress.