Day 26-30

October 16, 2012

Perfect day. I ate a huge salad, cheese and turkey sandwich, carrots and peanut butter, and a two cheese sticks I think. I'm trying to get back into ketosis after my little cheat yesterday so i stuck to strict protein and fat today. The carrots were probably pushing it though. Oh well. Had a great workout and didn't feel super tired afterwards :) 4 days left!


October 17, 2012

I'm starting to run out of things to say. If you have questions about the diet, message me! I will be happy to answer any of your questions or even just have a discussion with you, I LOVE talking nutrition.

(these are copied from my paper journal)
October 18, 2012

Okay I need to watch myself. I keep making silly choices like eating a little bit of cake or icecream when I'm offered, and even though it doesn't knock me out of ketosis, I'm worried because I have progressively gotten more and more lenient when it comes to this diet. I understand that my self-control has improved and therefore I am able to do stuff like just eat a little bit of something and put it down, but I also need to realize that I am still human and still very capable of throwing my self-control out the window without knowing it. I'm going to try hard to keep the "small cheats" to a minimum these last three days.

October 19, 2012

Not much to report today. Although I will say I have been experimenting more with low-carb recipes. Like pizza, yum. I'm starting to feel like I should write a cookbook or something. I love using almond flour and flax seed meal (so much fiber!) instead of regular grains that are full of carbs, gluten, and so genetically modified that they aren't really even healthy for humans anymore. Okay that may be a matter of opinion but still, I've seen a lot of research that supports it. Plus I can't think of a better way to get my daily dose of fiber than through pizza made with flax meal!

October 20, 2012

Ayayayayay!!! LAST DAY OF THE EXPERIMENT! And I must say, this has been a very successful experiment. I have gained so much from following this diet over the last thirty days. Motivation, focus, self-control, confidence, will-power, happiness, energy, peace, excitement, stability, you name it, I've got it thanks to this project. Yay I am so happy that I've discovered something so amazing! Seriously this has changed my life. I finally feel like I have found not just a diet that works but a lifestyle that I am capable of living. I'm excited to eat some of my favorite cheat foods tomorrow of course but I am confident that I will continue to follow the principles I've learned from this diet for the rest of my life. I never want to go back to the way I lived before :)

Best thing about this diet:
surprisingly, not the weight loss...I would have to say one thing I have benefited most from by following this diet over the last thirty days is mood stabilization. I have never been so peaceful and happy in my entire life. None of this up and down, good times and bad, get high then crash junk. I feel like I have been functioning on a consistently exalted level :) I even think more clearly and about more significant things. My mind has officially been blown, and i give this diet SIX stars!