Sun, Jan-17-10, 23:02
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Posts: 33
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Plan: Dirty Carnivore/C Fast
Stats: 164/136.5/125
BF:39%/30%/20%
Progress: 71%
Location: Oregon
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Something else I should mention:
I do protein power but with what I call "Natural Fasting". Here's an excerpt from my journal in the PP forum:
Well, I may've mentioned this before but I have had a very difficult time actually eating 3 meals a day. I have been conscious of the fact that I needed to up my protein intake on the meals I was eating to make sure I was at least close to what I needed minimally. I definitely don't do it on purpose because I am trying to lose weight - I do it because I am just a weirdo that likes to focus on something and hates to do errands and chores - I'd rather be working on something. When I get really hungry I do something about it.
I consider eating enjoyable but damned inconvenient. I have a really fast-paced and meeting-heavy job, and on the 3 days a week I go into the office I barely have time for a 10 minute break every now and then. I may get hungry near the end of the day and I can feel my brain starting to lose its steam but I have also found a bit of sharpness and desire to just figure things out without a lot of analysis-paralysis when I am hungry. Hunger makes me mentally more efficient. Isn't that strange? It makes me more nimble and I have to rely more on my judgment, which is what they pay me for.
Since going LC this pattern hasn't changed except that when I do eat, I am keeping it LC even though I may be extra-hungry on occasion. My self-control seems to be much better than I thought it would be, which also makes me feel more comfortable about sticking with this more natural-to-me timing of eating.
I've decided that I am going to go with the flow of what my body is asking for (when it is hungry) and make sure that protein count is where it should be. "Fasting" or what I would call "Natural Fasting" for me has been working so far. Intermittent, it is. Maybe 2-4 days a week will I not eat until late afternoon and then maybe again a few hours later. Other days I may do late breakfast and normal dinner. I've always been the type to skip meals, it was just that when I ate I was eating tons of carbs and I was drinking up the carbs via cokes and dr peppers. That has changed, so I am going to keep things this way but keep an eye on it as well.
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