I'm sticking to the diet almost to the letter, the only real variation being some fat free Greek yogurt and 30g raisins this evening just to stop me keeling over. I actually rather like having eggs for breakfast, and because it's a savoury start, the sweet cravings don't kick in until much later in the day. Although I'm not planning on doing this long term, I do think it's acting as a good detox which is going to help me kick my addiction to sweet things, thus ultimately helping me to keep my weight down. So just to give you a quick idea of what I'm eating, it's scrambled egg whites (plus one yolk) with either spinach or turkey (tomorrow I'm going to have both - what a pig!), protein shake, 50g almonds, salad with cherry tomatoes and some kind of meat (pastrami tomorrow, nice change from turkey) plus just a little bit of light mayo (not strictly allowed on the diet but otherwise I won't eat it), another protein shake, some almond milk to get me through the afternoon and finally meat with green veg, tonight it was lean lamb and mint burgers with cabbage.
I don't feel great, but I'm not dying. I have enough energy to train, and my body isn't being deprived of anything that it can't cope without (double negatives there...confused myself). I think one of the main things is getting my head round it - yesterday the thought of salad was making me wretch, but eventually I had to eat it because I gave myself no alternative. When I did eat it, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I think the same sort of psychology can be applied to a sweet tooth but in reverse - the feeling of eating something sweet is never as satisfying as you think it's going to be. This diet is fairly easy when I'm in work because there's a routine, but the weekend is going to be a big challenge, especially Saturday night with my friends.
Dig deep Gina, dig deep.
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