It’s been about 3 weeks since I rebooted myself (again… For the umpteenth time!). Every time I start, it’s a little tougher than the last time. The first time I did anything about my diet was in 1998-99. Protein Power. It was easy. Oh, I do this? Ok. Done. It didn’t last long, though. After about six months, I fell back into the abyss of m&m’s and potato chips. I’ve tried to reboot myself many times over the years and each time it didn’t last. Let’s hope it does this time. Don’t think I can start over again.

I’d been trying to try to start for months, always seeming like I was on the edge, just about to start any day now. My body wasn’t hearing any of that. The sugar addiction was telling my brain “hell no!”. I’d be eating potato chips and m&m’s (or any ‘fill in the blank’ crap) while feeling like I was standing next to myself saying don’t do that! Nothing I ate was something I didn’t know was killing me. It was never completely mindless. It’s almost impossible to resist the constant tapping of the addiction in my mind. But I always knew what I was doing.

Then, one day about three weeks ago, I noticed I hadn’t eaten any crap so far the day and I wasn’t majorly craving any. So, I decided to keep going to see what would happen. Three weeks later and I’m still alive. I thought my body would try to kill me and MAKE me eat some junk. But I survived. There were no withdrawals and no “keto flu”. It hasn’t been easy by any stretch. I thought it would be easy peasy since I’ve been studying this stuff for years. So far, I’ve been overeating, going over some macros, under in some, having bouts of hypoglycemia (who’d have thought that would be possible eating as much as I have. Especially fats). Major cravings. Muscle pain. Weakness.

Tweak. Tweak. Tweak…. There’s going to be a lot of that going on. So much information. Much of it conflicting. I’m going for the ketogenic way of eating (it’s not a “diet”). Hi fat/moderate protein/very low carbohydrate. However, after reading some stuff from Robb Wolf’s Keto Masterclass program and another recent video he just made, for me, maybe it’s more high protein than hi fat. But, then again, I’m pretty sure I’m not doing the math right. Time to ask some questions of the pros.

Overall, I’m feeling a little better. Joint pain is gone. I know that’s caused by gluten. Sugar overload has it’s own issues. My skin is still trying to kill me, but that will stop. Still have zero energy. Other aches and pain caused by sitting all the time.
Ok, then. That’s the (almost three week summary. 

Oh, and I've lost 15 pounds.

I’ll be back!