I’m back at it again. This time, I’ve joined Robb Wolf’s The Healthy Rebellion. Apparently, I need a little more structure than I can (or am willing to) muster. I’m on day 4 and I’m not dead (like my brain wanted me to believe so I wouldn’t quit sugar.
I started doing a 30 day reset and 7 day carb test that Robb and Nikki (his wife) started. There’s a whole bunch of preparation I should have done before I started this. But, I wasn’t sure I was even going to be able to start it. My sugar addiction was telling me NO!!! I thought it was very possible I was going to be miserable for a week or so if I started this. If you think about it, that’s not really too high a price to pay for better health. But when you’re in the middle of it, you just think of the misery and where’s the M&Ms?! So, I’m sloppily doing this 30  day reset. I haven’t filled out much of the workbook and daily journals. Prepping food ahead of time is something I should absolutely do, but haven’t pushed myself into doing yet. Below is the first post I made on The Healthy Rebellion site for this 30 day reset (You’ll have to join to read the real post.

Well, I survived day one. I didn’t die. The time leading up to the reset, I was almost having panic attacks, because I didn’t know if I’d be able to stop eating sugar. But, I did it. And didn’t die. I had a huge calorie deficit. I need to tweak the settings I use in Cronometer since they’re fairly old. I started going through the Ketogains stuff, but haven’t finished. I think I weigh more than I did when I first set it up, so I need to recalculate.
Day two was not quite as good, but not as bad as it cold have been. I didn’t have any eggs, so I had five pieces of of bacon (thick sliced. Not that paper thin crap some people like). For lunch I had a leftover chicken thigh and leftover pork ribs. Later on, the cravings started to hit me. It was really starting to affect me, so I stopped at a grocery store and got a couple of bananas. Ate one and then ate the other one an hour later. Better than the party size bag of chips and the giant size Hershey Bar I usually have on hand. At home, I had a small ribeye and a good size head of broccoli with butter. I’m good. No cravings. 8:40 pm and I’m in bed writing this.
I have a blog I made a couple of years ago to chronicle my health journey. I’ve “rebooted” it three or four times. I’d like to think this will be the last time. Time will tell. https://formerfatbastard.com/  I’ll probably put a lot of what I do here on my blog unless Robb or Nikki prefer I don’t.